Question

Articulation Exercise

Listed below are selected account balances for Moby Corporation at December 31, Year 2 and Year 1. Also available for you is selected information from the income statement for Moby for the year ended December 31, Year 2.

Selected balance sheet accounts:       Year 2                                       Year 1

Assets:

Accounts Receivable                           $18                                           $22

Prepaid Salaries                                     8                                              7

Prepaid Rent                                         3                                              5

Property, Plant & Equipment                310                                           283

(Accumulated Depreciation)                (75)                                          (68)

Investments                                         26                                             24

Liabilities & Stockholders’

Equity:

Salaries Payable                                   12                                              9

Unearned Sales Rev.                              4                                              1

Notes Payable                                     39                                             34

Dividends Payable                                 6                                              4

Contributed Capital                              32                                             24

Retained Earnings                                42                                             39

Selected income statement information for the year ended December 31, Year 2:

Sales revenue                                     $74

Depreciation                                       18

Salaries Expense                                  27

Gain on sale of equipment                       7

Loss on sale of investments                     3

Net Income                                         21

Additional information:

1. During Year 2, Property, Plant & Equipment costing $26 was sold causing a gain.
2. During Year 2, $22 of Notes Payable were issued in exchange for Property, Plant and Equipment. This involves an exchange of Notes Payable for Property, Plant and Equipment.
3. During Year 2, the firm sold Investments for $8 cash.

Required: Determine the correct dollar amounts for each of the following items. Place your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Cash paid for salaries in Year 2.                                                                  $_________                                              
2. Payments for the purchase of Investments in Year                                        $_________           

3. Notes Payable paid off in Year 2.                                                                 $_________                                                           

4. Cash dividends paid in Year 2                                                                     $_________                      
5. Cash received from the sale of Property, Plant and Equipment in Year 2              $_________                                                           
6. Cash paid for Property, Plant & Equipment in Year 2                                      $_________           

7. Cash collected from customers in Year 2                                                         $_________

Answer 1

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