Finance 745
Finance 745
Finance 745
On December 31, 2012, Cathy Chen, a self-employed certified public accountant (CPA)
completed her first full year in business. During the year, she billed $360,000 for her
accounting services. She had two employees, a bookkeeper and a clerical assistant. In
addition to her monthly salary of $8,000, Ms. Chen paid annual salaries of $48,000
and$36,000 to the bookkeeper and the clerical assistant, respectively. Employment taxes and
benefit costs for Ms. Chen and her employees totaled $34,600 for the year. Expenses for
office supplies, including postage, totaled $10,400 for the year. In addition, Ms. Chen spent
$17,000 during the year on tax-deductible travel and entertainment associated with client
visits and new business development. Lease payments for the office space rented (a tax-
deductible expense) were $2,700 per month. Depreciation expense on the office furniture and
fixtures was $15,600 for the year. During the year, Ms. Chen paid interest of $15,000 on the
$120,000 borrowed to start the business. She paid an average tax rate of 30% during 2012.
a. Prepare an income statement for Cathy Chen, CPA, for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Adam and Arin Adams have collected their personal income and expense information and
have asked you to put together an income and expense statement for the year ended
December 31, 2012. The following information is received from the Adams family.
Conrad Air Inc. reported net income of $1, 365,000 for the year ended December 31,
2013. Show how Conrad’s balance sheet would change from 2012 to 2013 depending on
how Conrad “spend” those earnings as described in the scenarios appear below.
a. Conrad paid no dividends during the year and invested the funds in marketable
securities.
b. Conrad paid dividends totaling $500,000 and used the balance of the net income to
retire (payoff) long term debt.
c. Conrad paid dividends totaling $500,000 and invested the balance of the net income
in building a new hangar.
d. Conrad paid out all $1,365,000 as dividends to its stockholders.
Analyze the overall financial position from both a cross-sectional and a time-series
viewpoint. Break your analysis into evaluations of the firm’s liquidity, activity, debt,
profitability, and market.
use the following ratio information form Johnson international and the industry average for
Johnson’s line of business to:
a. Construct the DuPont system of analysis for both Johnson and the industry.
b. Evaluate Johnson (and the industry) over 3 years period.
c. Indicate in which areas Johnson require further analysis. Why?