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The 2020 balance sheet of Osaka's Tennis Shop, Incorporated, showed long-term debt of $6.2 million, and the 2021 balance sheet showed long-term debt of $6.6 million. The 2021 income statement showed an interest expense of $170,000. What was the firm's cash flow to creditors during 2021?
Long-term debt (2020) = $6.2 million
Long-term debt (2021) = $6.6 million
Interest expense (2021) = $170,000
Cash flow to creditors:
Increase in long term debt (LTD) means debt has been issued in 2021.
Issue of debt = LTD (2021) - LTD (2020)
= $6.6 million - $6.2 million
= $400,000
Issue of debt is INFLOW OF CASH FROM CREDITORS.
Interest payment to creditors is an outflow of cash.
Net cash flows to creditors = Payment made to creditors - cash received from creditors on issue of debt
= 170,000 - 400,000
= $ -230,000
Net cash flows to creditors is $-230,000.