Barbara Boland opened a flower shop. Business has been good, and Boland is considering expanding with a
Question:
Barbara Boland opened a flower shop. Business has been good, and Boland is considering expanding with a second shop. A cousin has produced the following financial statements at December 31, 2017, the end of the first three months of operations:
Barbara Boland Blossoms Inc.
Income Statement
Quarter Ended December 31, 2017
Sales revenue............................................ $36,000
Share capital............................................... 10,000
Total revenue.............................................46,000
Advertising expense.......................................8,000
Accounts payable.........................................5,000
Rent expense..............................................6,000
Total expenses...........................................19,000
Net income.............................................$ 27,000
Barbara Boland Blossoms Inc.
Balance Sheet
As at December 31, 2017
Assets..............................................$ 6,000
Cash................................................ 22,000
Cost of goods sold (expense).................... 5,000
Store fixtures......................................10,000
Flower inventory...............................$ 43,000
Total assets................................................
Liabilities.................................................
None.......................................................
Owners' Equity ............................... $ 43,000
In these financial statements, all amounts are correct except for Owners' Equity. Boland's cousin heard that total assets should equal total liabilities plus owners' equity, so he plugged in the amount of owners' equity at $43,000 to make the balance sheet come out evenly.
Requirements
Barbara Boland has asked whether she should expand the business. Her banker says Boland may be wise to expand if
(a) Net income for the first quarter reaches $5,000 and
(b) Total assets are at least $25,000. It appears that the business has reached these milestones, but Boland doubts her cousin's understanding of accounting. Boland needs your help in making this decision. Prepare a corrected income statement and balance sheet. (Remember that Retained Earnings, which was omitted from the balance sheet, should equal net income for the period; there were no dividends.) After preparing the statements, give Boland your recommendation as to whether she should expand the flower shop.
Financial StatementsFinancial statements are the standardized formats to present the financial information related to a business or an organization for its users. Financial statements contain the historical information as well as current period’s financial... Balance Sheet
Balance sheet is a statement of the financial position of a business that list all the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity and shareholder’s equity at a particular point of time. A balance sheet is also called as a “statement of financial...
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Financial Accounting
ISBN: 978-0134564142
6th Canadian edition
Authors: Walter Jr. Harrison, Charles T. Horngren, C. William Thomas, Greg Berberich, Catherine Seguin