On December 31, 2021, L Inc. had a $2,000,000 note payable outstanding, due July 31, 2022. L borrowed the money to finance construction of a new plant. L planned to refinance the note by issuing long-term bonds. Because L temporarily had excess cash, it prepaid $550,000 of the note on January 23, 2022. In February 2022, L completed a $3,500,000 bond offering. L will use the bond offering proceeds to repay the note payable at its maturity and to pay construction costs during 2022. On March 13, 2022, L issued its 2021 financial statements. What amount of the note payable should L include in the current liabilities section of its December 31, 2021, balance sheet

$550,000

Explanation:

Based on the information given we were told that the company temporarily had excess cash in which the company prepaid the amount of $550,000 of the note because the company had planned to refinance the note by issuing long-term bonds which means that the amount of the note payable that the company should include in the current liabilities section of its December 31, 2021, balance sheet will be the amount of $550,000 which represent the prepaid amount reason been that any amount that was been excluded as current Liabilities amount due to refinancing cannot in any way be greater than the amount that was actually refinanced in the nearest future.