Walter industries’ current ratio is 0.5. considered alone, which of the following actions would increase the company’s current ratio?

a. borrow using short-term notes payable and use the cash to increase inventories.

b. use cash to reduce accruals.

c. use cash to reduce accounts payable.

d. use cash to reduce short-term notes payable.

e. use cash to reduce long-term bonds outstanding.

During the first month of operations, martinson services, inc., completed the following transactions: jan 2 martinson services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders. 3 purchased supplies, $1,000, and equipment, $12,000, on account. 4 performed services for a customer and received cash, $5,500. 7 paid cash to acquire land, $39,000. 11 performed services for a customer and billed the customer, $4,100. martinson expects to collect within one month 16 paid for the equipment purchased january 3 on account. 17 paid for newspaper advertising, $600. 18 received partial payment from customer on account, $2,000. 22 paid the water and electricity bills, $430. 29 received $2,600 cash for servicing the heating unit of a customer. 31 paid employee salary, $2,900. 31 declared and paid dividends of $1,800. requirements 1. record each transaction in the journal. key each transaction by date. explanations are not required. 2. post the transactions to the t-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references. label the ending balance of each account bal, as shown in the chapter. 3. prepare the trial balance of martinson services, inc., at january 31 of the current year. 4. mark martinson, the manager, asks you how much in total resources the business has to work with, how much it owes, and whether january was profitable (and by how much)?

Martha is the head of the accounts department in a small manufacturing company. the company follows the accrual-basis method of accounting. it recently purchased raw materials worth $5,000 from its vendors. however, the company paid only $3,000 to its vendors. it plans to pay the remaining amount after three months. considering this information, which entry should martha record in the company’s accounts? a. $5,000 as accounts receivable b. $3,000 as accounts payable c. $2,000 as accounts payable d. $2,000 as accounts receivable

Which part/word/phrase in the passage refers to a business’s financing activity seen in a cash flow statement? nathan works as an accountant in a footwear manufacturing company. he is currently preparing the cash flow statement for his employer. during the given accounting period, the company purchased raw materials worth $25,000. it also bought new equipment worth $75,000 to increase its production output. further, it borrowed a long-term bank loan of $100,000 to facilitate further expansion. finally, the company spent $50,000 on advertising its latest brand of footwear in the market. {lol i guessed its "it borrowed a long-term bank loan of $100,000 to facilitate further expansion" and thats correct}