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Notes Receivable and Notes Payable. Chapter 15. Determining interest calculations and maturity dates on notes. Learning Objective 1. Learning Unit 15-1. What are promissory notes? They are a written promise to pay a certain sum of money to a lender at a fixed future date.
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Notes Receivableand Notes Payable Chapter 15
Determining interest calculations and maturity dates on notes. Learning Objective 1
Learning Unit 15-1 What are promissory notes? • They are a written promise to pay a certain sum of money to a lender at a fixed future date. • The payee is the lender. • The maker is the borrower.
$20,000.00 Oct. 2, 20xx We, Green Company, promise to pay NATIONAL BANK TWENTY-THOUSAND AND 00/100…DOLLARS ON DECEMBER 1, 200x Plus interest at the annual rate of 12 percent. __________ Learning Unit 15-1 Date of issue Principal Maker Payee
Learning Unit 15-1 • Principal is the amount borrowed. • Maturity date is the date the money is to be repaid. • The interest rate is the yearly interest rate. • The interest is adjusted to the length of time for short term notes. • The obligation is called a note payable.
Learning Unit 15-1 • Interest = Principal × Rate × Time • What is the interest on the note due to National Bank? • Principal: $20,000 Interest: 12% Time: October 2, 200x to December 1, 200x • $20,000 × 12% × 60 ÷ 360 = $400
Learning Unit 15-1 Determining maturity date: • The exact number of days in each month must be used. • The date the note was issued is omitted. • Add the days remaining until the total time on the note is reached.
Journalizing entries to record renewal of a note, dishonoring of a note, eventual receipt of payment, and note given in exchange for equipment purchased. Learning Objective 2
Learning Unit 15-2 What is the entry to record a note receivable? Notes Receivable xxx Sales xxx Notes Receivable xxx Accounts Receivable xxx
Learning Unit 15-2 What is the entry to record payments? Cash xxx Notes Receivable xxx Interest Income xxx Notes Payable xxx Interest Expense xxx Cash xxx
Learning Unit 15-2 What is the entry to record a dishonored note? Accounts Receivable xxx Interest Income xxx Notes Receivable xxx Notes Payable xxx Interest Expense xxx Accounts Payable xxx
Discounting an interest-bearing note receivable and recording a discounted note that has been dishonored. Learning Objective 3
Learning Unit 15-3 • Sometimes notes are exchanged for cash at the bank (discounting). • The number of days (up to maturity) that the bank will hold the note is called the discount period. • Maturity value becomes the new principal (of the note) used to compute bank interest to be charged on the note.
Learning Unit 15-3 • Bank discount is the amount of interest the bank will charge on the note. • Cash proceeds is the amount of cash that will be received. • Interest is deducted on the day the note is discounted and the money borrowed. • That means the business uses less cash.
Learning Unit 15-3 • The bank will receive the exact maturity value at due date. • No interest is computed at that time. • What are the steps? Compute maturity value: Interest = Principal × Rate × Time Principal + Interest = Maturity Value
Learning Unit 15-3 Calculate discount period: Number of days bank holds the note Bank discount = Maturity value × Bank discount rate (interest rate) × No. days bank holds note ÷ by 360.
Learning Unit 15-3 Cash Proceeds = Maturity Value – Bank Discount
Learning Unit 15-3 Cash xxx Notes Receivable xxx Interest Income xxx Cash xxx Interest Expense xxx Notes Receivable xxx
Learning Unit 15-3 • The bank usually requires that a note be discounted with recourse. • This means that if a note maker does not pay the maturity value to the bank, the company will have to pay the bank. • This is called a contingent liability.
Learning Unit 15-3 • If a note is dishonored, it is charged back to the customer using maturity value plus penalties as the new principal amount.
Handling adjustments for interest expense and interest income. Learning Objective 4
Learning Unit 15-4 • What does it mean to discount one’s own note payable? • This means the interest is deducted from the amount borrowed. • The cash proceeds to be used will be less than the principal amount.
Learning Unit 15-4 • At maturity, the amount that has to be repaid is the exact face value of the note. • The discount is a contra-account that is written off to interest expense over the life of the note.
Learning Unit 15-4 • Interest expense and interest income will be computed up to the last day of the accounting period. • An adjusting entry will be made to recognize interest expense as a debit and accounts payable as a credit. • An adjusting entry will be made to recognize interest earned as a credit and interest receivable as a debit.