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Chapter 4: Question 19 (page 180)

You run into Greg Norman at a party and begin discussing financial statements. Greg says, “I prefer the single step income statement because the multiple-step format generally overstates income.” How should you respond to Greg?

Short Answer

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Both the formats of income statement multi-step and single-step report the same net income.

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Financial Statements

Financial statements are the annual reports of a business concern containing the summarized information of one year’s financial information.

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Explanation to Greg

According to the given scenario, the concerned person should be provided with the proper explanation of the two different formats of theincome statement.

The amount of net income remains the same in both cases; the only difference is that a multi-step income statement reports the revenues and expenses in a bifurcated form, such as operational and non-operational.

On the other hand, the single-step income statement presents the revenues and expenses in an aggregated way.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

The following account balances were included in the trial balance of Twain Corporation at June 30, 2017.

Sales revenue \(1,578,500

Depreciation expense (office furniture and equipment) \)7,250

Sales discounts \(31,150

Cost of goods sold \)896,770

Property tax expense \(7,320

Salaries and wages expense (sales) \)56,260

Bad debt expense (selling) \(4,850

Sales commissions \)97,600

Maintenance and repairs expense (administration) \(9,130

Travel expense (salespersons) \)28,930

Delivery expense \(21,400

Office expense \)6,000

Entertainment expense \(14,820

Sales returns and allowances \)62,300

Telephone and Internet expense (sales) \(9,030

Dividends received \)38,000

Depreciation expense (sales equipment) \(4,980

Interest expense \)18,000

Maintenance and repairs expense (sales) \(6,200

Income tax expense \)102,000

Miscellaneous selling expenses \(4,715

Depreciation understatement due to error—2014 (net of tax) \)17,700

Office supplies used \(3,450

Telephone and Internet expense (administration) \)2,820

Dividends declared on preferred stock \(9,000

Dividends declared on common stock \)37,000

The Retained Earnings account had a balance of $337,000 at July 1, 2016. There are 80,000 shares of common stock outstanding.

Instructions

(a) Using the multiple-step form, prepare an income statement and a retained earnings statement for the year ended June 30, 2017.

Question: Presented below is a combined single-step income and retained earnings statement for Nerwin Company for 2017.

(000 omitted)

Net sales revenue \(640,000

Costs and expenses

Cost of goods sold \)500,000

Selling, general, and administrative expenses 66,000

Other, net 17,000

583,000

Income before income tax 57,000

Income tax 19,400

Net income 37,600

Retained earnings at beginning of period, as previously reported 141,000

Adjustment required for correction of error (7,000)

Retained earnings at beginning of period, as restated 134,000

Dividends on common stock (12,200)

Retained earnings at end of period \(159,400

Additional facts are as follows.

1. “Selling, general, and administrative expenses” for 2017 included a charge of \)8,500,000 that was usual but infrequently occurring.

2. “Other, net” for 2017 included a loss on sale of equipment of $6,000,000.

3. “Adjustment required for correction of an error” was a result of a change in estimate (useful life of certain assets reduced to 8 years and a catch-up adjustment made).

4. Nerwin Company disclosed earnings per common share for net income in the notes to the financial statements.

Instructions

Determine from these additional facts whether the presentation of the facts in the Nerwin Company income and retained earnings statement is appropriate. If the presentation is not appropriate, describe the appropriate presentation and discuss its theoretical rationale. (Do not prepare a revised statement.)

Presented below are certain account balances of Paczki Products Co.

Rent revenue \(6,500 Sales discounts \)7,800

Interest expense \(12,700 Selling expenses \)99,400

Beginning retained earnings \(114,400 Sales revenue \)390,000

Ending retained earnings \(125,000Income tax expense \)31,000

Dividend revenue \(71,000Cost of goods sold \)184,000

Sales returns and allowances \(12,400Administrative expenses \)82,500

Allocation to non controlling interest $17,000

Instructions

From the foregoing, compute the following: (a) total net revenue, (b) net income, (c) dividends declared, and (d) income attributable to controlling stockholders.

The following information was taken from the records of Roland Carlson Inc. for the year 2017: income tax applicable to income from continuing operations \(187,000, income tax applicable to loss on discontinued operations \)25,500, and unrealized holding gain on available-for-sale securities (net of tax) \(15,000.

Gain on sale of equipment \)95,000 Cash dividends declared $150,000

Loss on discontinued operations75,000 Retained earnings January1,2017 600,000

Administrative expenses 240,000 Cost of goods sold 850,000

Rent revenue 40,000 Selling expenses 300,000

Loss on write-down of inventory 60,000 Sales revenue 1,900,000

Shares outstanding during 2017 were 100,000.

Instructions

  1. Prepare a single-step income statement.
  2. Prepare a comprehensive income statement for 2017 using the two statement format.
  3. Prepare a retained earnings statement for 2017.

The financial statements of P&G are presented in Appendix B. The company’s complete annual report, including the notes to the financial statements, is available online.

Instructions

Refer to P&G’s financial statements and the accompanying notes to answer the following questions.

(a) What type of income statement format does P&G use? Indicate why this format might be used to present income statement information.

(b) What are P&G’s primary revenue sources?

(c) Compute P&G’s gross profit for each of the years 2012–2014. Explain why gross profit decreased in 2014.

(d) Why does P&G make a distinction between operating and nonoperating revenue?

(e) What financial ratios did P&G choose to report in its “Financial Summary” section covering the years 2009–2014?
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