Chapter 1, Problem 1.5E

Completing a Balance Sheet and Inferring Net Income

Carlos Ramirez and Camila Garza organized New World Book Store as a corporation; each contributed $80,000 cash to start the business and received 4,000 shares of common stock. The store completed its first year of operations on December 31 current year. On that date, the following financial items for the year were determined: December 31, current year, cash on hand and in the bank, $75,600: December 31, current year, amounts due from customers from sales of books, $39,000: unused portion of store and office equipment, $73,000: December 31, current year, amounts owed to publishers for books purchased, $ 12,000; one-year note pay able to a local bank for $3,000. No dividends were declared or paid to the stockholders during the year.

Required:

1. 1. Complete the following balance sheet as of the end of the current year.
2. 2. What was the amount of net income for the year? (Hint: Use the retained earnings equation | Beginning Retained Earnings + Net Income − Dividends = Ending Retained Earnings] to solve for net income.)

Assets		Liabilities
Cash	$	Accounts pay able	$
Accounts receivable	_______	Note payable	_______
Store and office equipment	_______	Interest payable	300
		Total liabilities	$
		Stockholders’ Equity
		Common stock
		Retained earnings	12,300
		Total stockholders' equity	_______
Total assets	$	Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$