Shiver Corporation began operations on September 1, 2006, as an online retailer of camping and
outdoor recreational equipment. The following financial statement data were taken from Shiver’s
records at the end of its first year of operations, August 31, 2007:
Accounts payable $ 32,400
Accounts receivable 51,840
Cash?
Cash receipts from operating activities 903,960
Cash payments for operating activities 756,000
Capital stock 270,000
Cost of sales 432,000
Dividends 27,000
Income tax expense 151,200
Income taxes payable 21,600
Interest expense 16,200
Inventories 97,200
Note payable (due in 2015) 108,000
Property, plant, and equipment 408,240
Retained earnings?
Sales 955,800
Selling and administrative expense 113,400
Instructions
- Prepare an income statement for the year ended August 31, 2007.
- Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended August 31, 2007.
- Prepare a balance sheet as of August 31, 2007.
- Prepare a statement of cash flows for the year ended August 31, 2007.
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Alternate Problem
1-5B
Financial statements, including
statement of cash flows
Goal 4
- Net income, $243,000
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND REPORTING
The financial statements of Hershey Foods Corporationare shown in Exhibits 4 through 7 of
this chapter. Based upon these statements, answer the following questions.
- What are Hershey’s sales (in millions)?
- What is Hershey’s cost of sales (in millions)?
- What is Hershey’s net income (in millions)?
- What is Hershey’s percent of the cost of sales to sales? Round to one decimal place.
- The percent that a company adds to its cost of sales to determine the selling price is called
a markup. What is Hershey’s markup percent? Round to one decimal place. - What is the percentage of net income to sales for Hershey? Round to one decimal
place.
The following data (in thousands of dollars) were adapted from the December 31, 2004, financial
statements of Tootsie Roll Industries Inc.:
Sales $420,110
Cost of goods sold 244,501
Net income 64,174
- What is Tootsie Roll’s percent of the cost of sales to sales? Round to one decimal place.
- The percent a company adds to its cost of sales to determine selling price is called a
markup. What is Tootsie Roll’s markup percent? Round to one decimal place.
Case 1-1
Hershey’s annual report
Case 1-2
Income statement analysis