Swifty Company finances some of its current operations by assigning accounts receivable to a finance company. On
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Swifty Company finances some of its current operations by assigning accounts receivable to a finance company. On July 1, 2020, it assigned, under guarantee, specific accounts amounting to $270,000. The finance company advanced to Swifty 80% of the accounts assigned (20% of the total to be withheld until the finance company has made its full recovery), less a finance charge of 0.40% of the total accounts assigned. On July 31, Swifty Company received a statement that the finance company had collected $144,000 of these accounts and had made an additional charge of 0.40% of the total accounts outstanding as of July 31. This charge is to be deducted at the time of the first remittance due Swifty Company from the finance company. (Hint: Make entries at this time.) On August 31, 2020, Swifty Company received a second statement from the finance company, together with a check for the amount due. The statement indicated that the finance company had collected an additional $90,000 and had made a further charge of 0.40% of the balance outstanding as of August 31. Make all entries on the books of Swifty Company that are involved in the transactions above. (If no entry is required, select "No Entry for the account titles and enter O for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.) Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit July 1 Cash Notes Payable July 31 V Notes Payable Accounts Receivable (To record the collection of accounts) July 31 V (To record the interest) August 31 Notes Payable Cash Accounts Receivable
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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-1259103292
4th Canadian edition
Authors: Fred Phillips, Robert Libby, Patricia Libby, Brandy Mackintosh
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