In: Accounting
In what section of the balance sheet should the following items appear, and what balance sheet terminology would you use?
(a) Treasury stock (recorded at cost). (b) Checking account at bank. (c) Land (held as an investment). (d) Sinking fund. (e) Unamortized premium on bonds payable. (f) Copyrights. (g) Pension fund assets. (h) Premium on common stock. (i) Long-term investments (pledged against bank loans payable).
Statementshowing Computations | |
Paticulars | Paticulars |
(a) Treasury stock (recorded at cost) | Shareholders' Equity. "Treasury stock (at cost)."Note: This is a reduction of total shareholders' equity (reported as contra-equity) |
(b) Checking account at bank | Current Assets. Included in "Cash |
(c) Land (held as an investment). | Investments. "Land held as an investment |
(d) Sinking fund | Investments. "Sinking fund |
(e) Unamortized premium on bonds payable | Long-term debt (adjunct account to bonds payable). "Unamortized premium on bonds payable. |
(f) Copyrights | Intangible Assets. "Copyrights." |
(g) Pension fund assets | Investments. "Employees' pension fund," with sub captions of "Cash" and "Securities" if desired. (Assumes that the company still owns these assets.) |
(h) Premium on common stock | Shareholders' Equity. "Premium on capital stock" or "Additional paid-in capital." |
(i) Long-term investments (pledged against bank loans payable). | Investments. Nature of investments should be given together with parenthetical information asfollows: "pledged to secure loans payable to banks." |