Question

Klingon Cruisers, Inc., purchased new cloaking machinery five years ago for $20 million. The machinery can be sold to the Romulans today for $18 million. Klingon's current balance sheet shows net fixed assets of $15.5 million, current liabilities of $700,000, and net working capital of $226,000. If all the current accounts were liquidated today, the company would receive $1.08 million cash.
Required:
a. What is the book value of Klingon's assets today?
b. What is the market value?

Answer 1

Answer:

a. $16,426,000

b. $19,080,000

Explanation:

a. What is the book value of Klingon's assets today?

Book value of assets refer to the value of the total value of the assets of a company on its balance sheet after depreciation, impairment and amortization have been deducted.

This can be calculated for this question as follows:

Book value of Klingon's assets today = Book value of current assets + Book value of  fixed assets

Book value of fixed assets = $15,500,000

Book value of current assets = Current liabilities + Net working capital = $700,000 + $226,000 = $926,000

Therefore, we have:

Book value of Klingon's assets today =  $15,500,000 + $926,000 = $16,426,000

b. What is the market value?

Market value refer to the amount that can be realized from selling something such as the assets of a company.

This can be calculated for this question as follows:

Market value = Machinery sales amount + Current asset liquidated amount = $18,000,000 + $1,080,000 = $19,080,000