Your banker confides to you after looking at a number of financial statements that she is confused about the difference between two operating measures, net income and cash from operations.
Required:
a. Explain the purpose and significance of these two operating measures.
b. Several financial transactions or events follow. For each transaction or event, indicate whether it yields an increase (+), decrease (-), or no effect (NE) on each of the two measures.
| EFFECT OF TRANSACTION/EVENT ON: | ||
| Net Income | Cash from Operations | |
| 1. Sales of marketable securities for cash at more than their carrying value. | ||
| 2. Sale of merchandise with deferred payments (one-half within one year and one-half after one year). | ||
| 3. Reclassify noncurrent receivable as current receivable. | ||
| 4. Payment of current portion of long-term debt. | ||
| 5. Collection of an account receivable. | ||
| 6. Recording the cost of goods sold. | ||
| 7. Purchase of inventories on account (credit terms). | ||
| 8. Accrual of sales commissions (to be paid at a later date). | ||
| 9. Payment of accounts payable (resulting from purchase of inventory). | ||
| 10. Provision for depreciation on a sales office. | ||
| 11. Borrowing cash from a bank on a 90-day note payable. | ||
| 12. Accrual of interest on a bank loan. | ||
| 13. Sale of partially depreciated equipment for cash at less than its Book value. | ||
| 14. Flood damage to merchandise inventories (no insurance coverage). | ||
| 15. Declaration and payment of a cash dividend on preferred stock. | ||
| 16. Sale of merchandise on 90-day credit terms. | ||
| 17. Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable. | ||
| 18. Write-off of an uncollectible receivable. | ||
| 19. Provision for income tax expense (to be paid the following month). | ||
| 20. Provision for deferred income taxes (set up because depreciation | ||
| for tax reporting exceeded depreciation for financial reporting). | ||
| 21. Purchase of a machine (fixed asset) for cash. | ||
| 22. Payment of accrued salary expense to employees. | ||
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