Skip to Content
Problem Solving Survival Guide to accompany Financial Accounting, 8th Edition
book

Problem Solving Survival Guide to accompany Financial Accounting, 8th Edition

by Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso
June 2012
Beginner
548 pages
15h 16m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Problem Solving Survival Guide to accompany Financial Accounting, 8th Edition

EXERCISE 8-5

Purpose: (L.O. 6) This exercise reviews the journal entries for various transactions involving notes receivable.

The following transactions occurred during 2014 and pertain to the Aaron Retail Company.

June 1 Accepted a note from R. Greenblatt in settlement of his $2,000 account. The note is due in six months and bears interest at 12%.
July 1 Sold merchandise to C. Lynn for $5,000. Accepted a note due in nine months at 10%.
Oct. 1 Accepted a note from D. Gioia for $6,000 in settlement of his account receivable. The 10% note is due in 180 days.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the journal entries to record the receipt of each of the three notes.
  2. Indicate the due date of each note.
  3. Assume the first note is collected on its due date. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record its collection.
  4. Assume the accounting period ends on December 31. Prepare the appropriate adjusting entry(s) at December 31, 2014, to record accrued interest on the second and third notes.
  5. Assume the second note is honored on its maturity date. Prepare the journal entry to record this transaction.
  6. Assume the third note is dishonored on its due date. Aaron expects eventual collection. Prepare the appropriate journal entry.
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Problem Solving Survival Guide to accompany Intermediate Accounting, Volume 1: Chapters 1 - 14, 15th Edition

Problem Solving Survival Guide to accompany Intermediate Accounting, Volume 1: Chapters 1 - 14, 15th Edition

Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield
Working Papers to Accompany Financial Accounting, 8th Edition

Working Papers to Accompany Financial Accounting, 8th Edition

JERRY J. WEYGANDT Ph.D., C.P.A., PAUL D. KIMMEL Ph.D., C.P.A., DONALD E. KIESO Ph.D., C.P.A.

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781118102923Purchase book