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    Common-sized financial statements

    I am needing help with the following questions. Please see attached data. 1) Using the common-sized income statements for May Department Stores Company, were the relationships between the revenues and other line items consistent? Identify any that were not and comment on what the lack of consistency might signify. 2) Usi

    Balance Sheet Effects

    Two companies, Energen and Hastings Corporation, began operations with identical balance sheets. A year later, both required additonal manufacturnig capacity at cost of $50,000. Energen obtained a 5-year, $50,000 loan at an 8 percent interest rate from its bank. Hastings, on the otherhand, decided to lease the required $50,000 c

    Income Statement, Balance sheet and paragraph

    Doug Maltbee formed a lawn service business as a summer job. To start the business on May 1, he deposited $1,000 in a new bank account in the name of the proprietorship. The $1,000 consisted of a $600 loan from his father and $400 of his own money. Doug rented lawn equipment, purchased supplies, and hired fellow students to mow

    Financial Accounting Problem: Statement of Cash Flows

    I am about to pull my hair out over the Statement of Cash Flows. I'm lost on what information goes in each section to make it balance. The balance sheet, income statement, ect are correct but I cannot figure out the SCF. Please see attached file.

    Financial Statement Reading

    As an accounting manager reviewing the books of your organization, why is it important to understand how to read a financial statement? What are some possible problems that could occur if you could not read the financials of the company?

    Accounting

    The explanatory notes to the financial statements: should be referred to if more than a cursory, and perhaps misleading impression of a firm's financial position and its results of operations is to be achieved. are not an integral part of the financial statements. include a great deal of detailed information that

    Complete master budget

    You have been asked to prepare a complete master budget for your store for June, July, and August. You are responsible for its actual full preparation. All accounting is done centrally, so you have no expert help on the premises. In addition, tomorrow the branch manager and the assistant controller will be here to examine your

    Financial Statement

    As a financial consultant, you have to interact with the accounts departments of manufacturing and merchandising companies, Outdoor Equipment Company (OEC) and Mountain Supplies, Inc. (MSI), both into selling tents, OEC purchases its tents from a manufacturer for $90 each and sells them for $120. It purchased 10,000 tents in 20X

    Dynastatics Corporation Problem

    (See attached file for full problem description) --- The following tables contain financial statements for Dynastatics Corporation. Although the company has not been growing, it now plans to expand and will increase net fixed assets (that is assets net of depreciation) by $200 per year for the next 5 years and forecasts that

    Practice Problem

    Prepare basic financial statements. Description of activity Using the following beginning balance sheet and income statement, facilitate the creation of an ending balance sheet. Beginning Balance Sheet Income Statement Cash $100 Acct Pay $150 Sales

    Pro forma Balance Sheet

    This problem requires creating a pro-forma balance sheet to come up with the answers. I have placed the answers from the back of the book in the spreadsheet, but I don't know how to come up with them (i.e. create the sheet). Stevens Textile's 2004 financial statements are shown below. Stevens Textile's: Balance shee

    Discussion Board

    Doug Maltbee formed a lawn service business as a summer job. To start the business on May 1, he deposited $1,000 in a new bank account in the name of the proprietorship. The $1,000 consisted of a $600 loan from his father and $400 of his own money. Doug rented lawn equipment, purchased supplies, and hired fellow students

    Profit Statements Using Absorption Costing

    Gerry Hatrick Ltd manufactures and sells video cameras. The unit selling price and production costs are as follows: $ Selling price 800 Direct materials 100 Direct labour 90 Variable overheads 50 Fixed overheads 160 The fixed production overheads assume a monthly production of 2000 units. The following monthly costs are

    I need help with this problem. I started doing it but I got stuck. I was able to do part of the 2005 income statement but I couldn't finish my balance sheet since I am not sure where to put the 50 percent equity stake in the company. So how do restructure those statements. So can you please show me how to do these problems

    Here is the problem Outdoor Equipment company(OEC) and Mountain Supplies, Inc. (MSI) both sell tents. OEC purchases from a manufacturer for $97 each and then sells them for$180. It purchased 10,000 tents in 20X4. MSI produces its own tents. In 20X4 MSI produced 10,000 tents. Costs were as follows: Direct materials puchased

    Account Problem Set

    (See attached file for full problem description) --- Consider the unadjusted trial balance of Alpha Beta Internet Connections at October 31, 20x2, and the related month-end adjustment data. Alpha Beta Internet Connections Trial balance October 31, 20x2 Cash 5300 Accounts receivable 7000 Prepaid rent 4000 S

    Figuring out Cash Balance

    Stuck on this problem know that assets - liabilities and that starting cash is $120,000 and 50% of sales from last year would be $300,000 not sure if I came up with the right answer. Gardner incorporated is very excited because sales for his furniture company are expected to double from $600,000 to $1,200,000 next year. Gard

    Business/ Financial Accounting

    Lucy Shafer wants to borrow $100,000to expand her dog -brreding business. She is preparing a set of financial Statements to take to the local bank with her loan application. She currently has an outstanding loan from her uncle for $50,000. Lucy's uncle is allowing her to borrow the money at a very low interest rate, and she does

    Financial accounting

    Use the Pier Import's financial statements to answer the following questions: To obtain Pier's financial statements you can go to www.Pier 1.com and click on the link at the bottom of the first page titled Inestor's Relations and then choose the Annual Reports and Proxy Statements. 1 - Does Pier have a significant amount of b

    Computing ratios

    I am have a difficult time figuring out the ratios for the financial statement of Becker, Becker and Becker. Can you help me with computing these ratios? (See attached file for full problem description) The balance sheet and income statement for Becker, Becker & Becker are presented below: Balance Sheet Assets