This document discusses understanding the income statement, including:
1) Recognizing revenue, expenses, and special accounting methods like percentage-of-completion.
2) Understanding the items and basic accounting equation on the income statement.
3) Preparing and understanding the main purpose of common-size income statements.
4) Distinguishing revenue, other income, gains, expenses, other expenses, and losses.
5) Examples of calculating net income and comprehensive income using different accounting methods for construction projects.
This document discusses understanding the income statement, including:
1) Recognizing revenue, expenses, and special accounting methods like percentage-of-completion.
2) Understanding the items and basic accounting equation on the income statement.
3) Preparing and understanding the main purpose of common-size income statements.
4) Distinguishing revenue, other income, gains, expenses, other expenses, and losses.
5) Examples of calculating net income and comprehensive income using different accounting methods for construction projects.
This document discusses understanding the income statement, including:
1) Recognizing revenue, expenses, and special accounting methods like percentage-of-completion.
2) Understanding the items and basic accounting equation on the income statement.
3) Preparing and understanding the main purpose of common-size income statements.
4) Distinguishing revenue, other income, gains, expenses, other expenses, and losses.
5) Examples of calculating net income and comprehensive income using different accounting methods for construction projects.
This document discusses understanding the income statement, including:
1) Recognizing revenue, expenses, and special accounting methods like percentage-of-completion.
2) Understanding the items and basic accounting equation on the income statement.
3) Preparing and understanding the main purpose of common-size income statements.
4) Distinguishing revenue, other income, gains, expenses, other expenses, and losses.
5) Examples of calculating net income and comprehensive income using different accounting methods for construction projects.
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Chapter 2.
Understanding the income statement
A. Questions 1. What transaction should be included in the company’s comprehensive income? 2. How to recognize revenue and expenses? How about the special cases (percentage – of – completion method, cost recovery method and installment method)? 3. Understand the items on the income statement? 4. Understand the basic accounting equation on the income statement? 5. How to prepare common-size income statement? The main purpose of common-size income statement? 6. Distinguish between revenue, other income and gains? 7. Distinguish between expenses, other expenses and losses? B. Exercises 1. The Kammel Building company has a contract to build a building for $100 million. The estimate of the cost of the project is $75 million. In the first year of the project, Kammel had costs of $30 million. How much is the Kammel’s report profit for the first year of the contract, using the completed contract method? 2. For the year ended December 31, 2017, Coco company reported the following financial information: Revenue $100,000 COGS 40,000 Operating expenses 20,000 Unrealized gain from foreign currency translation 5,000 Unrealized loss on cash flow hedging derivatives 3,000 Dividends paid to common shareholders 7,500 Realized gain on sale of equipment 1,000 Ignoring taxes, calculate Coco’s net income and comprehensive income for 2017? 3. An analyst has gathered the following data pertaining to Hegel Company’s construction projects, which began during 20X2: Project 1 Project 2 Contract price $ 420,000 $ 300,000 Cost incurred in 20X2 240,000 280,000 Estimated costs to complete 120,000 40,000 Billed to customers during 20X2 150,000 270,000 Received from customers during 20X2 90,000 250,000 If Hegel used the completed contract method, what amount of gross profit (loss) would Hegel report in its 20X2 income statement for project 1 and 2? 4. An analyst prepares the following common-size income statements for Pette Company: 20X1 20X2 20X3 Sales 100% 100% 100% COGS 50% 52% 53% Selling and administrative expense 16% 12% 9% Interest income 4% 4% 4% Pretax income 30% 32% 34% Income tax expense 15% 16% 17% Net income 15% 16% 17% Based only on this information, Pette’s improving net profit margin is most likely a result of………….? 5. Selected financial ratios from Mulroy Company’s common-size income statements are as follows: 20X1 20X2 20X3 Gross profit margin 22% 24% 26% Operating profit margin 18% 20% 22% Pretax margin 15% 14% 13% Net profit margin 11% 10% 9% Relative to sales, it is most likely that Mulroy’s: a. Operating expense are increasing b. Non-operating expenses are increasing c. Income tax expenses is increasing 6. The Best Building company has a contract to build a building for $100 million. The estimate of the cost of the project is $75 million. In the first year of the project, Best Building had costs of $30 million. Calculate the Best Building company’s reported profit for the first year of the contract, using the percentage – of – completion method?