Solutions Manual for Managerial
Accounting Tools for Business
Decision Making 10th Edition By Jerry
Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Jill Mitchell
(All Chapters 1-14, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged Reverse: 14-1
This is the Only Original and
Complete Solutions Manual for 10th
Edition, All Other Files in The Market
are Fake/Old/Wrong Edition.
Supplement Files Download Link is
Added at The End of PDF.
, CHAPTER 14
Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
Learning Objectives
1. Apply the concepts of sustainable income and quality of earnings.
2. Apply horizontal analysis and vertical analysis.
3. Analyze a company’s performance using ratio analysis.
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, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. Sustainable income is defined as the most likely level of income to be obtained in the future. It is
the amount of regular income that a company can expect to earn from its normal operations. In
order to distinguish a company’s net income from its sustainable income, unusual revenues,
expenses, gains, and losses are separated from operating transactions. In addition, information
on unusual items such as gains and losses on discontinued items and components of other
comprehensive income are disclosed.
LO 1 BT: C Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
2. This would not be considered a favorable trend for Hogan Inc. The relevant earnings per share
figures are the $3.26 in 2026 and the $2.99 in 2027. These figures indicate that, unless there was
a sale of common stock, the earnings from the continuing operations of the company decreased
during 2027. This should give the company’s management some concern because they will not
always be able to count on income or gains from discontinued operations.
LO 1 BT: AN Difficulty: Medium TOT: 4 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
3. Companies report a change from the FIFO method to the average cost method for inventory
costing, retroactively. That is, they report both the current period and any previous periods
reported on the face of the statement using the new principle. As a result, the same principle
applies to all periods reported. This treatment improves the ability to compare results across
years.
LO 1 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: 3 AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
4. Apple reported “Total other comprehensive income” of $3,827 million for year ended September
28, 2019. “Comprehensive income” was more than “Net income” by 5.0% [($58,037 – $55,256) ÷
$55,256]
LO 1 BT: AN Difficulty: Medium TOT: 4 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
5. (1) Use of alternative accounting methods. Variations among companies in the application of
generally accepted accounting principles may hamper comparability.
(2) Use of pro forma income measures that do not follow GAAP. Pro forma income is calculated
by excluding items that the company believes are unusual or nonrecurring. It is often difficult
to determine what was included and excluded.
(3) Improper revenue and expense recognition. Many high-profile cases of inappropriate
accounting involve recording items in the wrong period.
LO 1 BT: K Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
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, Questions Chapter 14 (Continued)
6. (a) During a period of inflation, net income will be less under the LIFO inventory costing method
than it will be using the FIFO method because LIFO results in the larger cost of goods sold
amount.
(b) Inflation does not affect the amount of depreciation taken (except through its effect on
salvage) since the depreciable amount is based on the acquisition cost. A six-year life
produces greater depreciation for the first six years (thus, less net income) and less
depreciation in years 7, 8, 9 (thus, more net income in those years) than a nine-year life.
(c) Inflation does not affect the amount of depreciation taken. Use of the straight-line method
results in less depreciation in the earlier years (thus, more net income) than the declining-
balance method but more depreciation in the later years.
LO 1 BT: AN Difficulty: Hard TOT: 5 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
7. Horizontal analysis, (also called trend analysis), measures the dollar and percentage increase
or decrease of an item over a period of time. In this approach, the amount of the item on one
statement is compared with the amount of that same item on one or more earlier statements.
Vertical analysis, (also called common-size analysis), expresses each item within a financial
statement as a percent of a relevant base amount, such as total assets.
LO 2 BT: C Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
8. (a) $300,000 x 1.245 = $373,500, 2027 net income.
(b) $300,000 ÷ 0.06 = $5,000,000, 2026 revenue.
LO 2 BT: AP Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
9. (a) Gina is not correct. There are three characteristics: liquidity, profitability, and solvency.
(b) The three parties are not primarily interested in the same characteristics of a company.
Short- term creditors are primarily interested in the liquidity of the enterprise. In contrast,
long-term creditors and stockholders are primarily interested in the profitability and solvency
of the company.
LO 3 BT: C Difficulty: Medium TOT: 4 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
10. (a) Comparison of financial information can be made on an intracompany basis, an inter-
company basis, and an industry average basis.
1. An intracompany basis compares the same item with prior periods, or with other
financial items in the same period within a company.
2. An intercompany basis compares the same item with other companies’ published
reports.
3. The industry average compares the item with the industry average as compiled by
Dun & Bradstreet or by trade associations.
(b) The intracompany basis of comparison is useful in detecting changes in financial relation-
ships and significant trends within a company.
The intercompany basis of comparison provides insight into a company’s competitive
position.
The industry average basis provides information about a company’s relative position within
the industry.
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Accounting Tools for Business
Decision Making 10th Edition By Jerry
Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, Jill Mitchell
(All Chapters 1-14, 100% Original
Verified, A+ Grade)
All Chapters Arranged Reverse: 14-1
This is the Only Original and
Complete Solutions Manual for 10th
Edition, All Other Files in The Market
are Fake/Old/Wrong Edition.
Supplement Files Download Link is
Added at The End of PDF.
, CHAPTER 14
Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
Learning Objectives
1. Apply the concepts of sustainable income and quality of earnings.
2. Apply horizontal analysis and vertical analysis.
3. Analyze a company’s performance using ratio analysis.
Copyright © 2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Weygandt, Managerial Accounting 10/e, Solutions Manual (For Instructor Use Only) 14-1
, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. Sustainable income is defined as the most likely level of income to be obtained in the future. It is
the amount of regular income that a company can expect to earn from its normal operations. In
order to distinguish a company’s net income from its sustainable income, unusual revenues,
expenses, gains, and losses are separated from operating transactions. In addition, information
on unusual items such as gains and losses on discontinued items and components of other
comprehensive income are disclosed.
LO 1 BT: C Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
2. This would not be considered a favorable trend for Hogan Inc. The relevant earnings per share
figures are the $3.26 in 2026 and the $2.99 in 2027. These figures indicate that, unless there was
a sale of common stock, the earnings from the continuing operations of the company decreased
during 2027. This should give the company’s management some concern because they will not
always be able to count on income or gains from discontinued operations.
LO 1 BT: AN Difficulty: Medium TOT: 4 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
3. Companies report a change from the FIFO method to the average cost method for inventory
costing, retroactively. That is, they report both the current period and any previous periods
reported on the face of the statement using the new principle. As a result, the same principle
applies to all periods reported. This treatment improves the ability to compare results across
years.
LO 1 BT: C Difficulty: Easy TOT: 3 AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
4. Apple reported “Total other comprehensive income” of $3,827 million for year ended September
28, 2019. “Comprehensive income” was more than “Net income” by 5.0% [($58,037 – $55,256) ÷
$55,256]
LO 1 BT: AN Difficulty: Medium TOT: 4 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
5. (1) Use of alternative accounting methods. Variations among companies in the application of
generally accepted accounting principles may hamper comparability.
(2) Use of pro forma income measures that do not follow GAAP. Pro forma income is calculated
by excluding items that the company believes are unusual or nonrecurring. It is often difficult
to determine what was included and excluded.
(3) Improper revenue and expense recognition. Many high-profile cases of inappropriate
accounting involve recording items in the wrong period.
LO 1 BT: K Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
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, Questions Chapter 14 (Continued)
6. (a) During a period of inflation, net income will be less under the LIFO inventory costing method
than it will be using the FIFO method because LIFO results in the larger cost of goods sold
amount.
(b) Inflation does not affect the amount of depreciation taken (except through its effect on
salvage) since the depreciable amount is based on the acquisition cost. A six-year life
produces greater depreciation for the first six years (thus, less net income) and less
depreciation in years 7, 8, 9 (thus, more net income in those years) than a nine-year life.
(c) Inflation does not affect the amount of depreciation taken. Use of the straight-line method
results in less depreciation in the earlier years (thus, more net income) than the declining-
balance method but more depreciation in the later years.
LO 1 BT: AN Difficulty: Hard TOT: 5 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
7. Horizontal analysis, (also called trend analysis), measures the dollar and percentage increase
or decrease of an item over a period of time. In this approach, the amount of the item on one
statement is compared with the amount of that same item on one or more earlier statements.
Vertical analysis, (also called common-size analysis), expresses each item within a financial
statement as a percent of a relevant base amount, such as total assets.
LO 2 BT: C Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
8. (a) $300,000 x 1.245 = $373,500, 2027 net income.
(b) $300,000 ÷ 0.06 = $5,000,000, 2026 revenue.
LO 2 BT: AP Difficulty: Medium TOT: 3 min. AACSB: Analytic AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
9. (a) Gina is not correct. There are three characteristics: liquidity, profitability, and solvency.
(b) The three parties are not primarily interested in the same characteristics of a company.
Short- term creditors are primarily interested in the liquidity of the enterprise. In contrast,
long-term creditors and stockholders are primarily interested in the profitability and solvency
of the company.
LO 3 BT: C Difficulty: Medium TOT: 4 min. AACSB: None AICPA FC: Reporting IMA: FSA
10. (a) Comparison of financial information can be made on an intracompany basis, an inter-
company basis, and an industry average basis.
1. An intracompany basis compares the same item with prior periods, or with other
financial items in the same period within a company.
2. An intercompany basis compares the same item with other companies’ published
reports.
3. The industry average compares the item with the industry average as compiled by
Dun & Bradstreet or by trade associations.
(b) The intracompany basis of comparison is useful in detecting changes in financial relation-
ships and significant trends within a company.
The intercompany basis of comparison provides insight into a company’s competitive
position.
The industry average basis provides information about a company’s relative position within
the industry.
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