Johnson Corporation unadjusted trial balance at year-end include the following accounts. Compute the uncollectible account expense, and make the appropriate journal entry, for the current year assuming the uncollectible account expense is determined as follows:
A. Without considering the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, income statement approach, 1% of total sales.
B. Without considering the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, income statement approach, 1.5% of credit sales.
C. Considering the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, balance sheet approach. The estimate based on an aging of accounts receivable is that an allowance of $12,000 would be appropriate.
Answer and Explanation:
The computations and the journal entries are as follows
A. Uncollectible account expense is
= Given percentage × total sales
= 1% × $1,152,000
= $11,520
The journal entry is
Uncollectable Expense Dr $11,520
To Allowance for doubtful accounts $11,520
(Being the uncollectible expense is recorded)
For recording this we debited the uncollectable expense as it increased the expenses and credited the allowance for doubtful debts as it decreased the assets
B. Uncollectible account expense is
= Given percentage × credit sales
= 1.5% × $1,152,000 × 75%
= $12,960
The journal entry is
Uncollectable Expense Dr $12,960
To Allowance for doubtful accounts $12,960
(Being the uncollectible expense is recorded)
For recording this we debited the uncollectable expense as it increased the expenses and credited the allowance for doubtful debts as it decreased the assets
C. Uncollectible account expense is
= Appropriate Allowance - credit balance of allowance for doubtful debts
= $12,000 - $2,184
= $9,816
The journal entry is
Uncollectable Expense Dr $9,816
To Allowance for doubtful accounts $9,816
(Being the uncollectible expense is recorded)
For recording this we debited the uncollectable expense as it increased the expenses and credited the allowance for doubtful debts as it decreased the assets
What is supply-side fiscal polioy? Identify each policy action as being focused on the demand side, the supply side, or both. Drag each item on the left to its matching item on the right. Note that every item may not have a match, while some items may have more than one match.
1. research grants for a corporation developing new technologies
2. government-funded scholarships for college students
both demand side supply side 3. stimulus packages for firms that are "too big to fail"
4. increasing spending on "shovel-ready" projects
5. lowering income tax rates at all income levels
Answer: Please refer to Explanation
Explanation:
Supply Side Fiscal Policy focuses on how to improve the ability of companies to supply more goods to the economy. The aim being that as companies supply more, they grow more and employ more people.
Demand Side Fiscal Policy on the other hand focuses on how to give more power to the Demand side of the Economy. It holds that increasing demand leads to increased supply which is good for the economy.
Classifying the above,
1. research grants for a corporation developing new technologies. SUPPLY SIDE.
This is aimed at increasing supply by improving the ways a company is able to produce it's goods and services.
2. government-funded scholarships for college students. SUPPLY SIDE.
This is supply side because it leads to more Colleges offering placement to students.
3. stimulus packages for firms that are "too big to fail". DEMAND SIDE.
Companies considered Too big to fail usually hire a lot of people. Keeping them running leads to them being able to pay off their employees which increases the demand in the economy.
4. increasing spending on "shovel-ready" projects. DEMAND SIDE.
Shovel Ready projects are those that are ready to be initiated. By increasing spending on them, they hire people immediately and begin work which increases the income flowing to people in the economy which increases demand.
5. lowering income tax rates at all income levels. BOTH.
By lowering income tax levels people are both able to spend more which increases demand as well as able to Invest more in companies which will increases supply.
Sunland Co. has the following transactions related to notes receivable during the last 2 months of the year. The company does not make entries to accrue interest except at December 31.
Nov. 1 Loaned $63,600 cash to C. Bohr on a 12-month, 9% note.
Dec. 11 Sold goods to K. R. Pine, Inc., receiving a $5,400, 90-day, 8% note.
16 Received a $14,400, 180-day, 6% note to settle an open account from A. Murdock.
31 Accrued interest revenue on all notes receivable.
Journalize the transactions for Sunland Co. (Omit cost of goods sold entries.) (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem. Use 360 days for calculation.)
Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit
Answer:
Nov. 1 Loaned $63,600 cash to C. Bohr on a 12-month, 9% note
Debit Notes receivable $63,600
Credit Cash $63,600
(To record notes receivable)
Debit Interest receivable $954
Credit Interest revenue $954
(To record accrued interest as at Dec 31)
Dec. 11 Sold goods to K. R. Pine, Inc., receiving a $5,400, 90-day, 8% note
Debit Notes receivable $5,400
Credit Cash $5,400
(To record notes receivable)
Debit Interest receivable $23
Credit Interest revenue $23
(To record accrued interest as at Dec 31)
16 Received a $14,400, 180-day, 6% note to settle an open account from A. Murdock
Debit Notes receivable $14,400
Credit Cash $14,400
(To record notes receivable)
Debit Interest receivable $34
Credit Interest revenue $34
(To record accrued interest as at Dec 31)
Explanation:
Note is a promissory note with a written promise made by the borrower to the lender (payee) to pay a certain, definite sum at a specified date.
Interest expense on the notes is calculated as: Principal x Interest Rate x Time
Nov. 1: In this case, the total interest revenue is: $63,600 x 9%/12 x 12 months = $5,724.
Interest expense as at December 31 is therefore $5,724 / 12 x 2 = $954.
Dec. 11: Total interest revenue is: $5,400 x 8%/12 x 3 months = $108.
Interest expense as at December 31 is therefore $108 / 90 days x 19 days = $23.
Dec. 16: Total interest revenue is: $14,400 x 6%/12 x 6 months = $432.
Interest expense as at December 31 is therefore $432 / 180 days x 14 days = $34.
A company purchased a 3-acre tract of land for a building site for $450,000. The company demolished the old building at a cost of $22,000, but was able to sell scrap from the building for $2,500. The cost of title transfer was $1,400 and attorney fees for reviewing the contract was $700. Property taxes paid were $8,000, of which $750 covered the period after the purchase date. The capitalized cost of the land is: Multiple Choice $345,350. $478,850. $480,350. $480,600.
Answer:
$478,850
Explanation:
The computation of capitalized cost of the land is shown below:-
Capitalized cost of the land = Purchase cost + Demolition of old building + Cost of Title insurance + Attorney fees + Property taxes paid - Scrap value of the building
= $450,000 + $22,000 + $1,400 + $700 + ($8,000 - $750) - $2,500
= $450,000 + $22,000 + $1,400 + $700 + $7,250 - $2,500
= $481,350 - $2,500
= $478,850
So, for computing the capitalized cost of the land we simply applied the above formula.
On August 1, 2007 the Dell Computer Corporation's stock closed trading at $ 27.76 per share while Apple Corporation's shares closed at $ 133.64. Does this mean that because Apple's stock price is roughly four times that of Dell's, Apple is the more valuable company? Interpret the prices for these two firms using the information found here:
(Most recent 12 months) Dell 2007 Apple 2007
Net Income ($ millions) $3,572 $3,130
Shares outstanding (millions) 2300 869.16
Earnings per share ($) $1.55 $3.60
Price per share (8/1/07) $27.76 $133.64
Price-to-earnings ratio (PE ratio) 17.91 37.11
Book value of common equity ($ millions) $4,129 $9,984
Book value per share ($) $1.80 $11.49
Market-to-book ratio 15.42 11.63
It appears that Apple enjoys a (lower or higher) price per share when compared to its 2007 earnings but a (lower or higher) price when compared to the book value of the firm's equity. The (higher or lower) market-to-book ratio for Apple reflects that fact that Apple has used a great deal (less or more) equity and (more or less) debt to finance its operations.
Answer: The answer is provided below
Explanation:
It appears that Apple enjoys a (higher) price per share when compared to its 2007 earnings but a (lower) price when compared to the book value of the firm's equity. The (lower) market-to-book ratio for Apple reflects the fact that Apple has used a great deal (more) equity and (less) debt to finance its operations.
Apple will enjoy a higher price per share because Apple Corporation's shares closed at $ 133.64 while Dell Computer Corporation's stock closed trading at $ 27.76 per share. Also, the lower market-to-book ratio for Apple of $11.63 compared to Dell's market to book ratio of $15.42 shows that Apple used more of equity and less debt for its business.
Moon Flower Cosmetics Company's executives are aware that their Asian customer base is interested in advanced skin care treatments beyond Moon Flower's traditional herbal and organic compounds. Moon Flower and a large American chemical company are in discussions to create a 50-50 partnership in a new firm, which would create skin care treatments based on innovative chemical formulations that would be marketed both in Asia and the United States. Beyond being a cross-border alliance, this partnership can be called a(n):_________
a. nonequity strategic alliance.
b. joint venture
c. horizontal complementary alliances
d. equity strategic allianc
Answer:
Letter b is correct. Joint venture.
Explanation:
The Joint Venture strategy can be defined as an economic association that occurs between two or more companies, whose objective is to carry out a certain activity during a limited period of time.
Joint Venture operations are commonly used for various organizational purposes, such as commercial, logistical, technological, etc., in addition to being a strategy that makes it possible to accelerate business by combining business resources.
It is necessary to know that in addition to the mutual benefits, the companies that adopt this strategy also share the same risks and costs, therefore planning is necessary so that the commercial association is profitable for both companies.
The given situation represent the partnership that we called as the joint venture.
The following information should be considered:
It means the association that should be created between two or more companies where the objectives are same and it is for the limited period. In this, there is the mutual benefits, risk, cost so could be born by the companies.Therefore we can conclude that The given situation represent the partnership that we called as the joint venture.
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Nate is investing in a partnership with David. Nate contributes as part of his initial investment, Accounts Receivable of $60,000; an Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $9,000; and $6,000 cash. The entry that the partnership makes to record Nate's initial contribution includes a______ a. debit to Allowance for Doubtful Accounts for $9,000 b. credit to Nate, Capital for $57,000 c. debit to Accounts Receivable for $51,000 d. credit to Nate, Capital for $66,000.
Answer:
b. credit to Nate, Capital for $57,000
Explanation:
Nate is investing in the business and All his investment will be recorded by the partners as follow
Dr. Receivable $60,000
Dr. Cash $6,000
Cr. Nate Capital Account $57,000
Cr. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $9,000
All the receivables are become the receivables of the business.
Cash is also added to the business cash.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts are also recorded against the receivable added.
Net effect of all the above account will be recorded as Capital investment
Answer:
CREDIT to Nate capital for $57000 ( B )
Explanation:
NATE contributions
accounts receivables = $60000
allowance for doubtful accounts = $9000 ( FOR DEBTORS )
cash = $6000
therefore the entry the partnership makes to record Nate's initial contribution includes = ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE + CASH - allowance for doubtful accounts
= 60000 + 6000 - 9000 = $57000
Rachael’s Restaurant, a fast-food restaurant company, operates a chain of restaurants across the nation. Each restaurant employs eight people; one is a manager paid a salary plus a bonus equal to 4 percent of sales. Other employees, two cooks, one dishwasher, and four servers, are paid salaries. Each manager is budgeted $3,000 per month for advertising costs.
Required: Classify each of the following costs incurred by Rachael's Restaurant as fixed, variable, or mixed:
a. Advertising costs relative to the number of customers for a particular restaurant.
b. Rental costs relative to the number of restaurants.
c. Cooks salaries at a particular location relative to the number of customers.
d. Cost of supplies (cups, plates, spoons, etc.) relative to the number of customers.
e. Manager's compensation relative to the number of customers.
f. Servers' salaries relative to the number of restaurants.
Answer:
a. Advertising costs relative to the number of customers for a particular restaurant. [Fixed]
b. Rental costs relative to the number of restaurants. [Variable]
c. Cooks salaries at a particular location relative to the number of customers. [Fixed]
d. Cost of supplies (cups, plates, spoons, etc.) relative to the number of customers. [Variable]
e. Manager's compensation relative to the number of customers. [Mixed]
f. Servers' salaries relative to the number of restaurants. [Variable]
Explanation:
On December 31, 2019, Spearmint, Inc., issued $450,000 of 9 percent, 3-year bonds for cash of $461,795. After recording the related entry, Bonds Payable had a balance of $450,000 and Premium on Bonds Payable had a balance of $11,795. Spearmint uses the straight-line bond amortization method. The first semiannual interest payment was made on June 30, 2020.
Required:
Complete the necessary journal entry for June 30, 2020.
Answer: Please refer to Explanation
Explanation:
June 30, 2020
DR Bond Interest Expense $18,284
DR Premium on Bonds Payable $1,966
CR Cash $20,250
(To record Payment of Bond Interest)
Workings
Cash
Semi Annual Payment of Interest means that the interest rate of 9% which is annual will be split into 2 to make it 4.5% to make it semi annual.
= 450,000 * 4.5%
= $20,250
Premium on Bonds Payable
The straight-line bond amortization method means that a Bond's Discount or Premium amount will be amortized in equal proportions for the duration of the bond's life.
Seeing as there are semi annual payments, the Premium will be amortized semi-annually.
There are 3 years so semi-annually would be,
= 3 * 2
= 6 periods.
Semi- Annual Bond Amortization for the premium is therefore,
= 11,795/6
= $1,966
Bond Interest Expense
= Cash - Premium on Bonds Payable
= 20,250 - 1,966
= $18,284
FX Services granted 15.5 million of its $1 par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within four years. The common shares have a market price of $8 per share on the grant date. Ignoring taxes, what is the effect on earnings in the year after the shares are granted to executives? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Answer:
$31 million
Explanation:
No of shares = 15.5 million
Market price per share on grant date = $8
Market value of common shares = 15.5 * 10⁶ * 8
= $124 million
No of years = 4
Cost per year = ($124 * 10⁶) / 4
= $31 million
Alt Corp. issues 5,000 shares of $10 par value common stock at $14 per share. When the transaction
is recorded, credits are made to:
a. Common Stock $50,000 and Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value $20,000.
b. Common Stock $70,000.
c. Common Stock $50,000 and Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value $20,000.
d. Common Stock $50,000 and Retained Earnings $20,000.
Answer:
c. Common Stock $50,000 and Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par Value $20,000.
Explanation:
The journal entry is shown below:
Cash $70,000 (5,000 shares × $14)
To Common stock $50,000 (5,000 shares × $10)
To Additional Paid in capital in excess of par value - Common stock $20,000 (5,000 shares × $4)
(Being the issuance of the common stock is recorded)
For recording this we debited the cash as it increased assets and at the same time it also increased the overall stockholder equity so common stock and the additional paid in capital for common stock is credited
Laura Bryant joined Kellogg's straight after university in 2002. She joined the Field Sales team initially. This involved visiting five to ten supermarkets a day to develop relationships at a local level. After two years her hard work was rewarded and she was promoted to Customer Marketing Manager at Head Office. This helped to raise her profile as she wanted to move into marketing. With support from her manager, Laura made the transition from Sales to Marketing as Assistant Brand Manager on Rice Krispies and Frosties. In 2009 she was promoted again to manage the marketing plan for Special K and she is now Brand Manager for Kellogg's Cornflakes. The company has helped motivate her to climb the hierarchy of needs and achieve her career ambitions.
A. Identify and explain the theory of motivation applied by the manager at Kellog’s company. Identify each level and support your answer from examples from the case.
B. Herzberg's motivational factors and Maslow's esteem and self-actualization needs are similar. Explain how organizations can meet these needs.
Answer:
(A)The theory applied by the manger is refereed to as the Vroom's expectancy. it was made to inspire Laura to perform better in her place of work, for this she was promoted duw to her performance and zeal to work.
(B) The motivational factors of Herzberg and Maslow's esteem and self actualization are very close.
Maslow's esteem and actualization focused on employee motivation towards work. while Herzberg motivational factor where more of recognition, achievement, prestige and status.
Explanation:
Solution
(A) The theory used by manager is called the Vroom’s expectancy m which was used to inspire Laura.
Laura put in a great amount of work towards developing her sales relationship which showed in desired output.
For this performance, she was promoted to the level of Customer Manager at Head Office. (Expectancy)
This made her move into marketing field though she was initially an assistant Brand Manager but later became the Brand Manager. (Instrumentality).
Her desire to move from Sales to marketing was possible in the end (Valence).
(B) The factors of Herzberg's motivation and Maslow's self-actualization and respect needs are considered very close.
The motivating factors initiated by Herzberg are job elements as responsibility, recognition, achievement, and growth. this was all centered on employee motivation and satisfaction
With regard to Maslow’s respect and self-actualization needs which focused on motivating employee into work. esteem needs centered on status, prestige,and recognition. Self-actualization is called an achievement that us supreme where a person or individual creates an impact that is seen as positive or beneficial to the society.
Shores Sports rents canoes and kayaks. Below is the adjusted trial balance at December 31.
Debit Credit
Cash 1,500
Accounts Receivable 2,000
Interest Receivable 100
Prepaid Insurance 1,600
Notes Receivable (Long-Term) 2,800
Equipment 15,000
Accumulated Depreciation 3,000
Accounts Payable 2,400
Accrued Expenses Payable 3,920
Income Taxes Payable 2,700
Unearned Rent Fees 500
Common Stock 7,700
Dividends 2,000
Rental Revenue 37,000
Service Revenue 1,300
Wages Expense 19,000
Depreciation Expense 1,800
Utilities Expense 320
Insurance Expense 700
Maintenance Expense 9,000
Income Tax Expense 2,700
58,520 58,520
The entry required to close the revenue and expense accounts at the end of the period includes a:
a) credit to Retained Earnings for $4,780.
b) credit to Retained Earnings for $38,300.
c) debit to Retained Earnings for $4,780.
d) debit to Retained Earnings for $38,300.
Answer:
A) credit to Retained Earnings for $4,780.
Explanation:
Temporary accounts (includes all revenues and expenses) must be closed against the income summary account. Then the income summary account is closed against retained earnings, and depending on whether the company made a profit or not, the retained earnings account will be debited or credited.
In this case, the net income after taxes is $4,780, so that means that retained earnings will increase (should be credited), so the closing journal entry should be:
Dr Income summary 4,780
Cr Retained earnings 4,780
Rental Revenue 37,000
Service Revenue 1,300
Wages Expense (19,000 )
Depreciation Expense (1,800 )
Utilities Expense (320 )
Insurance Expense (700 )
Maintenance Expense (9,000 )
Income Tax Expense (2,700)
net income after taxes $4,780
For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the prepaid asset account at December 31.
Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals.
Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal.
Step 3: Record the December 31 adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2.
Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.
a. Prepaid Insurance. The Prepaid Insurance account has a $4,700 debit balance to start the year. A re- view of insurance policies and payments shows that $900 of unexpired insurance remains at year-end.
b. Prepaid Insurance. The Prepaid Insurance account has a $5,890 debit balance at the start of the year. A review of insurance policies and payments shows $1,040 of insurance has expired by year-end.
c. Prepaid Rent. On September 1 of the current year, the company prepaid $24,000 for 2 years of rent for facilities being occupied that day. The company debited Prepaid Rent and credited Cash for $24,000.
Answer:
a. Prepaid Insurance. The Prepaid Insurance account has a $4,700 debit balance to start the year. A re- view of insurance policies and payments shows that $900 of unexpired insurance remains at year-end.
Step 1: $4,700 debit balance
Step 2: $900 debit balance
Step 3: $4,700 - $900 = $3,800
Dr Insurance expense 3,800
Cr Prepaid insurance 3,800
b. Prepaid Insurance. The Prepaid Insurance account has a $5,890 debit balance at the start of the year. A review of insurance policies and payments shows $1,040 of insurance has expired by year-end.
Step 1: $5,890 debit balance
Step 2: $4,850 debit balance (= $5,890 - $1,040)
Step 3: $1,040
Dr Insurance expense 1,040
Cr Prepaid insurance 1,040
c. Prepaid Rent. On September 1 of the current year, the company prepaid $24,000 for 2 years of rent for facilities being occupied that day. The company debited Prepaid Rent and credited Cash for $24,000.
Step 1: $24,000 debit balance
Step 2: $20,000 debit balance (= $24,000 - $4,000)
Step 3: ($24,000/24) x 4 = $4,000
Dr Rent expense 4,000
Cr Prepaid rent 4,000
Porter Resources Company acquired a tract of land containing an extractable natural resource. Porter is required by its purchase contract to restore the land to a condition suitable for recreational use after it has extracted the natural resource. Geological surveys estimate that the recoverable reserves will be 2,000,000 tons, and that the land will have a value of $1,000,000 after restoration. Relevant cost information follows:
Land $7,500,000
Estimated restoration costs 1,500,000
If Porter maintains no inventories of extracted material, what should be the charge to depletion expense per ton of extracted material?
Answer:
A. $4
Explanation:
The computation of amount of depletion per ton is shown below:-
Depletion per ton = (Acquisition cost of land + Estimated restoration costs- Salvage value) ÷ Tons of recoverable reserves
= ($7,500,000 + $1,500,000 - $1,000,000) ÷ 2,000,000 tons
= (9,000,000 - $1,000,000) ÷ 2,000,000 tons
= $8,000,000 ÷ 2,000,000 tons
= $4
Therefore for computing the depletion per ton we simply applied the above formula.
A number of business transactions carried out by Smalling Manufacturing Company are as follows.
a. Borrowed money from a bank.
b. Sold land for cash at a price equal to its cost.
c. Paid a liability.
d. Returned for credit some of the office equipment previously purchased on credit but not yet paid for. (Treat this the opposite of a transaction in which you purchased office equipment on credit.)
e. Sold land for cash at a price in excess of cost. (Hint: The difference between cost and sales price represents a gain that will be in the company’s income statement.)
f. Purchased a computer on credit.
g. The owner invested cash in the business.
h. Purchased office equipment for cash.
i. Collected an account receivable.
Required:
1. Indicate the effects of each of these transactions on the total amounts of the company's assets, liabilities, and owner's equity.
Answer and Explanation:
The indications of the effect of each of following transactions are as follows
Particulars Assets Liabilities Stockholder equity
a. Borrowed
money from bank Increase Decrease No effect
b. Sold land for Cash increase No effect No effect
cash at Land decrease
a price equal
to its cost
c. Paid a liability Decrease Decrease No effect
d. Returned for credit Decrease Decrease No effect
some of the office
equipment previously
purchased on credit
but not yet paid for
e. Sold land for cash at Cash increase No effect Increase as Gain
a price in excess of cost Land decrease
f. Purchased a computer Increase Increase No effect
on credit
g. The owner invested
cash in the business Increase No effect Increase
h. Purchased office Increase in office No effect No effect
equipment for cash Decrease in cash
g. Collected an Increase in cash No effect No effect
account receivable Decrease in account
receivable
Recording Journal Entries
Nathanson Corporation was organized on May 1. The following events occurred during the first month.
A. Received $68,000 cash from the five investors who organized Nathanson Corporation. Each investor received 101 shares of $10 par value common stock.
B. Ordered store fixtures costing $12,000.
C. Borrowed $20,000 cash and signed a note due in two years.
D. Purchased $17,000 of equipment, paying $1,900 in cash and signing a six-month note for the balance.
E. Lent $1,400 to an employee who signed a note to repay the loan in three months.
F. Received and paid for the store fixtures ordered in (b).
Prepare journal entries for each transaction.
Answer:
A.
Cash $68,000 (debit)
Common Stock $68,000 (credit)
B.
Store fixtures $12,000 (debit)
Payable $12,000 (credit)
C.
Cash $20,000 (debit)
Note Payable $20,000 (debit)
D.
Equipment $17,000 (debit)
Cash $1,900 (credit)
Note Payable $15,100 (credit)
E.
Note Receivable $1,400 (debit)
Cash $1,400 (credit)
F.
Payable $12,000 (debit)
Cash $12,000 (credit)
Explanation:
A.
Recognize Cash and Recognize Equity - Common Stock
B.
Recognize Store fixtures and recognize a liability - Payable
C.
Recognize Cash - Asset and a Liability - Note Payable
D.
Recognize Equipment - Asset , Recognize Liability - Note Payable and de-recognize the Asset - Cash
E.
De-recognize Cash and Recognize the Asset - Note Receivable
F.
De-recognize the Liability - Payable and de-recognize the Asset Cash
Rush Industries, Inc. builds parts for large automated heavy equipment. The Vice President for Marketing has determined that sales are dwindling for the firm's products because of aggressive pricing by competitors. Rush Industries sells the product for $775 whereas the competition's comparable part is selling in the $650 range. The VP for Marketing has determined that a price drop to $625 is necessary to regain market share and annual sales of 1,200 units. Data based on sales of 1,200 units is as follows:
Budgeted Amount Actual Amount Cost
Direct materials (sheet metal) 8,000 sq.ft. 10,000 sq.ft. $9.66 per sq.ft.
Direct labor 4,800 hrs. 5,000 hrs. $33.60 per hour
Machine setups 2,600 hrs. 2,800 hrs. $42.00 per hour
Mechanical assembly 3,200 hrs. 3,600 hrs. $34.00 per hour
Required:
1. The current cost per unit is ___________.
Answer:
The current cost per unit is $ 420.50
Explanation:
The current cost per unit is synonymous with the actual cost per unit which is determined by summing up all costs incurred in actual sense and dividing by the sales volume of 1,200 units
direct materials =10,000*$9.66=$ 96,600
direct labor=5,000*$33.60 =$ 168,000
machine set-ups=2,800*$42 =$ 117,600
mechanical assembly=3,600*$34=$122,400
total actual costs =$ 504,600
cost per unit=total costs/sales volume=$ 504,600/1200=$ 420.50
Using budgeted figures would only give us budgeted cost per unit
Clipper Company sells two types of nail clippers. One focuses on the economy oriented customer and the other aims to satisfy the high-end clientele. The economy clipper costs $5 and has a sales price of $9. The high-end model costs $9 and sales for $15. Fixed costs associated with this product line amount to $35,880. Economy clippers constitute 70 percent of the market with the remaining 30 percent being high-end clippers. Based on this information what is the total number of clippers that must be sold to earn a $12,420 profit
Answer:
10,500
Explanation:
As per the given question the solution of the total number of clippers is provided below:-
Here we will assume the sales = x
((Economy clippers × Sales price) - (Economy clippers × Economy clipper cost)) + ((Remaining percentage × Sales) - (Remaining percentage × High end model cost) - Fixedd cost = Profit
= ((0.70x × $9) - (0.70x × $5)) + ((0.30x × $15) - (0.30x × $9)) - $35,880 = $12,420
= (6.3x - 3.5x) + (4.5x - 2.7x) = $35,880 + $12,420
= (2.8x + $1.8x) = $48,300
= 4.6x = $48300
x = $48,300 ÷ 4.6
x = $10,500
So, the total number of clippers that must be sold to earn a $12,420 profit = 10,500 clippers
Economy clippers is 70% of the market = 10,500 × 70%
= 7,350 clipper
High-end clippers is 30% of the market = 10500 × 30%
= 3,150 clipper
So, the total number of clippers = 7,350 clipper + 3,150 clipper
= 10,500 clippers
Therefore by using the above formula we simply solve the total number of clippers.
Takei Company's payroll for the week ending January 15 amounted to $367,000 for salaries and wages. None of the employees has reached the earnings limits specified for federal or state employer payroll taxes. The following deductions were withheld from employees' salaries and wages:
Federal Income Tax $75,000
State Income Tax 13,500
FICA Taxes 28,075
Union Dues 4,100
United Fund Contributions 2,700
Federal unemployment tax (FUTA) rate is 6.2% less a credit equal to the rate paid for state unemployment taxes. The state unemployment tax (SUTA) rate is 5.4%.
Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry to record the weekly payroll ending January 15 and also the employer's payroll tax expense on the payroll.
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The Gecko Company and the Gordon Company are two firms whose business risk is the same but that have different dividend policies. Gecko pays no dividend, whereas Gordon has an expected dividend yield of 5 percent. Suppose the capital gains tax rate is zero, whereas the income tax rate is 25 percent. Gecko has an expected earnings growth rate of 8 percent annually, and its stock price is expected to grow at this same rate.Required:If the aftertax expected returns on the two stocks are equal (because they are in the same risk class), what is the pretax required return on Gordon’s stock? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 2 decimal places (e.g., 32.16).)Pretax return %
Answer:
10.67%
Explanation:
Gecko Company
Gecko = Expected Earnings growth rate = 8% annually
As there are no Capital gains tax, thus after Tax returns = Pretax returns
= 8%
Expected Dividend yield of Gordon = 5%
After tax returns = 5(1-.25)
=5(0.75)
= 3.75%
Assuming the pay out ratio = 100%
Gordon’s required pretax return = 8/ (1-.25)
=8/0.75
= 10.67%
At pretax return of 10.67% on Gordon the after tax returns on both the stocks are equal.
Environmental recovery company RexChem Partners plans to finance a site reclamation project that will require a 4-year cleanup period. If the company borrows $4.1 million now, how much will the company have to get at the end of each quarter in order to earn 15% per year, compounded weekly on its investment?
Answer:
728,839.57883 per quarter.
Explanation:
1. Effective Annual Rate = 10%
Effective rate continuously compounded = eln(1+r) - 1
ln(1.1) = 0.09531018
Montly rate = 0.09531018/12 = 0.07942515
e0.07942515 -1 = 0.00797414
Hence, monthly continuous rate =
0.797414%
2. Effective Quarterly rate
= (1+(Rate per year/52))Number of weeks
=(1+Rate per quarter)4,
(1+(0.15/52))208=(1+r)4,
r = 16.1583394% per quarter
Now, using the PMT function in excel,
=PMT(16.1583394%,16,-4100000)
728,839.57883
per quarter
Therefore In order to earn 15% per year compounded weekly on its investment at the end of each quarter, the company will have to get $728,839.57883
Sage Company is operating at 90% of capacity and is currently purchasing a part used in its manufacturing operations for $14.00 per unit. The unit cost for the business to make the part is $20.00, including fixed costs, and $12.00, not including fixed costs. If 38,493 units of the part are normally purchased during the year but could be manufactured using unused capacity, the amount of differential cost increase or decrease from making the part rather than purchasing it would be a
Answer:
The correct answer to the following question will be "$76,986".
Explanation:
Although the organization is reportedly going to pay $14.00 per unit, even before manufactured throughout the corporation, cost and save per unit will become the variation among current value as well as production costs without set rate. The cost of operating expenses will not be included to measure the gain because the idle resources of the company would be included and would not raise the fixed costs.
Therefore the cost differential would be as follows:
⇒ [tex]Differential \ cost = (Current \ purchasing \ price-Manufacturing \ cost \ excluding \ fixed \ cost)\times 38,493[/tex]On putting the values in the above formula, we get
⇒ [tex]=(14-12)\times 38,493[/tex]
⇒ [tex]=2\times 38,493[/tex]
⇒ [tex]=76,986[/tex]
We are evaluating a project that costs $735,200, has an eight-year life, and has no salvage value. Assume that depreciation is straight-line to zero over the life of the project. Sales are projected at 80,000 units per year. Price per unit is $48, variable cost per unit is $33, and fixed costs are $730,000 per year. The tax rate is 22 percent, and we require a return of 12 percent on this project. Suppose the projections given for price, quantity, variable costs, and fixed costs are all accurate to within ±15 percent.(a-1) Calculate the accounting break-even point. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)(a-2) What is the degree of operating leverage at the accounting break-even point? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 3 decimal places, e.g., 32.161.)(b-1) Calculate the base-case cash flow and NPV. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your cash flow answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32. Round your NPV answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)(b-2) What is the sensitivity of NPV to changes in the quantity sold? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)(c) What is the sensitivity of OCF to changes in the variable cost figure? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32. )
Answer:
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Explanation:
Dermody Snow Removal's cost formula for its vehicle operating cost is $2,900 per month plus $320 per snow-day. For the month of December, the company planned for activity of 15 snow-days, but the actual level of activity was 13 snow-days. The actual vehicle operating cost for the month was $7,980. The spending variance for vehicle operating cost in December would be closest to:
a. $280 U
b. $280 F
c. $920 U
d. $920 F
Answer:
$920 U
Explanation:
Spending variance for vehicle operating cost = Flexible budget-actual
= (320*13+2900)-7980
=(4160+2900)-7980
=$920 U
Spending variance for vehicle operating cost = $920 U
Sunland Sports sells volleyball kits that it purchases from a sports equipment distributor. The following static budget based on sales of 1,940 kits was prepared for the year. Fixed operating expenses account for 78% of total operating expenses at this level of sales.
Sales $ 97,000
Cost of goods sold (all variable) 58,200
Gross margin 38,800
Operating expenses 33,950
Operating income $ 4,850
Assume that during the year Sunland Sports actually sold 2,037 volleyball kits during the year at a price of $47 per kit.
Required:
1. Calculate the sales price variance.
Answer:
$6,111 unfavorable variance
Explanation:
The budgeted sales price can be determined by dividing budgeted sales of $97,000 by the budgeted sales volume of 1,940 kits i.e $50 ($97,000/1940)
However,2037 volleyball kits were sold for $47 each instead of the planned $50 per kit.
sales price variance=(actual sales volume*actual sales price)*(budgeted sales price*actual sales volume)
actual sales volume is 2037
actual sales price is $47
budgeted sales price is $50
sales price variance=($47*2037)-($50*2037)=$-6111
Kiano, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, manufactures PDAs (P), wireless handsets (H), and blackberrys (B). They have a limited supply of common parts---ethernet card (450 in inventory), antenna (250 in inventory), chipset (800 in inventory), battery/power supply (450 in inventory), LCD screen (600 in inventory)---that these products use. A PDA requites an ethernet card, 2 chipsets, a power supply, and 2 LCD screens. A wireless handset requires an ethernet card, an antenna, 2 chipsets, a power supply, and a LCD screen. A blackberry requires a chipset and a LCD screen. The profit on PDAs is $80, the profit on wireless handsets is $60, and the profit on blackberrys is $35. The following is a linear programming formulation of the problem.
Let
P = Number of PDAs produced
H = Number of wireless handsets produced
B = Number of blackberrys produced
We may write model for this problem as follows.
Maximize 80P + 60H + 35B
subject to:
(ethernet card constraint) P + H ? 450
(antenna constraint constraint) H ? 250
(chipset constraint) 2P + 2H + B ? 800
(power supply constraint) P + H ? 450
(LCD screen constraint) 2P + H + B ? 600
(non-negativity) P, H, B ? 0.
Implement the above model in Solver and make sure to choose Simplex as the solving method and to choose the option "Make Unconstrained Variables non-negative"---do not explicitly put in the non-negativity constraints in the model and using the sensitivity report only
answer the questions below:
a. Does the solution change if only 425 ethernet cards are available?
b. Is it profitable to produce Blackberrys? If not, by how much should the profit margin on Blackberrys be increased to make it profitable to produce Blackberrys?
c. Because of a change in production technology the profit margin on handsets has increased to $70. Should the production plan of Kiano change? What is their new profit?
d. 50 chipsets were found to be defective, making the number of available chipsets 750. What will the profit be in this situation?
e. Another supplier is willing to sell LCD screens to Kiano. However their prices for a LCD screen are $20 higher than what Kiano pays it's regular supplier. Should Kiano go ahead and purchase these electronic units? If yes, at most how many units should they purchase.
f. Kiano is considering introducing a new product (called the Revolutionary Communicator) that combines the wireless handset and PDA. This product uses an ethernet card, an antenna, 2 chipsets, 1 power supply, and 2 LCD screens, and is expected to make a profit of $100. Should Kiano produce the Revolutionary Communicator? Why or Why not?
Answer:
Explanation:
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a. Two years ago your firm took out a 30- year amortizing loan to purchase a small office building. The loan has a 4.80% APR with monthly payments of $2623.33.
i. How much do you owe on the loan today? (4 points)
ii. How much interest did the firm pay on the loan in the past year? (5 points)
iii. Suppose starting next year (fourth year) the loan rate jumps to 7.2% APR. What is the remaining balance? What will be the monthly payment? (6 points)
Answer:
i. How much do you owe on the loan today?
remaining principal balance = $484,331.31ii. How much interest did the firm pay on the loan in the past year?
during year 2, $23,458 was paid in interests ($28,833.33 was paid in interest during year 1).iii. Suppose starting next year (fourth year) the loan rate jumps to 7.2% APR. What is the remaining balance? What will be the monthly payment?
the remaining balance at the beginning of year 4 is $475,916the new monthly payment will be $3,375.72Explanation:
I prepared two amortization schedules using an excel spreadsheet. The principal on the loan was $500,000. The first one has a fixed 4.8% APR for the whole 30 years. In the second one, the APR changes to 7.2% at the beginning of year 4.
Training is a way for employers to provide To enable employees to protect themselves and other injuries
The question is incomplete. Here is the complete question
Training is a way for employers to provide _______ to enable employees protect themselves and others from injuries
(a) Idea
(b) Tools
(c) Interaction
(d) Money
Answer:
Interaction
Explanation:
It is necessary for employers to organise training programs with employees that are exposed to various hazards in the workplace. Training helps to provide a form of interaction between both employers and employees, it enables them to discuss on ways to counters different accidents that might happen when working.
Training enables the employees to express their view on areas that they are not completely sure of, it is now left for the employers to hire a professional to train each employees on the rules and guidelines to follow inorder to prevent any form of accident.
Discuss the different roles played by the qualitative and quantitative approaches to managerial decision making. Why is it important for a manager or decision maker to have a good understanding of both of these approaches to decision making? Give an example of when the qualitative approach might be more appropriate and another example of when the quantitative approach might be more appropriate.
Explanation:
Regarding the management decision-making process, there are two different approaches that the manager must know and know how to use in certain situations.
The qualitative approach is one that is based on experimental knowledge of various factors involved in decision making, such as interpersonal connections that occur in the work environment, in this approach it is necessary that the manager has an intuition and accurate perception of the organization as a whole before making an important decision
The quantitative approach is one that uses mathematical statistics for decision making, generally works best for solving measurable problems, and for this reason can be used by a manager without much direct experience.
The qualitative approach may be more appropriate in a situation where a manager needs to solve problems related to situations of conflict between organizational departments, because in this scenario it is necessary to have knowledge of factors that generate the complex interaction between people.
The quantitative approach can be more useful in a scenario where it needs to analyze which are the most profitable departments in the organization and what is the probability of each department generating profits in the company, because in this case accounting data are used to support decision making.