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Subject: Prepare a Cash Flow Statement-Direct Method FYE 5/31/05
Category: Business and Money > Accounting
Asked by: gmurda-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 06 Aug 2005 12:19 PDT
Expires: 05 Sep 2005 12:19 PDT
Question ID: 552486
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
                                As of May 31
                                      2005                        2004
Current assets:                
    Cash                              $33250                      $20000
    Accounts Receivable                80000                       58000
    Merchandise Inventory             210000                      250000
    Prepaid expenses                    9000                        7000
       Total current assets           332250                      335000
Plant Assets:
    Plant assets                      600000                      502000
    Less:  Accumulated Depreciation   150000                      125000
       Net plant assets               450000                      377000
Total Assets                          782250                      712000

Current Liabilities
    Accounts Payable                  $123000                      $115000
    Salaries payable                   47250                         72000
    Interest Payable                   27000                         25000
        Total current liabilities      197250                        212000
Long-term Debt:
    Bonds Payable                      70000                         100000
        Total Liabilities              267250                        312000
Shareholders' Equity
    Common stock, $10 par              370000                        280000
    Retained Earnings                  145000                        120000
         Total Shareholders' equity    515000                        400000
Total liabilities & shareholder equity 782250                        712000


                            INCOME STATEMENT
                            FYE May 31,2005

Sales                                    1255250 
Cost of merchandise sold                  722000
             Gross Profit                 533250
Expenses:
   Salary exp                             252100
   Interest exp.                          75000
   Other exp.                             8150
   Depreciation exp.                      25000
        Total Expenses                    360250
Operating income                          173000
   Income tax expense                     43000
Net Income                                130000

**Additional Info.
1-All sales during year were made on account
2-All merchandise was purchased on account, comprising the total accounts  
   payable account
3-Plant assets costing $98,000 were purchased by paying $48,000 in cash and 
   issuing 5000 shares of stock
4-The "other expenses" are related to prepaid items

Clarification of Question by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 12:35 PDT
need answer by 8/7/2005

Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 06 Aug 2005 15:22 PDT
Gmurda --

Can you check your numbers here please?  Some things don't make sense.  
Retained earnings increase by $25,000 despite a net income of $130,000
for the year.  This is possible only if the firm is paying dividends
of $105,000 -- and you don't show any dividends being paid.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Clarification of Question by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:37 PDT
These are the numbers as I have them, I have rechecked and all the
numbers are correct with no mention of dividends. I just need the
operating, investing, and financing cash flows for year ended.  I hope
this is enough for you to get things done.

Thanks,

Gmurda
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Subject: Re: Prepare a Cash Flow Statement-Direct Method FYE 5/31/05
Answered By: omnivorous-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:44 PDT
Rated:2 out of 5 stars
 
Gmurda ?

There are several good resources on preparing cash flow statements, including:

Small Business Administration Women?s Enterprise Center
?Preparing Your Cash Flow Statement? (Aug. 10, 2001)
http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/finance/cashflowex.html

and Merrill Lynch?s venerable publication, which I?d recommend
printing out and keeping in a binder:

Merrill Lynch
?How to Read a Financial Report? (undated)
http://philanthropy.ml.com/ipo/resources/pdf/howtoreadfinreport.pdf

Basically the process of determining cash flow is outlined as follows:

1.	start with net income
2.	add back non-cash charges ? the most-common being depreciation & amortization
3.	next, look at your operating categories to see if cash was used
(put it in brackets, it?s negative) or reduced (positive).
4.	next, look at your investments ? the purchase of equipment; changes
in notes payable; purchases or sale common stock
5.	as a check, if it?s done properly the change in cash will match the
increase of $13,250 that  you?re seeing in cash on the Statement of
Financial Position.

The hardest part is probably looking at the statement and knowing
whether cash in coming in or going out.  Just look at category like
?salaries payable? and say:
?Did the reduction in payables from $72,000 to $47,250 use cash?? 
It?s the only way employees get paid, so of course it did!

However, as mentioned, this financial statement has a little catch to
it ? you?re not shown the cash outflow for the dividends.  As
previously mentioned, it?s $105,000 ? and could come in the form of
preferred dividends, common stock dividends.  (The only other way that
this would work is if someone embezzled $105,000 . . .)

Because it?s so much easier to format information ? not to mention
being easier to do the calculations, I?ve put all of this into a
spreadsheet:

http://www.mooneyevents.com/statement.xls

Google search strategy:
Preparing ?cash flow? statement


Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:49 PDT
please work it as if there was $105,000 in dividends

Clarification of Answer by omnivorous-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:50 PDT
Gmurda --

Already done.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:52 PDT
Well then where are the cash flows from financing activities??

Clarification of Answer by omnivorous-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:53 PDT
See the spreadsheet . . .

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:55 PDT
The spreadsheet I have only has operating and investing, but no financing activites.

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:56 PDT
Cash Flow Statement	

Operating Cash Flow	

Net income after tax	$130,000 
Depreciation	$25,000 
Change in AR	($22,000)
Change in inventory	$40,000 
Change in AP	$8,000 
Change in salaries payable	($24,750)
Change in interest payable	$2,000 
Change in prepaid expenses	($2,000)
	
TOTAL Operating cash flow =	$156,250 
	
Investing Cash Flow	
	
Change in bonds payable	($30,000)
Purchase of equipment	($98,000)
Stock issued (9,000 shares)	$90,000 
Dividends paid	($105,000)
	
TOTAL Investing cash flow -	($143,000)
	
CHANGE IN CASH, FYE 2005	$13,250 
	
	
	
Omnivorous-GA	
Aug. 6, 2005	

SEE************

Clarification of Answer by omnivorous-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:57 PDT
The investing includes all financing activities.  If you wanted to
split "investing" and "financing," only the dollars spent on the plant
are "investing."

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:59 PDT
Thanks omnivorous

Clarification of Answer by omnivorous-ga on 06 Aug 2005 16:59 PDT
No problem!

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 17:52 PDT
I needed a DIRECT Statement of Cash Flows not indirect.  The investing
and financing activities stay the same but the operating is different.
pLease change.

Gmurda

Request for Answer Clarification by gmurda-ga on 06 Aug 2005 18:13 PDT
DIRECT statement as it was origionally stated in the question.
gmurda-ga rated this answer:2 out of 5 stars
I needed a the DIRECT Method for Statement of Cash Flows, not the indirect method.

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