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Chapter 14: Q14-4SE (page 770)

Question: Computing cash flows from operating activities—indirect method

DVR Equipment, Inc. reported the following data for 2018:

Income Statement:

Net Income $ 43,000

Depreciation Expense 6,000

Balance Sheet:

Increase in Accounts Receivable 6,000

Decrease in Accounts Payable 2,000

Compute DVR’s net cash provided by operating activities—indirect method.

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Net cash provided by operating activities is $41,000.

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Cash flow from operating activities- Indirect method 

Indirect method starts with net income and adjustments are made to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities.

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Cash flow from operating activities

Cash flows from operating activities

Net Income

$43,000

Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:

Depreciation expense

$6,000

Increase in account receivables

($6,000)

Decrease in account payables

($2,000)

Net cash provided by operating activities

$41,000

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Question: Classifying items on the statement of cash flows Cash flow items

must be categorized into one of four categories. Identify each item as operating (O), investing (I), financing (F), or non-cash (N).

a. Cash purchase of merchandise inventory

b. Cash payment of dividends

c. Cash receipt from the collection of long-term notes receivable

d. Cash payment for income taxes

e. Purchase of equipment in exchange for notes payable

f. Cash receipt from the sale of land

g. Cash received from borrowing money

h. Cash receipt for interest income

i. Cash receipt from the issuance of common stock

j. Cash payment of salaries

Preparing the statement of cash flows—direct method Use the Rolling Hills, Inc. data from Problem P14-34A. Requirements

1. Prepare the 2018 statement of cash flows by the direct method.

2. How will what you learned in this problem help you evaluate an investment?

Question: What does the statement of cash flows report?

Question: Computing cash flow items—direct method Consider the following facts:

  1. Beginning and ending Accounts Receivable are \(24,000 and \)20,000, respectively. Credit sales for the period total \(68,000.
  2. Cost of goods sold is \)77,000.
  3. Beginning Merchandise Inventory balance is \(29,000, and ending Merchandise Inventory balance is \)26,000.
  4. Beginning and ending Accounts Payable are \(12,000 and \)16,000, respectively.

Requirements

  1. Compute cash collections from customers.
  2. Compute cash payments for merchandise inventory

Using a spreadsheet to prepare the statement of cash flows— indirect method The 2018 comparative balance sheet and income statement of Attleboro Group, Inc. follow. Attleboro disposed of a plant asset at book value in 2018.

Prepare the spreadsheet for the 2018 statement of cash flows. Format cash flows from operating activities by the indirect method. A plant asset was disposed of for \(0. The cost and accumulated depreciation of the disposed asset was \)13,600. There were no sales of land, no retirement of common stock, and no treasury stock transactions. Assume plant asset and land acquisitions were for cash.
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