Using Direct Method to Calculate Cash Flow from Operating Activities

The following financial statements for Lucy Enterprises are provided:

Income Statement for Year Ending December 31, 1999

Sales revenues

$550,000

Cost of goods sold

210,000

Gross margin

$340,000

Salary expenses

(115,000)

Interest expense

(15,000)

Interest revenue

20,000

110,000

Net income before taxes

230,000

Tax expense

92,000

Net income

$138,000

Balance Sheet at Year End

1999

1998

1999

1998

Cash

$225,000

$100,000

Accounts payable

$ 30,000

$ 20,000

Accounts receivable

124,000

135,000

Salaries payable

5,000

4,000

Inventory

35,000

21,000

Interest payable

3,000

12,000

384,000

256,000

Taxes payable

2,500

3,500

Property, plant,

40,500

39,500

and equipment

101,000

134,000

Shareholders’

Totals

$485,000

$390,000

equity

444,500

350,500

$485,000

$390,000

Required

Prepare the cash flow from operating activities section of the statement of cash flows, using the direct method and the indirect method. The following amounts must first be calculated when using the direct method:

• Cash collections from customers

• Cash payments to suppliers

• Cash payments to employees

• Taxes paid

• Interest paid

• Interest collected

• Purchases