An analysis of the income statement and the balance sheet accounts of RPZ Imports at December

31, 2011, provides the following information:

Income statement items:

Gain on Sales of Plant Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 6,000

Loss on Sales of Marketable Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000

Analysis of balance sheet accounts:

Marketable Securities account:

Debit entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,000

Credit entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,000

Notes Receivable account:

Debit entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000

Credit entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,000

Plant and Equipment accounts:

Debit entries to plant asset accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140,000

Credit entries to plant asset accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000

Debit entries to accumulated depreciation accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000

Additional Information

1. Except as noted in 4, payments and proceeds relating to investing transactions were made in cash.

2. The marketable securities are not cash equivalents.

3. All notes receivable relate to cash loans made to borrowers, not to receivables from customers.

4. Purchases of new equipment during the year ($140,000) were financed by paying $50,000 in cash and issuing a long-term note payable for $90,000.

5. Debits to the accumulated depreciation accounts are made whenever depreciable plant assets are retired. Thus, the book value of plant assets sold or retired during the year was $25,000 ($100,000 - $75,000).

Instructions

a. Prepare the investing activities section of a statement of cash flows. Show supporting computations for the amounts of

(1) Proceeds from sales and marketable securities and

(2) Proceeds from sales from plant assets. Place brackets around numbers representing cash outflows.

b. Prepare the supplementary schedule that should accompany the statement of cash flows in order to disclose the noncash aspects of the company’s investing and financing activities.

c. Does management have more control or less control over the timing and amount of cash out-lays for investing activities than for operating activities? Explain.