Coolfroth Brewing Company distributes its products in an aluminum keg. Customers are charged a deposit of $50
Question:
Coolfroth Brewing Company distributes its products in an aluminum keg. Customers are charged a deposit of $50 per keg; deposits are recorded in the Keg Deposits account.
Required:
a. Where on the balance sheet will the Keg Deposits account be found? Explain your answer.
b. Use the horizontal model (or write the journal entry) to show the effect of giving a keg deposit refund to a customer.
c. A keg use analyst who works for Coolfroth estimates that 200 kegs for which deposits were received during the year will never be returned. What accounting, if any, would be appropriate for the deposits associated with these kegs?
d. Describe the accounting that would be appropriate for the cost of the kegs that are purchased and used by Coolfroth Brewing Company, including how to account for unreturned kegs.
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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a Keg deposits are a current liability on the balance sheet because they are ...View the full answer
Accounting What the Numbers Mean
ISBN: 978-0073527062
9th Edition
Authors: David H. Marshall, Wayne W. McManus, Daniel F. Viele,
