After completing this chapter you should be able to: Identify items considered cash, indicate how to report cash and related items, define receivables and identify the different types of receivables, explain accounting issues related to recognition of accounts receivable, explain accounting issues related to valuation of accounts other contents. | C H A P T E R 7 CASH AND RECEIVABLES Intermediate Accounting 13th Edition Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield Identify items considered cash. Indicate how to report cash and related items. Define receivables and identify the different types of receivables. Explain accounting issues related to recognition of accounts receivable. Explain accounting issues related to valuation of accounts receivable. Explain accounting issues related to recognition of notes receivable. Explain accounting issues related to valuation of notes receivable. Explain accounting issues related to disposition of accounts and notes receivable. Describe how to report and analyze receivables. Learning Objectives What is cash? Reporting cash Summary of cash-related items Cash Receivables Recognition of accounts receivable Valuation of accounts receivable Recognition of notes receivable Valuation of notes receivable Disposition of accounts and notes receivable Presentation and analysis Cash and Receivables Most liquid asset Standard medium of exchange Basis for measuring and accounting for all items Current asset Examples: coin, currency, available funds on deposit at the bank, money orders, certified checks, cashier’s checks, personal checks, bank drafts and savings accounts. What is Cash? LO 1 Identify items considered cash. Cash Short-term, highly liquid investments that are both Reporting Cash LO 2 Indicate how to report cash and related items. Cash Equivalents readily convertible to cash, and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in interest rates. Examples: Treasury bills, Commercial paper, and Money market funds. Companies segregate restricted cash from “regular” cash for reporting purposes. Examples, restricted for: (1) plant expansion, (2) retirement of long-term debt, and (3) compensating balances. Reporting Cash LO 2 Indicate how to report cash and related items. Restricted Cash Illustration 7-1 When a company writes a check for more than the amount in its cash | C H A P T E R 7 CASH AND RECEIVABLES Intermediate Accounting 13th Edition Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield Identify items considered cash. Indicate how to report cash and related items. Define receivables and identify the different types of receivables. Explain accounting issues related to recognition of accounts receivable. Explain accounting issues related to valuation of accounts receivable. Explain accounting issues related to recognition of notes receivable. Explain accounting issues related to valuation of notes receivable. Explain accounting issues related to disposition of accounts and notes receivable. Describe how to report and analyze receivables. Learning Objectives What is cash? Reporting cash Summary of cash-related items Cash Receivables Recognition of accounts receivable Valuation of accounts receivable Recognition of notes receivable Valuation of notes receivable Disposition of accounts and notes receivable Presentation and analysis Cash and Receivables Most liquid asset
