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    Dividends and Taxes

    The expected pretax return on three stocks is divided between dividends and capital gains in the following way: Stock Expected Dividend Expected Capital Gain STOCK EXPECTED DIVIDEND EXPECTED CAPITAL GAIN A $0 $10 B 5 5 C 10 0 a. If each stock is priced at $100, what are the expected

    H. Burns Inc: accounting equation, increase or decrease, normal balance

    Selected transactions for H. Burns, Inc., an interior decorating firm, in its first month of business, are as follows. Jan. 2 Invested $15,000 cash in business in exchange for common stock. 3 Purchased used car for $4,000 cash for use in business. 9 Purchased supplies on account for $500. 11 Billed customers $1,800 for se

    Cost per unit under ABC & traditional costing

    See attached file for background information. Module 4 - Case Activity Based Costing The New Millenium Manufacturing Company produces two products. One is a millenium surf kit. The other product is a professional surf-board (short board) used in world class surfing competition. Most of the sales come from the mille

    Define investment banking, operating vs financial leverage, EBIT-EPS analysis

    1. What is investment banking? How would the investment banker assist an organization in going public? As a CFO, what information would you need to select an investment banker? 2. What is the difference between operating and financial leverage? What is the importance of assessing operating vs. financial leverage? 3

    Compute Ticky Company's factory overhead for September.

    The Ticky Company manufactures tacks. Costs for September were direct labor, $84,000; indirect labor, $36,700; direct materials, $55,900; factory maintenance, $4,800; factory utilities, $3,200; and insurance on plant and equipment, $700. What is Ticky Company's factory overhead for September?

    McFrugal, East Publishing, Rodney Rogers: leverage, breakeven volume, fixed costs

    10. McFrugal, Inc. has expected sales of $20 million. Fixed operating costs are $2.5 million, and the variable cost ratio is 65 percent. McFrugal has outstanding a $12 million, 8 percent bank loan. The firm also has outstanding 1 million shares of common stock ($1 par value). McFrugal's tax rate is 40 percent. a. What is M

    O'Henry's Data Service: Compute how much you would offer to pay for business

    Benjamin O'Henry has owned and operated O'Henry's Data Services since its beginning ten years ago. From all appearances, the business has prospered. In the past few years, you have become friends with O'Henry and his wife. Recently, O'Henry mentioned that he has lost his zest for the business and would consider selling it for th

    Landry's Restaurant's Annual Report

    Please read the attached case study and answer the following: Were any stock options exercised? Which financial statement did you find this information? What are the components of this financial statement?

    Activity based costing computing per unit

    Part 5: The Gamble Company Gamble Company produces 50,000 units of Product Q and 6,000 units of Product Z during a period. In that period, four set-ups were required for color changes. All units of Product Q are black, which is the color in the process at the beginning of the period. A set-up was made for 1,000 blue units of

    High-low method ..

    Part 3: Blake Corporation Blake Corporation has the following data for use of its machinery Month Usage Cost Jun 600 $750 Jul 650 775 Aug 420 550 Sept 500 650 Oct 450 570 a. Using the high-low method, compute the variable cost element. b. Using the high-low method, compute the fixed cost element (to the neares

    Publicly traded companies report financial performance

    All publicly-traded companies must report their financial performance on a regular basis. --- What would be the sources of this financial information? ---- Who would be interested in the information? -----How might interested parties use this information? -----What could be the result of a firm reporting incorrect

    Amount of Underapplied or Overapplied Overhead Costs

    See the attached file for the full problem. The following cost data relate to the manufacturing activities of Black Company during the just completed year: The company uses a predetermined overhead rate to apply overhead cost to production. The rate for the year was $5 per machine-hour; a total of 10,000 machine-hours was

    Video Division, MCrew Entertainment: Transfer Pricing, Idle Capacity

    At its Video Division, MCrew Entertainment manufactures computer monitors. These can be sold internally to the EDD Division of MCrew or externally to independent customers. Sales and costs of the most popular monitor are as follows: Per unit selling price $134.00 Per unit variable cost $103.00 Per unit

    Kolkmeyer Manufacturing: operating characteristics of machines

    3. Kolkmeyer Manufacturing Company is considering adding two machines to its manufacturing operation. This addition will bring the number of machines to eight. The president of Kolkmeyer asked for a study of the need to add a second employee to the repair operation. The arrival rate is 0.05 machine per hour for each machine, and

    Westan Corporation

    Please help with this homework problem... EXERCISE 3-5 Apply Overhead Westan Corporation uses a predetermined overhead rate of $23.10 per direct labor-hour. This predetermined rate was based on 12,000 estimated direct labor-hours and $277,200 of estimated total manufacturing overhead. The company incurred actual total man

    Underapplied and overapplied overhead

    Help, I need help on some homework... Cretin Enterprises uses a predetermined overhead rate of $21.40 per direct labor-hour. This predetermined rate was based on 8,000 estimated direct labor-hours and $171,200 of estimated total manufacturing overhead. The company incurred actual total manufacturing overhead costs of $1

    Apply Overhead in a Service Company

    Figure out which amount of overhead cost would apply. 1. Compute the amount of overhead cost that would have been charged to each project during May. 2. Prepare a journal entry showing the completion of the Williams and Chandler projects and the transfer of costs to the Completed Projects (i.e., Finished Goods) account. 3

    Under/over applied overhead

    Can you help me get started with this assignment? SamMart., which uses a predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor hours, estimated total overhead for the year to be $5,000,000 and total direct labor hours to be 200,000 hours. Calculate SamMart's predetermined overhead rate. In March, SamMart incurred actual overhead

    Differential Analysis for Make or Buy

    Can you help me get started with this assignment? Company A manufactures 5,000 cell phones a year. The manufacturing costs are as follows: Direct materials $ 2 Direct labor 8 Variable manufacturing overhead 5 Average fixed manufacturing overhead 5 Total $20 Company B offered to sell Company A 5,000 cell

    Financial Statement Account Identification: Marking Accounts

    Mark each of the accounts listed in the attached table as follows: a. In column (1) indicate in which statement - income statement (IS) or balance sheet (BS) the account belongs b. In column (2) indicate whether the account is a current asset (CA), current liability (CL), expense (E), fixed asset (FA), long term debt (LTD)

    Recapitalization Plan for All-Star Production Corporation

    The All-Star Production Corporation (APC) is considering recapitalization plan that would convert APC from its current all-equity capital structure to one including some financial leverage. APC now has 10,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding, which are selling for $40.00 each and you expect the firms EBIT to be $50,000,000

    Davis, Incorporated: Variable Interest Entities and Stock Transactions

    Davis, Incorporated, acquired 16,000 shares of Maxwell company several years ago. At the present time, Maxwell is reporting $800,000 as total stockholders' equity, which is broken down as follows: Common Stock ($10 par value) ..............$200,000 Additional paid-in capital..................230,000 Retained earnings......