This document provides instructions for completing 5 exercises related to accounting transactions and preparing statements of cash flows. It includes classifying transactions, evaluating statements about direct and indirect cash flow methods, working through equipment sale and purchase problems, and preparing the statement of cash flows for a company using both direct and indirect methods.

1. ACC 206 Week Assignment
Please complete the following 5 exercises below in either Excel
or a word document (but must be single document). You must
show your work where appropriate (leaving the calculations
within Excel cells is acceptable). Save the document, and
submit it in the appropriate week using the Assignment
Submission button.
1.
Critical Thinking Question:
Answer the following questions:
Why are noncash transactions, such as the exchange of common
stock for a building for example, included on a statement of
cash flows? How are these noncash transactions disclosed?
2.
Classification of activities
Classify each of the following transactions as arising from an
operating (O), investing (I), financing (F), or noncash
investing/financing (N) activity.
a.
________ Received $80,000 from the sale of land.
b.
________ Received $3,200 from cash sales.
c.
________ Paid a $5,000 dividend.
d.

2. ________ Purchased $8,800 of merchandise for cash.
e.
________ Received $100,000 from the issuance of common
stock.
f.
________ Paid $1,200 of interest on a note payable.
g.
________ Acquired a new laser printer by paying $650.
h.
________ Acquired a $400,000 building by signing a $400,000
mortgage note.
3.
Overview of direct and indirect methods
Evaluate the comments that follow as being True or False. If the
comment is false, briefly explain why.
a.
Both the direct and indirect methods will produce the same cash
flow from operating activities.
b.
Depreciation expense is added back to net income when the
indirect method is used.
c.
One of the advantages of using the direct method rather than the
indirect method is that larger cash flows from financing
activities will be reported.

3. d.
The cash paid to suppliers is normally disclosed on the
statement of cash flows when the indirect method of statement
preparation is employed.
e.
The dollar change in the Merchandise Inventory account appears
on the statement of cash flows only when the direct method of
statement preparation is used.
4.
Equipment transaction and cash flow reporting
Dec. 31, 20X4
Dec. 31, 20X3
Property, Plant & Equipment:
Land
$94,000
$94,000
Equipment
652,000
527,000
Less: Accumulated depreciation
-316,000
-341,000
New equipment purchased during 20x4 totaled $280,000. The
20x4 income statement disclosed equipment depreciation
expense of $41,000 and a $9,000 loss on the sale of equipment.
a.

4. Determine the cost and accumulated depreciation of the
equipment sold during 20X4.
b.
Determine the selling price of the equipment sold.
c.
Show how the sale of equipment would appear on a statement of
cash flows prepared by using the indirect method.
5.
Cash flow information: Direct and indirect methods
The comparative year-end balance sheets of Sign Graphics, Inc.,
revealed the following activity in the company's current
accounts:
20X5
20X4
Increase / Decrease)
Current assets
Cash
$55,400
$35,200
$20,200
Accounts receivable (net)
83,800
88,000

5. -4,200
Inventory
243,400
233,800
9,600
Prepaid expenses
25,400
24,200
1,200
Current liabilities
Accounts payable
$123,600
$140,600
($17,000)
Taxes payable
43,600
49,200
-5,600
Interest payable
9,000
6,400
2,600

6. Accrued liabilities
38,800
60,400
-21,600
Note payable
44,000
—
44,000
The accounts payable were for the purchase of merchandise.
Prepaid expenses and accrued liabilities relate to the firm's
selling and administrative expenses. The company's condensed
income statement follows.
SIGN GRAPHICS INC.
Income Statement
for the Year Ended December 31, 20x5

7. Sales
$713,800
Less: Cost of goods sold
323,000
Gross profit
$390,800
Less: Selling & administrative expenses
$186,000

8. Depreciation expense
17,000
Interest expense
27,000
230,000
Add: gain on sale of land

9. $160,800
21,800
Income before taxes
$182,600
Income taxes
36,800
Net income
$145,800

10. Other data:
1.
Long-term investments were purchased for cash at a cost of
$74,600.
2.
Cash proceeds from the sale of land totaled $76,200.
3.
Store equipment of $44,000 was purchased by signing a short-
term note payable. Also, a $150,000 telecommunications system
was acquired by issuing 3,000 shares of preferred stock.
4.
A long-term note of $49,400 was repaid.
5.
Twenty thousand shares of common stock were issued at $5.19
per share.
6.
The company paid cash dividends amounting to $128,600.
Instructions:
a.

11. Prepare the operating activities section of the company's
statement of cash flows, assuming use of:
1.
The direct method.
2.
The indirect method.
b.
Prepare the investing and financing activities sections of the
statement of cash flows.