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Consider the following simplified financial statements for the Fire Corporation (assuming no income taxes):
Income Statement |
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Sales |
$38,804 |
Costs |
$22,685 |
Balance Sheet |
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Assets |
$54,048 |
Debt |
$38,755 |
Equity |
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The company has predicted a sales increase of 15 percent. It has predicted that every item on the balance sheet will increase by 15 percent as well.
How much dividends should be paid to reconcile the pro forma balance sheet?
NEXT YEAR ALL BALANCE SHEET ITEMS INCREASED BY 15%
FOR EXAMPLE = ASSETS = 54048 X 1.15 = 62155.20 AND SO ON FOR DEBT AND EQUITY