OVERVIEW Assume ABC Company has asked you to not only prepare their 2017 year-end Balance Sheet but to also provide pro-forma financial statements for 2018. In addition, they have asked you to evaluate their company based on the pro-forma statements with regard to ratios. They also want you to evaluate 3 projects they are considering. Their information is as follows: End of the year information: 12/31/17 Account Ending Balance Cash 50,000 Accounts Receivable 175,000 Inventory 126,000 Equipment 480,000 Accumulated Depreciation 90,000 Accounts Payable 156,000 Short-term Notes Payable 12,000 Long-term Notes Payable 200,000 Common Stock 235,000 solve Retained Earnings Additional Information: Sales for December total 10,000 units. Each month's sales are expected to exceed the prior month's results by 5%. The product's selling price is $25 per unit. Company policy calls for a given month's ending inventory to equal 80% of the next month's expected unit sales. The December 31 2017 inventory is 8,400 units, which complies with the policy. The purchase price is $15 per unit. Sales representatives' commissions are 12.5% of sales and are paid in the month of the sales. The sales manager's monthly salary will be $3,500 in January and $4,000 per month thereafter. Monthly general and administrative expenses include $8,000 administrative salaries, $5,000 depreciation, and 0.9% monthly interest on the long-term note payable. The company expects 30% of sales to be for cash and the remaining 70% on credit. Receivables are collected in full in the month following the sale (none is collected in the month of sale). All merchandise purchases are on credit, and no payables arise from any other transactions. One month's purchases are fully paid in the next month.