23E

Question

Rouse Exercise Equipment, Inc. reported the following financial statements for 2018:

ROUSE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, INC.

Income statement

Year ended December 31, 2018

Net sales revenue

\(713,000

Cost of goods sold

342,000

Gross Profit

371,000

Operating expense: 

 

  • Depreciation expense

54,000

  • Other operatin expenses

210,000

Net Income 

\)107,000


ROUSE EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, INC.

Comparative Balance sheet

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 

2018

2017

Assets

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

Cash

17,000

16,000

Accounts receivable

57,000

46,000

Merchandise inventory

79,000

90,000

Long term assets:

 

 

Plant assets

260,500

216,400

Accumulated depreciation-Plant assets

(38,500)

(32,400)

Investments

96,000

73,000

Total assets

\(471,000

\)409,000

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

Accounts payable

72,000

71,000

Salaries payable

3,000

5,000

Long-term liabilities

 

 

Notes payable

61,000

69,000

Total liabilities

136,000

145,000

 

 

 

Stockholder’s equity

 

 

Common stock, no par

45,000

34,000

Retained earnings

290,000

230,000

Total stockholder’s equity

335,000

264,000

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity

\(471,000

\)409,000


Requirements

1. Compute the amount of Rouse Exercise’s acquisition of plant assets. Assume the acquisition was for cash. Rouse Exercise disposed of plant assets at book value. The cost and accumulated depreciation of the disposed asset was $47,900. No cash was received upon disposal.

2. Compute new borrowing or payment of long-term notes payable, with Rouse

Exercise having only one long-term notes payable transaction during the year.

3. Compute the issuance of common stock with Rouse Exercise having only one

common stock transaction during the year.

4. Compute the payment of cash dividends.


Step-by-Step Solution

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Answer

1. The acquisition cost of the plant asset is $92,000.

2. Payment made towards the long term note payable is $8,000.

3. The common stock issued during the year amounting to $11,000.

4. Payment of cash dividend is 47,000.

1Step 1: Fixed Assets

Fixed assets are those assets that a business held for a very long time or cannot be sold within one year and are used by the businesses to manufacture the products.

2Step 2: Acquisition cost of plant assets

Particulars

Amount ($)

Ending plant asset 

260,500

Add: Sale of plant asset

47,900

Less: Beginning plant assets 

216,400

Acquisition of plant asset

92,000

3Step 3: Payment amount of long term payables during the year

Amount paid against note payable=Beginning note payable-Ending note payable=$69,000-$61,000=$8,000

4Step 4: Issuance of common stock

Issuance of common stock=Ending common stock-Beginning common stock=$45,000-$34,000=$11,000

5Step 5: Cash dividend

Cash dividend=Net profit-(Ending retained earning- Opening retained earning)=$107,000-($290,000-$230,000)=$47,000