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During the year, Belyk Paving Co. had sales of $2,387,000. Cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expense were $1,438,000, $436,300, and $491,300, respectively. In addition, the company had an interest expense of $216,300 and a tax rate of 40 percent (ignore any tax loss carryback or carryforward provisions.). The company paid out $384,000 in cash dividends. Assume that net capital spending was zero, no new investments were made in net working capital, and no new stock was issued during the year.
Calculate the firm's net new long-term debt added during the year. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
Net new long-term debt $
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Particulars | Amount |
Sales | $2,387,000 |
COGS | ($1,438,000) |
Administrative & Selling Expenses | ($436,300) |
Depreciation | ($491,300) |
EBIT | $21,400 |
Interest | ($216,300) |
Taxable Income | -$194,900 |
Taxes (40%) | 0 |
Net Income | -$194,900 |
The taxes are zero since we are ignoring any carry-back or carry-forward provisions.
OCF = EBIT + Depreciation – Taxes
= $21,400 + 491,300 – 0 = $512,700
Net income was negative because of the tax deductibility of depreciation and interest expense. However, the actual cash flow from operations was positive because depreciation is a non-cash expense and interest is a financing, not an operating, expense.
A firm can still pay out dividends if net income is negative; it just has to be sure there is sufficient cash flow to make the dividend payments. The assumptions made in the question are:
Change in NWC = Net capital spending = Net new equity = $0
To find the new long-term debt, we first need to find the cash flow from assets.
Cash flow from assets = OCF – Change in NWC – Net capital spending
= $512,700 - $0 - $0 = $512,700
Cash flow to stockholders = Dividends – Net new equity = $384,000 – $0 = $384,000
Cash flow from assets = Cash flow to creditors + Cash flow to stockholders
$512,700 = Cash flow to creditors + $384,000
Cash flow to creditors = $512,700 - $384,000 = $128,700
Cash flow to creditors = Interest – Net new long-term debt
$128,700 = $216,300 – Net new long-term debt
Net new long-term debt = $216,300 - $128,700 = $87,600