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7.61/ At the beginning of 2013, Gannon Company received a three-year zero-interest-bearing $1,000 trade note....

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7.61/ At the beginning of 2013, Gannon Company received a three-year zero-interest-bearing $1,000 trade note. The market rate for equivalent notes was 8% at that time. Gannon reported this note as a $1,000 trade note receivable on its 2013 year-end statement of financial position and $1,000 as sales revenue for 2013. What effect did this accounting for the note have on Gannon's net earnings for 2013, 2014, 2015, and its retained earnings at the end of 2015, respectively? And explain Why?

7.56/ Assuming that the ideal measure of short-term receivables in the balance sheet is the discounted value of the cash to be received in the future, failure to follow this practice usually does not make the balance sheet misleading because (Explain why choosing?) a. most short-term receivables are not interest-bearing. b. the allowance for uncollectible accounts includes a discount element. c. the amount of the discount is not material. d. most receivables can be sold to a bank or factor.

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