Joshua Thorp opened Laser Co. on January 1, 2011. At the end of the first year, the

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Joshua Thorp opened Laser Co. on January 1, 2011. At the end of the first year, the business needed additional funds. On behalf of Laser, Joshua applied to Vermont National Bank for a loan of $500,000. Based on Laser financial statements, which had been prepared on a cash basis, the Vermont National Bank loan officer rejected the load as too risky. After receiving the rejection notice, Joshua instructed his accountant to prepare the financial statements on an accrual basis. These statements included $90,000 in accounts receivable and $35,000 in accounts payable, Joshua then instructed his accountant to record an additional $25,000 of accounts receivable for commissions on property for which a contract had been signed on December 28, 2011. The title to the property is to transfer on January 5, 2012, when an attorney formally records the transfer of the property to the buyer.
Joshua then applied for a $500,000 loan from NYC Bank, using the revised financial statements. On this application, Joshua indicated that the had not previously been rejected for credit. Discuss the ethical and professional conduct of Joshua Thorp in applying for the load from NYC Bank.

Financial Statements
Financial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial...
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are debts owed to your company, usually from sales on credit. Accounts receivable is business asset, the sum of the money owed to you by customers who haven’t paid.The standard procedure in business-to-business sales is that...
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Financial and Managerial Accounting

ISBN: 978-0538480895

11th Edition

Authors: Jonathan E. Duchac, James M. Reeve, Carl S. Warren

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