Bankruptcy Case Study: Grass Man Lawn Service Company

Ron Abrams has come into your office for his weekly 1 on 1 in which you update him on your weekly progress on your projects. He has arrived with a stack of paperwork in his hands and a befuddled look on his face. You ask what’s going on and he responds as follows. “Last year, as you know, we purchased a bankrupt, closed down bottling facility in The Ukraine. I don’t know if you know this but in countries other than Canada they are using somewhat different accounting policies than we do, and the reports I have for the first few months of

1. Describe the impact the three proposed accounting methods (full revenue recognition, deferral of revenue, and partial revenue recognition) would have on the company’s financial statements: 1) at the time of the sale, and 2) in future periods.

Green and Clean inc. is a lawn care corporation headquartered at 11 Seventh Street, Pelham, NY 10803 in a 100 square foot office. We offer a series of lawn development and upkeep programs devoting attentions to every aspect of turf grass culture. These include lawn maintenance, landscaping, composting, lawn aeration, irrigation services, water saving programs, spot re-seeding, total lawn renovation, soil testing, disease control, de-thatching, grub control, and lime application. All our products and services are positioned at the high end of the market in terms quality, and the mid to small scale end in terms of size and price. What sets us apart from other businesses is we are 100% customer service oriented. Green and Clean inc. will

6. Note 8 states Harnischfeger’s allowance for doubtful accounts.  Compute the ratio of the allowance to gross receivables (receivables before the allowance) in 1983 and 1984.  What would the allowance have been if the company maintained the ratio at the 1983 level?  How much did the pre-tax

On December 11, MD received an order for a total price of $22,100. Barbor Furniture Ltd. (Barbor) provided a deposit of $9,000 which was recorded as revenue when it was received on December 13. Barbor was not billed until January 2. The order was not shipped until after the year end on January 2. The remaining balance owing was recorded in accounts receivable and

2. For each of the following scenarios, on the basis of the specific facts and circumstances,

1. Should the information pertaining to actual claims incurred as of the balance sheet date that became available after the balance sheet date be considered in determining management’s best estimate of the medical benefits payable? If so, how does this information impact the amount recognized or disclosed?

I managed to figure out accrual accounting and how revenue was recognized. Accrual accounting is done by recognizing revenue and then earned, according to our textbook. The revenue was recorded and determined that the cash was then received, which was not received as cash, but as accounts receivable. This was hard to figure with all the assumptions the company had. Were all contracts determined to be received as cash, how is this known, was the balance sheet prepare properly, what appropriate steps did the company take? We assume they either did or did not. We do know that the company sold services; 1.8 million was obtained and applied to future years. These tasks performed would be overwhelming to those who had to perform them. At some point the services would have to be performed by someone working for the

f) To evaluate the material misstatement in the accounts, I think both of the consolidated income statement and the three financial statements are useful. We need to use the information properly from all the financial statements. However the consolidated income statement is the most useful one. If there is a significant change in an account balance comparing with preceding two years, the auditor will examine whether there a material misstatement exists. For instance, the bad debt expense as a percent of net sales in 2011, 2010 and 2009 are 0.56%, 0.70% and 0.69%, respectively. There should

If, at year end, 2 months have elapsed, what adjusting entry do you record? 2,000 A. Prepaid Legal Expense Legal Expense 2,000 2,000 B. Legal Expense Prepaid Legal Expense 2,000 Legal Expense 3,000 C. Prepaid Legal Expense 3,000 12,000 D. Prepaid Legal Expense Cash 12,000 [10]BASIC BANK10 - COAE 010 On September 1, your firm incurs a routine $82 expense, mistakenly recording it as follows: Office Expense Accounts Payable 28 28

For example the extra charge for maintenance accumulated from last year and for this year should be equally divided and not charged to the first quarter only. Similarly, cost of relocating the Southern Paper Sioux Springs office that has been charged to the first quarter, had been the expenditure incurred last year. It should not have been included in the first quarter. No doubt these are good accounting practices but nevertheless reverting the charges to their respective results would not compromise GAAP practice. Unrealized income would be better off transferred to the next or the last quarter as the income received would not materialize until at the end of the year. Including the dividend from the company's Brazilian unit would not help increase profitability at the end of the year unless the company is assured of its profitability. As of now it needs to balance its accounts before it can estimate correct profit level at the end of the year. With regard to the obsolete inventories, there is no alternative course of action but to write-off from this

2. Based on Mr. Martin’s prediction for 1996 sales of $28,206,000, and for 1997 sales of $33,847,000 and relying on the other assumptions provided in the Tire City case, prepare complete pro forma forecasts of TCI’s 1996 and 1997 income statements and year-end balance sheets. As a preliminary assumption, assume any new financing required will be in the form of bank debt. Assume all debt (i.e., existing debt and any new bank debt) bears interest at the same rate of 10%.

Moving onto the balance sheet, it is safe to assume that the cash position in the firm will increase the rate of the sales growth going forward. In actuality, cash has historically increased faster than the growth of revenue with 2004 being an exception. To calculate the assumption for accounts receivable, inventory, and accounts payable, we averaged the four years worth of data

(69% of revenues in Q4, 2000) when we calculate the restatements. In the balance sheet, we treat

The main weakness in the current accounting standards was the delayed recognition of credit losses on loans. The existing model called the incurred model lead to delay in recognition of loss