Your company asks you to travel to Milwaukee to observe and verify the inventory of the Milwaukee
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Later in the day, you ask the bookkeeper for the invoice on the carload and the related freight bill. The invoice lists the various items, prices, and extensions of the goods in the car. You note that the carload was shipped December 24 from Albuquerque, f.o.b. Albuquerque, and that the total invoice price of the goods in the car was $35,300. The freight bill called for a payment of $1,500. Terms were net 30 days. The bookkeeper affirms the fact that this invoice is to be held for recording in January.
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(a) Does your client have a liability that should be recorded at December 31? Discuss.
(b) Prepare a journal entry(ies), if required, to reflect any accounting adjustment required. Assume a perpetual inventory system is used by your client.
(c) For what possible reason(s) might your client wish to postpone recording the transaction?
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Intermediate Accounting principles and analysis
ISBN: 978-0471737933
2nd Edition
Authors: Terry d. Warfield, jerry j. weygandt, Donald e. kieso
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