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    Double - Declining Balance

    6. Cutter Enterprises purchased equipment for $72,000 on January 1, 2009. The equipment is expected to have a five-year life and a residual value of $6,000. Using the double-declining balance method, depreciation for 2010 would be: A. $28,800. B. $18,240. C. $17,280. D. None of these is correct.

    Expected return of portfolio

    Your portfolio has three asset classes, U.S. government T-bills account for 45% of the portfolio, large-company stocks constitute another 40%, and small-company stocks make up the remaining 15%. If the expected returns are 3.8% for the T-bills, 12.4% for the large-company stocks, and 17.5% for the small-company stocks, what is t

    Total Annual Return

    An analyst predicted last year that the stock of Logistics, Inc., would offer a total return of at least 10% in the coming year. At the beginning of the year, the firm had a stock market value of $10 million. At the end of the year, it had a market value of $12 million even though it experienced a loss, or negative net income, o

    Common Stock Value

    P7-11 Common stock value-Constant growth Elk County Telephone has paid the dividends shown in the following table over the past 6 years. Year Dividend per share 2006 $2.87 2005 2.76 2004 2.60 2003 2.46 2002 2.37 2001 2.25 The firm's dividend per

    Statute of Limitations Scenario

    The IRS is disputing a deduction reported on your 2005 tax return, which you filed on April 17, 2006. On April 2, 2009, the IRS audit agent asks you to waive the statute of limitations for the entire return so as to give her additional time to obtain a Technical Advice Memorandum. The agent proposes in return for the waiver a "c

    Morris Jory

    Morris Jory, a long-time tax client of the firm you work for, has made substantial gifts during his lifetime. Mr. Jory transferred Jory Corporation stock to 14 donees in December 2005. Each donee received shares valued at $11,000. Two of the donees were Mr. Jory's adult children, Amanda and Peter. The remaining 12 donees were em

    Allocation of costs, machine hours, overhead application rate

    Q1. "The more the better!" Was a comment made by the CEO of a major company when asked about allocation of sales, general, and administrative costs to products. Do you agree? Explain. Q2. Suppose a company uses machine hours as a cost-allocation base for factory overhead. How does the company compute a budgeted overhead

    Value Added/Non Value Added

    2. Borke and Falvery is a law firm that uses activity-based costing. Classify these activities as value-added or nonvalue-added: 1. Taking appointments. 2. Meeting with Clients. 3. Court time. 4. Meeting with opposing attorneys. 5. Billing.

    Profit margin, earning per shares.

    Slaubaugh Corporation's most recent balance sheet and income statement appear below: Statement of Financial Position December 31, Year 2 and Year 1 (in thousands of dollars) Year 2 Year 1 Assets Current assets: Cash.................................................................... $ 100 $

    Risk-free rate- expected rate of return for stocks

    You are considering investing in a portfolio of the common stocks of four publicly-traded companies with betas as follows: ABC - 0.7 DEF - 0.9 GHI - 1.3 JKL - 1.9 If the risk-free rate is 4.5% and the market rate is 8.5%, what is your expected rate of return of following stocks : a. ABC? b. DEF? c. GHI? d. JKL

    Accounting Measurement and Reporting

    10. Betsy McCall is the president of Brew News. She has no accounting background. McCall cannot understand why Current cost is not used as the basis for accounting measurement and reporting. Explain what basis is used and Why? 11. Describe the two constraints inherent in the presentation of accounting information. 12. In

    Performance

    On January 1, 2007, Tom Clark was promoted to the position of production manager in Seattle Seafood Company. The firm purchases raw fish, cooks and processes it, and then cans it in signal-portion containers. The canned fish is sold to several wholesalers specializing in providing food to school lunch programs in the Northwest r

    Mangerial Accounting

    ____ 1. Period costs would include a. direct labor. b. direct materials. c. indirect manufacturing costs. d. selling and administrative costs. ____ 2. Manufacturing costs are typically classified as a. product costs or period costs. b. direct materials or direct labor. c. direct materials, direct labor, o

    Cost or Equity Method and Analysis

    Since Boomer Company's inception, Madison Company has owned 18 percent of Boomer's outstanding common stock. Madison provides three key management personnel to Boomer and purchased 25 percent of Boomer's output during 20X7. Boomer is profitable. On January 2, 20X8, Madison purchased additional common stock to finance Boomer's ex

    Explain Internal weaknesses over cash receipts

    See attached page for problem. List internal control weaknesses over cash receipts and suggest improvements. The following control procedures are used in Elke Company for over-the-counter cash receipts. Cashiers are experienced; thus, they are not bonded. All over-the-counter receipts are registered by three clerks w

    Statement of Retuned Earnings

    Please provide input. 1. Last year, Jefferson Motors had retained earnings of $710,000 at the end of the year. This year, Jefferson paid a dividend of $55,000 and its end of the year retained earnings was $780,000. What was the net income of Jefferson motors? 2. In your opinion if the firm has a high retained earnings bal

    Data flow diagram and systems flowchart

    The Joseph Brant Manufacturing Company makes athletic footwear. Processing of production orders is as follows: At the end of each week, the production planning department prepares a list of shoes and quantities to be produced during the next week. Using this list as a source, data entry clerks key in production order release rec

    The Effects of Transactions on the Bad Debts Allowance

    Calistoga Produce estimates bad debt expense at ½% of credit sales. The company reported accounts receivable and allowance for uncollectible accounts of $471,000 and $1,650 respectively, at December 31, 2008. During 2009, Calistoga's credit sales and collections were $315,000 and $319,000, respectively, and $1,720 in accounts r

    P21-2A Fultz Company: Manufacturing overhead flexible budget

    Problem P21-2A Fultz Company manufactures tablecloths. Sales have grown rapidly over the past 2 years. As a result, the president has installed a budgetary control system for 2010. The following data were used in developing the master manufacturing overhead budget for the Ironing Department, which is based on an activity index

    Warranty Costs on Computer Sales

    Equipment Company sells computers for $1,500 each and also gives each customer a 2-year warranty that requires the company to perform periodic services and to replace defective parts. During 2006, the company sold 700 computers. Based on past experience, the company has estimated the total 2-year warranty costs as $30 for parts

    Compute the variable manufacuting overhead allocated

    Automotive products (AP) designs and produces automotive parts. In 2009, actual variable manufacturing overhead is $308,600. AP's Simple costing system allocates variable manufacturing overhead to its three customers based on machine-hours and prices its contracts based on full costs. One of its customers has regularly compla

    Lee acquired a Canadian subsidiary whose sole asset is a piece of land.

    Lee acquired a Canadian subsidiary whose sole asset is a piece of land. Lee acquired the subsidiary on 12/31/04 for the exact value of the land, CA$100,000. Lee owns 100% of the subsidiary. Go to www.x-rates.com and use the historic look-up feature to determine exchange rates on 12/31/04, 12/31/05, and 12/31/06. ·

    ABC Corporations: Average Cash Gain/Loss

    Cash budget ABC Corporation's budgeted monthly sales are $4,000. Forty percent of its customers pay in the first month and take the 3 percent discount. The remaining 60% pay in the month following the sale and don't receive a discount. ABC's bad debts are very small and are excluded from this analysis. Purchases for next mont

    Cost of new preferred stock

    M & M Motors is financed with the following optimal capital structure: Source Market Value Bonds $55,000,000 Preferred Stock $25,000,000 Common Stock $45,000,000 New bonds can be sold at par

    Accounting Investments for Santo Corp

    Question 2. Santo Corp., a company whose stock is publicly traded, provides a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan for its employees. The company's actuary has provided the following information for the year ended December 31, 2008: Projected benefit obligation $1,200,000 Accumulated benefit obligation 1,050,000