Question

Acme Corporation uses the calendar year as their fiscal year for reporting purposes. Acme Corporation is owned 100% by Jesse Smith. Jesse Smith is quite wealthy - he has over $3 million in a personal savings account which is currently earning 2 one hundredths of 1% interest (or .0002 rate resulting in $600 per year). He also has many other investments. Acme Corporation has $300,000 of current assets. Acme has Accounts Payable of $40,000 and various Payroll liabilities totaling $109,000. Acme also has a Note Payable in the amount of $800,000. There are no other liabilities. Interest has been paid every year when due on December 31. The Note Payable is due in $200,000 installments on June 30 of each year for the next 4 years. The current interest rate on the note is 4%. However, according to the loan terms, if Acme's current ratio falls below 2, the interest rate will automatically increase to 7%. Since the note is due in installments over the next 4 years, management is presenting the Note on the balance sheet as a long term liability.

Is Acme's management reporting their balance sheet appropriately? What recommendations do you have for management? How do these recommendations impact the current ratio?

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