The Allowance for Bad Debts account had a balance of $6,300 at the beginning of the year and $8,100 at the end of the year. During the year (including the year-end adjustment), bad debts expense of $11,400 was recognized. Required: Calculate the total amount of past-due accounts receivable that were written off as uncollectible during the year. (Hint: Make a T-account for the Allowance for Bad Debts account, plug in the amounts that you know, and solve for the missing amount.)

Balance sheet baggett company's balance sheet accounts and amounts as of december 31, 2016, are shown in random order as follows: account debit (credit) account debit (credit) income taxes payable $(3,800) additional paid-in capital on preferred prepaid items 1,800 stock $(7,900) additional paid-in capital on common stock (9,300) allowance for doubtful accounts (1,600) land 12,200 bonds payable (due 2020) (23,000) notes payable (due 2019) (6,000) buildings 57,400 notes receivable (due 2018) 16,400 sinking fund to retire bonds payable 5,000 accounts receivable 12,600 advances from customers (long-term) (2,600) premium on bonds payable (1,400) cash 4,300 accounts payable (13,100) accumulated depreciation: equipment (9,700) inventory 7,400 retained earnings (18,300) accumulated depreciation: buildings (21,000) preferred stock, $100 par (18,600) patents (net) 4,600 wages payable (1,400) equipment 28,700 common stock, $10 par (12,700) required: 1. prepare a december 31, 2016 balance sheet for the baggett. baggett company balance sheet december 31, 2016 assets current assets: $ $ $ long-term investments: $ property, plant, and equipment: $ $ $ intangible assets: liabilities current liabilities: $ $ long-term liabilities: $ $ other liabilities: shareholders' equity contributed capital: $ $ $ $ 2. compute the debt-to-assets ratio. round to one decimal place. do not enter a percent sign (%) as part of your answer. %

Guardian inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. the firm has $450,000 in temporary current assets and $350,000 in permanent current assets. guardian also has $550,000 in fixed assets. assume a tax rate of 40 percent. a. construct two alternative financing plans for guardian. one of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. the current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 7 percent on short-term financing. compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

Your parents have accumulated a $170,000 nest egg. they have been planning to use this money to pay college costs to be incurred by you and your sister, courtney. however, courtney has decided to forgo college and start a nail salon. your parents are giving courtney $20,000 to her get started, and they have decided to take year-end vacations costing $8,000 per year for the next four years. use 8 percent as the appropriate interest rate throughout this problem. use appendix a and appendix d for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. a. how much money will your parents have at the end of four years to you with graduate school, which you will start then?