Receivables: For Aging of Accounts Receivables Problems
Receivables: For Aging of Accounts Receivables Problems
Receivables: For Aging of Accounts Receivables Problems
- the aging should be adjusted first with all possible adjustments before a required allowance is computed. This includes
a. adjustment both to general ledger (GL) and SL
- additional write-offs accounts
- unrecorded sale/over recorded sale; unrecorded collections
- credit balance in AR (adjusted to advances from customers)
b. adjustment to SL only (no adjusting entries required, but aging schedule maybe adjusted)
- sales/collections already recorded in GL but not in SL
- posting errors
c. adjustments to GL only (will not affect aging schedule anymore)
- sales/collections not yet recorded in GL but already posted in SL.
- the adjusted balance in SL shall ultimately be the correct/adjusted balance of the AR gross of required allowance.
- if the GL ultimately does not coincide to the SL, an additional adjustment should be in place to correct the GL to equal
the adjusted balance of SL. The adjustment should be credited or debited to SALES account.
- to compute the bad debt expense for the period, the adjusted balance per computation is compared to unadjusted
balance. (do not forget to consider write-off of AR, recoveries of previously written-off accounts, and interim bad debts
provisions)
Balance Sheet Measurement. Loans receivable shall be measured at balance sheet date at amortized cost,
which shall be:
INITIAL AMOUNT RECOGNIZED/FMV @ INITIAL RECOGNITION xx
LESS: PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS (xx)
LESS: AMORTIZATION OF PREMIUM or (xx)
ADD: AMORTIZATION OF DISCOUNT xx
LESS: IMPAIRMENT OF LOAN (if any)* (xx)
AMORTIZED COST xx
Note: carrying value of Loans Receivable include accrued interest as general rule
INVENTORY
*in considering the validity of Sale or Purchase Transactions, consider the ff.:
As a rule of thumb assumption, a SALE is valid upon delivery and PURCHASE is valid upon receipt.
**if the problem did not indicate whether goods under consideration has been included or excluded from the count, the
ff. assumptions are to be made:
1. All deliveries (on sale) made on or before the count date are excluded from the count, all deliveries made
after the count date are included from the count, unless otherwise stated by the problem.
2. All receipts (on purchases) of goods on or before the count date shall be included from the count, all receipts
after the count are excluded from the count, unless otherwise stated by the problem.
FOR INVENTORY ESTIMATION PROBLEMS
1. GROSS PROFIT METHOD
Cost of goods available for sale (actual)* xx
Less: cost of sales (estimate)** (xx)
Estimated Invty-end xx
*COGAS is actual, that is consider all items included in the computation of COGAS (invty-beg + purchases +
freight in – purchase discounts – purchase returns and allowances + department transfer in –
department transfer out – abnormal spoilage, breakage, shrinkage)
** COS is estimated by
1. Gross sales x cost rate (if GP is based on sales)
2. Gross sales/selling price rate (if GP is based on cost)
NOTE: for the purpose of estimating COS, assume that all sales were made under the normal GP rate, thus when
computing gross sales:
- ignore discount to customers
- add back special discounts to Gross Sales (e.g. employee discounts)
- deduct sales return from gross sales
- ignore sales allowances (deduct if sales returns and allowances as single account is provided)
- normal spoilage, breakage, shoplifting losses shall be added back to gross sales at selling price
2. RETAIL METHOD
Cost of goods available for sale (at retail)* xx
Less: COS @retail** (xx)
Estimated Ending Invty @ retail xx
Multiply by Cost rate (LCA or Ave)*** x%
Estimated EI @ cost xx
COST RETAIL
Beg – inventory xx xx
Add: purchases xx xx
Freight in xx
Less: purchase allowance (xx)
Purchase discount (xx)
Purchase returns (xx) (xx)
Add: department transfer in (debit) xx xx
Less: department transfer out (credit) (xx) (xx)
Less: abnormal spoilage, breakage, shrinkage (xx) (xx)
Add: mark ups cancellation net of cancellations xx
COGAS under LCA (conservative)*** xx / xx %
or
Less: mark downs net of cancellation (xx)
COGAS under AVE*** xx / xx %
Gross sales xx
Less: sales return (xx)
Add: special discounts xx
Normal spoilage, shrinkage, breakage, shoplifting xx
Sales / cost of sales @ retail** xx
NOTE: for FIFO AVE., simply disregard in the computation the cost % the beginning inventories:
COST % = COGAS @ cost – BI @ cost or net purchase @ cost
COGAS @retail – BI @ retail net purchases @ retail
FOR INVENTORY VALUATION PROBLEMS
Inventories shall be valued at LOWER OF COST or NET REALIZABLE VALUE