Fool’s Paradise Ltd had cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 2019 of $400,000. The transactions of Fool’s Paradise Ltd for the year to 31 December 2019 are as follows: Borrowed $850,000 with a 9-month loan payable Received $6,340,000 cash for customer accounts Sold for $360,000 cash a plant asset with a carrying amount of $180,000 Issued ordinary shares for $480,000 cash Purchased a plant asset for $650,000; $237,500 in cash and $412,500 in loan Exchanged 60,000 shares for land with a fair value of $1,000,000 Received a $350,000 dividend in cash Received $25,000 interest from term deposit Invested $500,000 cash on the short-term money market Paid fixed-term loan principal of $900,000 and interest of $90,000 Cash payments for supplier’s accounts $6,300,000 Dividend paid during the period $200,000 Wages expense shown in the income statement is $75,000. At the end of the year the balance sheet shows prepaid Wages expense of $65,000. There was a prepaid Wages expense of $35,000 at the beginning of the year.
Reporting Cash Flows
Reporting of cash flows means a statement of cash flow which is a financial statement. A cash flow statement is prepared by gathering all the data regarding inflows and outflows of a company. The cash flow statement includes cash inflows and outflows from various activities such as operating, financing, and investment. Reporting this statement is important because it is the main financial statement of the company.
Balance Sheet
A balance sheet is an integral part of the set of financial statements of an organization that reports the assets, liabilities, equity (shareholding) capital, other short and long-term debts, along with other related items. A balance sheet is one of the most critical measures of the financial performance and position of the company, and as the name suggests, the statement must balance the assets against the liabilities and equity. The assets are what the company owns, and the liabilities represent what the company owes. Equity represents the amount invested in the business, either by the promoters of the company or by external shareholders. The total assets must match total liabilities plus equity.
Financial Statements
Financial statements are written records of an organization which provide a true and real picture of business activities. It shows the financial position and the operating performance of the company. It is prepared at the end of every financial cycle. It includes three main components that are balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
Owner's Capital
Before we begin to understand what Owner’s capital is and what Equity financing is to an organization, it is important to understand some basic accounting terminologies. A double-entry bookkeeping system Normal account balances are those which are expected to have either a debit balance or a credit balance, depending on the nature of the account. An asset account will have a debit balance as normal balance because an asset is a debit account. Similarly, a liability account will have the normal balance as a credit balance because it is amount owed, representing a credit account. Equity is also said to have a credit balance as its normal balance. However, sometimes the normal balances may be reversed, often due to incorrect journal or posting entries or other accounting/ clerical errors.
Fool’s Paradise Ltd had cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 2019 of $400,000. The transactions of
Fool’s Paradise Ltd for the year to 31 December 2019 are as follows:
Borrowed $850,000 with a 9-month loan payable
Received $6,340,000 cash for customer accounts
Sold for $360,000 cash a plant asset with a carrying amount of $180,000
Issued ordinary shares for $480,000 cash
Purchased a plant asset for $650,000; $237,500 in cash and $412,500 in loan
Exchanged 60,000 shares for land with a fair value of $1,000,000
Received a $350,000 dividend in cash
Received $25,000 interest from term deposit
Invested $500,000 cash on the short-term
Paid fixed-term loan principal of $900,000 and interest of $90,000
Cash payments for supplier’s accounts $6,300,000
Dividend paid during the period $200,000
Wages expense shown in the income statement is $75,000. At the end of the year the
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at the beginning of the year.
A cash flow statement is prepared by the company to measure the amount of cash inflows and cash outflows from investing, operating, and financing activities. It calculates the amount of net cash decrease or increases during the year from the operating, investing and financing activities and calculates the ending cash balance of the company.
The cash flow statement is prepared as follows:
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