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    Bries Corporation: borrowed to meet cash balance for January

    Question 12: Bries Corporation is preparing its cash budget for January. The budgeted beginning cash balance is $21,000. Budgeted cash receipts total $183,000 and budgeted cash disbursements total $182,000. The desired ending cash balance is $40,000. To attain its desired ending cash balance for January, the company shou

    Total number of units should be produced

    Question 10: Harden, Inc., has budgeted sales in units for the next five months as follows: June 7,000 units July 5,200 units August 6,300 units September 6,700 units October 4,700 units Past experience has shown that the ending inventory for each month should be equal to 14% of the next mont

    Finding Production Level for a Month

    On October 1, The Gala Manufacturing Company has 290 units of Product XYZ on hand. The company plans to sell 1,150 units of Product XYZ during October, and plans to have 480 units on hand October 31. How many units of Product XYZ must be produced during October?

    Amount of cash collected

    Question 8: All of Gaylord Company's sales are on account. Thirty-five percent of the credit sales are collected in the month of sale, 43% in the month following sale, and the rest are collected in the second month following sale. Bad debts are negligible and should be ignored. The following are budgeted sales data for the c

    Excess cash available over disbursements

    Question 5: Bries Corporation is preparing its cash budget for January. The budgeted beginning cash balance is $28,000. Budgeted cash receipts total $183,000 and budgeted cash disbursements total $185,000. The desired ending cash balance is $44,000. The excess (deficiency) of cash available over disbursements for January

    Compute Budgeted Net Income for Bandeiras Company for December

    Question 1: The Bandeiras Company, a merchandising firm, has budgeted its activity for December according to the following information: - Sales at $560,000, all for cash. - Merchandise inventory on November 30 was $304,000. - Budgeted depreciation for December is $34,000. - The cash balance at December 1 was $24,000.

    U.S. sells goods to Japan and denominates USD

    A U.S. company regularly sells goods to companies in Japan and denominates the transactions in U.S. dollars. From the U.S. company's perspective, the yen is the: Functional Reporting Local Currency Currency Currency A) Yes No No B)

    Intermediate Accounting - calculating the ending Accounts Receivable balance

    Hello, I am completely lost on this problem; I am having trouble wrapping my head around it. Thank you. As the manager of the accounts receivable department for Vicki Maher Leather Goods, Ltd., you recently noticed that Percy Shelley, your accounts receivable clerk who is paid $1,200 per month, has been wearing unusually tast

    Planning a Database Using REA and E-R Methodology

    Martin Shoes, Inc. (Planning a Database Using REA and E-R Methodology) Martin Shoes, Inc., manufactures and distributes orthopedic footwear. To sell its products, the marketing department requires sales personnel to call on the shoe retailers within their assigned geographic territories. Each salesperson has a laptop computer

    System development life cycle

    What are the steps in the systems development life cycle? Which step is most important? Why? What are the ramifications of skipping one of the steps?

    Multiple Choice Questions on Tax and Passive Activity Losses

    I need help grasping these topics. Can you assist? In Lawrence County, the real property tax year is the calendar year. The real property tax becomes a personal liability of the owner of real property on January 1 in the current real property tax year, 2007 (which is not a leap year). The tax is payable on June 1, 2007. On Ma

    Journalizing the Transactions for June

    Scenario: Redmon Company uses a sales journal, a purchases journal, a cash receipts journal, a cash disbursements journal, and a general journal. The following transactions occur in the month of June. June 1: Purchased $8,100 of merchandise on credit from Vick, Inc., terms n/30. 8: Sold merchandise costing $900 on credi

    Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) for Nell

    A.) Nell, single and age 38, had the following income and expense items in 2008: Nonbusiness bad debt $6,000 Business bad debt $2,000 Nonbusiness long-term capital gain $4,000 Nonbusiness short-term capital loss $3,000 Salary $40,

    Roloflex Company: determine net income in 3 different cases

    Articulation: Relationships between a Balance Sheet and an Income Statement The total assets and liabilities of Roloflex Company at January 1 and December 31, 2006, are presented below. January 1 December 31 Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $76,000 $112,000 Liabiliti

    Manufacturing Costs

    The accounting records of the Microfine Company revealed the following costs: Factory utilities $42,000. Wages of assembly-line workers 194,000. Customer entertainment 52,000.

    Accounting- computing sales to achieve target income

    Bloom Company manufactures a single product that sells for $180 per unit and whose total variable costs are $139 per unit. The company targets an annual after tax income of $820,000. The company is subject to a 30% income tax rate. Assume that fixed costs remain at $637,500. Compute the unit sales to earn the target after ta

    Product Profitability and Activity-Based Costing Methodologies

    Problem: 4.49 (Product Profitability) Complete problem 4.49 in Hilton. As you complete the problem, refer to the following suggestions: You will be calculating unit costs for products A and B using both traditional and activity-based costing methodologies. a. When developing your activity-based costing rates, be sure t

    Determining the cost of cash discounts

    Determine the cost of giving up cash discounts under each of the following terms of sale (assuming 365 day year). a) 2/10 net 30 b) 1/10 net 30 c) 2/10 net 45 d) 3/10 net 45 e) 1/10 net 60 f) 3/10 net 30 g) 4/10 net 180

    Accounting

    I need the solutions for these 2 problems to help in my examination preparation. thanks Sample problem 4. Lennox Industries manufactures two products: A and B. A review of the company's accounting records revealed the following per-unit costs and production volumes: A B Production volume (units) 2,500 5,000 Direc

    Accounting

    I need help with these 2 problems. Thanks. Moore Company needs to determine the variable utilities rate per direct machine hour in order to estimate cost for August. Relevant information is as follows. Month Machine Hours Worked Utilities Cost April 4,800 $4,144 May 5,200 4,300 June 5,600 4,482 July 6,000 4,

    Accounting using the Equity Method and the Fair Value Method for the parent

    (Equity Method) Parent Co. invested $1,000,000 in Sub Co. for 25% of its outstanding stock. Sub Co. pays out 40% of net income in dividends each year. Instructions Use the information in the following T-account for the investment in Sub to answer the following questions. Investment in Sub Co. 1,000,000 110,0

    Accrued interest , Current and Long-term note balance

    On August 1, 2007, Seinfeld Co issued a note payable to First Providence Bank in the amount of $1,200,000. The interest rate on the note is 8% and the note is payable in three payments annually of $400,000 plus interest on August 1st each year. The first payment is due August 1, 2008. Please provide the following: a. Accrued

    Present Value Income Stream

    Find the present value of an income stream which has a negative flow of $100 per year for 3 years, a positive flow of $200 in the 4th year, and a positive flow of $300 per year in Years 5 through 8. The appropriate discount rate is 4 percent for each of the first 3 years and 5 percent for each of the later years. Thus, a cash

    Markup Percentage on Total Unit

    Livingston Corporation manufactures an electronic switch for dishwashers. The cost base per unit, excluding selling and administrative expenses, is $60. The per unit cost of selling and administrative expenses is $20. The company's desired ROI per unit is $6. Calculate its markup percentage on total unit cost.

    Stadard Costs/Ideal and Normal Standard

    Standard costs facilitate management planning. What are the other advantages of standard costs? Please distinguish between an ideal standard and a normal standard.

    20 questions: Variable Costing methods and calculations

    20 questions Tables for questions 5 - 11 - 12 - 15 - 19 in attachment Question 1 Absorption costing is useful because it reflects the full costs that sales must exceed for the company to be profitable. Question 1 answers True False Question 2 When evaluating a special order, management should

    Changing Fixed Costs to Variable Costs at Blockbuster Video

    1. Changing Fixed Costs to Variable Costs at Blockbuster Video According to an article in Business Week, when John F. Antioco took charge of Blockbuster Video, he changed the company's strategy. Traditionally, Blockbuster had bought videotapes from the move studios for an average cost of about $65 each, planning to rent them ou