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Short-Term Investments & Receivables

Short-Term Investments & Receivables. Pr. Zoubida SAMLAL. Learning Objective 1. Account for short-term investments. Account for short-term investments. Accounting for Short-Term Investments. Also called marketable securities Held for one year or less Most liquid asset other than cash

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Short-Term Investments & Receivables

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  1. Short-Term Investments & Receivables Pr. Zoubida SAMLAL

  2. Learning Objective 1 Account for short-term investments

  3. Account for short-term investments

  4. Accounting for Short-Term Investments • Also called marketable securities • Held for one year or less • Most liquid asset other than cash • Placed into three categories: Trading Investments Available-for-Sale Held-to-Maturity

  5. Trading Investments • Held for short time and then sold • Gain or loss recorded • Dividend revenue may also be received • At year-end, trading investments are adjusted to equal their market value • Results in an unrealized gain or loss Selling price > cost = Gain Selling price < cost = Loss

  6. Unrealized Gains & Losses • Difference between market price and cost of investment at year-end • Unrealized – investment has not been sold Market price > cost = Unrealized gain Market price < cost = Unrealized loss

  7. Realized vs. Unrealized Realized • Investment sold to third party • Gain or loss = difference between selling price and cost • Word “realized” usually dropped from title Unrealized • Company still owns investment • Gain or loss = difference between market value and cost • Word “unrealized” is kept in account title

  8. Entries to Adjust to Market

  9. Reporting on Financial Statements Balance Sheet • Trading Investment • Reported at current market value • Listed directly under “cash” in the current asset section Income Statement • Gains and losses • From sales of investments • Investment revenue • From dividends or interest earned • Unrealized gain or loss • From entry to adjust to market value

  10. Exercise 1 Part of your job responsibilities as a finance manager is to invest in short term trading investments. On 1 dec . You bought 1000 shares of XYZ company at USD 10 On 15 dec. You received a cash dividend of USD 1 per share On 31 dec the price of XYZ share dropped to USD 8 per share On 31 dec you decided to sell off all your investment at USD 8 per share Please post the account entries of each transaction How transaction 3 is different from transaction 4

  11. Solution 1

  12. Solution 1 ( con´t)

  13. Solution 1 ( con´t) How transaction 3 is different from transaction 4 -> Our transaction n° 3 is a readjustment to our investment or what we call mark to market our investment. --> Unrealized loss because the investment is not yet sold. -> Our transaction n° 4 is a sell off to our investment or selling at loss of 2USD (selling price–purchasing price or USD 8 – USD 10) . --> here we have a realized loss that we posted into our revenues account.

  14. When Unrealized loss What would be the amount of the unrealized loss? Compute the difference between the cost and market value.

  15. When realized loss Your selling price? Your loss= Sell- buy Initial purchase

  16. When Unrealized Gain Compute the difference between the cost and market value. What would be the amount of the unrealized gain?

  17. When realized Gain Your selling price? Your gain = Sell- buy Initial purchase

  18. Learning Objective 2 Apply internal controls to receivables

  19. Receivables • Monetary claims against others • Third most liquid asset • Accounts Receivable • Amounts owed by customers for selling goods or services • Notes Receivable • Lending money to outsiders • More formal than accounts receivable

  20. Internal Control over Cash Collections on Account • Separate cash-handling from cash-accounting duties • Cash-handling • One person receives customer checks and makes deposits • Cash-accounting • Another person makes entries to customer accounts

  21. Accounting for Uncollectible Receivables • Extending credit to customers bears some risk • Risk: Some customers do not pay the amount owed • Cost: Uncollectible accounts

  22. Application exercise Case Perinity Inc. is a company that sells 50% of its product cash while. 80% of its credit sales are paid on time • What is the total amount of account receivable if the sales revenues are USD 1 million? • How much uncollectible does it have?

  23. Learning Objective 3 Use the allowance method for uncollectible receivables

  24. Allowance Method • Amount of uncollectible accounts is estimated • An expense is recorded as part of the adjusting process • A contra-asset is recorded that reduces accounts receivable on the balance sheet A contra-asset is always paired with an asset and reduces its balance

  25. Entry to Record Uncollectible accounts Goes on the Income Statement Goes on the Balance Sheet netted with a A. receivable

  26. OR

  27. Methods to Estimate Un-collectibles Percent-of-sales • Expense is estimated based on credit sales • Income Statement approach Aging-of-receivables • Accounts receivable analyzed based on how long outstanding • Balance Sheet approach

  28. APPLICATION EXERCISE During the monthly closing of it’s A/R accounts, Perinity Inc posted its uncollected received classified by their age. The company has a beginning allowance balance of USD $7,400 . Is it sufficient or should it adjust its allowance?

  29. Solution $37,150= Total Uncollected receivable

  30. Solution Adjustment needed = Aging schedule - Balance

  31. Solution Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Balance before adjustment $7,400 Adjusting entry $29,750 Balance per aging schedule $37,150

  32. Uncollectible Accounts Methods Percent-of-Sales Aging-of-Receivables Adjust Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Adjust Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts BY TO The Amount of UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNT EXPENSE The Amount of UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

  33. The allowance is used to absorb specific accounts that are determined to uncollectible When it’s determined a customer cannot pay, the following entry is made: Writing Off a Specific Account

  34. Learning Objective 4 Account for notes receivable

  35. Notes Receivable Terms • Creditor • Debtor • Interest • Maturity Date • Maturity Value • Principal • Term Party to whom money is owed; lender Party that owes money; borrower Cost of borrowing money; percent Date debtor must pay the note Sum of principal and interest on note Amount borrowed by debtor Length of time money is borrowed

  36. Accounting for Notes Receivable • To record the receipt of a note receivable, the following entry is made:

  37. Accounting for Notes Receivable • Interest needs to be accrued on any note receivable outstanding at year end: Time = date note is signed to end-of-year Interest is computed by the formula: Principal x rate x time

  38. ACCOUNTING FOR NOTES RECEIVABLE When payment is received on note, the following entry is made For maturity value For principal Zeroes out adjustment For remaining interest earned

  39. Credit and Bank Card Sales • Credit Cards • American Express and Discover • Bank Cards • VISA and MasterCard • Both charge the retailer a fee

  40. Learning Objective 5 Use two new ratios to evaluate a business

  41. Days’ Sales in Receivables • How long it takes a company to collect its average amount of receivable • Compute one day’s sales • Days’ sales in receivables Net Sales 365 Days Average receivables One Day’s Sales

  42. Acid-Test Ratio • Also called quick ratio which measures how much your short term assets represents in terms of short term liabilities • A more stringent measure of a company’s ability to pay its current liabilities Cash + Short-term investments + net receivables Total current liabilities

  43. Which is better having a high acid ratio or low acid ratio?

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