Cash Flows
Aleshia Wisch
ACC206: Principles of Accounting II
Prof. Eric Sumners
August 11, 2014
ACC 206 Week Assignment
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?
It is important for a company to show what assets they have on hand that can convert to cash. Non cash transactions are disclosed in the footnotes of the financial statement of cash flows. “…a company may exchange common stock for land. Such transactions do not trigger a direct inflow or outflow of cash, but they are nonetheless highly significant
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The $9,000 loss would be added back to the net income under Operating Activities.
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
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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, 20x5
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
Accounts payable - The management of debt incurred and not yet paid. All invoices, statements and operational expenses are included.
The statement of cash flow shows the amount of increase or decrease in cash that the company has on hand every quarter. This statement reports what a company pays out each quarter. Most of the time when a company has a major contract the money won’t be received until a later date.
Why are noncash transactions, such as the exchange of common stock a building, included on a statement of cash flows? How are these noncash transactions disclosed?
The cash flow (CFS) statement represenst revenue and expenses for a specific period of time (Sticker, 2012). . The CFS details exactly where cash is being derived and spent and may be generated at any time for analysis (Finkler, Jones, and Koyner, 2013).
The statement of cash flows presents investing and financing activities so that even noncash transactions of an investing and financing nature are disclosed in the financial statements. If they affect financial conditions significantly, the FASB requires that they be disclosed in either a separate schedule at the bottom of the statement of cash flows or in a separate note or supplementary schedule to the financial statements.
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