Here are the abbreviated financial statements for Planner’s Peanuts:   INCOME STATEMENT, 2019 Sales $ 5,000   Cost   3,900   Net income $ 1,100       BALANCE SHEET, YEAR-END     2018   2019       2018   2019   Assets   $ 7,500     $ 12,100     Debt   $ 833     $ 1,000                         Equity     6,667       11,100     Total   $ 7,500     $ 12,100     Total   $ 7,500     $ 12,100         a. If sales increase by 10% in 2020 and the company uses a strict percentage of sales planning model (meaning that all items on the income and balance sheet also increase by 10%), what must be the balancing item? b. What will be the value of this balancing item?

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Here are the abbreviated financial statements for Planner’s Peanuts:

 

INCOME STATEMENT, 2019
Sales $ 5,000  
Cost   3,900  
Net income $ 1,100  
 

 

BALANCE SHEET, YEAR-END
    2018   2019       2018   2019  
Assets   $ 7,500     $ 12,100     Debt   $ 833     $ 1,000    
                    Equity     6,667       11,100    
Total   $ 7,500     $ 12,100     Total   $ 7,500     $ 12,100    
 

 

a. If sales increase by 10% in 2020 and the company uses a strict percentage of sales planning model (meaning that all items on the income and balance sheet also increase by 10%), what must be the balancing item?

b. What will be the value of this balancing item?

 

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