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Case 2 Analysis

Case 2 Analysis

Q This assignment was locked Sep 5 at 11:59pm. Analyze the following Case in this week's Module, Cases are short and intended to highlight a few key concepts from our Module. • This is a graded assignment. • Your answer must be responsive to the question asked to receive full points, see Rubric. • Your answer must be 200 words or more, you must provide a word count at the end of your answer. Hugo Garcia is preparing his balance sheet and income and expense statement for the year ending December 31, 2020. He is having difficulty classifying a few items and asks for your help. Which of the transactions are assets, liabilities, income, or expense items? a. Hugo rents a house for $1,350 a month. b. Hugo bought diamond earrings for his wife and charged them using his Visa card. The earrings cost $900, but he hasn’t yet received the bill. c. Hugo borrowed $3,500 from his parents last fall, but so far, he has made no payments to them. d. Hugo makes monthly payments of $225 on an installment loan; about half of it is interest, and the balance is repayment of principal. He has 20 payments left, totaling $4,500. e. Hugo paid $3,800 in taxes during the year and is due a tax refund of $650, which he hasn’t yet received. f. Hugo invested $2,300 in a mutual fund. g. Hugo’s Aunt Lydia gave him a birthday gift of $300.

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1. Hugo rents a house for $1,350 per month. The total yearly rent expense is 16,200 (1,350*12). It is treated as an expense in the income statement.