BRIEF EXERCISES
BE4-1 (L03) Starr Co. had sales revenue of $540,000 in 2017. Other items recorded during the year were:
Prepare a single-step income statement for Starr for 2017. Starr has 100,000 shares of stock outstanding.
BE4-2 (L03) Brisky Corporation had net sales of $2,400,000 and interest revenue of $31,000 during 2017. Expenses for 2017 were cost of goods sold $1,450,000, administrative expenses $212,000, selling expenses $280,000, and interest expense $45,000. Brisky’s tax rate is 30%. The corporation had 100,000 shares of common stock authorized and 70,000 shares issued and outstanding during 2017. Prepare a single-step income statement for the year ended December 31, 2017.
BE4-3 (L03) Using the information provided in BE4-2, prepare a condensed multiple-step income statement for Brisky Corporation.
BE4-4 (L02,3,4) Finley Corporation had income from continuing operations of $10,600,000 in 2017. During 2017, it disposed of its restaurant division at an after-tax loss of $189,000. Prior to disposal, the division operated at a loss of $315,000 (net of tax) in 2017 (assume that the disposal of the restaurant division meets the criteria for recognition as a discontinued operation). Finley had 10,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding during 2017. Prepare a partial income statement for Finley beginning with income from continuing operations.
BE4-5 (L02,3,4) Stacy Corporation had income from operations of $7,200,000. In addition, it suffered an unusual and infrequent pretax loss of $770,000 from a volcano eruption, interest revenue of $17,000, and a write-down on buildings of $53,000. The corporation’s tax rate is 30%. Prepare a partial income statement for Stacy beginning with Income from operations. The corporation had 5,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding during 2017.
BE4-6 (L05) During 2017, Williamson Company changed from FIFO to weighted-average inventory pricing. Pretax income in 2016 and 2015 (Williamson’s first year of operations) under FIFO was $160,000 and $180,000, respectively. Pretax income using weighted-average pricing in the prior years would have been $145,000 in 2016 and $170,000 in 2015. In 2017, Williamson reported pretax income (using weighted-average pricing) of $180,000. Show comparative income statements for Williamson, beginning with “Income before income tax,” as presented on the 2017 income statement. (The tax rate in all years is 30%.)
BE4-7 (L05) Vandross Company has recorded bad debt expense in the past at a rate of 1½% of accounts receivable, based on an aging analysis. In 2017, Vandross decides to increase its estimate to 2%. If the new rate had been used in prior years, cumulative bad debt expense would have been $380,000 instead of $285,000. In 2017, bad debt expense will be $120,000 instead of $90,000. If Vandross’s tax rate is 30%, what amount should it report as the cumulative effect of changing the estimated bad debt rate?
BE4-8 (L04) In 2017, Hollis Corporation reported net income of $1,000,000. It declared and paid preferred stock dividends of $250,000. During 2017, Hollis had a weighted average of 190,000 common shares outstanding. Compute Hollis’s 2017 earnings per share.
BE4-9 (L06) Portman Corporation has retained earnings of $675,000 at January 1, 2017. Net income during 2017 was $1,400,000, and cash dividends declared and paid during 2017 totaled $75,000. Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 2017.
BE4-10 (L05,6) Using the information from BE4-9, prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ended December 31, 2017. Assume an error was discovered: land costing $80,000 (net of tax) was charged to maintenance and repairs expense in 2014.
BE4-11 (L07) On January 1, 2017, Richards Inc. had cash and common stock of $60,000. At that date, the company had no other asset, liability, or equity balances. On January 2, 2017, it purchased for cash $20,000 of debt securities that it classified as available-for-sale. It received interest of $3,000 during the year on these securities. In addition, it has an unrealized holding gain on these securities of $4,000 net of tax. Determine the following amounts for 2017: (a) net income, (b) comprehensive income,
(c) other comprehensive income, and (d) accumulated other comprehensive income (end of 2017).
