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Please give basic explanations and formulae wherever necessary. Q1. Financial ac

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Question

Please give basic explanations and formulae wherever necessary.

Q1.

Financial accounting - Financing activities :

Q2.

Financial accounting - Investing activities :

Mercedes issued common stock for $320,000 on the first day of 2005. It bought fixed-assets for $160,000 and inventory for $65,000. Late in the year, it sold fixed assets for their book value of $ 20,000. It sold one-half the inventory for $55,000 during the year. On December 15, the company used excess cash of $60,000 to purchase common stock of BMW company which Mercedes regarded as a long-term investment.
Prepare a statement of cash flows from investing activities for mercedes.

 

Explanation / Answer

Cash flows from financing activities
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Retirement of long term debt                  ($160,000)   Cash paid
Issuance of long term debt                     $200,000    Cash received
Paid for common shares                          ($35,000)    Cash paid
Dividend paid                                         ($11,000)    Cash paid
Cash flows from financing activities         ($6,000)

Financial accounting - Investing activities :

Cash flows from investing activities
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Purchase of Fixed assets    ($160,000)               Cash Paid
Sale of fixed assets             $20,000                  Cash received
Purchase of inventory    Operating activities     
Sale of inventory           Operating activities    
Investment in BMW            ($60,000)                Cash paid for shares

Cash flows from
investing activities         ($200,000)