SM Publishing Co. has approached Bank of Detroit and wants to borrow $250,000 in working capital. The firm provides the bank with the following financial statements. (10 points) Sales: $4,622,800
COGs: $3,504,100
Operating expense: $893,000
Purchase: $3,116,000
Assets Liability & Equity
Cash 50,000 A/P 166,000
A/R 375,000 Accrued Expense 37,000
Inventory 510,000 Notes payable (due in 18 months) 75,000
Fixed Asset 925,000 Current maturity of LT debt 25,000
Total Asset 1,860,000 LongTerm Debt 475,000
Equity 1,082,000
Total Liability&Equity 1,860,000
1). What’s the firm’s gross profit margin? Show your calculations.
2). What’s the firm’s net working capital? Show your calculations .
3). What’s the firm’s working capital loan needs? Show your calculations .

The gomez company, a merchandising firm, has budgeted its activity for december according to the following information: • sales at $500,000, all for cash. • merchandise inventory on november 30 was $250,000. • the cash balance at december 1 was $20,000. • selling and administrative expenses are budgeted at $50,000 for december and are paid for in cash. • budgeted depreciation for december is $30,000. • the planned merchandise inventory on december 31 is $260,000. • the cost of goods sold represents 75% of the selling price. • all purchases are paid for in cash. the budgeted cash disbursements for december are:

Which of the following is not an example of one of the four mail advantages of prices on a free market economy

Selected information about income statement accounts for the reed company is presented below (the company's fiscal year ends on december 31): 2018 2017sales $ 4,400,000 $ 3,500,000cost of goods sold 2,860,000 2,000,000administrative expenses 800,000 675,000selling expenses 360,000 312,000interest revenue 150,000 140,000interest expense 200,000 200,000loss on sale of assets of discontinued component 50,000 —on july 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to discontinue a division that qualifies as a component of an entity as defined by gaap. the assets of the component were sold on september 30, 2018, for $50,000 less than their book value. results of operations for the component (included in the above account balances) were as follows: 1/1/18-9/30/18 2017 sales $ 400,000 $ 500,000 cost of goods sold (290,000 ) (320,000 )administrative expenses (50,000 ) (40,000 )selling expenses (20,000 ) (30,000 )operating income before taxes $ 40,000 $ 110,000 in addition to the account balances above, several events occurred during 2018 that have not yet been reflected in the above accounts: a fire caused $50,000 in uninsured damages to the main office building. the fire was considered to be an infrequent but not unusual event.inventory that had cost $40,000 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. the inventory was sold as scrap for $5,000.income taxes have not yet been recorded.required: prepare a multiple-step income statement for the reed company for 2018, showing 2017 information in comparative format, including income taxes computed at 40% and eps disclosures assuming 300,000 shares of common stock. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)