Zapatera Enterprises is evaluating its financing requirements for the coming year. The firm has only been in business for one year, but its CFO predicts that the firm’s operating expenses, current assets, net fixed assets, and current liabilities will remain at their current proportion of sales. Last year Zapatera had $12 million in sales with net income of $1.2 million. The firm anticipates that next year’s sales will reach $15 million with net income rising to $2 million. Given its present high rate of growth, the firm retains all of its earnings to help defray the cost of new investments.

The firm’s balance sheet for the year just ended is as follows:

Estimate Zapatera’s total financing requirements (total assets) and its net funding requirements (discretionary financing needed) for2014.

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Zapatera Enterprises, Inc. % of Sales Balance Sheet Current assets Net fixed assets 12/31/13 $3,000,000 6,000,000 $9,000.000 25% Total Liabilities and Owners' Equity Accounts payable Long-term debt $3,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000 1800,000 NAa Total liabilities Common stock Paid-in capital Retained earnings Common equity NA" NAa 4,000,000 Total