3.
$800,000 in total. As a result, long-term debt rose to 24.4 percent of total liabilities and
stockholders’ equity, while accounts payable and notes payable dropped to 16.3 and
12.2 percent, respectively, of the same figure.
crease in gross margin on sales. Even with the increases in interest expense and income
taxes expense, net income increased by a respectable 34.9 percent. There was little
change in the component percentages.
tion of the balance sheets. In a major refinancing, Rylander Corporation increased bonds
payable by $800,000 and decreased accounts payable and notes payable by about
significant decrease of 8.0 percent ($82,400) in selling expenses. The result was an over-
all decrease in operating expenses of only 1.8 percent, compared with a 4.4 percent in-
There were significant amount, percentage, and component changes in the liability por-
The major changes in the income statements of Rylander Corporation occurred in the
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