Beyoncé Corporation factors $175,000 of accounts receivable with Kathleen Battle Financing, Inc. on a with recourse basis. Kathleen Battle Financing will collect the receivables. The receivables records are transferred to Kathleen Battle Financing on August 15, 2014.Kathleen Battle Financing assesses a finance charge of 2% of the amount of accounts receivable and also reserves an amount equal to 4% of accounts receivable to cover probable adjustments.Instructions:(a) What conditions must be met for a transfer of receivables with recourse to be accounted for as a sale?(b) Assume the conditions from part (a) are met. Prepare the journal entry on August 15, 2014, for Beyoncé to record the sale of receivables, assuming the recourse obligation has a fair value of $2,000.

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Answer:

(a) What conditions must be met for a transfer of receivables with recourse to be accounted for as a sale?

  1. The transferrer losses control over the transferred assets.
  2. The transferees possess the right collect, pledge or exchange the transferred assets.
  3. The transferred assets are separate form the transferrer.

(b) Assume the conditions from part (a) are met. Prepare the journal entry on August 15, 2014, for Beyoncé to record the sale of receivables, assuming the recourse obligation has a fair value of $2,000.

Dr Cash 164,500

Dr Factor receivables 7,000

Dr Loss from factoring dues 5,500

   Cr Accounts receivables 175,000

   Cr Recourse liability 2,000