Barbara Boland opened a flower shop. Business has been good, and Boland is considering expanding with a

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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 Statements
Financial 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

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