Worked example · EX:integrated-intermediate-accounting-capstone/cedar-trail-adjusted-close-and-release-bridge

Reconstruct Cedar Trail's adjusted close and release bridge

Post seven supplied adjustments, articulate the statements and cash flow, and interpret ratios and sensitivity without overstating them.

Updated Aug 8, 2026 Review due Nov 8, 2026
Worked-example setupScope and assumptions
  • All entities, transactions, values, rates, designations, and conclusions are fictional and supplied for instruction.
  • The verifier recomputes bounded mechanics; it does not make scope, valuation, control, functional-currency, tag-selection, or release conclusions.
Period
Year ended December 31, Year 5
Units
US dollars, foreign-currency units, and XBRL contexts as labeled
Rounding
Retain full precision; display currency with commas and parentheses and ratios to two decimals

Adjustment bridge

Seven supplied entries reduce assets by $65,000, increase liabilities by $24,000, add $48,000 to the supplied direct-equity rail, increase revenue by $6,000, and increase net expense by $143,000. Adjusted net income is $463,000. Ending retained earnings is $1,363,000, total equity is $2,411,000, and the $4,935,000 adjusted asset total equals liabilities plus equity.

Cash flow and interpretation

Direct and indirect operating cash flow both equal $450,000. With $(300,000) investing, $(100,000) financing, and a $10,000 exchange-rate effect, the ending cash population is $960,000. The current ratio is 1.54 and return on average assets is 9.65 percent.

A conditional $(100,000) pretax change has a $(75,000) after-tax effect at the supplied 25 percent rate. That sensitivity does not establish probability or estimate quality. The release file keeps every supplied accounting conclusion and unresolved evidence request outside the arithmetic control.

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adjusted average total assets
4,800,000
adjusted current assets
1,850,000
adjusted current liabilities
1,200,000
adjustments
7 fields
Inspect data
{
  "benefit_accrual": {
    "asset_change": 0,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 0,
    "expense_change": 24000,
    "liability_change": 24000,
    "revenue_change": 0
  },
  "credit_loss": {
    "asset_change": -30000,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 0,
    "expense_change": 30000,
    "liability_change": 0,
    "revenue_change": 0
  },
  "currency_gain": {
    "asset_change": 6000,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 0,
    "expense_change": 0,
    "liability_change": 0,
    "revenue_change": 6000
  },
  "hedge_oci": {
    "asset_change": 48000,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 48000,
    "expense_change": 0,
    "liability_change": 0,
    "revenue_change": 0
  },
  "impairment": {
    "asset_change": -50000,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 0,
    "expense_change": 50000,
    "liability_change": 0,
    "revenue_change": 0
  },
  "inventory_cutoff": {
    "asset_change": -60000,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 0,
    "expense_change": 60000,
    "liability_change": 0,
    "revenue_change": 0
  },
  "tax_benefit": {
    "asset_change": 21000,
    "cash_change": 0,
    "contributed_equity_change": 0,
    "expense_change": -21000,
    "liability_change": 0,
    "revenue_change": 0
  }
}
direct operating payments
1 field
Inspect data
{
  "supplier_employee_interest_and_tax_payments": 3450000
}
direct operating receipts
1 field
Inspect data
{
  "customer_and_other_receipts": 3900000
}
dividends
100,000
ending cash population
960,000
exchange rate effect
10,000
financing cash flows
1 field
Inspect data
{
  "debt_equity_and_dividend_cash": -100000
}
indirect adjustments
2 fields
Inspect data
{
  "noncash_expense_addbacks": 200000,
  "working_capital_and_other_changes": -213000
}
investing cash flows
1 field
Inspect data
{
  "capital_expenditures_and_acquisition_cash": -300000
}
opening cash population
900,000
opening retained earnings
1,000,000
reported adjusted assets
4,935,000
reported adjusted equity
2,411,000
reported adjusted liabilities
2,524,000
reported adjusted net income
463,000
reported current ratio
1.5417
reported direct operating cash flow
450,000
reported ending retained earnings
1,363,000
reported indirect operating cash flow
450,000
reported return on assets
0.0965
sensitivity pretax change
-100,000
sensitivity tax rate
0.25
unadjusted assets
5,000,000
unadjusted contributed equity
1,000,000
unadjusted expenses
3,400,000
unadjusted liabilities
2,500,000
unadjusted revenue
4,000,000

Recomputed result

Values recomputed by the curriculum loader
MeasureValue
adjusted assets4,935,000
adjusted equity2,411,000
adjusted liabilities2,524,000
adjusted net income463,000
current ratio1.5417
direct operating cash flow450,000
ending retained earnings1,363,000
expected ending cash population960,000
indirect operating cash flow450,000
return on assets0.0965
sensitivity after tax change-75,000
statement equation difference0