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Effect of transactions on liquidity measures Selected balance sheet accounts for Tibbetts...

Effect of transactions on liquidity measures Selected balance sheet accounts for Tibbetts Company on September 30, 2010, are as follows:

Cash

  $ 32,000

Marketable securities

  58,000

Accounts receivable, net

  86,000

Inventory

  90,000

Prepaid expenses

  14,000

Total current assets

  $280,000

Accounts payable

  $ 98,000

Other accrued liabilities

  22,000

Short-term debt

  40,000

Total current liabilities

  $160,000

Required:

a.Calculate the working capital, current ratio, and acid-test ratio for Tibbetts Company as of September 30, 2010.


b. Summarized here are the transactions/events that took place during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011. Indicate the effect of each item on Tibbetts Company’s working capital, current ratio, and acid-test ratio. Use + for increase, - for decrease, and (NE) for no effect. (Hint: It may be helpful to use the horizontal model or to record the journal entry(ies) for each item before considering the effects on liquidity measures.)

 

 

 

Example

Working

Capital

Current

Ratio

Acid-Test

Ratio

 

Paid accounts payable, $195,000.

NE

+

+

1.

Credit sales for the year amounted to $240,000. The cost of goods sold was $156,000.

 

 

 

2.

Collected accounts receivable, $252,000.

 

 

 

3.

Purchased inventory on account, $168,000.

 

 

 

4.

Issued 250 shares of common stock for $36 per share.

 

 

 

5.

Wrote off $7,000 of uncollectible accounts using the allowance for bad debts.

 

 

 

6.

Declared and paid a cash dividend, $20,000.

 

 

 

7.

8.

Sold marketable securities costing $26,000 for $31,000 in cash.

Recorded insurance expense for the year, $12,000. The premium for the policy was paid in June 2010.

 

 

 

9.

Borrowed cash on a short-term bank loan, $10,000.

 

 

 

10.

Repaid principal of $40,000 and interest of $3,000 on a long-term bank loan.

 

 

 

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