This spreadsheet assignment is a continuation of the spreadsheet assignments given in earlier chapters.
If you completed those spreadsheets, you have a head start on this one.
1. Handyman wishes to prepare a forecasted balance sheet and income statement for 2013.
Use the original financial statement numbers for 2012 [given in part (1) of the Cumulative Spreadsheet Project assignment in Chapter 2] as the basis for the forecast, along with the following additional information:
a. Sales in 2013 are expected to increase by 40% over 2012 sales of $700.
b. Cash will increase at the same rate as sales.
c. The forecasted amount of accounts receivable in 2013 is determined using the forecasted value for the average collection period. For simplicity, do the computations using the end-of-period accounts receivable balance instead of the average balance.
The average collection period for 2013 is expected to be 14.08 days.
d. The forecasted amount of inventory in 2013 is determined using the forecasted value for the number of days’ sales in inventory (computed using the end-of-period inventory balance). Th e number of days’ sales in inventory for 2013 is expected to be 107.6 days.
e. The forecasted amount of accounts payable in 2013 is determined using the forecasted value for the number of days’ purchases in accounts payable (computed using the end-of-period accounts payable balance). Th e number of days’ purchases in accounts payable for 2013 is expected to be 48.34 days.
f. The $160 in operating expenses reported in 2012 breaks down as follows: $5 depreciation expense, $155 other operating expenses.
g. See item (l) for the assumption concerning the amount of new long-term debt that will be acquired in 2013.
h. No cash dividends will be paid in 2013.
i. New short-term loans payable will be acquired in an amount sufficient to make Handyman’s current ratio in 2013 exactly equal to 2.0.
j. The forecasted amount of property, plant, and equipment (PP&E) in 2013 is determined using the forecasted value for the fixed asset turnover ratio. For simplicity, compute the fixed asset turnover ratio using the end-of-period gross PP&E balance.
The fixed asset turnover ratio for 2013 is expected to be 3.518 times.
k. In computing depreciation expense for 2013, use straight-line depreciation and assume a 30-year useful life with no residual value. Gross PP&E acquired during the year is depreciated for only half the year. In other words, depreciation expense for 2013 is the sum of two parts: (1) a full year of depreciation on the beginning balance in PP&E, assuming a 30-year life and no residual value and (2) a half-year of depreciation on any new PP&E acquired during the year, based on the change in the gross PP&E balance.

For this exercise, add the following additional assumptions:
l. New long-term debt will be acquired (or repaid) in an amount sufficient to make Handyman’s debt ratio (total liabilities divided by total assets) in 2013 exactly equal to 0.80.
m. Assume an interest rate on short-term loans payable of 6.0% and on long-term debt of 8.0%. Only a half-year’s interest is charged on loans taken out during the year. For example, if short-term loans payable at the end of 2013 are $15 and given that short-term loans payable at the end of 2012 were $10, total short-term interest expense for 2013 would be $0.75 [($10 × 0.06) + ($5 × 0.06 × 1/2)].

Clearly state any additional assumptions that you make.

2. Repeat (1), with the following changes in assumptions:
a. Th e debt ratio in 2013 is exactly equal to 0.70.

b. Th e debt ratio in 2013 is exactly equal to 0.90.
3. Prepare a table displaying the forecasted values of long-term debt and paid-in capital in 2013 under each of the following assumptions about the debt ratio: 0.70, 0.80, and 0.90. Th e sum of these two items can be viewed as the total amount of long-term financing (both debt and equity) received from outsiders. Comment on why the total of these two items is not the same under each debt ratio assumption.