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    Accounting Cost Allocation Process

    Cost Allocation Process Apex Company's Copy Department, which does almost all of the photocopying for the Sales Department and the Administrative Department, budgets the following costs for the year, based on the expected activity of 6,000,000 copies: Salaries (fixed) $94,300 Employee benefits (fixed) 15,400 Depreciati

    Fundamental Accounting Principles: Job Order Cost Accounting

    The predetermined overhead allocation rate for Forsythe, Inc., is based on estimated direct labor costs of $400000 and estimated factory overhead of $500000. Actual costs incurred were: Direct materials $250000 Direct labor $410000 Indirect materials $55000 Indirect labor

    How Banks Can Reduce the Duration of Their Asset Portfolio

    One way that banks can reduce the duration of their asset portfolios is through the use of: Choose one answer. a. fixed rate mortgages. b. adjustable rate mortgages. c. certificates of deposit d. short-term borrowing. e. none of the above.

    Leverage to Calculate Assets/Equity

    Please help explain the following: A leverage of 1.81 means that: (Assume leverage is calculated as Assets/Equity) 1. Assets are funded with 81% debt. 2. Assets are funded with 81% equity. 3. $1.81 of assets is funded with $1.00 of debt and $0.81 of equity. 4. $1.81 of assets is funded with $1.00 of equity and $0.81 of deb

    Taxes

    P11-3B John's Drug Store has four employees who are paid on an hourly basis plus time-and-a-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours a week. Payroll data for the week ended February 15, 2010, are presented below: Employees: Hours Worked: Hourly Rate: Fed Inc Tax Withholdings: United Fund: T

    Sources of Evidence of CPA

    What are the sources of evidence a CPA uses in judging whether there is sufficient authoritative support for applying an accounting principal to a transaction or set of transactions recorded in a client's books?

    Determine the minimum transfer price

    The heating division of the ITA international produces a heating element that it sells to its customers for $42 per unit. Its variable cost per unit is $19, and its fixed cost per unit is $10. Top management of ITA International would like the Heating Division to transfer 15,000 heating units to another division within the compa

    Tax Issues Identified

    Identify the tax issue or issues suggested by the following situations and state each issue in the form of a question.(need two questions for each situation) 1.Guenther is researching a tax issue involving the deductibility of costs to remodel an office building. He has found several authorities permitting such costs to be de

    Citing a Tax Appeal Case

    Find a 2006 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision involving Roger L. Watkins and answer the following questions: a.What is the complete citation to the case? b.What is the citation to the original trial court decision to which this appeal relates? c.In your own words, explain the basic tax issues addressed in the case.

    Applications of Accounting Concepts: Match concept to action

    An accountant for a company makes the assumptions or performs the activities listed below. Match which of the following concepts of accrual accounting most directly relates to each assumption or action: a) Periodicity b) Going concern c) Matching rule d) Revenue recognition e) Deferral f) Accrual 1. In estimating the

    Activity-based costing..

    Which of the following statements is correct? A) Traditional costing systems allocate both manufacturing costs and non-manufacturing costs B) Activity-based costing systems allocate only manufacturing costs C) Activity-based costing systems allocate both manufacturing costs and non-manufacturing costs D) Traditional costin

    Increase in Production Accounting

    A 15% increase in production will result in: A) a 15% increase in the variable cost per unit B) a 15% increase in total mixed costs C) a 15% increase in total manufacturing costs D) a 15% decrease in total variable costs E) none of the above.

    Review organization and its applicability for Activity Based Costing (ABC).

    In this module, we are going to review your organization and its applicability for Activity Based Costing (ABC). Identify a product or service in your organization that could use ABC. You can also use this technique for selling and administrative costs. Then identify at least two activities for ABC and the appropriate cost dri

    Gift Tax Consequences

    One of your clients, David, has been trying to convince his mother, Lorinda, to give him a tract of undeveloped land. Lorinda is willing to make the gift, but she is uncertain about the tax consequences involved. In any event, she wants David to pay any gift tax that would result. The land was purchased by Lorinda

    Question about Variance calculations

    Part A Rapache Clothiers is a small company that manufactures tall-men's suits. The company has used a standard cost system. In May 2008, 11,200 suits were produced. The following standard and actual cost data applied to the month of May when normal capacity was 14,000 direct labor hours. All materials purchased were used.

    Discuss four Accounting Regulatory Bodies, and organization's compliance.

    Write a paper in which you examine at least four accounting regulatory bodies and discuss how an organization complies with the standards of the regulatory bodies you selected. This must be completed using original work. Cite at least two references. Format your paper according to APA standards.

    Residual operating income

    The Coca-Cola Company reported an after-tax profit margin of 20.0 percent on its sales of $24,088 million in 2006. It also reported $102 million of other core income, mainly from equity investments in its bottling companies. Further analysis of its financial statements reveals an asset turnover (on net operating assets) of 1.32.

    Net Operating Assets

    A firm reports $3,721 million of net operating assets and %560 million of net financial obligations at the end of 2008. Its 105 million shares outstanding trade at $53 each. You expect its current core RNOA of 18.6 percent to continue at the same level in the future and also expect net operating assets to grow at 4 percent per y

    Present Value of a Corporate Bond

    Calculate the change in present value or price of an 8% (20 year) corporate bond given an increase in rate of inflation from 4% to 5%. Use a face value of $100 for your calculations.

    Standard Cost System/Overhead Variances

    Study Appendix 13 The Winnipeg Chemical Company uses flexible budgets and a standard cost system. ? Direct-labor costs incurred, 12,000 hours, $150,000 ? Variable-overhead costs incurred, $37,000 ? Fixed-overhead flexible-budget variance, $1,600, favorable ? Finished units produced, 1,800 ? Fixed-overhead costs incur

    Should the factory produce simple of premium cola?

    A factory processes raw honey into syrup and "simple" cola. A batch consists of 10,000 gallons of honey, costing $7,000. Processing costs are $40,000, and results in 8,000 gallons of syrup and 2,000 gallons of "simple" cola. Raw material and processing costs are allocated to the two products (Syrup and "Simple" Co

    Planning an Event from an Accounting Perspective

    We are planning a fundraiser. We plan to charge $15 per ticket. We can rent a facility for $300. Catered food will cost of $4 per meal, plus $100 for setting up the equipment. A band would be hired to play for $200 plus 5% of the "gate" (gross ticket sales). The fundraiser would like to net at least $4,000 from th

    Provide some examples of accounting estimates

    1-Provide some examples of accounting estimates. What is the "preferred" approach for changes in accounting estimates? 2-What is the proper treatment for reporting a change in entity? 3-In recent years, the Wall Street Journal has indicated that many companies have changed their accounting principles. What are the major reason

    Total savings from using new machine

    (Ignore taxes and the time value of money in this problem.) Harrison Architects is considering the purchase of a new special laser printer to replace the old printer the company uses to make construction blueprints. Selected information on the two machines is given below: Old Machine New Machine Original cost when new $13,