Table 4.5 a Financial Manager at General Talc Mines Has Gathered the Gathered

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Multiple Choice

Table 4.5
A financial manager at General Talc Mines has gathered the financial data essential to prepare a pro forma balance sheet for cash and profit planning purposes for the coming year ended December 31, 2015. Using the percent-of-sales method and the following financial data, prepare the pro forma balance sheet in order to answer the following multiple choice questions.
(a) The firm estimates sales of $1,000,000.
(b) The firm maintains a cash balance of $25,000.
(c) Accounts receivable represents 15 percent of sales.
(d) Inventory represents 35 percent of sales.
(e) A new piece of mining equipment costing $150,000 will be purchased in 2010.
Total depreciation for 2010 will be $75,000.
(f) Accounts payable represents 10 percent of sales.
(g) There will be no change in notes payable, accruals, and common stock.
(h) The firm plans to retire a long term note of $100,000.
(i) Dividends of $45,000 will be paid in 2015.
(j) The firm predicts a 4 percent net profit margin.
Balance Sheet
General Talc Mines
December 31, 2014
-The pro forma current liabilities amount is ________. (See Table 4.5)

• A) $400,000
• B) $450,000
• C) $475,000
• D) $500,000

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Definitions:

Net Method

An accounting method where discounts for early payment are assumed to be taken and purchase discounts are deducted from the cost of purchases.

Recording Purchases

The process of documenting the acquisition of goods or services in the financial records of an entity, impacting its inventory or expense accounts.

Periodic Inventory System

An accounting method that updates inventory levels and cost of goods sold at the end of an accounting period, not continuously.

Merchandise Inventory

The goods or products that a retailer or wholesaler intends to sell to customers for a profit.