Question: ( a ) Prepare the current liability section of the February 2 9 , 2 0 2 3 balance sheet of Sarasota. ( Round answers
a Prepare the current liability section of the February balance sheet of Sarasota. Round answers to decimal places, eg Current Attempt in Progress
Sarasota Corp. has manufactured a broad range of quality products since The operating cycle of the business is less than one
year. The following information is available for the company's fiscal year ended February Sarasota follows ASPE.
Sarasota has $ million of bonds payable outstanding at February which were issued at par in and are due in
The bonds carry an interest rate of payable semiannually each June and December
Sarasota has several notes payable outstanding with its primary banking institution at February In each case, the
annual interest is due on the anniversary date of the note each year same as the due dates listed The notes are as follows:Sarasota uses the expense approach to account for assurancetype warranties. The company has a twoyear warranty on
selected products, with an estimated cost of of sales being returned in the months following the sale, and a cost of
of sales being returned in months to following the sale. The warranty liability outstanding at February
was $ Sales of warrantied products in the year ended February were $ Actual warranty costs
incurred during the current fiscal year are as follows:
The accounts payable subsidiary ledger shows balances of regular trade payables for supplies and purchases of goods and
services on open account. Included in the net balance of $ are accounts with credit balances totalling $ and
accounts with debit balances totalling $ at February Included in trade payables is a short term loan of
$ owing to an affiliated company.
The following information relates to Sarasota's payroll for the month of February Sarasota's required contribution for
El is times the employee contribution; for CPP it is times the employee contribution.
Salaries and wages outstanding at February
$
For the last payroll of the year, the following unpaid balances apply:
El withheld from employees
CPP withheld from employees
Income taxes withheld from employees
Union dues withheld from employees
Sarasota regularly pays GST owing to the Receiver General for Canada on the th of the month. Sarasota's GST transactions
include the GST that it charges to customers and the GST that it is charged by suppliers of goods and services. During
February purchases attracted $ of GST while the GST charged on invoices to customers totalled $ At
January the balances in the GST Receivable and GST Payable accounts were $ and $ respectively.
Other miscellaneous liabilities included $ of dividends payable on March ;$ of bonuses payable to
company executives payable in September and payable in March ; and $ in accrued audit fees
covering the year ended February
Sarasota sells gift cards to its customers. The company does not set a redemption date and customers can use their cards at
any time. At March Sarasota had a balance outstanding of $ in its Unearned Revenue account. Sarasota
received $ in cash for gift cards purchased during the current year, and $ in redemptions took place during the
year. Based on past experience, of customer gift card balances never get redeemed. At the end of each year, Sarasota
recognizes of the opening balance of Unearned Revenue as earned during the year.
SARASOTA CORP.
Statement of Financial Position Partial
Current Liabilities
Total current liabilities
$
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