In: Accounting
Question 5
Assume Deloitte & Touche, the accounting firm, advises Deep Sea Seafood that their financial statements must be changed to confirm with GAAP. At December 31, 2016, Deep Sea Seafood accounts include the following:
| 
 Cash  | 
 $51,000  | 
| 
 Short-term trading investments, at cost  | 
 19,000  | 
| 
 Accounts receivable  | 
 37,000  | 
| 
 Inventory  | 
 61,000  | 
| 
 Prepaid expenses  | 
 14,000  | 
| 
 Total current assets  | 
 $182,000  | 
| 
 Accounts payable  | 
 $62,000  | 
| 
 Other current liabilities  | 
 41,000  | 
| 
 Total current liabilities  | 
 $103,000  | 
Deloitte & Touche advised Deep Sea Seafood that:
2018.
the investments a couple of weeks ago.
Deep Sea Seafood has been using the direct write-off method to account for uncollectible
receivables. During 2016, Deep Sea Seafood wrote off bad receivables of $7,000. Deloitte &
Touche determines that bad debt expense for the year should be 2.5% of sales revenue, which
totaled $600,000 in 2016.