The question is incomplete. The complete question is as follows,
At December 31, 2011 the accounting records of Gordon, Inc. contain the following items:
Accounts Payable 2500
Land 30000
Building 31250
Notes Payable ?
Retained earnings 125000
Accounts Receivable 18750
Cash ?
Equipment 40000
Capital Stock 12500
If the Notes Payable is $10,000, the December 31, 2011 cash balance is:
Answer:
Cash = $30000
Explanation:
The accounting equation states that the sum of total assets is always equal to the sum of total liabilities plus total equity. We can state the equation as follows,
Total Assets = Total Liabilities + Total Equity
So,
(30000 + 31250 + 18750 + 40000 + Cash) = (2500 + 10000) + (125000 + 12500)
120000 + Cash = 12500 + 137500
Cash = 150000 - 120000
Cash = $30000
Answer:
A. In a situation where prices are declining, companies using LIFO will report the smallest cost of goods sold.
- This is because LIFO calculates goods sold as Last in, First Out. And since the cost is declining, the last in inventory will have the smallest cost of goods sold.
C. Weighted average cost of goods sold will be between FIFO and LIFO costs of goods sold.
- Whether the cost of goods are rising or falling, this will always be the case.
D. Companies using LIFO will pay higher taxes than companies using FIFO, assuming all else being equal.
- This is because when using LIFO in this scenario, higher profits would be recorded and the tax is paid on profit, thus higher taxes.
F. Companies using LIFO will report the highest ending inventory on their balance sheets (as compared to companies using FIFO or weighted average,)
- This is simply because in this scenario, the LIFO sold the cheaper goods first leaving an ending inventory of the relatively expensive goods unlike FIFO which would have sold the expensive first. Again, emphasis on this scenario of declining cost.
Answer:
b)less than $500,000 today, but a positive amount.
Explanation:
By the virtue of the concepts of compounding and discounting, we understand that $1 today is worth more that $1 in the future.
Where Pv = Present value
Fv = Future value
r = discount rate
t = time
Fv = Pv ( 1 + r)^t
As such If a firm can earn a profit stream of $50,000 per year for 10 years, that profit stream is worth less than $500,000 today, but a positive amount.
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