Continuing the example scenario created earlier in this chapter, the president asks you to determine cash flow from profit (net income) in 2007. In other words, he wants to know how much the business’s cash balance increased from making profit in the year. Based on the information in its comparative balance sheet  and its statement of changes in stockholders equity, determine the business’s cash flow from profit for 2007. Did its cash balance increase $405,000, the same amount as net income? Or, did cash increase a different amount? Did cash decrease as the result of the company’s profit-making activities? (It’s possible.)

Balance Sheets at Year-Ends 2006 and 2007

Assets

2006

2007

Changes

Cash

$700,000

$901,000

$201,000

Accounts Receivable

$500,000

$535,000

$35,000

Inventory

$780,000

$825,000

$45,000

Prepaid Expenses

$110,000

$125,000

$15,000

Current Assets

$2,090,000

$2,386,000

 

Property, Plant, & Equipment

$2,450,000

$2,875,000

$425,000

Accumulated Depreciation

($685,000)

($876,000)

($191,000)

Cost Less Depreciation

$1,765,000

$1,999,000

 

Total Assets

$3,855,000

$4,385,000

 

Liabilities & Owners’ Equity

     

Accounts Payable

$350,000

$385,000

$35,000

Accrued Expenses Payable

$165,000

$205,000

$40,000

Short-term Notes Payable

$500,000

$625,000

$125,000

Current Liabilities

$1,015,000

$1,215,000

 

Long-term Notes Payable

$1,000,000

$1,125,000

$125,000

Owners Equity:

     

Capital

     

 

Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

 

Capital Stock

Retained Earning

Total Owners’ Equity

Balance at end of 2005

$750,000

$922,000

$1,672,000

Net Income – 2006

 

$318,000

 

Cash Dividends – 2006

 

($150,000)

 

Balance at end of 2006

$750,000

$1,090,000

$1,840,000

Capital Stock Issue

$50,000

   

Net Income – 2007

 

$405,000

 

Cash Dividends – 2007

 

($250,000)

 

Balance at end of 2007

$800,000

$1,245,000

$2,045,000