Answer:
Direct method
Explanation:
There are three types of activities in the cash flow statement under the direct method
1. Operating activities: It records those transactions which are related to the cash receipts and cash payments.
Like:
Cash flow from Operating activities
Collections from customers
Less: Cash paid to suppliers and employees
Less: Interest and taxes paid
Net Cash flow from Operating activities
2. Investing activities: It records those activities which include purchase and sale of the long term assets
3. Financing activities: It records those activities which affect the long term liability and shareholder equity balance.
Answer:
Total cash flow $54,613
Explanation:
The computation of the year 4 cash flow is given below:
Selling price of equipment $6,920
Book value at year 4 end $5,460
Capital gain $1,460
Tax on capital gain at 21% $306.6
So, net cash flow from the sale of equipment
= $6,920 - $307
= $6,613
Now year 4 cash flow is
Annual operating cash flow $42,000
Release of working capital $6,000
Net cash flow form sale of equipment $6,613
Total cash flow $54,613
Answer:
illegal but ethical.
Explanation:
The actions of Flickczar selling distribution rights to distributors in underserved areas at low prices, and to other areas at normal price is illegal because it is reliant on a suspect category (based on underserved or disadvantaged communities).
The action is ethical because it aims to improve the lives of those that have lower level of living compared to others.
So Flickczar's business practice is illegal but ethical.
Answer: Increasing current profits when doing so lowers the value of the company's equity.
Explanation:
The main purpose of a company is to increase the wealth of shareholders. In their capacity as stewards for the company, managers should be working therefore to achieve this goal.
When management neglects this goal and begins to seek an improvement in their welfare and wealth instead of the shareholder', this is an Agency problem.
If a Financial manager is increasing current profits even though doing so will lower the value of the company's equity, this can create an agency problem because the shareholders are suffering but the finance manager might get rewarded for increasing profits.
