47.(40 Minutes) (Prepare journal entries for company emerging from bankruptcy
using fresh start accounting)
Becket Corporation must use fresh start accounting because the
reorganization value of $650,000 is less than the company’s allowed debts and
the original owners hold less than 50 percent of the voting stock after the
reorganization.
BOOK VALUES AFTER EMERGING FROM REORGANIZATION
— Total assets = $637,000 (reorganization value of $650,000 plus proceeds
from sale of stock of $77,000 less $90,000 value of land and investments
used to settle two debts)
have a fair value of only $623,000, Goodwill must be established for $27,000.
JOURNAL ENTRIES
—Investments ………..………………………….…..….…..….…... 14,000
Land ……………………………………………..….…..….…..….... 23,000
Buildings ……….……………….…………………………………… 52,000
Goodwill ………..………………………………………………….... 27,000
Accounts Receivable ………….…………………..…..…. 20,000
Inventory ………..……………….…………….…..….…..….. 16,000
Common Stock ($10 par value) ……..…..….…..….. 70,000
Additional Paid-In Capital ……………..….…..….…... 7,000
To record shares sold to new investor.
—Cash ……………………………………………………….…………... 40,000
Investments ………..…………………………….….…..….. 40,000
47. (continued)
—Notes Payable—Current ………………………………..….…. 220,000
Cash ………………………………………………..…..…..….…. 40,000
Notes Payable (due in 2019) ……………………….….... 130,000