In: Accounting
The current asset section of Guardian Consultant’s balance sheet consists of cash, accounts receivable, and prepaid expenses. The 2021 balance sheet reported the following: cash, $1,300,000; prepaid expenses, $360,000; long-term assets, $2,400,000; and shareholders’ equity, $2,500,000. The current ratio at the end of the year was 2.0 and the debt to equity ratio was 1.4.
Required:
Determine the following 2021 amounts and ratios:
1. Current liabilities
2. Long-term liabilities
3. Accounts receivable
4. The acid-test ratio
1.
Debt to equity ratio = Total liabilities ÷ Shareholders’ equity = 1.4
Total liabilities ÷ $2,500,000 = 1.4
Shareholders’ equity × 1.4 = Total liabilities
$2,500,000 × 1.4 = $3,500,000 = Total liabilities
Total liabilities + Equity = Total assets
$3,500,000 + $2,500,000 = $6,000,000 = Total assets
Total assets – Long-term assets = Current assets
$6,000,000 – $2,400,000 = $3,600,000 = Current assets
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
2.0 = $3,600,000 ÷ Current liabilities
Current liabilities = $3,600,000 ÷ 2 = $1,800,000
2.
Total assets = Total liabilities + Shareholders’ equity
Total assets = Current liabilities + Long-term liabilities + Shareholders’ equity
$6,000,000 = $1,800,000 + Long-term liabilities + $2,500,000
Long-term liabilities = $1,700,000
3.
Current assets = Cash + Accounts receivable + Prepaid expenses
$3,600,000 = $1,300,000 + Accounts receivable + $360,000
Accounts receivable = $1,940,000
4.
Acid-test ratio = Quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
Quick assets = Cash + Accounts receivable
Quick assets = $1,300,000 + $1,940,000 = $3,240,000
Acid-test ratio = $3,240,000 ÷ $1,800,000 = 1.8
Current liabilities = $1,800,000
Long-term liabilities = $1,700,000
Accounts receivable = $1,940,000
Acid-test ratio = 1.8