(Balance Sheet Adjustment and Preparation) Presented below is the balance sheet of Sargent Corporation for the current year, 2012.

SARGENT CORPORATION
  BALANCE SHEET
  DECEMBER 31, 2012

Current   assets

$485,000

Current   liabilities

$380,000

Investments

640,000

Long term   liabilities

1,000,000

Property,   plant, and equipment

1,720,000

Stockholders’   equity

1,770,000

Intangible   assets

305,000

 

$3,150,000

 

$3,150,000

   

The following information is presented.

1. The current assets section includes: cash $150,000, accounts receivable $170,000 less $10,000 for allowance for doubtful accounts, inventories $180,000, and unearned revenue $5,000. Inventories are stated on the lower of FIFO cost or market.

2. The investments section includes: the cash surrender value of a life insurance contract $40,000; investments in common stock, short term (trading) $80,000 and long term (available for sale) $270,000; and bond sinking fund $250,000. The cost and fair value of investments in common stock are the same.

3. Property, plant, and equipment includes: buildings $1,040,000 less accumulated depreciation $360,000; equipment $450,000 less accumulated depreciation $180,000; land $500,000; and land held for future use $270,000.

4. Intangible assets include: a franchise $165,000; goodwill $100,000; and discount on bonds payable $40,000.

5. Current liabilities include: accounts payable $140,000; notes payable—short term $80,000 and long term $120,000; and taxes payable $40,000.

6. Long term liabilities are composed solely of 7% bonds payable due 2020.

7. Stockholders’ equity has: preferred stock, no par value, authorized 200,000 shares, issued 70,000 shares for $450,000; and common stock, $1.00 par value, authorized 400,000 shares, issued 100,000 shares at an average price of $10. In addition, the corporation has retained earnings of $320,000.

Instructions

Prepare a balance sheet in good form, adjusting the amounts in each balance sheet classification as affected by the information given above.