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9. Calculating Operating Income

in Chapter 1 (Problem 9 of 10)

A company began operations at the start of Year 1.

During the year, it had cash sales of $50,000 and credit sales of $450,000. The company collected $420,000 in cash from the credit sales. The company purchased inventory costing $250,000 and paid $18,000 in dividends. The company incurred the following expenses:

Cost of goods sold 210,000 Rent expense 6,000
Salary expense 80,000 Depreciation expense 4,000
Interest expense 5,000 Income tax expense 57,000

Using this information, answer the following questions.

  1. What would Operating Income on the Dec. 31, Year 1 Income Statement be reported as?
  2. As of Dec. 31, Year 1, determine the ending balance in the Accounts Receivable
  3. Determine Ending Retained Earnings as of December 31, Year 1
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  1. Operating Income - 200,000
  2. Ending Accounts Receivable - 30,000
  3. Ending Retained Earnings - 120,000

The Rest Of The Practice Problems

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1 Current Assets Easy
2 Matching Basic Vocabulary Easy
3 Retained Earnings Easy
4 Account Classifications Moderate
5 Solving for Missing Amounts Moderate
6 Solving for Net Income Moderate
7 Tying the Statements Together Moderate
8 Account Classifications Hard
9 Calculating Operating Income
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10 Solving for Retained Earnings Hard

Chapter 1 Videos

1 The Accounting Equation 3:02
2 Assets vs Liabilities 5:32
3 Shareholder's Equity 5:26
4 The Balance Sheet 5:52
5 The Statement of Retained Earnings 5:51
6 The Income Statement 6:19
7 The Statement of Cash Flows 6:02
8 How the Statements Work Together 9:02
9 Current Assets 9:57
10 Non-Current Assets 10:25
11 Current Liabilities 6:24
12 Non-Current Liabilites 2:00
13 Contributed Capital 5:10
14 The Classified Balance Sheet 4:48
15 The Multistep Income Statement 12:44
16 Retained Earnings vs Shareholder's Equity 6:41
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