Chapter 1: Q25DQ (page 29)
What is the purpose of the statement of retained earnings?
Retained earnings are the accumulated profits and the purpose of the statement of retained earnings is to show the change in retained earnings.
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Answer the following questions. (Hint: Use the accounting equation.)
a. At the beginning of the year, Addison Company’s assets are \(300,000 and its equity is \)100,000. During the year, assets increase \(80,000 and liabilities increase \)50,000. What is the equity at year-end?
b. Office Store has assets equal to \(123,000 and liabilities equal to \)47,000 at year-end. What is the equity for Office Store at year-end?
c. At the beginning of the year, Quaker Company’s liabilities equal \(70,000. During the year, assets increase by \)60,000, and at year-end assets equal \(190,000. Liabilities decrease \)5,000 during the year. What are the beginning and ending amounts of equity
Question: Describe the internal role of accounting for organizations
A start-up company often engages in the following transactions during its first year of operations. Classify those transactions in one of the three major categories of an organization’s business activities. F. Financing I. Investing O. Operating
1. Shareholders investing land in business.
2. Purchasing a building.
3. Purchasing land.
4. Borrowing cash from a bank.
5. Purchasing equipment.
6. Selling and distributing products.
7. Paying for advertising.
8. Paying employee wages.
Rivera Roofing Company, owned by Reyna Rivera, began operations in July and completed these transactions during that first month of operations.
July 1 Reyna Rivera invested \(80,000 cash in the company in exchange for its common stock.
2 The company rented office space and paid \)700 cash for the July rent.
3 The company purchased roofing equipment for \(5,000 by paying \)1,000 cash and agreeing to pay the \(4,000 balance in 30 days.
6 The company purchased office supplies for \)600 cash.
8 The company completed work for a customer and immediately collected \(7,600 cash for the work.
10 The company purchased \)2,300 of office equipment on credit.
15 The company completed work for a customer on credit in the amount of \(8,200.
17 The company purchased \)3,100 of office supplies on credit.
23 The company paid \(2,300 cash for the office equipment purchased on July 10.
25 The company billed a customer \)5,000 for work completed; the balance is due in 30 days.
28 The company received \(8,200 cash for the work completed on July 15.
30 The company paid an assistant’s salary of \)1,560 cash for this month.
31 The company paid \(295 cash for this month’s utility bill.
31 The company paid \)1,800 cash in dividends to the owner (sole shareholder).
Required Analysis Component 4. Assume that the \(5,000 purchase of roofing equipment on July 3 was financed from an owner investment of another \)5,000 cash in the business in exchange for more common stock (instead of the purchase conditions described in the transaction above). Compute the dollar effect of this change on the month-end amounts for (a) total assets, (b) total liabilities, and (c) total equity.
The following financial statement information is from five separate companies.
Company Company Company Company Company
V W X Y Z
December 31, 2016
Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \(54,000 \) 80,000 \(141,500 \)92,500 $144,000
Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000 60,000 68,500 51,500 ?
December 31, 2017
Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,000 100,000 186,500 ? 170,000
Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,000 ? 65,800 42,000 42,000
During year 2017
Stock issuances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 20,000 ? 48,100 60,000
Net income (or loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? 40,000 18,500 24,000 32,000
Cash dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,500 2,000 0 20,000 8,000
Required 1. Answer the following questions about Company V.
a. What is the amount of equity on December 31, 2016?
b. What is the amount of equity on December 31, 2017?
c. What is the net income or loss for the year 2017?
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