Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Canadian Canadian 8th Edition Ross Solutions Manual
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Canadian Canadian 8th Edition Ross Solutions Manual
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Canadian Canadian 8th Edition Ross Solutions Manual
CHAPTER 2
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TAXES, AND CASH FLOWS
Learning Objectives
LO1 The difference between accounting value (or “book” value) and market value.
LO2 The difference between accounting income and cash flow.
LO3 How to determine a firm’s cash flow from its financial statements.
LO4 The difference between average and marginal tax rates.
LO5 The basics of Capital Cost Allowance (CCA) and Undepreciated Capital Cost (UCC).
1. (LO1) Liquidity measures how quickly and easily an asset can be converted to cash without significant loss
in value. It’s desirable for firms to have high liquidity so that they have a large factor of safety in meeting
short-term creditor demands. However, since liquidity also has an opportunity cost associated with it—
namely that higher returns can generally be found by investing the cash into productive assets—low
liquidity levels are also desirable to the firm. It’s up to the firm’s financial management staff to find a
reasonable compromise between these opposing needs.
2. (LO2) The recognition and matching principles in financial accounting call for revenues, and the costs
associated with producing those revenues, to be “booked” when the revenue process is essentially
complete, not necessarily when the cash is collected or bills are paid. Note that this way is not necessarily
correct; it’s the way accountants have chosen to do it.
3. (LO1) Historical costs can be objectively and precisely measured whereas market values can be difficult to
estimate, and different analysts would come up with different numbers. Thus, there is a tradeoff between
relevance (market values) and objectivity (book values).
4. (LO3) Depreciation is a noncash deduction that reflects adjustments made in asset book values in
accordance with the matching principle in financial accounting. Interest expense is a cash outlay, but it’s a
financing cost, not an operating cost.
5. (LO1) Market values can never be negative. Imagine a share of stock selling for –$20. This would mean
that if you placed an order for 100 shares, you would get the stock along with a check for $2,000. How
many shares do you want to buy? More generally, because of corporate and individual bankruptcy laws, net
worth for a person or a corporation cannot be negative, implying that liabilities cannot exceed assets in
market value.
6. (LO3) For a successful company that is rapidly expanding, for example, capital outlays will be large,
possibly leading to negative cash flow from assets. In general, what matters is whether the money is spent
wisely, not whether cash flow from assets is positive or negative.
7. (LO3) It’s probably not a good sign for an established company, but it would be fairly ordinary for a start-
up, so it depends.
8. (LO3) For example, if a company were to become more efficient in inventory management, the amount of
inventory needed would decline. The same might be true if it becomes better at collecting its receivables.
In general, anything that leads to a decline in ending NWC relative to beginning would have this effect.
Negative net capital spending would mean more long-lived assets were liquidated than purchased.
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10. (LO1) Enterprise value is the theoretical takeover price. In the event of a takeover, an acquirer would have
to take on the company's debt, but would pocket its cash. Enterprise value differs significantly from simple
market capitalization in several ways, and it may be a more accurate representation of a firm's value. In a
takeover, the value of a firm's debt would need to be paid by the buyer when taking over a company. This
enterprise value provides a much more accurate takeover valuation because it includes debt in its value
calculation.
Basic
Balance Sheet
CA $5,100 CL $4,300
NFA 23,800 LTD 7,400
OE ??
TA $28,900 TL & OE $28,900
We know that total liabilities and owner’s equity (TL & OE) must equal total assets of $28,900. We
also know that TL & OE is equal to current liabilities plus long-term debt plus owner’s equity, so
owner’s equity is:
Income Statement
Sales $586,000
Costs 247,000
Depreciation 43,000
EBIT $296,000
Interest 32,000
EBT $264,000
Taxes (35%) 92,400
Net income $171,600
4. (LO1)
EPS = Net income / Shares = $171,600 / 85,000 = $2.019 per share
DPS = Dividends / Shares = $73,000 / 85,000 = $0.86 per share
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5. (LO1)
NWC = CA – CL; CA = $380K + 1.1M = $1.48M
Book value CA = $1.48M Market value CA = $1.6M
Book value NFA = $3.7M Market value NFA = $4.9M
Book value assets= $1.48M + 3.7M = $5.18M Market value assets = $1.6M + 4.9M = $6.5M
6. (LO4)
Tax bill = 0.14 x $236,000 = $33,040
7. (LO4) The average tax rate is the total tax paid divided by net income, so:
The marginal tax rate is the tax rate on the next $1 of earnings, so again the marginal tax rate = 14%
because corporations in Canada have a single tax bracket (whereas individuals are subject to
progressive taxes in several tax brackets).
Income Statement
Sales $27,500
Costs 13,280
Depreciation 2,300
EBIT $11,920
Interest 1,105
Taxable income $10,815
Taxes (35%) $3,785.25
Net income $7,029.75
9. (LO3)
Net capital spending = NFAend – NFAbeg + Depreciation = $4.2M – 3.4M + 385K = $1.185M
10. (LO3)
Change in NWC = NWCend – NWCbeg
Change in NWC = (CAend – CLend) – (CAbeg – CLbeg)
Change in NWC = ($2,250 – 1,710) – ($2,100 – 1,380)
Change in NWC = $540 – 720 = -$180
11. (LO3)
Cash flow to creditors = Interest paid – Net new borrowing = $170K – (LTDend – LTDbeg)
Cash flow to creditors = $170K – ($2.9M – 2.6M) = $170K – 300K = -$130K
12. (LO3)
Cash flow to shareholders = Dividends paid – Net new equity
Cash flow to shareholders = $490K – [Commonend – Commonbeg]
Cash flow to shareholders = $490K – [$815K – $740K ]
Cash flow to shareholders = $490K – [$75K] = $415K
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