Week 4 Individual Problem Set

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1. Georgia Lazenby believes a current liability is a debt that can be expected to be paid in one year. Is Georgia correct? Explain. Yes, Georgia Lazenby is current. A current liability can be paid from existing current assets or the creation of other current liabilities and have to be within one year or the operating cycle. 7. (a) What are long-term liabilities? Give two examples. A long-term liability is a form of current liability. A long-term liability in most cases does not have to pay within a one year term. An example would be a loan with interest. An example of a long-term liability would be that of a bond and a mortgage. (b) What is a bond? Bonds are an obligation repays a principal amount at a future date, but pay interest on an annual basis. 8. Contrast these types of bonds: (a) Secured and unsecured. Secured bonds have particular assets of the issuer promised as collateral for the bonds. An unsecured bond is given against the general credit of the borrower. (b) Convertible and callable. A convertible bond can be converted into common stock and a callable bond can be retired at a stated dollar amount prior to maturity. 19. Valentin Zukovsky says that liquidity and solvency is the same thing. Is he correct? If not, how do they differ? No, Valentin is not correct. Liquidity is the ability for a company to be able to pay its obligations once they have matured and are able to meet unexpected needs for cash. A Solvency is the ability for a company to last as a whole. BE10-1 Kananga Company has these obligations at December 31: (a) a note payable for $100,000 due in 2 years – Yes, this is a long term liability. (b) a 10-year mortgage payable of $200,000 payable in ten $20,000 annual payments – No, this would be considered a liquidity. (c) interest payable of $15,000 on the mortgage – No, this would be a current

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