acct2331 at The University of Houston

21. Calculating Operating Income

in Chapter 3 (Problem 21 of 24)

A company began operations at the start of Year 1.

During the year, it had cash sales of $50,000 and credit sales of $450,000. The company collected $420,000 in cash from the credit sales. The company purchased inventory costing $250,000 and paid $18,000 in dividends. The company incurred the following expenses:

Cost of goods sold 210,000 Rent expense 6,000
Salary expense 80,000 Depreciation expense 4,000
Interest expense 5,000 Income tax expense 57,000

Using this information, answer the following questions.

  1. What would Operating Income on the Dec. 31, Year 1 Income Statement be reported as?
  2. As of Dec. 31, Year 1, determine the ending balance in the Accounts Receivable
  3. Determine Ending Retained Earnings as of December 31, Year 1
Watch Solution (3:55) Hide Solution Reveal Solution
  1. Operating Income - 200,000
  2. Ending Accounts Receivable - 30,000
  3. Ending Retained Earnings - 120,000

The Rest Of The Practice Problems

Click Here to View All Chapter 3 Problems at Once View
1 Effect on the Current Ratio Easy
2 Closing Journal Accounts Easy
3 Revenue Journal Entry Easy
4 Retained Earnings Easy
5 Revenue Recognition Easy
6 Current Assets Easy
7 Adjusting Entry Identification Easy
8 Revenue Recognition Easy
9 Solving for Missing Amounts Moderate
10 Closing Process Moderate
11 Determining Net Income From Journal Entries Moderate
12 Determining Net Income From Transactions Moderate
13 Adjusting Entry - Salaries Payable Moderate
14 Prepaid Rent Moderate
15 Adjusting Entry - Wage Expense Moderate
16 Revenue Recognition Moderate
17 The Effect of Transactions Hard
18 When You Forget to do Adjusting Entries Hard
19 Account Classifications Hard
20 Revenue and Expense Recognition Hard
21 Calculating Operating Income
You are here. 		Hard
22 Adjusting Journal Entries Hard
23 Adjusting Journal Entries Hard
24 Year End Closing & Account Classification Hard
← Chapter 2

Chapter 3 Videos

1 Cash vs. Accrual Accounting 7:21
2 Expense Recognition 8:07
3 Accruals and Deferrals 15:07
4 What is an Adjusting Entry? 4:11
5 Adjusting Entry: Supplies 1:54
6 Adjusting Entry: Wages 4:52
7 Adjusting Entry: Unearned Revenue 2:11
8 Adjusting Entry: Interest 2:03
9 Contra-accounts 4:40
10 Depreciation 7:10
11 Current Assets 9:57
12 Non-Current Assets 10:25
13 Current Liabilities 6:24
14 Non-Current Liabilites 2:00
15 The Classified Balance Sheet 4:48
16 Contributed Capital 5:10
17 Retained Earnings vs Shareholder's Equity 6:41
18 The Multistep Income Statement 12:44
19 The Closing Process 10:37
20 Ratios: Working Capital 2:29
21 Ratios: Current Ratio 4:00
Chapter 4 →