Find a series of accounts that represent the trial balance


Gilligan Island Inc., provides tropical vacations. The company sells vacations 30 days in advance. Your boss has no idea of the financial condition for some time and, therefore, is asking you to help with a more current assessment of the company's position for his/her meeting with the CEO.

Below you will find a series of accounts that represent the trial balance of the business firm. These accounts encompass both income statement and balance sheet accounts.

 

2009

2010

2011

Accumulated depreciation

176,580

209,050

242,725

Retained earrings

337,602

510,731

648,528

Sales

3,702,480

3,961,654

3,981,462

Cash

35,750

62,635

86,595

Bonds payable

421,000

334,000

325,000

Accounts receivable

246,580

293,430

349,182

Depreciation expense

31,265

32,470

33,675

Common stock shares outstanding

80,000

80,000

80,000

Plant and equipment, at cost

984,021

1,026,880

1,151,210

Taxes

79,484

93223

74,198

Accounts payable

62,685

116,696

188,569

Common stock, $1 par

75,000

75,000

75,000

Inventory

185,652

243,117

312,622

Prepaid expenses

6,575

21,525

26,325

Cost of goods sold

2,665,786

2,879,049

2,936,630

Interest expense

12,532

10,325

10,235

Selling and administrative expenses

765,800

773,458

788,927

Marketable securities

12,545

23,564

24,153

Other current liabilities

123,256

150,674

195,265

Capital paid in excess of par (common)

275,000

275,000

275,000

Required: Prepare (using Excel) a proper form income statement and balance sheet for the company. Make sure to create a proper form statement. Make sure you include these statements in your PowerPoint with speaking notes.

Based on the financial statements that were prepared with this data, complete the following financial ratio calculations and provide a narrative discussion of these results as compared to industry averages (provided.)

Ratios required:

Ratio

Industry Average

1.    Profit margin

3.2%

2.    Return on assets (use ending assets)

6.0%

3.    Return on common equity (use ending common equity)

15.6%

4.    Receivable turnover (use ending receivables)

8.5 x

5.    Inventory turnover (use ending inventory)

12.0 x

6.    Fixed asset turnover (use ending fixed asset balance)

5.75 x

7.    Total asset turnover (use ending assets)

1.89 x

8.    Current ratio

3.10

9.    Quick ratio

1.40

10. Debt to total assets (use ending assets)

37.0%


Your solution should include the required ratios for each year and then provide speaking notes regarding the results as they compare to the industry averages. This analysis should discuss whether or not company is better or worse than the industry average but it should not stop there. You should also include a speaking notes as to why or how the difference can be explained, i.e., the reason for the variance. The final slide is to be providing a recommendation to improve the finances of the company

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