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Part 1: 

At the end of Chapter 10, read Situation 1 and using the questions as a guide, discuss recommendations.

At the end of Chapter 12, read Situation 2 and using the questions as a guide, discuss recommendations.

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The Donahoo Western Furnishings Company was formed

on December 31, 2010, with $1,000,000 in equity plus

$500,000 in long-term debt. On January 1, 2011, all of the

fi rm’s capital was held in cash. The following transactions

occurred during January 2011.

• January 2: Donahoo purchased $1,000,000 worth of

furniture for resale. It paid $500,000 in cash and fi nanced

the balance using trade credit that required payment in

60 days.

• January 3: Donahoo sold $250,000 worth of furniture that

it had paid $200,000 to acquire. The entire sale was on

credit terms of net 90 days.

• January 15: Donahoo purchased more furniture for

$200,000. This time, it used trade credit for the entire

amount of the purchase, with credit terms of net

60 days.

• January 31: Donahoo sold $500,000 worth of furniture,

for which it had paid $400,000. The furniture was sold

for 10 percent cash down, with the remainder payable

in 90 days. In addition, the fi rm paid a cash dividend of

$100,000 to its stockholders and paid off $250,000 of its

long-term debt.

question 1 What did Donahoo’s balance sheet look like at

the outset of the fi rm’s life?

question 2 What did the fi rm’s balance sheet look like

after each transaction?

question 3 Ignoring taxes, determine how much income

Donahoo earned during January. Prepare an income

statement for the month. Recognize an interest expense

of 1 percent for the month (12 percent annually) on the

$500,000 long-term debt, which has not been paid but

is owed.

question 4 What was Donahoo’s cash fl ow for the month

of January?

 

sItuatIOn 1

David Bernstein needs help fi nancing his Lodi, New Jersey–

based Access Direct, Inc., a six-year-old $3.5 million company.

“We’re ready to get to the next level,” says Bernstein, “ but

we’re not sure which way to go.” Access Direct spruces up

and then sells used computer equipment for corporations.

It is looking for up to $2 million in order to expand. “Venture

capitalists, individual investors, or banks,” says Bernstein, who

owns the company with four partners, “we’ve thought about

them all.”

question 1 What is your impression of Bernstein’s

perspective on raising capital to “get to the next level”?

question 2 What advice would you off er Bernstein as to

both appropriate and inappropriate sources of fi nancing in

his situation?

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