Accrual income versus cash flow for a period. Thomas Book Sales, Inc., supplies textbooks to college and university bookstores. The books are shipped with a proviso that they must be paid for within 30 days. For simplicity, assume there are no returns and no bad debts (i.e., bookstores pay on time). This year, Thomas shipped and billed book titles totaling $690,000. Collections, during the year totaled $628,555. The company spent $273,945 acquiring the books that it shipped. a. Using accrual accounting and the preceding values, show the firm's net profit for the past year. b. Using cash accounting and the preceding values, show the firm's net cash flow for the past year. c. Explain why the accrual and cash accounting methods show different net profits. How do the two profit figures provide different information to the financial manager? a. Using accrual accounting and the preceding values, show the firm's net profit for the past year in the following table. (Round to the nearest dollar.) Accounting View (accrual basis) Thomas Book Sales, Inc. Income Statement for the Year Ended 12/31 Sales revenue Less: Costs Net profit $ b. Using cash accounting and the preceding values, show the firm's net cash flow for the past year in the following table. (Round to the nearest dollar.) Financial View (cash basis) Thomas Book Sales, Inc. Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 12/31 Cash inflow Less: Cash outflow Net cash flow c. Explain why the accrual and cash accounting methods show different net profits. How do the two profit figures provide different information to the financial manager? (Select the best answer below.)