Question: Preparing the statement of cash flows—indirect method Use the Preston Media Corporation data in Short Exercise S14-7 and the results you calculated from the requirements. Prepare Preston Media’s statement of cash flows— indirect method—for the year ended December 31, 2018.

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Net Increase/(Decrease) in cash is $1,100.

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Cash flow from operating activities 

Cash flows from operating activities

Amount

Amount

Net Income

$19,000

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

Depreciation expense

$11,000

Increase in accounts receivables

($4,500)

Increase in accounts payable

$3,500

Net cash provided by operating activities

$29,000

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Statement of cash flows- Indirect method


Winding Road Cellular

Statement of cash flows

Year ended 31st December, 2018

Cash flows from operating activities

Net Income

$19,000

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

Depreciation expense

$11,000

Increase in accounts receivables

($4,500)

Increase in accounts payable

$3,500

Net cash provided by operating activities

$29,000

Cash flows from investing activities

Cash purchase of plant assets

($21,000)

Net cash used for investing activities

($21,000)

Cash flows from financing activities

Cash receipt from issuance of common stock

$4,000

Cash payment of dividends

($7,900)

Payment to notes payable

($7,400)

Cash receipt from issuance of note payable

$4,400

Net cash provided by financing activities

($6,900)

Net Increase/(Decrease) in cash

$1,100

Cash balance, December 31, 2017

$3,900

Cash balance, December 31, 2018

$5,000

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Preparing the direct method statement of cash flows Use the data in Short Exercise S14A-12 and your results. Prepare the business’s complete statement of cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2018, using the direct method for operating activities

Using a spreadsheet to prepare the statement of cash flows—indirect method Use the Boost Plus, Inc. data in Exercise E14-21 to prepare the spreadsheet for the 2018 statement of cash flows. Format cash flows from operating activities by the indirect method.

Question: Describe the two formats for reporting operating activities on the statement of cash flows.

Question: Classifying items on the indirect statement of cash flows

The statement of cash flows categorizes like transactions for optimal reporting. Identify each item as a(n):

• Operating activity—addition to net income (O+) or subtraction from net income (O-)

• Investing activity—cash inflow (I+) or cash outflow (I-)

• Financing activity—cash inflow (F+) or cash outflow (F-)

• Non-cash investing and financing activity (NIF)

• Activity that is not used to prepare the indirect statement of cash flows (N)

The indirect method is used to report cash flows from operating activities.

  1. Loss on sale of land.
  2. Acquisition of equipment by issuance of note payable.
  3. Payment of long-term debt.
  4. Acquisition of building by issuance of common stock.
  5. Increase in Salaries Payable.
  6. Decrease in Merchandise Inventory.
  7. Increase in Prepaid Expenses.
  8. Decrease in Accrued Liabilities.
  9. Cash sale of land (no gain or loss).
  10. Issuance of long-term note payable to borrow cash.
  11. Depreciation Expense.
  12. Purchase of treasury stock.
  13. Issuance of common stock.
  14. Increase in Accounts Payable.
  15. Net income.
  16. Payment of cash dividend

Moss Exports is having a bad year. Net income is only \(60,000. Also, two important overseas customers are falling behind in their payments to Moss, and Moss’s accounts receivable are ballooning. The company desperately needs a loan. The Moss Exports Board of Directors is considering ways to put the best face on the company’s financial statements. Moss’s bank closely examines cash flow from operating activities. Daniel Peavey, Moss’s controller, suggests reclassifying the receivables from the slow-paying clients as long-term. He explains to the board that removing the \)80,000 increase in accounts receivable from current assets will increase net cash provided by operations. This approach may help Moss get the loan.

Requirements

  1. Using only the amounts given, compute net cash provided by operations, both without and with the reclassification of the receivables. Which reporting makes Moss look better?
  2. Under what condition would the reclassification of the receivables be ethical? Unethical?
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