Compare and contrast the balance sheet treatment of a car purchased by cash and a car purchased on credit. a) How is equilibrium of the basic accounting equation maintained in both instances? b) Clarify why the two different methods of purchase might be treated differently. Please show journal entries reflecting the abo
ABC systems are always more accurate than traditional costing systems. Do you agree? Why? What is an ABC System? The ABC system that identifies the various activities performed in a firm and uses multiple cost drivers (volume and nonvolume based cost drivers) to assign overhead costs (or indirect costs) to products. ABC recog
As I understand it, costs such as the salary of the vice president of transportation operations are variable because the more traffic you handle, the less your unit cost. In contrast, costs such as fuel are fixed because each ton-mile should entail consumption of the same amount of fuel and hence bear the same unit cost." Do you
Dakota Office Products by Robert S. Kaplan 1. Why was Dakota?s existing pricing system inadequate for its current operating environment? 2. Provide a brief analysis of the attached (page 2 of this document) activity-based costing system. Do you agree with the activities and/or cost drivers identified for each activity? W
3.6A Donegan's Lawn Care Service began operations in July 2009. The company uses the following general ledger accounts: Cash Capital Stock Accounts Receivable Retained Earnings Office Supplies Mowing Revenue Mowing Equipment Salaries Expense Accounts Payable Fuel Expense Notes Payable The company engage
In September 2008, in the midst of the credit crisis on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs invited Warren Buffett, the legendary fundamental investor, to contribute much-needed equity capital to the firm. Buffett seemingly got a very good deal. For a $5 billion cash infusion, he received perpetual preferred equity shares carrying a 10 p
General Motors ended its 2007 year with shareholders'' equity of -$37,094 million at December. Six months later, at June 30, 2008, it reported -$56,990 million in equity after paying a dividend of $283 million to shareholders. Here are no other transactions with shareholders. a) What was comprehensive income for the six months?
The exhibit on shows income data for the BNO Company for the year just ended, fiscal year 2009. The company makes industrial power drills at its Alabama plant. The exhibit contains separate columns for the costs of electrical and mechanical components (part A) and the costs of the plastic housing (part B). The direct fixed costs
EXERCISE4-5. High-Low Method Campus Copy & Printing wants to predict copy machine repair expense at different levels of copying activity (number of copies made). The following data have been gathered: (see attached) Required Determine the fixed and variable components of repair expense using the high-low method. Use c
Tahoe Company has operating assets of $20,000,000. The company's operating income for the most recent accounting period was $2,640,000. The Utah Division of Tahoe controls $7,500,000 of the company's assets and earned $1,170,000 of its operating income. Tahoe's desired ROI is 10 percent. Tahoe has $900,000 of additional funds to
Identify a decision that has recently been made or will be made in the near future in your organization. Identify two relevant and two non-relevant costs in this decision. Support your answers using CM calculations. If you cannot identify specific actual amounts, make a reasonable estimate and apply the tool as if the data w
Prepare a statement of cash flows using the indirect method. (List multiple entries with a positive cash flow first and then the negative cash flow. List multiple entries in descending order of amount. For negative cash flows, please put amounts in parenthesis.) ** See attachment **
Please help me with the attached questions. Thanks!!! Question 16: Marginal Maintenance Company makes screwdrivers in a single process and uses weighted average process costing. All material is added at the start of the process. The following information is available for May production: What are the equivalent uni
Please help me with the questions below. --------------- Question 6: On January 1, the soldering department had 689 units in inventory. The department transferred 7,449 units to the next department during January and there were 892 units in inventory on January 31. How many units were received by the department during Jan
Elaborate on the significance of the mode of payment for the stockholders of the target firm and their continued interest in the surviving firm. Specifically, which form of payment retains the stockholders of the target firm as stockholders in the surviving firm? Which payment form received preferential tax treatment?
Please see the attached file.
What is lean accounting and what is it all about? Write a summary. My instructor recommended that I read an article by Van der Merwe & A., Thomson, J. (2007, February). The lowdown on lean accounting. Strategic Finance, 88(8), 26-33.
June 19 journal entry Issued a check to Turner Commercial Bank as payment in full for the 28,000 note payable that is due today. Interest on a note as of June 19 is $860. Interest on the note HAS NOT BEEN ACCRUED.
Fundamental Accounting Principles Of the following accounts, the one that normally has a credit balance is: Cash. Office Equipment. Sales Salaries Payable. Owner, Withdrawals. If a parcel of land that was originally purchased for $85,000 is offered for sale at $150,000, is assessed for tax purposes at $95,000
A Stock sells for $40. The next dividend will be $4 per share. If the rate of return earned on reinvested funds is 15 percent and the company reinvest 40 percent of earnings in the firm, what must be the discount rate?
See attached files. Managerial Accounting, Third Edition by James Jiambalvo "Solving Managerial Accounting Problems Using Microsoft Excel for Windows Templates by Rex A Schildhouse"(Spreadsheet templates are attached to assist in better understanding problems)
See attached file for clarity. The investment portfolio of Elle E. Fant Fashions appears below. Security Classification Cost Fair Value 12/31/06 Fair Value 12/31/07 Coram Cola Trading 10,000 9,500 10,000 Rears & Sobuck Trading 5,000 6,000 6,250 JC Dime Trading 15,000 15,000 7,500 Lackawaxen Online Available for Sale 10
What does it mean to Establish Standards? Create a business that sells widgets and try to establish standards in the running of this business. Please stay concise.
Fred Halloway, East Division Manager: "I know headquarters wants us to add on that new product line, but I want to see the numbers before I make a move. Our division has led the company for three years, and I don't want any letdown now." Kirsi Products is a decentralized company with four autonomous divisions. The divisions a
Classify each of the following as an operating activity (OA), an investing activity (IA), a financing activity (FA), or a non-cash flow transaction (NT). In addition, for each transaction, state whether it is a cash inflow (CI) or cash outflow (CO). For example, payments to employees would be (OA) and (CO). 1.Proceeds from is
The partners of JPG Partnership want to change the form of entity from a partnership to a corporation. The corporation can be formed in several ways: The partnership can distribute the assets to the partners who then contribute the assets to the corporation. The partnership can transfer the assets directly to the corporation. Th
A)A firm holding $432 million in interest-bearing financial assets and with financing debt of $1,891 million, reported shareholders' equity of $597 million. What were it net financial assets? What were its net operating assets? b)The same firm reported $108 million in comprehensive income and net financial expense, after tax
Why does the IRS have accelerated methods of cost recovery for taxpayers? Explain.
As an analyst you have gathered the following information about a company for the year ended December 31, 2009: ? Net income was $10.5 million. ? Stockholders' equity at December 31, 2009 was $100 million. ? Common stock dividends of $3.5 million were paid. ? 20 million shares of common stock were outstanding on January 1,20
Analyze each of the following concepts and illustrate how they affect corporate financial reporting. ? Efficient Market Hypothesis ? Economic Consequences of Accounting Standards ? Relevance and Reliability of Accounting Information (SFAC No. 2) ? Recognition and Measurement in Accounting (SFAC No. 5)