Question

Last year Attic charged $2,334,667 Depreciation on the Income Statement of Andrews. If early this year Attic purchased a new depreciable asset, the effect on Andrews's financial statements would be (all other items remaining equal):

Answer 1

Note: The correct option is a. Increase Net Cash from operations.

Step-by-step explanation:

Note: This question is not complete as the options are omitted. The options are therefore provided to complete the question before answering the question as follows:

a. Increase Net Cash from operations

b. Decrease Net Cash from operations on the Cash Flow Statement

c. No impact on Net Cash from operations

d. Just impact the Balance Sheet

The explanation of the answers is now provided as follows:

Since the assets was purchased early in the year, depreciation will be charged on it in the income statement for the year at the end of the year. Since depreciation is a non-cash item, it will added back to the net income in the indirect Cash Flow Statement method as one of the adjustments to the net income under the Cash from operations. This adding back of the depreciation will therefore lead to an Increase Net Cash from operations.

Therefore, the correct option is a. Increase Net Cash from operations.