P17-1 (similar to) Question Help (Financial forecasting) Zapatera Enterprises is evaluating its financing requirements for the coming year. The firm has only been in business for one year, but its CFO predicts that the firm's operating expenses, current assets, net fixed assets, and current liabilities will remain at their current proportion of sales. Last year Zapatera had $12.94 million in sales with net income of $1.19 million. The firm anticipates that next year's sales will reach $14.97 million with net income rising to 52.04 million. Given its present high rate of growth, the firm retains all of its earnings to help defray the cost of new investments The firm's balance sheet for the year just ended is as follows: 133 Estimate Zapatera's total financing requirements (total assets) and its net funding requirements (discretionary financing needed) for 2014 Note: Use the percentage of sales given in Zapatera Enterprises' balance sheet for 2013 Hint: Make sure to round all intermediate calculations to at least five decimal places The 2014 retained earnings are $ (Round to the nearest dollar) A 12/31/13 2,600,000 5,700,000 8,300,000 % of Sales 20.093% 44.049% 19.320% Balance Sheet Current assets Net fixed assets Total Liabilities and Owners' Equity Accounts payable Long-term debt Total liabilities Common stock Paid-in capital Retained earnings Common equity Total NAS 2,500,000 1,800,000 4,300,000 1,100,000 2,100,000 800.000 4,000,000 NA NAO 8,300 000 NA" This figure does not vary directly with sales and is assumed to remain constant for purposes of forecasting next year's financing requirements