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    ABC, variable, overhead cost allocations

    1. Information for Gifford, Inc., as of December 31 follow: Administrative salaries-----------------------$35,000 Dpreciation of factory equipment------------25,000 Depreciation of delivery vehicles--------------6,000 Direct labor----------------------------------------68,000 Factory supplied u

    Accounting - 20 Multiple Choice

    Question 1 Trademarks or trade names must be renewed every 40 years can be considered intangibles with indefinite lives are developed internally and thus should not have any related costs capitalized and amortized are synonymous with internally developed goodwill Question

    Inventory, Income Tax, Cash Flows, Allowance Accounts

    P 3-8 The Ferdon Company uses a periodic inventory system. The following is partial information from its income statements for 2007 and 2008: 2007 2008 Beginning inventory $(2) $(4) Sales 220,000 (6) Purchases 118,000 140,000 Purchases returns 2,000 3,000 Ending Inventory 48,000 74,000 Sales retur

    Growth, terminal value, annual withdrawals, tax impact

    This problem uses a tax deferred 401(k) pension plan as the basis for considering the choice among different types of mutual funds. 1. This first question illustrates the large amount to which a modest amount will grow over an extended time period. Bozena's contribution $1,600 Company's match 800

    Random Accounting Questions

    See attached file for clarity. 1. All of the following are true regarding journal entries except: A. Journal entries show the effects of transactions. B. Journal entries provide account balances. C. The debited account titles are listed first. D. Each journal entry should begin with a date. 2. Marvin's Art Inc. purchas

    Accounting F-7

    ** Please see the attached file for the complete problem description ** Brurien,Inc., operates a retail store with two departments, A and B. Its departmental income statement for the current year follows: (please see the attachment F-7-1) Burien allocates building depreciation, maintenance, and utilities on the basis of sq

    Preparing a Manufacturing Statement

    *Please look at the attachment!!!! *Please describe how to calculated!! Information for Gifford, Inc., as of December 31 follows: (see attachment) Prepare a manufacturing statement for the yea ended December 31. Administrative Salaries $35,000 Depreciation of Factory Equipment $25,000 Depreciation of Delivery

    Physical Flow Schedule and Computing Cost

    1. Medi Syrup is a large cough syrup producer. The cough syrup passes through several stages during production. In department B, the following activity was recorded for October. - Beginning work-in-process on October 1 was 40,000 gallons. - 20,000 gallons were started into production in department B during the month. - 55,000

    Durocher Guitar Cash Flow Reporting

    Durocher Guitar Company is in the business of manufacturing top quality, steel-string folk guitars. In recent years the company has experienced working capital problems resulting from the procurement of factory equipment, the unanticipated buildup of receivables and inventories, and the payoff of a balloon mortgage on a new manu

    Cost Accounting

    37) Gottberg Mugs is planning to sell 2,000 mugs and produce 2,200 mugs during April. Each mug requires 2 pounds of resin and a half hour of direct labor. Resin costs $1 per pound and employees of the company are paid $12.50 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 120% of direct labor costs. Gottberg has 2,000 p

    Accounting for Minnetonka Corporation

    The Minnetonka Corporation, which produces and sells to wholesalers a highly successful line of water skis, has decided to diversify to stabilize sales throughout the year. The company is considering the production of cross-country skis. After considerable research, a cross-country ski line has been developed. Because of the

    Cost classification in an accounting problem

    Please describe how to calculate the following variables. Ringle Company is manufacture of compact disks (CD). Place each of the following costs in the appropriate column. cost item Period cost Direct materials Direct labor Factory overhead a. Factory maintenance salarly , $40000 b. Salary of factory supervisor, $700

    Management Accounting - Morisot Manufacturing Ltd

    Morisot Manufacturing Ltd. uses a normal job order costing system. Selected account information and balances for the year ended December 31, 2009 are: January 1, 2009 December 31, 2009 Finished Goods

    Partnership Basis of Assets

    1. Partner Jordan received a distribution of $80,000 cash from JKL Partnership in complete liquidation of his partnership interest. If Jordan's outside basis immediately before the distribution was $90,000, and if the partnership has made (and not revoked) a 754 election in a prior year, which of the following statements if tr

    S Corporation Accounting Problems

    1. During 2009, Shirley Nutt, the sole shareholder of a calendar year S corporation, received a distribution of $16,000. On December 31, 2008, her stock basis was $4,000. The corporation earned $11,000 ordinaty income during the year. It has no accumulated E &P. which statement is correct? a. Nutt recognizes a $1,000 LTCG b.

    Management Accounting: Kraken Ltd.

    Kraken Ltd. had a balance of $70,275 in work in progress on January 1st, represented by the following two jobs: Job Number 207 Direct Materials $8,400 Direct Labor $15,300 Job Number 244 Direct Materials $9,000 Direct Labor $7,200 Total Direct Materials $17,400 Total Direct Labor $22,500 At December 31st only o

    Management Accounting for Virtual Accounting

    Monet Creations Ltd. suffered a fire that destroyed virtually the entire inventory on hand in the warehouse. The fire had also spread to the administration building where much of the accounting records were destroyed. The only information that could be pieced together from some of the computer files follows: Cost of Goods Sol

    Management Accounting Problems

    Latrec Ltd. uses a process costing system and reported an opening work in process inventory of 8,500 physical units (65% complete with respect to conversion). During the period 12,500 units were started. Ending work in process inventory was 50% complete for conversion with 4,000 physical units. All direct materials are added at

    Analysis to figure out if I should make or buy

    Knox Manufacturing incurs unit costs of $15 ($9 variable and $6 fixed) in making a subassembly part for its finished product. A supplier offers to make 10,000 of the assembly part at $11 per unit. If the offer is accepted, all variable costs and $1 of fixed costs per unit will be saved. Instructions (a) Prepare an analysis

    Estates, Trusts and Gifts Tax Problems

    1. Horton dies in 2009, leaving a taxable estate of $3.7 million. In 2002, he made a taxable gift of $100,000 upon which he paid no tax due to the availability of the unified tax credit. Calculate the estate tax due. 2. In June 2009, Roy died in an auto accident while vacationing in Montana. Discuss the tax ramifications o

    Outside Supplier Financials, Operating income, Overhead

    See attached file for complete problems. 2. Is the offer from the outside supplier financially attractive? Why? 3. a) Prepare a report that shows the effect on the company's total net operating income of buying part A55 from the supplier rather than continuing to make it inside the company. b) Which alternative should

    Income statement

    The E-Company manufactures trendy, high-quality moderately priced watches that it sells on the Internet. As the company's senior financial analyst, you are asked to analyze the overall profitability for the current year. The CFO has heard that there are two different approaches for preparing income statement. You are asked to s

    Billy Corporation

    Billy Corporation is a multi-divisional company whose managers have been delegated full profit responsibility and complete autonomy to accept or reject transfers from other divisions. Division X produces 2,000 units of a subassembly that has a ready market. One of these subassemblies is currently used by Division Y for each fina

    Houston Company: Absorption and Variable Costing Net Income

    Houston Company has per-unit fixed and variable manufacturing costs of $40 and $15, respectively. Variable selling and administrative costs are $9 per unit. Consider the two independent cases that follow for the firm. Case A: Variable-costing net income, $110,000; sales, 6,000 units; production, 6,000 units Case B: Variable-c

    Answer the following questions

    1.At 12/31/2006, the financial statements of Dollar Market included the following numbers: Beginning inventory $100,000 Ending inventory 80,000 Cost of goods sold 270,000 Sales revenue 540,000 The company's inventory turnover ratio for the year is a. 2 b. 2.7 c. 3 d. 6 2. Credits

    Variable, Semivariable, and Fixed Costs

    1. A-1 Corporation extracts ore for eight different companies in Colorado. The firm anticipates variable cost for $65 per ton along with annual fixed overhead of $840,000, which is incurred evenly throughout the year. These costs exclude the following semivariable costs, which are expected to total the amounts shown for the hig