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HERE COME THE CLOWNS! is the name of a traveling circus. The ledger accounts of the busine...

HERE COME THE CLOWNS! is the name of a traveling circus. The ledger accounts of the business at June 30, 2007, are listed here in alphabetical order:

Accounts Payable

$ 26,100

Notes Payable

$180,000

Accounts Receivable

7,450

Notes Receivable

9,500

Animals

189,060

Props and Equipment

89,580

Cages

24,630

Retained Earnings

27,230

Capital Stock

310,000

Salaries Payable

9,750

Cash

?

Tents

63,000

Costumes

31,500

Trucks&Wagons

105,840

Instructions

a. Prepare a balance sheet by using these items and computing the amount of Cash at June 30. 2007. Organize your balance sheet similar to the one illustrated in Exhibit 2-10. (After “Ac­counts Receivable.” you may list the remaining assets in any order. ) Include a proper balance sheet heading.


b. Assume that late in the evening of June 30, after your balance sheet had been prepared, a fire destroyed one of the tents, which had cost $14,300. The tent was not insured. Explain what changes would be required in your June 30 balance sheet to reflect the loss of this asset.

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