Question

Exercise 2-15 Computing net income LO A1 A corporation had the following assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of this year. Assets Liabilities Beginning of the year $ 71,500 $ 30,652 End of the year 122,500 49,613 Owner made no investments in the business, and no dividends were paid during the year. Owner made no investments in the business, but dividends were $1,050 cash per month. No dividends were paid during the year, but the owner did invest an additional $45,000 cash in exchange for common stock. Dividends were $1,050 cash per month, and the owner invested an additional $35,000 cash in exchange for common stock. Determine net income or net loss for the business during the year for each of the above separate cases: (Decreases in equity should be indicated with a minus sign.)

Answer 1

Answer:

a. $32,039

b. $19,439

c. -$12,961

d. $9,639

Explanation:

We will use accounting equation to solve the above question.

Assets = Liabilities + Equity

Also;

Net income will be the difference in equity plus dividends minus contributions

= [Ending equity - Beginning equity ] + Dividends

Since the beginning and ending equity is the same for all the years, then we'll have

$71,500 = $30,652 + Equity

Equity = $40,848

Ending equity = $122,500 - $49,613

= $72,887

a. Income : $72,887 - $40,848 + 0 - 0

= $32,039

b. $72,887 - $40,848 + $1,050 × 12 - 0

= $19,439

c. $72,887 - $40,848 + 0 - $45,000

= -12,961

d. $72,887 - $40,848 + $1,050 × 12 - $35,000

= $32,039 + $12,600 - $35,000

= $9,639