Cone Corporation is in the process of preparing its December 31, 2011, balance sheet. There are some
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Cone Corporation is in the process of preparing its December 31, 2011, balance sheet. There are some questions as to the proper classification of the following items:
a. $50,000 in cash set aside in a savings account to pay bonds payable. The bonds mature in 2015.
b. Prepaid rent of $24,000, covering the period January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2013.
c. Note payable of $200,000. The note is payable in annual installments of $20,000 each, with the first installment payable on March 1, 2012.
d. Accrued interest payable of $12,000 related to the note payable.
e. Investment in marketable securities of other corporations, $80,000. Cone intends to sell one-half of the securities in 2012.
Required:
Prepare a partial classified balance sheet to show how each of the above items should be reported.
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Intermediate Accounting
ISBN: 978-0077400163
6th edition
Authors: J. David Spiceland, James Sepe, Mark Nelson