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C: Retained Earnings
Retained earnings will appear in companys balance sheet and also in income
statement. It is part of the companys net earnings after taxes kept to accumulate, after
dividends are paid. After a profitable period for a company, they will deliver some of
its income to shareholders as dividends and the remaining will as the retained
earnings. Retained earnings as an essential figure for investors and analyst in
evaluating a company. Normally, the company will invest back into specific area
where the growth appear most promising. The investors prefer to see the company
year to year growth consistently in retained earnings. For investors, the most excellent
is where the company have a steadily increase in dividend payouts but still have a
steady growth in retained earnings.
In outdoor living space company, the retained earnings is quite satisfied with the
amount of $79,859 in stockholders equity.
D: Depreciation expenses
It is a non-cash expenses or cash will not be involved in. Depreciation reduces in
income statement but it does not reduces the cash account on the statement of cash
flow. It only add back the amount of depreciation expenses from the net income.
Outdoor living space company have $9,000 of depreciation expenses in operating
expenses on the statement of cash flows. The $9,000 as a reduction from expenses and
it has no any impact on cash flows.
G: Cost of sales
The direct costs attributable to the production of the goods sold by a company. The
amount includes the cost of the materials used in creating the goods added with the
direct labor costs used in produce the good. Cost pf sales appears on the income
statement and can be deducted from sales to calculate a company's gross profit.
Outdoor living spaces company spend about $240,700 in cost of sales. Almost have a
half percentage from the sales about $346,900 in income statement. It means that the
labour cost or material cost in the production of the products is quite high for this
year.