A financial statement analysis report does not include:

Return on assets is often stated in ratio form as the amount of average total assets divided by income.

Use the following information about the current year’s operations of a company to calculate the cash paid for merchandise.           Cost of goods sold $ 226,000   Merchandise inventory, January 1   54,800   Merchandise inventory, December 31   57,400   Accounts payable, January 1   54,400   Accounts payable, December 31   59,800  

Adjusting entries made at the end of an accounting period accomplish all of the following except:

The indirect method for computing and reporting net cash flows from operating activities involves adjusting the net income figure to obtain net cash provided or used by operating activities.

Refer to the following selected financial information from Neanderthal, LLC. Compute the company’s acid-test ratio for Year 2.    Year 2   Year 1 Cash $ 37,500   $ 36,850   Short-term investments   90,000     90,000   Accounts receivable, net   85,500     86,250   Merchandise inventory   121,000     117,000   Prepaid expenses   12,100     13,500   Plant assets   388,000     392,000   Accounts payable   113,400     111,750   Net sales   711,000     706,000   Cost of goods sold   390,000     385,500  

The purchase of stock in another company is classified as a financing activity.

Use the following information about the current year’s operations of a company to calculate the cash paid for merchandise.           Cost of goods sold $ 226,000   Merchandise inventory, January 1   54,800   Merchandise inventory, December 31   57,400   Accounts payable, January 1   54,400   Accounts payable, December 31   59,800  

Vertical analysis is the comparison of a company’s financial condition and performance across time.

It is acceptable to record prepayment of expenses as debits to expense accounts if an adjusting entry is made at the end of the period to bring the asset account balance to the correct unused or unexpired amount.