b.Auditing
c.Disclosure to competition
d.Improved allocation of resources
13) When a business enterprise enters into what is referred to as off-balance-sheet
financing, the company
a.is attempting to conceal the debt from shareholders by having no information about
the debt included in the balance sheet
b.wishes to confine all information related to the debt to the income statement and the
statement of cash flow
c.can enhance the quality of its financial position and perhaps permit credit to be
obtained more readily and at less cost
d.is in violation of generally accepted accounting principles
14) For which of the following transactions would the use of the present value of an
ordinary annuity concept be appropriate in calculating the present value of the asset
obtained or the liability owed at the date of incurrence?
a.A capital lease is entered into with the initial lease payment due one month
subsequent to the signing of the lease agreement
b.A capital lease is entered into with the initial lease payment due upon the signing of
the lease agreement
c.A ten-year 8% bond is issued on January 2 with interest payable semiannually on
January 2 and July 1 yielding 7%
d.A ten-year 8% bond is issued on January 2 with interest payable semiannually on
January 2 and July 1 yielding 9%
15) On February 1, 2014, Henson Company factored receivables with a carrying
amount of $500,000 to Agee Company. Agee Company assesses a finance charge of 3%
of the receivables and retains 5% of the receivables. Relative to this transaction, you are
to determine the amount of loss on sale to be reported in the income statement of
Henson Company for February.
Assume that Henson factors the receivables on a with recourse basis. The recourse
obligation has a fair value of $2,500. The loss to be reported is
a.$15,000
b.$17,500
c.$25,000
d.$42,500