During the year, Belyk Paving Co. had sales of $2,396,000. Cost of goods sold, a
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During the year, Belyk Paving Co. had sales of $2,396,000. Cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expense were $1,429,000, $435,400, and $490,400, respectively. In addition, the company had an interest expense of $215,400 and a tax rate of 35 percent (ignore any tax loss carryback or carryforward provisions.). Belyk Paving Co. paid out $404,000 in cash dividends. Assume that net capital spending was zero, no new investments were made in net working capital, and no new stock was issued during the year. (Enter your answer as directed, but do not round intermediate calculations.)
Calculate the firm's new long-term debt added during the year.
Required:Calculate the firm's new long-term debt added during the year.
Explanation / Answer
Sales =2396000
Less-
COGS =1429000
Administrative and Selling exp= 435400
Depreciation = 490400
EBIT = 41200
Interest exp= 215400
Profit before tax = -174200
Less tax @35%= =0
Profit after tax = -174200
The taxes are zero since we are ignoring any carryback or carryforward provisions.
The operating cash flow for the year was:
OCF = EBIT + Depreciation – Taxes
OCF = $41,200 + 490,000 – 0
OCF = $531,200
Net income was negative because of the tax deductibility of depreciation and interest expense. However, the actual cash flow from operations was positive because depreciation is a non-cash expense and interest is a financing, not an operating, expense.
A firm can still pay out dividends if net income is negative; it just has to be sure there is sufficient cash flow to make the dividend payments. The assumptions made in the question are:
Change in NWC = Net capital spending = Net new equity = $0
To find the new long-term debt, we first need to find the cash flow from assets. The cash flow from assets is:
Cash flow from assets = OCF – Change in NWC – Net capital spending Cash flow from assets
= $531,200 – 0 – 0
Cash flow from assets = $531,200
We can also find the cash flow to stockholders, which is:
Cash flow to stockholders = Dividends – Net new equity Cash flow to stockholders
= $404,000 – 0
Cash flow to stockholders = $404,000
Now we can use the cash flow from assets equation to find the cash flow to creditors. Doing so, we get:
Cash flow from assets = Cash flow to creditors + Cash flow to stockholders
$531,200 = Cash flow to creditors + $404,000
Cash flow to creditors = $127,200
Now we can use the cash flow to creditors equation to find:
Cash flow to creditors = Interest – Net new long-term debt
$127,200 = $215,400 – Net new long-term debt
Net new long-term debt = $88,200.
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