Assume you serve on the board of a local golf and country club. In preparation for renegotiating the club’s bank loans, the president indicates that the club needs to increase its operating cash flows before the end of the current year. The club’s treasurer reassures the president and other board members that he knows a couple of ways to boost the club’s operating cash flows. First, he says, the club can sell some of its accounts receivable to a collections company that is willing to pay the club $97,000 up front for the right to collect $1 00,000 of the overdue accounts. That will immediately boost operating cash flows. Second, he indicates that the club paid about $200,000 last month to relocate the 18th fairway and green closer to the clubhouse. The treasurer indicates that although these costs have been reported as expenses in the club’s own monthly financial statements, he feels an argument can be made for reporting them as part of land and land improvements (a long-lived asset) in the year-end financial statements that would be provided to the bank. He explains that, by recording these payments as an addition to a long-lived asset, they will not be shown as a reduction in operating cash flows.
Required:
1. Does the sale of accounts receivable to generate immediate cash harm or mislead anyone? Would you consider it an ethical business activity?
2. What category in the statement of cash flows is used when reporting cash spent on long-lived assets, such as land improvements? What category is used when cash is spent on expenses, such as costs for regular upkeep of the grounds?
3. What facts are relevant to deciding whether the costs of the 18th hole relocation should be reported as an asset or as an expense? Is it appropriate to make this decision based on the impact it could have on operating cash flows?
4. As a member of the board, how would you ensure that an ethical decision is made?
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Assume you serve on the board of a local golf and country club. In preparation for...
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Refer to the following financial statements
and answer the following questions
hints:-
13. cash provided (used) by operating activities, investing
activities, and financing activities. 14. cash-based net income.
15. estimate of uncollectible accounts receivable. 16. calculate
and interpret accounts receivable ratio (most recent and prior
period).
hints:-
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This is not an account you will find on the majority of company
financial statements. Why does Kroger include this account? Is it
odd that this account is larger than the cash balance? How do you
explain this?
Information Needed to Answer Questions:
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2019 Audit of Beta Industries: Summary
Information
Assume you are an audit manager, today is May 15, 2019, and your
public accounting firm is currently planning the 2019 financial
statement audit of Beta Home Goods, a retailer in the home goods
and supply industry. Beta is a public company with a 12/31
year-end, and a new client for your firm. The audit partner has
asked you to help plan the audit for this new client using the
following information obtained...
Required:
1. What is the amount of Apple’s accounts
receivable as of September 30, 2017?
2. Compute Apple’s accounts receivable turnover as
of September 30, 2017.
3. How long does it take, on average, for
the company to collect receivables for fiscal year ended September
30, 2017?
4. Apple’s most liquid assets include (a)
cash and cash equivalents, (b) short-term marketable
securities, (c) accounts receivable, and (d)
inventory. Compute the percentage that these liquid assets (in
total) make up of...
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