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Review: Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis Exam 2018
Score: 95%, 38 correct out of 40 | Taken On: 09-10-18
Question 1
Assume US GAAP to answer this question.
In 2017, $2 million in wages were earned and no cash wages were paid.
In 2018, $8 million in wages were earned and $7 million in cash wages were
paid.
Cash wages were used to first pay wages earned in 2017 with the remainder
used to pay wages earned in 2018.
Any earned but unpaid wages will be paid during the first quarter of 2019.
Using only the information provided, which of the following statements is most
accurate?
Liabilities increased by $1.0 million in 2018
Liabilities increased by $3.0 million in 2018
Assets decreased by $5.0 million in 2018
Retained earnings decreased by $10.0 million in 2018
Retained earnings decreased by $7.0 million in 2018
Your answer is correct.
Since wages were earned in 2017 but not yet paid, the opening balance sheet
in 2018 would have an accrued wages liability of $2.0. These were paid in
2018, reversing the liability. However, since there is only $5.0 million in cash
($7.0 less the $2.0 million used to pay 2017 wages) available to pay wages
earned in 2018, that leaves $3.0 million in earned wages unpaid, raising the
accrued wages liability to $3.0 million. The net impact to the liability is $1.0
million (-$2.0 + $3 million). The only asset impacted is cash, which decreases
by $7.0 million, while retained earnings decreases by $8.0 million, since
wages are expensed when they are earned, not when they are paid.
See Lesson: Payable, Accrued Expenses, Deferred Revenue & Debt
Question 2
A company issued its CEO 100,000 shares of restricted stock in the beginning
of 2018 that are restricted for two years. The current share price is $10.
Based on the information provided, which of the following statements is true?
An unearned compensation liability in the amount of $1 million is created at
the grant date
An unearned compensation asset in the amount of $1 million is created at the
grant date
Stockholders' equity increases by $1 million at the grant date
An unearned compensation contra equity account in the amount of $500,000
is recognized at the grant date
Stockholders' equity is unchanged at the grant date
Your answer is correct.
The entire value of restricted stock issued at grant date is recognized as an
equity account and is immediately offset by a contra equity account in the
same amount so there is no change to stockholders’ equity at the grant date.
This contra equity account is reversed over the service period. In this case, a
$1 million contra equity account is created and reduced by $500,000 over the
next two years, with an offsetting reduction in retained earnings.
See Lesson: Stock Based Compensation Accounting: Journal Entries
Question 3
A company issued its CEO 100,000 stock options in the beginning of 2018 that
will vest equally over 2 years. Assume the following:
The share price at grant date is $10 per share
The option exercise price is $10 per share
The fair value of each option at grant date is $5 per share
No options are exercised until after year 2
Based only on the information provided, which of the following statements is
true?
Stockholders' equity increases by $1,000,000 at the grant date
Stockholders' equity increases by $500,000 at the grant date
Stockholders' equity increases by $250,000 at the grant date
Stockholders' equity decreases by $250,000 at the end of year 1
Stockholders' equity does not change at the end of year 1
Your answer is correct.
No journal entries occur at the grant date. Stock options are expensed as they
vest with a corresponding entry in "APIC – Stock options" account. Since both
accounts are part of stockholders’ equity, there is no change to stockholders’
equity. No asset or liabilities are recognized on the grant date.
See Lesson: Stock Based Compensation Accounting: Journal Entries
Question 4
A company recorded the following activities in 2018:
$5 million in capital expenditures were made in 2018
$4 million in depreciation expense was recognized in 2018
$3 million in affiliate income recognized on the income statement from a 25%
investment in an affiliate
$1 million of insurance proceeds were received in cash due to hurricane
damage on the company’s corporate headquarters
Based only on the information provided, calculate the impact of the activities
described above on the company’s 2018 operating income and cash flows
(ignore taxes).
Operating income decreased by $1.0 million. Cash flows decreased by $4.0
million.
Operating income decreased by $5.0 million. Cash flows increased by $6.0
million.
Operating income decreased by $4.0 million. Cash flows decreased by $4.0
million.
Operating income decreased by $6.0 million. Cash flows decreased by $1.0
million.
Operating income decreased by $6.0 million. Cash flows decreased by $3.0
million.
Your answer is correct.
Only the $4.0 million in depreciation expense impacts operating income.
Capital expenditures are not recognized on the income statement. Affiliate
income and insurance proceeds are recognized below operating income.
Capex reduces cash flows, offset by the $1 million insurance proceeds.
Depreciation is non-cash and the investment income is an accrual – its cash
impact is not provided.
See Lessons: All lessons in "Accounting Crash Course" Chapters 2 (The Income
Statement) and 6 (The Cash Flow Statement).
Question 5
A company reported gross profit of $20 million in 2018. In addition, it recorded
the following activities:
Sales and marketing expenses were $5 million.
Interest income was $2 million.
Sold equipment for $5 million that had a net book value of $9 million.
$3 million in preferred stock issuance.
Company’s tax rate is 40%.
Calculate the company’s net income.
$5.4 million
$6.0 million
$6.8 million
$7.2 million
$7.8 million
Your answer is correct.
Gross profit 20.0
Selling and marketing expenses (5.0)
Interest income 2.0
Loss on sale (4.0)
Pretax income 13.0
Tax rate 40%
Net income 7.80
Loss on sale is calculated as the sale price less the net book value.
See Lesson: Net Income, EPS & Dividends
Question 6
The next two questions use the following data from TGX Global, a heavy
equipment manufacturer (this information will be repeated on the next
question):
TGX Global sells excavators, with an average sale price of $500,000 per
excavator.
TGX received new orders for 90 excavators in 2018.
TGX produced & delivered 120 excavators in 2018: 50 excavators were
ordered in 2017 and the rest (70 excavators) were ordered in 2018.
TGX received payment for 110 excavators.
TGX began selling 1-year maintenance services contracts for $50,000 per
excavator in 2018, which begin after the excavator is delivered. Contracts
were sold on 50% of all excavator orders made in 2018 (no contracts were
sold on orders placed in 2017).
Assume all excavators delivered in 2018 are delivered at year end, calculate
TGX’s 2018 revenue based on the transactions described above.
$45.0 million
$55.0 million
$60.0 million
$61.0 million
$66.0 million
Your answer is correc
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