Consider the following data for X. Enterprise’s Accounts Payable: Year 1 2 3 Acc

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Consider the following data for X. Enterprise’s Accounts Payable:

Year

1

2

3

Accounts Payable

78

85

92

Holding all else is constant, how should you adjust X’s year 2 earnings to obtain Cash Flows?
Note: Use a positive number for any additions and a negative number for any subtractions

Accounts receivables:

Year

1

2

3

Accounts receivables

79

57

69

Holding all else is constant, how should you adjust X’s year 2 earnings to obtain Cash Flows?
Note: Use a positive number for any additions and a negative number for any subtractions

Inventory:

Year

1

2

3

Inventory

77

73

67

Holding all else is constant, how should you adjust X’s year 2 earnings to obtain Cash Flows?
Note: Use a positive number for any additions and a negative number for any subtractions

Year

1

2

3

Accounts Payable

78

85

92

Explanation / Answer

Account payable :

Accounts payable is part of current liabilities and increase in current liabilities implies that cash is coming in and it is increasing while decrease in the same implies cash is decreasing

Since Account payable increase in year 2, we will increase the cash flow by that amount

So increase in cash flow = 85 -78 = +7

Account receivables:

Accounts receivables is part of current assets and increase in current assets implies that cash is going out and it is decreasing while decrease in the same implies cash is increasing

Since Account receivables decrease in year 2, we will increase the cash flow by that amount

So increase in cash flow = 79-57 = +22

Inventory:

Inventory is also part of current assets and increase in current assets implies that cash is going out and it is decreasing while decrease in the same implies cash is increasing

Since Inventory decrease in year 2, we will increase the cash flow by that amount

So increase in cash flow = 77-73 = +4

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