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notes payable. The amount of the short-term notes payable that should be reported as current liabilities on the December 31, 2010 balance sheet issued on March 5, 2011 is $0. $300,000. $500,000. $800,000. Question 10. (TCO D) Tender Foot, Inc. is involved in litigation regarding a faulty product sold in a prior year. The company has consulted with its attorney and determined that it is possible that it may lose the case. The attorneys estimated that there is a 40% chance of losing. Tender Foot’s attorney estimated that if it loses, then the amount of any payment would be $500,000. What is the required journal entry as a result of this litigation? Debit Litigation Expense for $500,000 and credit Litigation Liability for $500,000. No journal entry is required. Debit Litigation Expense for $200,000 and credit Litigation Liability for $200,000. Debit Litigation Expense for $300,000 and credit Litigation Liability for $300,000 Question 11. (TCO D) If bonds are initially sold at a discount and the straight-line method of amortization is used, interest expense in the earlier years will exceed what it would have been had the effective-interest method of amortization been used. be less than what it would have been had the effective-interest method of amortization been used. be the same as it would have been had the effective-interest method of amortization been used. be less than the stated (nominal) rate of interest.