Question

Analyzing Accounts and Notes Receivable; Computing Interest, Estimating Value, and Recording Bad Debts

Analyze each of the four separate scenarios and answer the requirements.

Note: Round each of your answers to the nearest whole dollar.

1. On December 31, 2020, Helena Company, a California real estate firm, received two $28,000 notes from customers in exchange for services rendered. The 8% note from El Dorado Company is due in nine months, and the 3% note from Newcastle Company is due in five years. The market interest rate for similar notes on December 31, 2020, was 8%. At what amounts should the two notes be reported in Helena’s December 31, 2020, balance sheet?

Note receivable, El Dorado Company	Answer
Note receivable, Newcastle Company	Answer

2. EPPA, an environmental management firm, issued to Dara, a $14,000, 8%, five-year installment note that required five equal annual year-end payments. This note was discounted to yield a 9% rate to Dara. What is the total amount of interest revenue to be recognized by Dara on this note?

Total interest revenue

Answer

3. On July 1, 2020, Lezix Company, a maker of denim clothing, sold goods in exchange for a $140,000, one-year, noninterest-bearing note. At the time of the sale, the market rate of interest was 12% on similar notes. At what amount should Lezix record the note receivable on July 1, 2020?

Note receivable

Answer

4. The records of Quest Company included the following accounts (with normal balances).

Cash sales	$1,680,000
Credit sales	1,260,000
Balance in accounts receivable, December 31, 2019	252,000
Balance in accounts receivable, December 31, 2020	280,000
Balance in allowance for doubtful accounts, December 31, 2019 (Cr.)	4,200
Accounts written off as uncollectible during 2020	7,000

The company estimates bad debts as 2% of receivables at year-end to be uncollectible.

Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31, 2020, to adjust the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Date	Account Name	Dr.	Cr.
Dec. 31, 2020	Answer

Answer	Answer
	Answer

Answer

Answer

Answer 1

3	Note = 140000$, interest Rate = !2%, Time = 1 Year
	Present Value=	(140000)/(1+0.12)
		125000
	Debitors A/c
4	0	Amount	Particulars	Amount
	To Balance B/d	252500
	To Sales	1260000	By Allowances	4200
			By Written off	7000
			By Provision for Doubt Full	5714
			280000*2/98
			By Bank	1215586
			By Balance C/d	280000
	Total	1512500	Total	1512500