E1-5 The following information was taken from the 2006 financial statements of pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co. All dollar amounts are in millions. Retained earnings‚ January 1‚ 2006 $37‚980.0 Materials and production expense 6‚001.1 Marketing and administrative expense 8‚165.4 Dividends 3‚318.7 Sales revenue 22‚636.0 Research and development expense 4‚782.9 Tax expense 1‚787.6 Other revenue 2‚677.1 Hint: Prepare income statement and retained earnings statement
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in the space provided. 1 Which of the following is not a capital budgeting decision? a Whether to acquire a subsidiary company. b Whether to expand a product line. c Whether to fill a special order. d Whether to purchase a fleet of trucks. 2 Which of the following is an example of a nonfinancial consideration in capital budgeting? a Will an investment generate adequate cash flows to promptly recover its cost? b Will an investment generate an acceptable rate of return? c Will an investment have a
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Statement of Cash Flows Chapter 8 Measuring & reporting cash flows pages 448-472 448 472 pages 484-489 1 1 Learning objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. Explain why cash is important to the reporting entity Define cash and cash equivalents Distinguish between accrual- and cash-based transaction recognition Compare and contrast the roles of the four external financial reports (statement of financial performance‚ statement of financial position‚ statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows) Discuss
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The role of cash flow information in discriminating between bankrupt and non-bankrupt companies remains a contentious issue. In a number of literature reviews on bankruptcy prediction (e.g. Zavgren‚ 1983; Jones‚ 1987; Neill et al. 1991; Watson‚ 1996) the common view is that cash flow information does not contain significant incremental information content over accrual information in discriminating between bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms. (Divesh S. Sharma‚ Senior Lecturer‚ School of Accounting‚ Banking
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preparing a statement of cash flows‚ the term cash is broadly defined to include both cash and cash equivalents. Cash comprises cash on hand and demand deposit with banks. Cash equivalents consist of short term‚ highly liquid investments such as treasury bills‚ commercial paper‚ and money market funds. Such investments are made solely for the purpose of generating a return on funds that are temporary idle. Instead of simply holding cash‚ most companies invest their excess cash reserves in these types
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Direct and Indirect Cash Flows XACC/291 Shontell Chrisman October 30‚ 2013 Direct and Indirect Cash Flows The direct and indirect presentations of cash flows both reach the same conclusions‚ however‚ the way that the conclusions are reached are different. The direct method reports everything that involves cash‚ and the indirect method reports for items that do not affect cash. A direct statement of cash flow reports a company ’s sources and use of cash. The statement has three
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Payback Method The payback method is useful because of its simplicity. You simply take the expected cash inflows per year expected after the initial investment and find the breakeven point in where the cash inflows equals the initial investment. Whenever that breakeven point occurs on your timeline‚ that is your payback period. Let us suppose an initial investment for a project is $1.3 million‚ the expected cash inflows for the first two years totals $850‚000‚ and the third year is expected to
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Difference Between Cash Flow and Funds Flow Statement Many people think that both cash and fund are same‚ however they both are different and so is the case with cash flow statement and funds flow statement. Let’s look at some of the differences between cash flow and funds flow statement – 1. While funds flow statement reveals the change in the working capital of a company between two balance sheet dates while cash flow statement reveals the change in the cash position of the company between two balance
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and Indirect Cash Flows Christine Grae XACC/291 Principles of Accounting II March 29‚ 2015 Susan Schulz When companies utilize the accrual method of accounting‚ they will prepare a cash flow statement in order to understand the flow of cash. We call this method the cash flow statement and it can be prepared in two different methods which would be indirect and direct. The methods are different but they both will be conducted with the same results for the accounting period. The direct method
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paying cash‚ manufacturing the product‚ selling the product and collecting cash. During the payment‚ the cash need occurs. Cash need should be covered by going into a debt. Cash budget is a primary tool in short-term financial planning. It is prepared after the operating budgets (sales‚ manufacturing expenses or merchandise purchases‚ selling expenses‚ and general and administrative expenses) and the capital expenditures budget are prepared. The cash budget starts with the beginning cash balance
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