Test Bank for Intermediate Accounting, Fifteenth Edition
*Pr. 3-136—Cash to accrual accounting.
The following information is available for Renn Corporation‘s first year of operations:
Payment for merchandise purchases $335,000
Ending merchandise inventory 135,000
Accounts payable (balance at end of year) 60,000
Collections from customers 280,000
The balance in accounts payable relates only to merchandise purchases. All merchandise items
were marked to sell at 35% above cost. What should be the ending balance in accounts
receivable, assuming all accounts are deemed collectible?
*Pr. 3-137—Accrual accounting.
Yates Company’s records provide the following information concerning certain account balances
and changes in these account balances during the current year. Transaction information is
missing from each item below.
Instructions
Prepare the entry to record the missing information for each account. (Consider each inde-
pendently.)
1. Accounts Receivable: Jan. 1, balance $41,000, Dec. 31, balance $55,000, uncollectible
accounts written off during the year, $6,000; accounts receivable collected during the year,
$139,000. Prepare the entry to record sales revenue.
2. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: Jan. 1, balance $4,000, Dec. 31, balance $7,500,
uncollectible accounts written off during the year, $20,000. Prepare the entry to record bad
debt expense.
3. Accounts Payable: Jan. 1, balance $25,000, Dec. 31, balance $54,000, purchases on account
for the year, $120,000. Prepare the entry to record payments on account.
4. Interest Receivable: Jan. 1 accrued, $3,000, Dec. 31 accrued, $2,100, recognized for the
year, $35,000. Prepare the entry to record cash interest received.