Beyonc Corporation factors $175,000 of accounts receivable with Kathleen Battle Financing, Inc. on a with recourse basis.
Question:
Beyoncé Corporation factors $175,000 of accounts receivable with Kathleen Battle Financing, Inc. on a with recourse basis. Kathleen Battle Financing will collect the receivables. The receivables records are transferred to Kathleen Battle Financing on August 15, 2017.
Kathleen Battle Financing assesses a finance charge of 2% of the amount of accounts receivable and also reserves an amount equal to 4% of accounts receivable to cover probable adjustments.
Instructions
(a) What conditions must be met for a transfer of receivables with recourse to be accounted for as a sale?
(b) Assume the conditions from part (a) are met. Prepare the journal entry on August 15, 2014, for Beyoncé to record the sale of receivables, assuming the recourse obligation has a fair value of $2,000.
Intermediate Accounting principles and analysis
ISBN: 978-0471737933
2nd Edition
Authors: Terry d. Warfield, jerry j. weygandt, Donald e. kieso