Question

It is standard accounting procedure, or a generally accepted accounting principle (GAAP), to make a journal entry to remove the current year's principle from the long-term liabilities. This entry reduces the long-term liabilities and increases the current liabilities.

Your company has a bank loan that requires a current ratio of 1.5 times. The owner has asked you, the bookkeeper, not to make the adjusting entry that would take the current portion from the long-term liabilities. If you make the adjusting entry, the company's loan will need to be repaid immediately (or the loan called). What should you do?

Answer 1

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) refer to a common set of accounting principles, standards, and procedures issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Public companies in the United States must follow GAAP when their accountants compile their financial statements. GAAP is a combination of authoritative standards (set by policy boards) and the commonly accepted ways of recording and reporting accounting information. GAAP aims to improve the clarity, consistency, and comparability of the communication of financial information.

GAAP may be contrasted with pro forma accounting, which is a non-GAAP financial reporting method. Internationally, the equivalent to GAAP in the United States is referred to as international financial reporting standards (IFRS). IFRS is followed in over 120 countries, including those in the European Union (EU).

Analysis and Conclusion:

The book keeper must follow the GAAP , as per company policy current year principle must remove from the long term liabilities and the same added to current liabilities.even though the required current ratio reduced for maintenance of bank loans. The company must follow the policy which has accepted early, and the loan including the current year principle amount along with interest must be repaid. Bank loans also should be repaid.