(Classification of Liabilities) Presented below are various account balances. (a) Bank loans payable of a winery, due...

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(Classification of Liabilities) Presented below are various account balances.

(a) Bank loans payable of a winery, due March 10, 2014. (The product requires aging for 5 years before sale.)

(b) Unamortized premium on bonds payable, of which $3,000 will be amortized during the next year.

(c) Serial bonds payable, $1,000,000, of which $250,000 is due each July 31.

(d) Amounts withheld from employees’ wages for income taxes.

(e) Notes payable due January 15, 2013.

(f) Credit balances in customers’ accounts arising from returns and allowances after collection in full of account.

(g) Bonds payable of $2,000,000 maturing June 30, 2012.

(h) Overdraft of $1,000 in a bank account. (No other balances are carried at this bank.)

(i) Deposits made by customers who have ordered goods.

Indicate whether each of the items above should be classified on December 31, 2011, as a current liability, a long-term liability, or under some other classification. Consider each one independently from all others; that is, do not assume that all of them relate to one particular business. If the classification of some of the items is doubtful, explain why in each case.

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When companies need to raise money, issuing bonds is one way to do it. A bond functions as a loan between an investor and a corporation. The investor agrees to give the corporation a specific amount of money for a specific period of time in exchange...
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Intermediate Accounting

ISBN: 978-0470423684

13th Edition

Authors: Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, And Terry D. Warfield

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