Snowman Co. had the following December 31, 2017, account balances (listed in alp
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Snowman Co. had the following December 31, 2017, account balances (listed in alphabetical order):
Account
12/31/2017 Balance
Administrative and Office Salaries Expense
$29,500
Advertising Expense
14,100
Bad Debt Expense
1,900
Common Stock, $10 par
110,000
Cost of Goods Sold
191,200
Depreciation Expense: Buildings & Office Equipment
10,000
Depreciation Expense: Sales Equipment
8,500
Dividend Revenue
900
Gain on Sale of Sales Equipment (pretax)
5,000
Interest Expense
4,900
Office Supplies Expense
1,800
Property Tax Expense
7,700
Retained Earnings, January 1, 2017
428,900
Sales
366,700
Sales Discounts Taken
5,200
Sales Salaries Expense
16,500
Sales Supplies Expense
4,600
Transportation out (deliveries)
6,000
Additional information not included in the above.
The tax rate is 30%
On April 1, 2017, the company sold Division M (a component of the company), which had been unprofitable for several years. For the first 3 months of 2017, Division M had operating revenues of $25,000 and operating expenses of $33,800. The division assets had a historical cost of $80,000, had been depreciated for seven years using the straight line method, allowing for a $5,000 residual value, and a ten year life. The assets were sold for $45,000.
In the middle of December, 2017, the company incurred a material $5,500 pretax loss as a result of a flood on a river that floods once every 25 years.
During a review of the 2017 entries to ascertain what adjusting entries needed to be made, it was discovered that Legal Fees of $14,000, incurred in 2015 and associated with researching a potential patent were capitalized to the account patents in 2015. The patent was never applied for and the product idea was scrapped. In 2016 patent amortization was recorded, based on a twenty-year patent life. No amortization entry was recorded in 2017.
The company paid cash dividends of $.90 per share on its common stock. All the stock was outstanding for the entire year.
While making its December 31, 2017 adjusting entries, the company conducted an analysis of its recent favorable experience with uncollectible accounts receivable, and decided to reduce the percentage used in computing bad debt expense. The use of the new percentage resulted in the $1,900 bad debt expense being $500 less than the amount that would have been calculated using the old percentage.
During 2017, the company elected to switch from the completed contract method to the percentage of completion method for the work performed by its Consulting Division. This division has been in existence since 2015. The effect of this change was an increase in revenue in 2015 of $15,000, an increase in 2016 of $20,000 and an increase in 2017 of $25,000. The percentage of completion method was applied to all consulting revenue recorded in 2017. Consulting revenue is combined with other sales revenue for reporting purposes on the financial statements.
REQUIRED:
Prepare a single step Income Statement for Snowman Co. being sure to differentiate between Selling Expenses and Administrative Expenses.
Prepare a Statement of Retained Earnings for Snowman Co.
Where needed, provide schedules to show the details of your calculations and numbers.
Which of the “additional information” items would require footnote disclosure? Briefly explain what the footnote would need to state or explain.
Account
12/31/2017 Balance
Administrative and Office Salaries Expense
$29,500
Advertising Expense
14,100
Bad Debt Expense
1,900
Common Stock, $10 par
110,000
Cost of Goods Sold
191,200
Depreciation Expense: Buildings & Office Equipment
10,000
Depreciation Expense: Sales Equipment
8,500
Dividend Revenue
900
Gain on Sale of Sales Equipment (pretax)
5,000
Interest Expense
4,900
Office Supplies Expense
1,800
Property Tax Expense
7,700
Retained Earnings, January 1, 2017
428,900
Sales
366,700
Sales Discounts Taken
5,200
Sales Salaries Expense
16,500
Sales Supplies Expense
4,600
Transportation out (deliveries)
6,000
Explanation / Answer
Working note
Income statement of SNOWMAN CO. form 1 jan 2017 to dec 17 Particular Amount Sales 3,66,700.00 less discount -5,200.00 Net Sales 3,61,500.00 Other Income 5,900.00 Total income 3,67,400.00 Cost of GOOD SOLD 1,91,200.00 Administration Expenses 39,000.00 advertisement expenses 14,100.00 Bad debts 1,900.00 Depreciation on building & office equiments 10,000.00 depreciation on sales equiments 8,500.00 Interest expenses 4,900.00 Selling Expenses 15,200.00 Amortisation of Patient 13,300.00 Loss on Material 220.00 Total operating Expenses 2,98,320.00 Profit from operating operation 69,080.00 Non Operating Income Revenue 25,000.00 Less Expenses 33,800.00 Add Profit sales of aSSets 17,500.00 Total Non operating Income 8,700.00 Total Profit from operating and non operating operation 77,780.00 Less Tax 23,334.00 Profit after tax 54,446.00 Less Dividend Paid 9,900.00 Transfer to retain Earning 44,546.00Related Questions
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