Question

accountant for Huckleberry... The accountant for Huckleberry Company is preparing the company's statement of cash flows for the fiscal year just ended. The following information is available: Retained earnings balance at the beginning of the year $ 160,000 Cash dividends declared for the year 49,600 Net income for the year 96,500 What is the ending balance for retained earnings

Answer 1

$206,900

Explanation:

According to the given situation, the computation of ending balance for retained earnings is shown below:-

Ending retained earnings = Beginning retained earnings + Net income - Cash dividends

= $160,000 + $96,500 - $49,600)

= $206,900

Therefore for computing the ending retained earnings we simply applied the above formula.