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Chapter 4: 2 (page 179)
How can information based on past transactions be used to predict future cash flows?
Past transactions are useful in predicting important trends. It is also helpful in providing information regarding the future performance of cash flows.
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Using the information from BE4-9, prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 2017. Assume an error was discovered: land costing $80,000 (net of tax) was charged to maintenance and repairs expense in 2014.
In 2017, Hollis Corporation reported net income of \(1,000,000. It declared and paid preferred stock dividends of \)250,000. During 2017, Hollis had a weighted average of 190,000 common shares outstanding. Compute Hollis’s 2017 earnings per share.
(Single-Step Statement, Retained Earnings Statement, Periodic Inventory) Presented below is the trial balance of Thompson Corporation on December 31, 2017.
| THOMPSON CORPORATION | ||
| TRIAL BALANCE | ||
| DECEMBER 31, 2017 | ||
Debit (\() | Credit (\)) | |
Purchase Discounts | \(10,000 | |
Cash | \)189,700 | |
Accounts receivables | 105,000 | |
Rent Revenue | 18,000 | |
Retained Earnings | 160,000 | |
Salaries and Wages payable | 18,000 | |
Sales Revenue | 1,100,000 | |
Notes Receivables | 110,000 | |
Accounts payable | 49,000 | |
Accumulated Depreciation | 28,000 | |
Sales discount | 14,500 | |
Sales return and allowances | 17,500 | |
Notes payable | 70,000 | |
Selling expenses | 232,000 | |
Administrative expenses | 99,000 | |
Common Stock | 300,000 | |
Income tax expenses | 53,900 | |
Cash Dividends | 45,000 | |
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 5,000 | |
Supplies | 14,000 | |
Freight-In | 20,000 | |
Land | 70,000 | |
Equipment | 140,000 | |
Bonds Payable | 100,000 | |
Gain on Sale of Land | 30,000 | |
Accumulated Depreciation | 19,600 | |
Inventory | 89,000 | |
Buildings | 98,000 | |
Purchases | 610,000 | |
Totals | \(1,907,600 | \)1,907,600 |
A physical count of inventory on December 31 resulted in an inventory amount of \(64,000; thus, cost of goods sold for 2017 is \)645,000.
Instructions
Prepare a single-step income statement and a retained earnings statement. Assume that the only changes in retained earnings during the current year were from net income and dividends. Thirty thousand shares of common stock were outstanding the entire year.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the single-step income statement?
Question: Below is the Retained Earnings account for the year 2017 for Acadian Corp.
Retained earnings, January 1, 2017 \(257,600
Add:
Gain on sale of investments (net of tax) \)41,200
Net income 84,500
Refund on litigation with government, related to
the year 2014 (net of tax) 21,600
Recognition of income earned in 2016, but omitted
from income statement in that year (net of tax) 25,400 172,700
430,300
Deduct:
Loss on discontinued operations (net of tax) 35,000
Write-off of goodwill (net of tax) 60,000
Cumulative effect on income of prior years in changing
from LIFO to FIFO inventory valuation in 2017 (net of tax) 23,200
Cash dividends declared 32,000 150,200
Retained earnings, December 31, 2017 $280,100
Instructions
Prepare a corrected retained earnings statement. Acadian Corp. normally sells investments of the type mentioned above. FIFO inventory was used in 2017 to compute net income.
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