The operating activities section of Johann Manufacturing Ltd.’s statement of cash flows is shown below. In answering the questions after the statement, assume that the net cash flows from Johann’s investing and financing activities were zero; that is, that the cash inflows within the investing and financing sections were off set by the cash outflows.

Required

Use the preceding information to answer the following questions. If a question cannot be answered based on the information given, indicate why.

a. Have the accounts receivable increased or decreased this year? Explain briefly.

b. Has the inventory increased or decreased this year? Explain how this affects cash.

c. Did the amount of expenses prepaid by the company increase or decrease during the year? Does this help or hurt its cash position? Explain briefly.

d. Compared with last year, does the company seem to be relying more heavily or less heavily on trade credit from suppliers to finance its activities? Explain briefly.

e. If you were a potential creditor, would you see any warning signs in the statement of cash flows that you would want to investigate before lending money to Johann Manufacturing? Explain briefly.

f. Johann Manufacturing has $2 million of bonds maturing in January 2021. Do you think the company will be able to meet its obligation to pay off the bonds, without obtaining additional long-term financing? Explain briefly.

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JOHANN MANUFACTURING LTD. Statement of Cash Flows For the year ended December 31, 2020 Cash flows from operations: $ 632,000 Net income Adjustments to convert earnings to cash flows: Depreciation ex pense $110,000 Loss on sale of investments 50,000 160,000 Change in current ite ms other than cash: $(80,000) Accounts receivable Inventory 20,000 Prepaid expenses (45,000) Accounts payable Income tax payable 75,000 (14,000) (44,000) Cash provided by operations 748,000 Cash balance, January 1 566,000 Cash balance, December 31 $1,314,000