Reference no: EM132402405

Problem 1 - Farm Fresh Produce Co. sells produce wholesale to local groceries on account. The accounts receivable department had the following information on December 31, 2009:

Total Credit sales	$400,000.00
Balance of allowance for doubtful accounts	($950.00)
Bad debt as a percentage of credit sales	0.50%

 

	Days Past Due	Amount
J Company	34	5,000.00
H Company	74	950.00
L Company	18	32,000.00
T Company	22	4,350.00
F Company	61	2,000.00
B Company	145	1,750.00

 

Age Class	Percentage Uncollectible
0-30	2%
30-60	5%
60-90	12%
90-120	20%
120+	75%

Instructions:

1. Create an aging of receivable report and determine the allowance for doubtful accounts.

2. Determine the allowance for doubtful accounts based on the percentage of sales method.

3. Illustrate the effects on the accounts and financial statements using both methods.

4. Illustrate the effects on the accounts and financial statements assuming Farm Fresh Produce Co. wrote off the balance of T Company on April 3, 2010.

5. Illustrate the effects on the accounts and financial statements assuming that T Company paid off its account on May 22, 2010.

Problem 2 - Health Guard Labs, a pharmaceutical company, recently purchased a new pill dispensing machine. The purchase price was $24,500, the estimated residual value was $10,000, and the estimated useful life is five years. Additional expenditures during the first year of use were as follows:

1. Sales tax	$750
2. Assembly	$450
3. Maintenance repairs	$2,500
4. Replacement parts	$3,600
5. New battery to increase energy efficiency	$670

Instructions:

1. Determine the machine asset value at year end of year one.

2. Create a depreciation schedule for year one and two for the dispensing machine by using the straight line method.

3. Create a depreciation schedule for year one and two for the dispensing machine by using the double declining method.