During the year, Belyk Paving Co. had sales of $2,485,000. Cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expense were $1,349,000, $660,000, and $462,000, respectively. In addition, the company had an interest expense of $287,000 and a tax rate of 24 percent. The company paid out $412,000 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. (lgnore any tax loss or carryforward provision and assume interest expense is fully deductible.) 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.)

$888,000

Explanation:

In order to determine how much new debt was added, we must calculate cash flows:

first we need to determine net income:

sales ($2,485,000) - COGS ($1,349,000) - S&A expenses ($660,000) - depreciation expense ($462,000) = EBIT = $14,000

since EBIT is lower than interest expense ($14,000 ≤ $287,000), we can assume there was a loss. But the question tells us to ignore any tax losses. So net income = $14,000 - $287,000 = -$273,000

operating cash flow = net income + adjustments = -$273,000 + $462,000 = $189,000

there were not capital spending and no new investments made, so cash flow from investing activities = $0

so the net cash flow from assets = $189,000

net cash flow form assets = net cash flow from stockholders + net cash flow from liabilities

net cash flow from stockholders = common stock issued - dividends = $0 - $412,000 = -$412,000

$189,000 = -$412,000 + net cash flow from liabilities

$601,000 = net cash flow from liabilities

net cash flow from liabilities = net new long term debt - interest expense

$601,000 = net new long term debt - $287,000

net new long term debt = $601,000 + $287,000 = $888,000

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