Maben Company was started on January 1, 2016, and experienced the following events during its first year

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Maben Company was started on January 1, 2016, and experienced the following events during its first year of operation:

1. Acquired $30,000 cash from the issue of common stock.

2. Borrowed $40,000 cash from National Bank.

3. Earned cash revenues of $48,000 for performing services.

4. Paid cash expenses of $25,000.

5. Paid a $1,000 cash dividend to the stockholders.

6. Acquired additional $20,000 cash from the issue of common stock.

7. Paid $10,000 cash to reduce the principal balance of the bank note.

8. Paid $53,000 cash to purchase land.

9. Determined that the market value of the land is $75,000.

Required

a. Record the preceding transactions in the horizontal statements model. Also, in the Cash

Flows column, classify the cash flows as operating activities (OA), investing activities (IA), or financing activities (FA). The first event is shown as an example.

Maben Company was started on January 1, 2016, and experienced

b. Determine the amount of total assets that Maben would report on the December 31, 2016, balance sheet.
c. Identify the asset source transactions and related amounts for 2016.
d. Determine the net income that Maben would report on the 2016 income statement. Explain why dividends do not appear on the income statement.
e. Determine the net cash flows from operating activities, financing activities, and investing activities that Maben would report on the 2016 statement of cash flows.
f. Determine the percentage of assets that were provided by investors, creditors, and earnings.
g. What is the balance in the Retained Earnings account immediately after Event 3 is recorded?

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Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts

ISBN: 978-0078025907

9th edition

Authors: Thomas Edmonds, Christopher Edmonds

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