9 Problem 2.10A Preparing a Balance Sheet; Discussion of Accounting Principles (LO2-2, LO2-4) Big Screen Scripts is a service-type enterprise in the entertainment field, and its manager, William Pippin, has only a limited knowledge of accounting. Pippin prepared the following balance sheet, which, although arranged satisfactorily, contains certain errors with respect to such concepts as the business entity and asset valuation. Pippin owns all of the corporation's outstanding stock. BIG SCREEN SCRIPTS Balance Sheet NOVEMBER 30, CURRENT YEAR Assets Liabilities & Owner's Equity Cash 5,150 Liabilities: Notes Receivable 2,789 Notes payable $ 67,000 Accounts Receivable 2,450 Accounts Payable 35,805 Land 70,000 Total liabilities $ 102,895 Building 54,320 Owners' equity: Office Furniture 8,850 Capital Stock 5,000 Other Assets 22,480 Retained Earnings 58,665 Total 165,870 Total $ 165,870 Book rences In discussion with Pippin and by inspection of the accounting records, you discover the following facts. 1. The amount of cash, $5,150, includes $3,400 in the company's bank account. $540 on hand in the company's safe, and $1.210 in Pippin's personal savings account 2. One of the notes receivable in the amount of $500 is on 100 that Pippin received in a poker game several years ago. The IOU is signed by "B.K," who Pippin met at the game but has not heard from since. 3. Office furniture includes $2.900 for a Persian rug for the office purchased on November 20. The total cost of the rug was $9.400. The business paid $2,900 in cash and issued a note payable to Zolton Carpet for the balance due ($6,500). As no payment on the note is due until January, this debt is not included in the liabilities given here. 4. Also included in the amount for office furniture is a computer that cost $2,525 but is not on hand because Pippin donated it too local charity 5. The Other Assets" of $22.400 represent the total amount of income taxes Plopinhas paid the federal government over a period of years. Pippin believes the income tax law to be unconstitutional and a friend who attends low school has promised to help Pippin recover the taxes paid as soon as he passes the bar exam 6. The asset "Lond" was acquired at a cost of $39,000 but was increased to a valuation of $70,000 when one of Pippin's friends offered to pay that much for it if Pippin would move the building off the lot. 7. The accounts payable include business debts of $32.700 and the $3.105 balance owed on Pippin's personal MasterCard