Chapter 14 – Accounting for Not-for-Profit Organizations
14-35
Ch. 14, Solutions, Exercise 14-25 (Cont’d)
General Problem Information: Recording and reporting transactions
Learning Objective: 14-3
Learning Objective: 14-5
Topic: Accounting for NFP Organizations; Preparing Journal Entries and Financial
14-26. Some of the corrections or modifications that should be made to the Learning Institute’s
statement of financial position include:
• Short- and long-term investments should be separated since the FASB indicates
that assets should be reported in terms of nearness to cash or by classifying as
current/noncurrent. Long-term investments are generally reported in a separate
• The FASB indicates that, at a minimum, the statement of financial position should
report the total for assets, liabilities, and net assets. Totals have not been reported
for liabilities or net assets.
• The liabilities are not reported by current/noncurrent, nor are they reported in
homogenous groups. The mortgage is reported between two current liabilities. At
a minimum, the center would want to report the two current liabilities next to each
other; doing so increases the homogeneity and separates the liabilities into current
and noncurrent.
Based on the reporting of the net assets, it appears that there is a missing
classification in the assets section. There are at least $1,225,000 in net assets
restricted for permanent endowment that should be classified in the asset section
as Assets with Restrictions on Use. These are assets provided by donors, which
have a long-term purpose.