First Issuance of Financial Statements – The Jackson Company has decided to issue common stock to the public in 2008. This will be the first public sale and therefore the company will issue its first publicly available financial statements since it was formed in 2005. The financial statements that it has prepared for its own use follow:

Income Statements

For Years Ended December 31,

2005

2006

2007

Sales

$100,000

$130,000

$180,000

Cost of goods sold

35,000

45,000

65,000

Gross profit

$65,000

$85,000

$115,000

Other expenses

62,500

75,000

83,200

Income before income taxes

$2,500

$10,000

$31,800

Income tax expense

750

3,000

9,540

Net income

$1,750

$7,000

$22,260

 

Balance Sheets

31-Dec

2005

2006

2007

Cash

$5,500

$12,500

$9,960

Accounts receivable

30,000

50,000

63,000

Inventory

40,000

60,000

65,000

Equipment

100,000

100,000

140,000

Less: Accumulated depreciation

20,000

52,000

79,200

$155,500

$170,500

$198,760

Current liabilities

$19,250

$27,250

$33,250

Notes payable

50,000

50,000

50,000

Common stock

84,500

84,500

84,500

Retained earnings

1,750

8,750

31,010

$155,500

$170,500

$198,760

These financial statements are audited for the first time at the beginning of 2008, and the following facts are discovered:

1. The company has not made any allowance for noncollection of accounts receivable. An allowance of 1% of total sales is considered appropriate. Uncollectible accounts of $630 should have been written off in 2007.

2. The notes payable are to officers of the company and have an interest rate of 12%. They were issued on January 1, 2005. No interest has been accrued or paid. (Assume simple interest and no compounding.)

3. The company has been using MACRS over a five-year life for both financial reporting and income tax purposes. It has been decided that the straight-line method should have been used for financial reporting, based on an economic life of 10 years and a zero residual value, with a full year’s depreciation being recorded in the year of acquisition. No disposals of property, plant, and equipment have occurred.

4. After adjustments, with the exception of depreciation, expenses deducted for financial accounting purposes are the same as those deducted for income tax purposes.

5. The company is subject to a 30% income tax rate and pays its taxes at the end of each year.

Required

1. Prepare the financial statements for 2005, 2006, and 2007 that the company would issue at the beginning of 2008.

2. Describe what method the company would use to account for each item if the financial statements for all three years had been publicly issued previously.