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Cash is

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The most liquid

Is the standard medium of exchange and basis for measuring and accounting for all items

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Cash consists of

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Coin, currency and available funds on deposit at the bank

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Negotiable instruments such as money orders, certified checks, cashiers checks, personal checks and bank drafts are viewed as

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Cash

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Temporary investments include

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Money market funds

Money market savings certificates

Certificates of deposits

Similar types of deposits and short term paper

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Companies treat postdated checks and I.O.U.’s as

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Receivables

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Travel advances are treated as receivables if

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Collected from employees or deducted from their salaries , otherwise treated as prepaid expense

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Petty cash funds and change funds are used to

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Meet current operating expenses and liquidate current liabilities, companies include these funds in current assets as cash

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Cash equivalents

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Short term highly liquid investments that are

A) readily convertible to known as amounts of cash

B) near maturity that they present insignificant rod of changes in values because of changes in interest rates

Only investments with original maturities of theee month or less qualify under these conditions

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Are cash equivalents always cash?

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No

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What are examples of cash set aside?

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Petty cash, payroll and dividend funds

In most situations these are not material

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Restricted cash

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When material in amount companies segregate restricted cash from regular cash for reporting purposes

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Restricted cash is classified as

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Current assets
– if using cash for payment of existing or maturing obligations (within a year or operating cycle whichever is longer)

Or

Long term assets
– reported on the balance sheet if holding cash for a long period of time

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Compensating balances

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Minimum balances

As the portion of any demand deposit or time deposit or certificate of deposit maintained by a corporation which constitutes support for existing borrowing arrangements of the corporation with lending institution

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Sec recommends companies to state separately legally restricted deposits held as compensating balances against short term vitrine arrangements among cash and cash equivalents items in current assets because

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To avoid misleading investors about amount of cash available to meet recurring obligations

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Bank overdraft

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Occur when a company writes a check for more than the amount in it cash account

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Bank overdrafts should be reported where?

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Current liabilities section, adding them to amount reported as accounts payable

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Receivables

Often referred to as loans and receivables

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Claims held against customers and others for money, goods, or services

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Companies classify receivables as either

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Current (short term)

Noncurrent (long term)

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Companies expect to collect current receivables

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Within a year or during current operating cycle, whichever is longer

Other receivables are classified as noncurrent

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Trade receivables

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Customers often owe a company amounts for goods bought or services rendered

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Accounts receivables

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Oral fpromises of purchaser to pay for goods and services sold

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Accounts receivables are represented as

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Open accounts ,

Usually collected within 30-60 days

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Notes receivables

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Written promises to pay a certain sum of money on a specified future date

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Non trade receivables examples

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  1. Advances to officers and employees
  2. Advances to subsidiaries
  3. Deposits paid to cover potential damages or losses
  4. Deposits paid as a guarantee of payment or performance

5 dividends and interest receivable

  1. Claims against
    Insurance companies cornxasualities sustained
    Defendants under suit
    Governmental bodies for tax refunds
    Common carriers for damages or lost goods
    Creditors for returned damaged or lost goods
    Customers for returnable items
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The concept of control is the deciding factor in determining when
Performance obligation is satisfied and an account receivable recognized
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Transaction price
Mount of consideration that a company expects to receive from a customer in exchange for transferring goods or services
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Trade discounts
To avoid frequent changes in date logs, alter prices for different quantities purchased or to hide true invoice price from competitors
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Trade discounts are commonly quoted in
%
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Cash discounts (sales discount)
Induces prompt payment
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Companies should record accounts receivables and related revenue at the amount of
Consideration expected to be received from customer
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Net method
Attempts to value receivables at its net realizebale values
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Use gross method bc
Companies may not use net method for practicability reasons Net method requires additional analysis and book keeping
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Sales returns and allowances
Contra revenue account to sales revenues and offsets sales revenue on income statement
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Allowance for sales returns and allowances is
Contra asset account to acct receivables and offsets accounts receivables on balance sheet
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Time values of money
Ideally company should measure receivables in terms of present value that is discounted value of cash To be received in the future
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Interest revenue
Is any revenue after the period of sale
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Interest revenue is often ignored related to account receivables bc
It is not material in relation to net income for period
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Two methods for uncollectible accounts
Direct write off method Allowance method
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Under direct write off method, bad debt expense will show Direct method shows
Actual losses from uncollectibles Determines a particular account to be uncollectible
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Supporters of direct method say that it records
Facts not estimates
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Direct method is deficient because
It fails to record expenses in same period as associated revenues Nor Does it result in receivables being stated at net realizable value on balance sheet
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Direct write off method is not considered appropriate except
When the amount uncollectible is immaterial
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Allowance method
Accounts for bad debts involves estimating uncollectible accounts at the end of each period
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Allowance method ensures that companies state receivables on balance sheet at their
Net realizable values
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Net realizable value
Is the net amount the company expects to receive in cash
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Companies estimate uncollectible accounts and net realizable value using
Information about past and current events as well as forecasts of future collectibility
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Companies use contra asset accounts because
They do not know which customers will not pay
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Companies do not close allowance for doubtful accounts at the end of fiscal year T or f
True
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When should a company write off an account?
When companies have exhausted all means of collecting a past due account and collection appears impossible
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When a write off occurs , bad debt expense does not
Increase
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Under allowance method, companies debit write off account to
Allowance account rather than bad debt expense
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Recovery of bad debt, like the write off bad debt affects only
Balance sheet accounts
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Expected uncollectible accounts are estimated
Based on info on past events(loss experience), adjusted fro current conditions and reasonable forecasts of factors that would affect uncollectible accounts w
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Percentage of receivables approach
Estimate % of outstanding receivables that will become uncollectible
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Composite rate
Reflects an estimate of uncollectible receivables
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Aging schedule
Of acct receivables which applies different % based on past experience to various age categories
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Aging schedule is gl determine
Determine Bad debt expense Prepare it as control device to determine composition of receivers and identify delinquent accounts
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Note receivables supported by promissory note,
A written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a specific future date
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Interest bearing notes have
Stated rate of interest
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zero interest bearing notes
Include interest as part of face amount
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Note receivables are considered
Fairly liquid even if long term bc companies may easily convert them to cash
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Companies frequently accept notes receivables form customers who
Need to extend the payment period of an outstanding receivables
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The basic issues in accounting notes receivable are same as those for account receivables
Recognition, valuation and disposition
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Companies record and report long term notes receivable at
Present value of cash they expect to collect
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If a company receives a zero interest bearing note, its
PV is the cash paid to issuer
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Can compute interest rate when you know both
FV and PV
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Interest bearing notes Stated and effective rate differ
True
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When a note is received in exchange for propert, goods or services in a bargained transaction, the state interest rate is fair unless
No interest rate is stated Or The stated interest rate is unreasonable Or Face amount of note is materially different from current cash sales price for same or similar items or from current FV of debt instrument
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Imputed interest rate
Resulting interest rate
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Imputation
Process of interest rate approximation
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Short term notes receivables are reported at
Net realizable value
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Fair value option
The option to us FV as basis of measurement in financial statements
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FV is more relevant than historical cost bc
It reflects current cash equivalent value of financial instruments
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If fair value option is chosen
The receivables are record at FV, with unrealized holding gains or losses reported as part of net income
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Unrealized holding gain or loss
Net change in FV of receivables from one period to another, exclusive of interest revenue
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Any change in fair value is reported as
Unrealized holding gain or loss
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In order to accelerate the crops of cash from receivables,
The owner may transfer accounts or notes receivables to another company for cash
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Reasons for transferring accounts
1. Competitive reasons 2. Holder may sell receivables bc money is tight 3. Billing and collection of receivables are often time consuming and costly
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The transfer of receivables to a third party for cash happens in one of 2 ways
Sales receivables Secured borrowing
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A common type of sales of receivables
Sale to a factor
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Factors are
Finance companies or banks that buy receivables from businesses for a fee and then collect remittances directly from customers
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Companies sell receivables on either
Without recourse Or With recourse
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Sale without recourse (non recourse)
Seller assumes no responsibility for any credit losses associated with transferred receivables
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Sales with recourse
Seller guarantees payment to purchaser in event the debtor fails to pay To record this transaction, seller uses financial components approach bc seller has a continuing involvement with receivables
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Secured borrowing
Uses receivables as collateral in a borrowing transaction
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The three conditions must be met b4 a company can record sale
1. Transferred asset has been isolated from transferor 2. Transferees have obtained right to pledge or sell assets 3. Transferor does not maintain effective control through repurchase agreement
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Presentation of receivables
Pg 350
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Companies are required to disaggregate based on type of
Receivables
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Companies must disclose concentrations of credit frisk for all financial instruments
:)
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Accounts receivable turnover
Assess liquidity of receivables Measures the # of times, on average a company collects receivables during a period
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Reconciling items
Deposit in transit -- end of month deposits of cash recorded on depositors books in one month received and recorded by bank Outstanding checks --checks written by depositor are recorded when written but may not be recorded by bank until next month Bank charges --charges recorded by bank against depositors balance for such items as bank services, printing checks, NSF and safe deposit box rentals. Depositor may not be aware of changes until receipt of bank statement Bank credits -- collections or deposits by Bank for benefit of depositors that may be unknown to depositor until receipt of bank statement Bank or depositor errors -- errors on the part of bank or part of depositor cause bank balance to disagree with depositors book balance
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Cash short & over used
When petty cash fund fails to prove out.
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If cash prove short
It is debited as shortage to cash over and short account
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If cash proves over
It is credit to overage to cash over and short

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