11) stock warrants outstanding should be classified as
a.liabilities
b.reductions of capital contributed in excess of par value
c.assets
d.none of these
12) the accountant preparing the income statement for bakersfield, inc. had some doubts
about the appropriate accounting treatment of the seven items listed below during the
fiscal year ending december 31, 2012. assume a tax rate of 40 percent.
1. the corporation experienced an uninsured flood loss of $70,000 before taxes. while
this loss meets the criteria of an extraordinary item, it has not been recorded.
2. the corporation disposed of its sporting goods division during 2012. this disposal
meets the criteria for discontinued operations. the division correctly calculated
income from operating this division of $110,000 before taxes and a loss of $12,000
before taxes on the disposal of the division. all of these events occurred in 2012 and
have not been recorded.
3. the company recorded advances of $10,000 to employees made december 31, 2012
as salaries and wages expense.
4. dividends of $10,000 during 2012 were recorded as an operating expense.
5. in 2012, bakersfield changed its method of accounting for inventory from the
first-in-first-out method to the average cost method. inventory in 2012 was
correctly recorded using the average cost method. the new inventory method would
have resulted in an additional $115,000 of cost of goods sold (before taxes) being
reported on prior years’ income statement.
6. office equipment purchased january 1, 2012 for $45,000 was incorrectly charged to
supplies expense at the time of purchase. the office equipment has an estimated
three-year service life with no expected salvage value. bakersfield uses the
straight-line method to depreciate office equipment for financial reporting
purposes. this error has not been recorded.
7. on january 1, 2008, bakersfield bought a building that cost $85,000, had an
estimated useful life of ten years, and had a salvage value of $5,000. bakersfield
uses the
straight-line depreciation method to depreciate the building. in 2012, it was
estimated that the remaining useful life was eight years and the salvage value was
zero. depreciation expense reported on the 2012 income statement was correctly
calculated based on the new estimates. no adjustment for prior years’ depreciation