ASHFORD UNIVERSITYACC
206 Week-1 Assignment
Please complete the following 5 exercises
below in either Excel or a word document (but must be single document). You
must show your work where appropriate (leaving the calculations within Excel
cells is acceptable). Save the document, and submit it in the appropriate week
using the Assignment Submission button.
1.
Critical Thinking Question:
Answer the following questions:
Why are noncash transactions, such as the exchange of common stock for a
building for example, included on a statement of cash flows? How are these
noncash transactions disclosed?
2.
Classification of activities
Classify each of the
following transactions as arising from an operating (O), investing (I),
financing (F), or noncash investing/financing (N) activity.
a. ______
Received $80,000 from the sale of land.
b. ______
Received $3,200 from cash sales.
c. ______
Paid a $5,000 dividend.
d. ______
Purchased $8,800 of merchandise for cash.
e. _____
Received $100,000 from the issuance of common stock.
f. _____
Paid $1,200 of interest on a note payable.
g. ______
Acquired a new laser printer by paying $650.
h. ______
Acquired a $400,000 building by signing a $400,000 mortgage note.
3.
Overview of direct and indirect methods
Evaluate the comments that follow as being True or False. If the
comment is false, briefly explain why.
a.
Both the
direct and indirect methods will produce the same cash flow from operating
activities.
b.
Depreciation
expense is added back to net income when the indirect method is used.
c. One of the advantages of using the direct method rather than the
indirect method is that larger cash flows from financing activities will be reported.
d. The cash paid to suppliers is normally disclosed on the statement
of cash flows when the indirect method of statement preparation is employed.
e. The dollar change in the Merchandise Inventory account appears on
the statement of cash flows only when the direct method of statement
preparation is used.
4.
Equipment transaction and cash flow reporting
Dec. 31, 20X4
Dec. 31, 20X3
Property, Plant & Equipment:
Land
$94,000
$94,000
Equipment
652,000
527,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation
-316,000
-341,000
New equipment purchased
during 20×4 totaled $280,000. The 20×4 income statement disclosed equipment
depreciation expense of $41,000 and a $9,000 loss on the sale of equipment.
a.
Determine the
cost and accumulated depreciation of the equipment sold during 20X4.
b.
Determine the
selling price of the equipment sold.
c.
Show how the
sale of equipment would appear on a statement of cash flows prepared by using
the indirect method.
5.
Cash flow information: Direct and indirect methods
The comparative year-end
balance sheets of Sign Graphics, Inc., revealed the following activity in the
company’s current accounts:
20X5
20X4
Increase / Decrease)
Current assets
Cash
$55,400
$35,200
$20,200
Accounts receivable (net)
83,800
88,000
-4,200
Inventory
243,400
233,800
9,600
Prepaid expenses
25,400
24,200
1,200
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
$123,600
$140,600
($17,000)
Taxes payable
43,600
49,200
-5,600
Interest payable
9,000
6,400
2,600
Accrued liabilities
38,800
60,400
-21,600
Note payable
44,000
â
44,000
The accounts payable were for the purchase of merchandise. Prepaid
expenses and accrued liabilities relate to the firm’s selling and
administrative expenses. The company’s condensed income statement follows.
SIGN
GRAPHICS INC.
Income
Statement
for
the Year Ended December 31, 20×5
Sales
$713,800
Less: Cost of goods sold
323,000
Gross profit
$390,800
Less: Selling &
administrative expenses
$186,000
Depreciation expense
17,000
Interest expense
27,000
230,000
Add: gain on sale of land
$160,800
21,800
Income before taxes
$182,600
Income taxes
36,800
Net income
$145,800
Other data:
1.
Long-term
investments were purchased for cash at a cost of $74,600.
2.
Cash proceeds
from the sale of land totaled $76,200.
3.
Store
equipment of $44,000 was purchased by signing a short-term note payable. Also,
a $150,000 telecommunications system was acquired by issuing 3,000 shares of
preferred stock.
4.
A long-term
note of $49,400 was repaid.
5.
Twenty
thousand shares of common stock were issued at $5.19 per share.
6.
The company
paid cash dividends amounting to $128,600.
Instructions:
a.
Prepare the
operating activities section of the company’s statement of cash flows, assuming
use of:
1.
The direct
method.
