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    Market and book value per share

    Superior Medical System's 2005 balance sheet showed total common equity of $2,050,000. The company had 100,000 shares of stock outstanding which sold at a price of $57.25 per share. By how much did the firm's market value and book value per share differ? $36.75 $38.25 $39.50 $40.25

    Creating a Flexible Budget

    What is a flexible budget? o What are the steps to developing a flexible budget? o What information is found on a flexible budget report? o How is that information used to evaluate performance?

    Readily Attainable EOQ Assumptions

    The EOQ model has a number of assumptions. List them and explain whether they are readily attainable. For example, will the adjustment for quantity discounts easily work?

    Exchange of assets..

    On August 1, 2007, Alpha Company exchanged productive assets with Beta Company. The following facts pertain to these assets as of August 1, 2007: Alpha Company Original Cost $96,000 Accumulated Depreciation $45,000 Fair Market Value $60,000 Cash Paid by Alpha $15,000 A) Assuming that the exchange has commerci

    Relevant costs and Operating Income

    The Flint Fan Company is considering the addition of a new model fan, the F-27, to its current product lines. The expected cost and revenue data for the F-27 fan are as follows: Annual Sales in units 4,000 Unit Selling Price $58 Unit Variable Costs: Production

    Yards of cloth to purchase

    Rhett Co. manufactures and sells dress shirts. Each shirt requires 3 yard of cloth. Budget data is shown below: Shirts: April May June Budgeted sales: 26,000 28,000 32,000 Budgeted production 28,000 32,000 36,000 Desir

    Effects on the Accounting Elements

    Please complete the attached practice sheet. ________________________________________ For each situation below, indicate its effects on the accounting elements shown on the accompanying chart. Use the following letters to indicate your answer (you do not need to enter amounts): Increase = I Decr

    Managerial accounting: Make or Buy

    A company produces 1,000 units of a component per month. The total manufacturing costs of the component are as follows: Direct materials $10,000 Direct labor 5,000 Variable overhead 5,000 Fixed overhead 30,000 Total manufacturing cost $50,000 An outside supplier has offered to supply the component at $30 per uni

    Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): impact of fair value accounting

    The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has been requiring some fair value reporting as it allows for more transparency than reporting using historical costs. What do you think will be the impact to investors as the FASB requires all assets and liabilities to be presented at fair value? Will this make financial

    Compare and contrast the two methods of accounting for bad debts

    Compare and contrast the two methods of accounting for bad debt - direct write-off and the allowance method. What are the primary features of each method? What are the pros and cons to each method? What impact does each method have on the financial statements?

    Accounting Info and Decisions

    Please see attached xls for more information. Maggie Earnest is purchasing manager for a clothing store. On April 12, Maggie received the following weekly report for women's suits purchased from one of the company's supplies. Maggie immediately ordered another 12 wool suits and another 20 cotton suits from the manufacturer.

    A distinguishing feature of managerial accounting is

    Hello, See attachment for the problem. Multiple Choice 1.) A distinguishing feature of managerial accounting is a. external users. b. general-purpose reports. c. very detailed reports. d. quarterly and annual reports. 10.) In an open-fact situation the tax advisor a. must consider tax policy issues. b. is us

    Doral Company: Depreciation on machine for third year after accounting change

    Please help with the following problem by providing step by step calculations. Purchased a machine on January 1, 2002, for $900,000. At the date of acquisition, the machine had an estimated useful life of six years with no salvage. The machine is being depreciated on a straight-line basis. On January 1, 2005, Doral determin

    Quanity variance, Price variance

    Standard and actual costs for direct materials for the manufacture of 1,000 units of product were as follows: Actual costs 1,550 lbs. @ $9.10 Standard costs 1,600 lbs. @ $9.00 Determine the (a) quantity variance, (b) price variance, and (c) total direct materials cost variance.

    Contribution margin and Break even point

    Perrson Company makes two types of backpacks. Data for the company's activity during a typical month are presented below: School Hiker Model Model Sales units 40,000 40,000 Selling price per unit $6 $18 Variable expense per unit

    New EPS and Stock Price After the Sale

    Aero Company currently has net income of $3 million and 1.5 million common shares outstanding which sell for $20 per share. Aero has decided to issue new stock to raise $4,000,000 to expand its operations. Aero's investment banker will sell the new shares for $18 per share with a spread of 7%. There will be a $60,000 registratio

    Production combination will produce the greatest profit

    What production combination will produce the greatest profit for the firm? Justify your choice. See attached file. The HighTech Corporation manufactures sound systems for the retail market. It makes two product lines: super model and deluxe model. Annual cost and production information is summarized below:

    Activity Cost Pool - Absorption and Variable Costing; Kuzio; Eccles

    Assuming that direct labor is a variable cost, the primary difference between the absorption and variable costing is that: A. variable costing treats only direct materials and direct labor as product cost while absorption costing treats direct materials, direct labor, and the variable portion of manufacturing overhead as prod

    Gandy and Rice: Sunk Cost and Operating Income (loss)

    Gandy Company has 5,000 obsolete desk lamps that are carried in inventory at a manufacturing cost of $50,000. If the lamps are reworked for $20,000, they could be sold for $35,000. Alternatively, the lamps could be sold for $8,000 for scrap. In a decision model analyzing these alternatives, the sunk cost would be: A. $8,000

    License Requirements for a CPA: the Value that a CPA Adds to a Company

    A contract is awarded to the privately owned company that you work for. It will require the company to submit it's audited financial statements. Audits and audited financial statements are not familiar to the company's owner. Design a report for the owner as the Controller, and explain the work of independent CPAs, auditing stan

    Transfer Price issues between the Taif and LA Ind divisions

    LTD is a diversified manufacturing company with a decentralized management structure. Each major division is treated as a profit center. One of the divisions is Taif, a chemical plant that produces a single product, XY. In recent years, the entire annual output of 400,000 tons of XY has been sold to another division, LA Ind,

    Dividend Irrelevance Question

    Please help with the following problem involving dividend irrelevance. Dividend Irrelevance. You own 2,000 shares of patriot Corporation, which is about to raise its dividend from $.75 to $1.00 per share. The share price is currently $100. You would prefer that the dividend remain at its current level.

    P13-2A Haroun Company: Calculation and analysis of trend percents

    See pdf file attached Problem 13-2A: Calculation and analysis of trend percents L.O. A1, P1 Selected comparative financial statements of Haroun Company follow: HAROUN COMPANY Comparative Income Statements ($000) For Years Ended December 31, 2009-2003 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Sales $ 1,694 $ 1,496 $ 1,370 $ 1