Manilow Corporation operates in an industry that has a high rate of bad debts. Before any year-end adjustments, the balance in Manilow’s Accounts  Receivable account was $555,000 and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts had a credit balance of $40,000.  The year-end balance reported in the balance sheet for Allowance for Doubtful Accounts will be based  on the aging schedule shown below.Francis Equipment Co. closes its books regularly on December 31, but at the end of 2025 it held its cash book open so that a more favorable balance sheet could be prepared for credit purposes. Cash receipts and disbursements for the first 10 days of January were recorded as December transactions. The information is given below.

1. January cash receipts recorded in the December cash book totaled $45,640, of which $28,000 represents cash sales, and $17,640 represents collections on account for which cash discounts of $360 were given.

2. January cash disbursements recorded in the December check register liquidated accounts payable of $22,450 on which discounts of $250 were taken.

3. The ledger has not been closed for 2025.

4. The amount shown as inventory was determined by physical count on December 31, 2025. The company uses the periodic method of inventory.

Instructions

a. Prepare any entries you consider necessary to correct Francis’s accounts at December 31.

b. To what extent was Francis Equipment Co. able to show a more favorable balance sheet at December 31 by holding its cash book open? (Compute working capital and the current ratio.)

Assume that the balance sheet that was prepared by the company showed the following amounts:

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Cash Accounts receivable Inventory Accounts payable Other current liabilities Dr. $39,000 42,000 67,000 Cr. $45,000 14,200