Fawaz Irfan Mubarok - Task 5
Fawaz Irfan Mubarok - Task 5
Fawaz Irfan Mubarok - Task 5
Early in January 2016, Hopkins Company is preparing for a meeting with its bankers
to discuss a loan request. Its bookkeeper provided the following accounts and balances
at December 31, 2015.
Debit Credit
Inventory £ 65,300
Accounts Receivable (net) 38,500
Cash 75,000
Equipment (net) 84,000
Patents 15,000
Notes and Accounts Payable £ 52,000
Notes Payable (due 2017) 75,000
Share Capital—Ordinary 100,000
Retained Earnings 50,800
£ 277,800 £ 277,800
Except for the following items, Hopkins has recorded all adjustments in its accounts.
1. Net accounts receivable is comprised of £52,000 in accounts receivable and £13,500
in allowance for doubtful accounts.
2. Cash includes £500 petty cash and £15,000 in a bond sinking fund.
3. Equipment had a cost of £112,000 and accumulated depreciation of £28,000.
4. On January 8, 2016, one of Hopkins’ customers declared bankruptcy. At December
31, 2015, this customer owed Hopkins £9,000.
Accounting
Answer:
Prepare a corrected December 31, 2015, statement of financial position for Hopkins
Company.
Hopkins Company
Statement of Financial Position
December 31, 2015
Assets
Non-current Assets
- Long-term Investments
Bond sinking fund £ 15,000
PPE (Property, Plant, Equipment)
Equipment £112,000
Accumulated equipment depreciation (28,000) £84,000
Intangible Assets
Patents £15,000
Current Assets
- Inventories £65,000
- Accounts receivable
- (£52,000-9,000) £43,000
- Allowance for doubtful accounts
(13,500-$9,000) (£4,500) £38,500
- Cash (£75,000-£15,000) £60,000
- Total current assets £163,800
Non-current liabilities
- Notes Payable (due 2017) 75,000
Current Liabilities
- Notes and accounts payable 52,000
- Total Liabilities £127,000
Analysis
Hopkins’ bank is considering granting an additional loan in the amount of £45,000,
which will be due December 31, 2016. How can the information in the statement of
financial position provide useful information to the bank about Hopkins’ ability to repay
the loan?
In the statement of financial position, we can see that current assets of Hopkins can
pay the rest of the notes and accounts payable. So it is safe to say that Hopkins can
get the additional loan based on the statements
The current notes account payable is £52,000 and the total current assets is £163,800,
so Hopkins still has £111,800 of current assets. Using current assets to know the ability
to get a loan because the current assets can be converted into cash.
Principles
In the upcoming meeting with the bank, Hopkins plans to provide additional information
about the fair value of its equipment and some internally generated intangible assets
related to its customer lists. This information indicates that Hopkins has significant
unrealized gains on these assets, which are not reflected on the statement of financial
position. What objections are the bank likely to raise about the usefulness of this
information in evaluating Hopkins for the loan renewal?
The bank might have an objection to the Hopkins loan renewal because in the
intangible additional information total of current assets, there are inventories, accounts
receivable, and allowances that are not in cash and not relevant. For other reasons, it
might be because intangible assets and fair-value equipment are long-term assets that
the bank cannot consider as company collateral.
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