As the accountant for Awesome Foods Incorporated, you are responsible for preparing the cash flow statement. You
Question:
As the accountant for Awesome Foods Incorporated, you are responsible for preparing the cash flow statement. You have decided to prepare the statement using the indirect method and have gathered the following data from the accounting records:
Principal payments on non-current debt $ 50,000
Collections on accounts receivable 287,500
Increase in accounts payable 24,300
Acquisition of equipment by issuing non-current note payable 70,000
Depreciation expense 71,300
Collection of loan principal 58,000
Proceeds from sale of investments, not including $5,100 gain 49,100
Increase in accounts receivable 7,200
Cash payments to purchase capital assets 62,000
Decrease in accrued liabilities 30,600
Payment of cash dividends 43,500
Income tax expense and payments 39,300
Proceeds from sale of capital assets, not including $7,400 loss 22,600
Net income 143,100
Cash sales 217,400
Proceeds from issuance of common shares 300,000
Increase in inventory 41,700
Loan to another company 50,000
Bonds payable converted into common shares 130,000
Payments to suppliers 283,100
Decrease in prepaid expenses 12,800
Cash balance: December 31, 2016 62,500
Cash balance: December 31, 2017 452,000
Prepare the cash flow statement for the year ended December 31, 2017, using the indirect method.
Your best friend just lost his job because the company he was working for went bankrupt. He was complaining to you that even though the company had been profitable for three years in a row, it still went out of business. He asks you how this can happen.
Explain the most likely reason for the company declaring bankruptcy. Could your best friend have seen it coming? How?
Intermediate Accounting Reporting and Analysis
ISBN: 978-1111822361
1st edition
Authors: James M. Wahlen, Jefferson P. Jones, Donald Pagach