Question

Thomas Book Sales, Inc., supplies textbooks to college and university bookstores. The books are shipped with a proviso that they must be paid for within 30 days but can be returned for a full refund credit within 90 days. In 2009, Thomas shipped and billed book titles totaling $760,000. Collections, net of return credits, during the year totaled $690,000. The company spent $300,000 acquiring the books that it shipped. a. Using accrual accounting and the preceding values, show the firm

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question, we have to find out the net profit and the net cash flow which is shown below:

Net profit = Sales - cost of goods sold

= $760,000 - $300,000

= $460,000

And, the net cash flow would be

= Cash collections - Cost of goods sold

= $6,90,000 - 3,00,000

= $3,90,000

Hence, the cash flow statement is more beneficial for the company as the income statement does not state about the collection amount which results in the absence of the shareholder contribution wealth.