Perform Financial Calculations
Perform Financial Calculations
Perform Financial Calculations
LEARNING GUIDE # 1
INTRODUCTION
Assets =
Liability +
Stockholders’ equity
The following illustration expands this equation to show the accounts that comprise stock- holders’
equity. In addition, the debit or credited rules and effects on each type of account are illustrated. The
expanded basic equation helps to understand the fundamentals of the double- entry system. Like the
basic equation, the expanded basic equation must be in balance (total debits equal total credits)
Basic
Basic equation
Dr Cr Dr Cr Dr Cr Dr Cr Dr Cr Dr Cr
Assets = equities
Equities may be subdivided in the two principal types: the rights of creditors and the rights of owners’.
Liabilities refer to the equities of creditors or debts of the business and capital refers to the equity of the
owners. Expansion of the equation to give recognition to the two basic types of equities yields the
following, which is known as the accounting equations.
It is customary to place “liabilities” before “capital” in the accounting equation because creditors have
preferential rights to the assets. The residual claim of the owner or owners is called owner’s equity and
is given greater emphasis by transposing liabilities to the other side of the equation, yielding:
Transaction (1)
Perez Inc. deposit Br. 10, 000 in a bank account in the name of Perez Inc. The effect of this transaction is
to increase the asset (cash) by Br. 10, 000 and to increase capital by Br.10,000
Transaction (2)
Perez Inc. next transaction is to purchase land as a future building site, for which Br. 7, 500 in cash is
paid. This transaction changes the composition of the assets but does not change the total amount. The
items in the equation prior to this transaction, the effects of this transaction, and the new balances after
the transaction are as follows.
Assets = Capital
Transaction (3)
During the month Perez purchases Br. 850 of gasoline, oil, and other supplies from various suppliers,
agreeing to pay in the near future. This type of transaction is called a purchase on account and the
liability created is termed as account payable. Consumable goods purchased, such as supplies, are
considered to be prepaid expenses, or assets. The effect is to increase assets and liabilities by Br. 850, as
follows.
During the month Br. 400 is paid to creditors on account, there by, reducing both assets and liabilities.
The effect on the equation is as follows
Asset = Liabilities + Capital
Transaction (5)
The principal objective of the owner of a business enterprise is to increase capital through earnings. For
Perez Income to means that the cash and other assets acquired through the sale of taxi services must be
greater than the cost of the gasoline and other supplies used, the wages of drivers, the rent, and all of
the other expenses of operating the business.
In general, the amount charged to customer for goods or services sold to them is called revenue. Other
terms may be used for certain kinds of revenue, such as sales for the sale of merchandise or business
services, fees earned for charges by physician to patients, rent earned for the use of real estate or other
property, and fees earned for Perez income.
Expenses are the amount of assets consumed or services used in the process of earning revenue would
include supplies used, wage of employees, and other assets and services used in operating business. In
addition, net income or profit is the excess of the revenue over the expenses incurred in earning the
revenue. And net loss is the excess of the expenses of the enterprise over the revenue.
During the first month of the operations Perez Inc. earned fares of Br. 4, 500 and to yield revenue in the
same amount. The revenue can be viewed as though is affected a Br. 4, 500 increase in capital. At the
time expenses of the business are incurred, they are treated as offsets against revenue and hence as
reductions in capital. In terms of the accounting equation, the effect of the receipt of cash for services
performed is as follows
Assets Liabilities + Capital
Transaction (6)
Various business expenses incurred and paid during the month were as follows. Wages, Br. 1,125, rent,
Br. 850, utilities, Br. 150, miscellaneous, Br. 75. The effect of this group of transaction is to reduce cash
and to reduce capital, as indicated in the following manner
b)-2,200 -1,125Expense
At the end of the month it is determined that the cost of supplies on hand Br. 250, the remainder (Br.
850-Br. 250) having been used in the operations of a business. This illustration of Br. 600 in supplies and
capital may be shown a follows:
Assets Liability + capital
Transaction (8)
At the end of the month Perez inc withdraws from the business Br. 1,000 in cash for his personal use.
This transaction, which affects a decrease in cash and decrease in capital, is the exact opposite of an
investment in the business by the owner. The withdrawal is not a business expense, and it should be
excluded from consideration in determining the net income from operations of the enterprise. The
balance in the equation, the effect of the Br. 1, 000 withdrawals and the new balance are as follows.
Assets Liabilities + Capital
Cash + supplier + Land Accounts payable Perez capital
Bal. 4,400 250 7, 500 = 450 11, 700
(7) – 1000 ____ ____ ____ -1, 000 withdrawal
Bal. 3,400 250 7, 500 450 10, 700
Summery
The business transactions of Perez Inc. are summarized in tabular form as follows. The transactions are
identified by number, and the balance of each item is shown after each transaction.
Assets = Liabilities + Capital
Cash + supplies + land = accounts payable + Perez income capital
1 +10,000 - - - +10,000
2 –7,500 - +7,500 - -
Bal. 2,500 - 7,500 - 10,000
3 - +850 - +850 -
Bal 2,500 850 7,500 850 10,000
4-400 - - -400 -
Bal 2,100 850 7,500 450 10,000
5 +4,500 - - - +4500 Fares earned
Bal 6, 600 850 7, 500 450 14500
6 -2200 -1125 wages expense
-850 rent expense
-150 utilities expense
-75 misc. expense
Bal 4,400 850 7,500 450 12,300
7 _____ -600 ____ ___ -600 supplies expense
Bal4, 400 250 7,500 450 11,700
8 –1000 ___ ____ ___ -1,000 withdrawal
Bal3, 400 250 7,500 450 10,700
The following observations which apply to all types of a business should be noted:
1. The effect of every transaction can be stated in terms of increases and /or decreases in one or
more of the accounting equation elements.
2. The equality of the two sides of accounting equations is always maintained.
3. The owner’s equity is increased by amounts invested by the owner and is decreased by
withdrawals by the owner.
Balance sheet: It is a list of the assets, liabilities, and capital of a business entity as a specific
date, usually of the close of the last day of a month or a year. All financial statements should be
identified by the name of the business, title of the statement and date.
There are two kinds of balance sheet forms: they are report forms and accounts forms. Report from is a
form of balance sheet, with liability and owner’s equity sections presented below the asset section,
where as account form lists, the assets on the left and the liabilities and the capital account on the right
side.
For example the account form and the report form of the balance sheet for Perez Inc. are given
A. account form
Perez Inc.
Balance sheet
August 31 1999
Asset Liability
Supplies 250 00
Capital
B. report form
Perez Inc.
Balance sheet
Asset
Cash
Supplies 3400
Land 250
7500
11,250
Liability and Capital
Accounts payable
Perez Inc. Capital 450
Total 10,700
11,250
Income statement: It is the summary of the revenue and the expense of a business entity for a
specific period of time, such as a month or a year. Revenue earned and expanses incurred during
the month were recorded in the equation as increases and decrease in capital respectively.
The excess of the revenue over the expense incurred in earning the revenue is called net income or net
profit. If the expenses of the enterprise exceed the revenue the result is loss. It is ordinary imposable to
determine the exact amount of expense incurred in connection with each revenue transaction.
Therefore, it is considered satisfactory to determine the net income or the net loss for a year, rather
than for each sale or small group of sales.
Perez Inc.
Income statement
Operating expense
Comparison of the original Investment Br. 10,000 at the beginning of the month with the 10, 700 of
capital reported in the balance sheet at the end of the month reveals an increase in capital of Br. 700.
This net increase is composed of two significant changes in capital that occur during the period:
Capital statement
700.00
The cash flows from investing activities section reports the cash transactions for the acquisition and sale
of relatively long term or permanent type assets.
The cash flows from financing activities section reports the cash transactions related to cash
investments by the owner, and borrowings and cash withdrawals by the owner.
Illustration: The assets and liabilities of Morgan Dry Cleaner on october1, of the current year
are as follows: cash Br. 1000, account receivable Br. 220, supplies 850, land Br. 11,450, account
payable Br. 2030. A Morgan dry cleaner is a proprietorship owned and operated by M.A
Morgan. Currently, a building, delivery truck, and equipment are being rented, pending
expansion to new facilities. The actual work of dry cleaning is done by another company at
wholesale rates. Business transactions during October are summarized as follows:
a. Received cash from cash customers for dry cleaning sales Br. 4928
b. Paid creditor on account Br. 1,755
c. Received cash from M.A Morgan as an additional investment Br. 3700
d. Paid rent for the month Br. 1,200
e. Charged customers for dry cleaning sale on accounts Br. 1,025
f. Purchase supplies on account Br. 245
g. Received cash from customers on account Br. 2,000
h. Received monthly invoice For dry cleaning expense for October (to be paid on November 10) Br.
1, 635.
i. Paid the following wages expense, Br. 850; truce expense Br. 250; utilities expense Br. 325;
miscellaneous expanse Br. 75
j. Determined, by taking an inventory, the cost of supplies used during the month, Br. 115.
Instructions
1. Determine the amount of owner’s equity (M.A margins capital) as of October 1 of the
current year.
2. State the assets liabilities, and owner’s equity as of october1, in equation form similar to
that shown as illustration in this chapter. In tabular form below the equation, indicate
the increases and decreases resulting from each transaction and the new balances after
each transaction. Explain the nature of each increase and decrease in owner’s equity by
an appropriate notation (using the + or - signs) at the right of the amount.
3. Prepare:
a. An income statement for October
b. A statement of capital for October
c. Balance sheet of October 31
Solution
1. Assets – liabilities = owner’s equity (M.A margin, capital)
Br. 15, 500- Br. 2, 030= owner’s equity (M.A margin, capital)
h) _____ _____ _____ _____ +1,635 -1, 635 Dry cle. Expense
-250-truck Expense
Operative Expense
Balance sheet
October 31 1919
Assets
Cash Br. 7,173.00
Supplier 980.00
Land 11,450.00
Liabilities
Account payable Br.2, 155.00
Owner’s equity
M.A Morgan, Capital 18, 673.00
Self test - 1
1. Distinguish between private accounting and public accounting.
2. (A) If the assets owned by a business enterprise total Br. 275,000. What is the amount of the
equities of the enterprise? (B) What are the two principal types of equities?
3. (A) An enterprise has assets of Br. 250,000 and liabilities of Br. 175,000 what is the amount of its
owner’s equity?
(B) An enterprise has assets of Br. 480,000 and owner’s equity of Br. 200,000.what is
the total amount of its liabilities?
(C) A corporation has assets of Br. 995,000, liabilities of Br. 590,000, and capital stock
of
(D) An enterprise has liabilities of Br. 500,000 and owner’s equity of Br. 300,000. what is
the total amount of its assets?
4. Indicate whether each of the following types of transactions will (a) increase owner’s
equity or (b) decrease owner’s equity:
1. Owner’s investments
2. Owner’s withdrawals
3. Expenses
4. Revenues
5. Indicate whether the data in each of the financial statements (a) covers a period of time
1. Incomes statement
2. Balance sheet
3. Statement of owner’s equity
Learning Guide Dec. 4,2017
Compiled by: RVU
Rift Valley University
Training, Teaching and Learning Materials Development
Supplies ……………………………………………...….675
Rent expense……………………………………………9,000
Instructions
1. Prepare an income statement for the current year ended June 30.
2. Prepare a statement of owner’s equity for the current year ended June 30.
3. Prepare a balance sheet as of June 30 of the current year
4. Prepare a statement of cash flows for the current year ended June 30. The cash balance on July
1, beginning of the current year, was Br. 2, 525.
Activity – One
I. Multiple choice
1. A profit making business that is a separate legal entity and in which ownership is divided into
shares of stock is known as a:
A. sole proprietorship C. partnership
B. single proprietorship D. corporation
2. the properties owned by a business enterprise are called:
A. assets C. stockholder’s
B. liabilities D. owner’s equity
3. A list of assets, liabilities and owner’s equity of a business entity as of a specific date is:
A. A balance sheet C. a statement of owner’s equity
B. An income statement D. a retained earnings statement
4. if total assets increased Br. 20,000 during a period of time and total liabilities increased by Br.
12,000 during the same period, the amount and direction (increase or decrease) of the period’s
change in owner’s equity is:
A. Br. 32,000 increase C. Br. 8, 000 increase
B. Br. 32,000 decrease D. Br. 8, 000 decrease
5. if revenue was Br. 45, 000, expenses were Br. Br. 37, 500, and the owner’s withdrawals were Br.
10,000, the amount of net income or net loss was:
A. Br. 45,000 net income C. Br. 37,500 net loss
B. Br. 7,500 net income D. 2,500 net loss
II. Exercise
A) The following selected transactions were completed by Lopez delivery service during June:
Instructions
1. Prepare an income statement for the month ended July 31.
2. Prepare a statement of owner’s equity for the month ended July 31
3. Prepare a balance sheet as of July 31