Answer:
A)current liability or a long-term liability, depending upon when the pension liability is to be paid
Explanation:
Unfunded pension plans can be regarded as plans that do not have
any assets set aside, in this case,
retirement benefits are usually paid from employer contributions directly. The set up of the retirement accounts can be by companies or governments.
Unfunded Liability = [( Value of Pension Fund Assets invested ) -[ ( present value of all future liabilities to pay pensions)]
After using this formula, if the gotten
result is less than "zero" then pension plan can be regarded as "underfunded"
It should be noted that An unfunded pension liability is reported on the balance sheet as a current liability or a long-term liability, depending upon when the pension liability is to be paid.
The problem of determining what goods and services society should produce: would not exist if government owned all of the resources. exists because we can produce more than we need or want. exists because there are not enough resources to provide all of the goods and services that people want. would not exist if all goods and services were scarce.
Answer:
exists because there are not enough resources to provide all of the goods and services that people want.
Explanation:
Factors of production can be defined as the fundamental building blocks used by individuals or business firms for the manufacturing of finished goods and services in order to meet the unending needs and requirements of their customers.
The four factors of production are;
I. Land: this refers to the natural resources and raw materials extracted from the ground or grown in the soil e.g oil, gold, rubber, cocoa, etc.
II. Labor (working): this is the human capital or workers who are saddled with the responsibility of overseeing and managing all the aspects of production.
III. Capital resources: it includes the physical assets used for production of goods and services such as equipment, money, plant, etc.
IV. Entrepreneurship: it is intellectual capacity required to drive a business and the skills to develop an idea into a money making venture (business).
These four (4) factors of production when combined effectively and efficiently are used for the manufacturing or production of goods and services that meets the unending requirements or needs of the consumers.
However, the problem of determining what goods and services society should produce in order to meet the unending requirements or needs (demands) of consumers, exists because there are not enough resources such as the factors of production to provide all of the goods and services that consumers want.
Russell Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Russell’s chemical pesticides. In the coming year, Russell will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed any prior years. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one-year aberration. Even so, the company president fears a large dip in the current year’s profits. He believes that such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Russell’s stock and make the company a takeover target.
To avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Zoe Baas, controller, to discuss this period’s year-end adjusting entries. He urges her to accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. He says to Zoe, "We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred from this year. We can’t let our stock price be hammered down!" Zoe didn’t get around to recording the adjusting entries until January 17, but she dated the entries December 31 as if they were recorded then. Zoe also made every effort to comply with the president’s request.
1. Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
2. What are the ethical considerations of (a) the president’s request and (b) Zoe dating the adjusting entries December 31?
3. Can Zoe accrue revenues, defer expenses, and still be ethical?
4. Can Zoe’s accrued revenues and deferred expenses be illegal?
5. Who do you think can discover Zoe’s accrued revenues and deferred expenses?
Answer:
1. The company's shareholders and management are the stakeholders in this circumstance.
2-a. The president's request is unethical.
2-b. Zoe's action is unethical.
3. It is possible for Zoe to accrue revenues and defer expenses while remaining ethical.
4. Again, it is possible for Zoe to accrue revenues and defer expenses while remaining ethical.
5. The person that can discover Zoe’s accrued revenues and deferred expenses is the auditor
Explanation:
1. Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
The company's shareholders and management are the stakeholders in this circumstance. The reason is that, in this circumstance, manipulating the company's profitability will have a direct impact on stock prices, which will affect the company's shareholders. The company's management is also a stakeholder in this scenario because they are involved in decision-making and make accounting-related choices and changes to the books of accounts. Lenders, employees, vendors, and lenders are secondary or non-primary stakeholders who will be impacted by the decision of the management to accrue as much revenue as feasible and defer every possible expenses.
2. What are the ethical considerations of (a) the president’s request and (b) Zoe dating the adjusting entries December 31?
2-a. The president's proposal goes against sound accounting practices. This will be interpreted as an attempt to window dress and manipulate accounting entries by the management in order to present a profit figure that is higher than reality. This is unethical behavior.
2-b. Zoe's decision to date the adjusting entries December 31 rather than January 17 was carried out with the explicit intention of distorting accounting figures, and inflating revenues by incorrectly accruing certain revenues and deflating expenses by incorrectly deferring some expenses. This is not only unethical, but also unlawful behavior.
3. Can Zoe accrue revenues, defer expenses, and still be ethical?
It is possible for Zoe to accrue revenues and defer expenses while remaining ethical if he does it in accordance with accounting principles and the GAAP and IFRS framework. It will not be ethical otherwise. When sales have occurred but have not been recorded through standard invoicing paperwork, it is legitimate to record them as accrued sales. However, declaring such transactions as accrued revenues will be unethical if buyers have paid in advance and items will be supplied next year.
4. Can Zoe’s accrued revenues and deferred expenses be illegal?
Again, it is possible for Zoe to accrue revenues and defer expenses while remaining ethical if he does it in accordance with accounting principles and the GAAP and IFRS framework, and if the federal and IRS regulations have not been breached. However, Zoe's behavior of accruing revenues and deferring expenses will be against the law if those modifications break accounting conventions and federal regulations.
5. Who do you think can discover Zoe’s accrued revenues and deferred expenses?
The person that can discover Zoe’s accrued revenues and deferred expenses is the auditor when he is reviewing the books of accounts of the company.
Juanita is the sole shareholder of Belize Corporation (a calendar-year S corporation). She is considering revoking the S election. It is February 1, year 1. What options does Juanita have for timing the effective date of the S election revocation
Answer:
January 1 Year 2 would be an effective date.
Explanation:
Juanita have two ( 2 ) options and they are
Terminating the election after March 15th Terminating the Election at the beginning of the next Financial yearSince it is already February 1 Year 1 , The most effective date for the S election revocation would be January 1 year 2 ( calendar-year of S corporation ) .
Cash outflows can be categorized into all of the following groups except: Multiple Choice opportunity costs associated with selecting a specific capital project. outflows associated with the initial investment. working capital commitments.
Answer:
opportunity costs associated with selecting a specific capital project.
Explanation:
The cash outflows should be classified in various kind of groups like the outflows that attached with the initial investment, commitment related to the working capital, also at the same time it increased the operating expense but does not considered the opportunity cost along with the capital project as the outflow of cash means the payment is to be done in cash but the opportunity cost is the cost that provides the benefit over the another choice
So the above statement should be the answer
Tanning Company analyzes its receivables to estimate bad debt expense. The accounts receivable balance is $360,000 and credit sales are $1,000,000. An aging of accounts receivable shows that approximately 5% of the outstanding receivables will be uncollectible. What adjusting entry will Tanning Company make if the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $1,200 before adjustment
Answer:
Account titles and explanation Debit Credit
bad debt expense $16,800
allowance for d doubtful account $16,800
Explanation:
Aging of accounts =5% of accounts receivable
Which is 360,000 x 5% = 18,000 expected allowance
current balance before adjustment =1,200 credit
Adjustment = 18,000 - 1,200 = 16,800
Adjusting entry BY Tanning Company
Account titles and explanation Debit Credit
bad debt expense $16,800
allowance for d doubtful account $16,800
____________is a marketing tool that is often not a directly paid for medium and is used to influence, inform and persuade the consumer to purchase a product g.
Answer:
Public relations.
Explanation:
Marketing can be defined as the process of developing promotional techniques and sales strategies by a firm, so as to enhance the availability of goods and services to meet the needs of the end users or consumers through advertising and market research. Thus, it comprises of all the activities such as, identifying, anticipating set of medium and processes for creating, promoting, delivering, and exchanging goods and services that has value for customers. It typically, involves understanding customer needs, building and maintaining healthy relationships with them in order to scale up your business.
Public relations involves the process of professionally maintaining and sustaining a favourable public perception and image by an organization or an elite.
It is a strategic communication process used by PR managers to issue and disseminate quality informations between their principal (usually an individual) or an organization and the public, in order to build a mutualistic relationship and boost their level of sales.
Public relations is a marketing tool that combine news covered by the media which are often not a directly paid for medium and is typically used to influence, inform and persuade the consumer to purchase a product.
uppose the demand curve for a product is given by
Q = 10 - 2P + Ps
where P is the price of the product and Ps is the price of a substitute good. The price of the substitute good is $2.00.
a. Suppose P = $1.00. The price elasticity of demand is_____.
b. Suppose the price of the good, P, goes to $2.00. Now what is the price elasticity of demand? What is the cross-price elasticity of demand?
Answer:
A. 0.2
B. 0.5, 0.25
Explanation:
Q = 10-2p+2
We take like terms
Q= 10+2-2p
= 12-2p
A. If p = 1 dollar
12-2(1)
Q = 10
Price elasticity would be change in quantity divided by the change in price = -2
-2 x p/q
= -2x1/10
= 0.2
Price elasticity of demand is 0.2
B. P = 2 dollars
Q= 10-2x2+2
= 10-4+2
= 8
Price elasticity
= -2x2/8
= 0.5
Cross elasticity
= 1x2/8
= 0.25
Transaction-processing systems _____.
a. involve low volumes of data
b. require maximum human involvement
c. require extensive managerial judgment
d. involve operations that are repetitive
Answer:
d. involve operations that are repetitive
Explanation:
Transaction-processing systems can be defined as a system used by businesses to process their daily transactions by collecting, storing, modifying and retrieving of related data (informations). It's commonly used by businesses that deals with e-commerce (online transactions) and as such involves a request by a customer, an acknowledgement by the company, an action in response to the request and an output to the customer.
Transaction-processing systems involve operations that are repetitive.
Say that investment increases by $60 for each interest rate drop of 1 percent. Say also that the expenditures multiplier is 4. If the money multiplier is 5, and each 5-unit change in the money supply changes the interest rate by 1 percent, what open market policy would you recommend to increase income by $240
You have been pricing an MP3 player in several stores. Three stores have the identical price of $700. Each store charges 18 percent APR, has a 30-day grace period and sends out bills on the first of the month. On further investigation, you find that store A calculates the finance charge by using the average daily balance method, store B uses the adjusted balance method, and store C uses the previous balance method. Assume you purchased the MP3 player on May 5 and made a $100 payment on June 15.
Answer:
I don't know.
Explanation:
Astair, Inc. reported sales of $6,000,000 for the month and incurred variable expenses totaling $4,600,000 and fixed expenses totaling $940,000. The company has no beginning or ending inventories. A total of 70,000 units were produced and sold last month. How many units would the company have to sell to achieve a desired profit of $620,000
Answer:
Break-even point in units= 78,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Fixed cost= $940,000
Total contribution margin= (6,000,000 - 4,600,000)= $1,400,000
Unitary contribution margin= 1,400,000 / 70,000= $20
Desired profit= $620,000
To calculate the number of units to be sold, we need to use the following formula:
Break-even point in units= (fixed costs + desired profit) / contribution margin per unit
Break-even point in units= (940,000 + 620,000) / 20
Break-even point in units= 78,000
What types of political, economic, and competitive challenges does MTV Networks International face by operating worldwide?
Answer:
Economic challenges: MTV has to adapt to different economic conditions across the world, for example, diverging currency rates, changing tax regimes, changing economic conditions, vastly different living standards and purchasing power, and so on.
Political challenges: MTV has to face many types of political regimes like functional democracies, flawed democracies, authoritarian regimes, and even dictatorships.
Competitive challenges: MTV has competitors across the world, both in each country, and also at an international level. For this reason, MTV has to adapt is competitive strategy at each leve, and in each country, in order to better face the competitive challenges.
McCann Co. has identified an investment project with the following cash flows.
Year Cash Flow
1 $840
2 1,170
3 1,430
4 1,575
a. If the discount rate is 9 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows?
b. What is the present value at 16 percent?
c. What is the present value at 25 percent?
Answer:
McCann Co.
Present value
a. At 9$ = $2,017.38
b. At 16% = $3,379.42
c. At 25% = $2,798.71
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Year Cash Flow Discount Present
Factor at 9% Value
1 $840 0.917 $770.28
2 1,170 0.842 143.14
3 1,430 0.772 1,103.96
4 1,575 0.708 1,115.10
Total Present value = $2,017.38
Year Cash Flow Discount Present
Factor at 16% Value
1 $840 0.862 $724.08
2 1,170 0.743 869.31
3 1,430 0.641 916.63
4 1,575 0.552 869.40
Total Present value = $3,379.42
Year Cash Flow Discount Present
Factor at 25% Value
1 $840 0.800 $672.00
2 1,170 0.640 748.80
3 1,430 0.512 732.16
4 1,575 0.410 645.75
Total Present value = $2,798.71
What payment method is this? Draw the payment process and explain the steps in the payment process.
Sales contract No: 053TTCB07
Seller:A&T Co., Ltd. Add: 258 Bis Le Dai Hanh Street, District 1, HCM City.
Account number: 2173357 – Vietcombank – Saigon Branch (Swift code: BFTVVNVX023)
Buyer: Pelco Co., Ltd. Add: 350 Pelcogate, Clovis, NYC
Account number: 4945020923 – Wells Fargo Bank – NYC Branch (FNBPUS3NNYC)
Payment article: Payment by TT 50% 30 days after B/L date.
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Answer:
I don't understand this question
Explanation:
what is this supposed to be?
Current interest rates are 8%. You want to buy a long-term bond with a face value of $1000 that pays a coupon rate of 10%. Which of the following prices is feasible?
a. $888.88
b. $1,000.00
c. $1,111.11
d. Not enough information to answer.
e. None of the above is feasible.
Answer: c. $1,111.11
Explanation:
When a bond's coupon rate is higher than the prevailing interest rate, the bond will be more sought after because it is paying more than the market is paying. As a result, the price of the bond will be higher than its par value to reflect the increased demand for it.
In other words, when a bond coupon rate is higher than the interest rate, the price will be higher than par. This is the case here so the bond will be selling at a higher price than $1,000 and the only option higher than $1,000 is option c at $1,111.11.
The following information is available for the Johnson Corporation:
Beginning inventory $27,000
Inventory purchases (on account) 157,000
Merchandise purchases (on account) 157,000
Freight charges on purchases (paid in cash) 12,000
Merchandise returned to supplier (for credit) 14,000
Ending inventory 32,000
Sales (on account) 252,000
Cost of merchandise sold 150,000
Required:
Applying both a perpetual and a periodic inventory system, prepare the journal entries that summarize the transactions that created these balances. Include all end-of-period adjusting entries indicated.
Answer:
Perpetual Inventory System:
1) Dr Inventory 157,000
Cr Accounts Payable 157,000
2) Dr Inventory 12,000
Cr Cash 12,000
3)Dr Accounts Payable 14,000
Cr Inventory 14,000
4) Dr Accounts Receivable 252,000
Cr Sales Revenue 252,000
5) Dr Cost of Goods Sold 150,000
Cr Inventory 150,000
6) No entry
Periodic Inventory System:
1)Dr Purchases 157,000
Cr Accounts Payable 157,000
2) Dr Freight - in 12,000
Cr Cash 12,000
3) Dr Accounts Payable 14,000
Cr Purchase Returns 14,000
4) Dr Accounts Receivable 252,000
Cr Sales Revenue 252,000
5) No entry
6) Dr Cost of Goods Sold 150,000
Dr Ending Inventory 32,000
Dr Purchase Returns 14,000
Cr Beginning Inventory $27,000
Cr Purchases 157,000
Cr Freight - in $12,000
Explanation:
Preparation of the journal entries that summarize the transactions that created these balances. Include all end-of-period adjusting entries indicated.
PERPETUAL INVENTORY SYSTEM:
1) Dr Inventory 157,000
Cr Accounts Payable 157,000
(To record the purchase of inventory on account)
2) Dr Inventory 12,000
Cr Cash 12,000
(To record the payment of freight charges by cash)
3)Dr Accounts Payable 14,000
Cr Inventory 14,000
(To record the return of inventory purchased on account)
4) Dr Accounts Receivable 252,000
Cr Sales Revenue 252,000
(To record the sales made on account)
5) Dr Cost of Goods Sold 150,000
Cr Inventory 150,000
(To record the cost of goods sold)
6) No entry
PERIODIC INVENTORY SYSTEM:
1)Dr Purchases 157,000
Cr Accounts Payable 157,000
(To record the purchase of inventory on account)
2) Dr Freight - in 12,000
Cr Cash 12,000
(To record the payment of freight charges by cash)
3) Dr Accounts Payable 14,000
Cr Purchase Returns 14,000
(To record the return of inventory purchased on account)
4) Dr Accounts Receivable 252,000
Cr Sales Revenue 252,000
(To record the sales made on account)
5) No entry
6) Dr Cost of Goods Sold 150,000
Dr Ending Inventory 32,000
Dr Purchase Returns 14,000
Cr Beginning Inventory $27,000
Cr Purchases 157,000
Cr Freight - in $12,000
(To record the adjusting entry for inventory)
Zebra Company sells a segment of its operations at a loss. Zebra has not previously experienced such an event and does not expect to again. The loss from the disposal of the segment should be reported in the income statement as: Select one: A. A separate amount in comprehensive income B. A separate amount in net income from continuing operations C. A separate amount in a discontinued operations section D. As part of cost of goods sold
Answer:
C. A separate amount in a discontinued operations section
Explanation:
Since in the given situation it is mentioned that zebra co sells the segment at a loss so this loss from the sale of the segment that should be reported in the income statement as the distinct amount in the discontinued operating section as the same below the income from continuing operations
Hence, the correct option is c.
Answer:
The answer is "Option C".
Explanation:
The discontinued operations are parts of a company's core business or product line that have been sold or shut down and thus are reported separately on the financial statements from ongoing operations. As a result, any loss from the sale of the segment should indeed be reported as a separate amount inside the income statement's discontinued operations column.
Your grandmother has promised to give you $5,000 when you graduate from college. She is expecting you to graduate two years from now. What happens to the present value of this gift if you delay your graduation by one year and graduate three years from now?
a. remains constant
b. increases
c. decreases
d. becomes negative
e. cannot be determined from the information provided
Answer:
c
Explanation:
1.6 Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow:
Pearl inherited hudred thousand rands from her late uncle. She choose an investment which is managed by a fund manager who buys shares on the stock exchange/JSE
1.6.1 Name the form of investment chosen by Pearl.
1.6.2 Discuss the disadvantages of the form of investment mentioned in QUESTION 1.6.1
Answer:
1.6.1 unit trusts
1.6.2 -share price may fluctuate
-unit trusts are not allowed to borrow,
therefore reducing potential returns
-not good for people who want to invest for
a short period.
-Not good for people who want avoid risks at
all costs
A company wants to generate a forecast for unit demand for year 2018 using exponential smoothing. The actual demand in year 2017 was 120. The forecast demand in year 2017 was 110. Using this data and a smoothing constant alpha of 0.1, which of the following is the resulting year 2018 forecast value?
a. 110
b. 114
c. 120
d. 111
e. 100
Answer:
d. 111
Explanation:
Calculation to determine which of the following is the resulting year 2018 forecast value
Using this formula
2018 Forecast value = Ft= Ft - 1+ (At - 1- Ft - 1)
Let plug in the formula
2018 Forecast value = 110 + 0.1 (120 - 110)
2018 Forecast value=110+0.1(10)
2018 Forecast value=110+1
2018 Forecast value= 111
Therefore the resulting year 2018 forecast value
will be 111
Stout Corporation had net income of $200,000 and paid dividends to common stockholders of $40,000 in 2012. The weighted average number of shares outstanding in 2012 was 50,000 shares. Stout Corporation's common stock is selling for $75 per share on the New York Stock Exchange. Stout Corporation's price-earnings ratio is Group of answer choices 3.8 times. 15 times. 18.8 times. 12 times.
Answer:
18.8 times
Explanation:
Calculation to determine what Stout Corporation's price-earnings ratio is
Using this formula
Price-Earning Ratio = Price Per Share ÷ (Net Earnings ÷ Outstanding Shares)
Let plug in the formula
Price-Earning Ratio= $75 ÷ ($200,000 ÷ 50,000)
Price-Earning Ratio= 75 ÷ 4
Price-Earning Ratio= 18.75
Price-Earning Ratio=18.8 times (Approximately)
Therefore Stout Corporation's price-earnings ratio is 18.8 times
During 2019, $27,000 of cash dividends were declared and paid. A patent valued at $80,000 was obtained in exchange for land. Equipment that originally cost $20,000 and had $7,000 accumulated depreciation was sold for $13,000 cash. Bonds payable were sold for cash and cash was used to pay for structural improvements to the building. Required a. Compute the change in cash that occurred during 2019. b. Prepare a statement of cash flows using the indirect method
Answer:
a. Change in Cash that occurred during 2019:
Cash outflow $27,000
Cash inflow = $13,000
Net outflow = $14,000
b. Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2019:
Investing activities:
Sale of Equipment $13,000
Financing activities:
Payment of dividends ($27,000)
Net cash outflow = $14,000
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Cash dividends paid during 2019 = $27,000
Patent purchased = $80,000
Land sold in exchange of patent = $80,000
Sale of equipment = $13,000
Sales of Bonds Payable = Cost of Building Improvements
define foreign employment promotion board
Answer:
Kindly check explanation
Explanation:
The key word. Foreign employment could be explained as jobs offered in a country to nationals of another country. This is called foreign employment. The foreign employment promotion board as part of its responsibility is charged with the enhancement of international relation and between countries. Furthermore, the board handles the generation of foreign employment welfare fund. If a country has a good and functioning Foreign Employment promotion board, such country will likely enjoy good international trade between countries as they often take note of international trade opportunities and tap into it.
why is eskom a monopoly?
Answer:
I don't know We will know that soon
Answer:
Eskom is South Africa's monopoly power supplier. As the result of the lack of productive and allocational inefficiency, Eskom is considered an undesirable monopoly market structure.
Explanation:
Productive efficiency takes place at a point in which the marginal cost is equal to the average cost and where the allotment efficiency is equal to the marginal cost.
The monopoly of Eskom also generates extravagant costs that reduce the output by higher prices.
Mike is planning to invest his savings in a savings account. He manages to deposit $1,000 at the end of the first year, $700 at the end of the second year, $1,500 at the end of the third year, and $600 at the end of the fourth year. If the account earns 7 percent interest each year, what is the terminal value of this uneven cash flow stream? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
Answer:
$ 4,231.47
Explanation:
By terminal value, it means the value of savings deposit at the end of the fourth year bearing in mind the first deposit made at the end of year 1 would only earn interest in years 2,3 and 4 , the second deposit would interest in years 3 and 4 since it was made at the end of year 2 and so on .
Future value of deposits=deposit*(1+annual interest rate)^n
n is the number of years that the each deposit would earn interest
terminal value=$1,000*(1+7%)^3+$700*(1+7%)^2+$1500*(1+7%)^1+$600*(1+7%)^0
terminal value=$ 4,231.47
True of false management is the execution of a number of integrated and related tasks for the achievement educative goals
Answer:
True
Explanation:
Management could be defined or explained in a number of ways as it is a word which incorporates the the ability to plan, corrdonate, supervise projects, handle the affairs and workings of an organization in other to ovation a desirable outcome. It could also be explained as the ability to undertake or oversee a number of task, activities or related or integrated projects in other to achieve the desired or planned outcome. The ability to manage is gauged or measured by the success achieved at the end or the impact made by the resulting project, the accomplishment of the organization or the growth of the establishment during the managerial period or tenure.
Brody owns all the stock in Mongoose Corporation. Brody has a basis of $200,000 in the Mongoose stock, which currently has a fair market value of $500,000. Mongoose is merged into Chestnut Corporation. Brody receives Chestnut preferred stock worth $200,000 and common stock worth $300,000. Brody recognizes a gain of:______.
a. $300,000.
b. $100,000.
c. $200,000.
d. None of the above.
Answer:
d. None of the above.
Explanation:
Option D is correct because Brody has a basis of $200000 Mongoose stock and its market value is $500000. After the merger, Brody receives $200000 preferred stock and $300000 common stock which is equal to its market value of a stock before the merger so there is no gain.
Below is information from the financial statements of Greenwich Company: Accounts receivable (net) 2016: $2,400 Accounts receivable (net) 2015: $2,200 Net sales 2016: $25,875 What is the average collection period
Answer:
32.44 days
Explanation:
The computation of the average collection period is shown below:
But before that we have to determine the account receivable turnover ratio
So, the account receivable turnover ratio is
= (net sales) ÷ (average of account receivables)
= $25,875 ÷ ($2,400 + $2,200) ÷ 2
= $25,875 ÷ $2,300
= 11.25 times
Now the average collection period is
= Total no of days in a year ÷ account receivable turnover ratio
= 365 ÷ 11.25
= 32.44 days
We assume that the no of days that should be considered is 365 days
Kumaran Pillay has a vegetable stall at the Suva Market. His business has been plagued with under-stocking and over-stocking problems for some time now. When he under-stocks, he loses sales as customers move to competing stalls. When he over-stocks, is left with unsold vegetables. These are perishable and cannot be kept long for later sales. Pillay is concerned with how he can minimize these losses stemming from under and over-stocking.
1. Identify and explain how he could use 3 qualitative forecasting methods to improve his stocking. Note that you will need to justify your proposals and link it to the business being discussed. (10 marks)
2. Identify and explain how he could use 2 quantitative forecasting methods to improve his stocking. Note that you will need to justify your proposals and link it to the business being discussed. (10 marks)
Answer:
1) Using the 3 qualitative forecasting methods
Executive opinions,
Delphi method,
Salesforce polling.
2) Using the 2 quantitative forecasting methods:-
The straight-line method,
The average approach.
Explanation:
1) Using the 3 qualitative forecasting methods
Executive opinions- In this method, he could seek subjective views from experts concerning his sales. this might be viewed on his purchasing, finance, and future sales. However, it's utilized in conjunction with other quantitative forecasting methods so as to realize the simplest forecasts.
Delphi method- He could question a gaggle of experts about their views individually. they are doing not meet to avoid manipulation in judgments. Forecasts during this case might be compiled and analyzed by an external observer and returned to the experts for further questioning.
Salesforce polling- he could use this approach whereby he reaches bent people that are in touch with the regular customers and who can correctly predict the trends of the customers' consumption so as to offer him insights on how and when to restock counting on demand. This method is sweet for future forecasting since it gives the expected consumption trends of the purchasers that would be employed by the owner to make a decision on the quantity of inventory to stock in the future.
2) Using the 2 quantitative forecasting methods:-
The straight-line method- This is the only method of calculating future sales supported past data. It involves the utilization of a straight-line equation this measures the expansion or future predictions in sort of percentages. Here, past data is collected and a few analysis is completed to work out the trend that customers might adopt in their subsequent purchases. once they're known, the forecast on increasing or decreasing the inventory is predicated on percentage increase or reduction respectively. for instance, once demand is forecasted to grow, the vendor will decide the share they might order to hide the rise in demand.
The average approach- Here, the owner of a business conducts a mean of the past sales they need to be made to customers over a selected period. the most assumption is that the longer-term forecast is that the average of the past data. Since the owner has been making overstocking and understocking methods, it's assumed that the type of the orders is adequate to the longer-term forecast. for instance, if the owner decided within the past to order 100 units of a specific product and therefore the customers demanded quite 100 units maybe 150 units, there's an understocking decision. The owner might plan to increase subsequent stock to 200 units and at this point, the purchasers only demand 175 units making him to possess more stock than it had been required. On learning this concerning the market, the owner then decides to conduct a mean and order 150 units to require care of the overstocking and under-stocking problems.
Jim Arnold began a business called Arnold’s Shoe Repair.
Create T accounts for Cash; Supplies; Jim Arnold, Capital; and Utilities Expense. Identify the following transactions by letter and place them on the proper side of the T accounts:
a. Invested cash in the business, $5,000.
b. Purchased supplies for cash, $800.
c. Paid utility bill, $1,500.
Answer:
Arnold's Shoe Repair
T- Accounts:
Cash
Account Titles Debit Credit
a. Jim Arnold, Capital $5,000
b. Supplies $800
c. Utilities Expense $1,500
Supplies
Account Titles Debit Credit
b. Cash $800
Jim Arnold, Capital
Account Titles Debit Credit
a. Cash $5,000
Utilities
Account Titles Debit Credit
c. Cash $1,500
Explanation:
a) Data and Analysis:
a. Cash $5,000 Jim Arnold, Capital $5,000
b. Supplies $800 Cash $800
c. Utilities Expense $1,500 Cash $1,500