Question

Fitz Inc., a pharmaceutical company, reported net income for fiscal 2016 of $5,772 million, retained earnings at the start of the year of $57,594 million and dividends of $5,958 million, and other transactions with shareholders that increased retained earnings during the year by $11 million. If there were no additional transactions during the year that affected retained earnings, what was the balance of retained earnings at the end of the year

Answer 1

The balance of retained earnings at the end of the year equals $57,408 million.

What is balance of retained earnings?

It is calculated as adding of beginning Retained Earnings balance to the net income or loss and then dividend payouts are subtracted.

Balance of retained earnings = $57,594 million + $5,772 million - $5,958 million,

Balance of retained earnings = $57,408 million

Therefore, the balance of retained earnings at the end of the year equals $57,408 million.

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