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    Absorption vs.Variable Costing for the Bohne Company

    9. The Bohne Company produces chocolate candies. The chocolates sell for $12 per box. Annually, the company produces 10,000 boxes of chocolates and sells 9,000 boxes of the candies. The company's cost information includes the following: Direct materials $2.00 per unit Direct labor $3.00 per unit Fixed manufacturing overhea

    Which of the following is not excluded from income?

    1. Gross income may be realized when a taxpayer receives economic benefit even if no cash is received. T or F 2. Which of the following is not excluded from income? (Assume that any amounts received by the taxpayer were kept). a. fair market value of prize won on a game show b.

    Taxable Income Ruling: doctrine of constructive receipt

    Introduction: Walter used the cash method to account for income from his cattle ranch. During an audit in the third year, the IRS auditor discovered a document from a customer indicating that two years earlier, Walter sold 115 heads of cattle to the customer for $77,000. The document appeared to be a tear slip, the top half of

    Common errors in accounting systems

    Answer each in 3 or more sentences. What do you do if your G/L A/R balance states $1M and your subsidiary ledger says $800K? What are the most common errors in working with General Accounting, Fixed Assets, Revenue (billing)? What would you do to ensure these errors do not happen?

    Return on Assets

    Refer to the attached appendix A and B and calculate the return on assets in the form of a percentage.

    An Analysis of Corporate Cash Flow Activities

    Analyze the transactions above and indicate whether each transaction resulted in a cash flow from: (a) operating activities, (b) investing activities, (c) financing activities, or (d) noncash investing and financing activities. Global Corporation had the following transactions during 2006.

    Lockbox system- Penn Steelworks Penn Steelworks A) What is the opportunity cost to Penn Steelworks of the funds tied up in mailing and processing? Use a 365-day year. B) What would the net cost or savings be from use of the proposed cash acceleration technique? Should Penn adopt the system?

    (Lockbox system) Penn Steelworks is a distributor of cold-rolled steel products to the automobile industry. All of its sales are on a credit basis, net 30 days. Sales are evenly distributed over its 10 sales regions throughout the United States. Delinquent accounts are no problem. The company has recently undertaken an analysis

    Concentration Banking

    Treemont Shops operates in Naples, Florida. The firm distributes speciality gardening supplies nationwide. The firm currently uses a centralized billing system. Treemont has annual credit sales of $362 million. Lasdon National Bank has presented an offer to operate a concentration-banking system for the company. Treemont already

    Accounting and Banking

    With the recent prevalence of corporate scandals in the United States recently, there have been many efforts made towards reform. You have been asked to evaluate the following proposal and debate it with other experts (your classmates) in the field: Accounting firms should be liable to pay stockholders if they give a comp

    Flat Tax

    Should the federal income tax be a flat tax, which means should everyone pay taxes at the same percentage? Include brief assessments on the pros and cons of this type of a system.

    IT Research Websites

    Is answers.com a good source of reference when writing a paper? I looking at advantages for IT outsourcing. Thanks.

    Yoderly Co. & Hambly Corporation Consolidation Entries

    1.Yoderly Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nelson Corp., sold goods to Nelson Corp. near the end of 1998. The goods had cost Yoderly $105,000 and the selling price was $140,000. Nelson had not sold any of the goods by the end of the year. Prepare the consolidation entries that are required for 1998. 2. Hambly Corp. own

    Companies Cooperating to Price Products

    The Long-Drive Golf Company manufactures a new line of golf clubs. The Cushion Bag Company makes a special golf bag that protects the delicate shifts on these clubs. The respective prices are Pc and Pb for the clubs and bags. The marginal cost for producing either product is 100. Demand for each product is Q = 1000 - (Pc + Pb)

    Accounting and Banking - Better Brew and Perfect Blend

    Perking Up Profits at Better Brew and Perfect Blend After years of dreaming about owning your own business, you decided that owning a coffee shop would be perfect. Rather than start from scratch, however, you and your partners decide to look at two existing establishments, Better Brew and Perfect Blend. The two are for sale a

    Price Variance and Material Usage Variance

    Error Correction, Inc. (ECI) makes a white liquid substance that is used to cover errors made on printed documents. ECI expects to use 4 ounces of a chemical known as Fatal per bottle of correction fluid. Fatal is expected to cost $.40 per ounce. Actual materials cost amounted to $.46 per ounce. ECI expected to make and sell 1,0

    Residual Income of a Company

    A company reported the following information for FY 2004: Sales $500,000 Average operating Assets $300,000 Desired ROI 10% Net Income $45,000 Based on this information, calculate the company's residual income for 2004.

    Three Part Classification Manufacturing Costs

    Springfield Manufacturing produces electronic storage devices, and uses the following three-part classification for its manufacturing costs: direct materials, direct manufacturing labor, and indirect manufacturing costs. Total indirect manufacturing costs for January were $300 million, and were allocated to each product on the b

    Internal Control System Objectives

    Dale Company experienced the following events during 2004. 1. Acquired $30,000 cash from the issue of common stock. 2. Paid $12,000 cash to purchase land. 3. Borrowed $8,000 cash. 4. Provided services for $20,000 cash. 5. Paid $1,000 cash for rent expense. 6. Paid $12,000 cash for other operating expenses. 7. Paid a $2,00

    Penalty in Casinos

    Suppose that in Las Vegas, casinos could monitor the actions of dealers costlessly and spot every instance in which the dealer makes a mistake in which a player is overpaid. The casino is considering disciplining its dealers by charging them the equivalent of the money lost by the casino for any mistakes that they (the dealer) m

    Production Function and Price of Labor

    Suppose that the Johnson Company has the following production function: Q = L × C The price of labor (L) is $20 per unit and the price of capital (C) is $50/unit. How much labor and capital should Johnson employ to produce 200,000 units? What is the total cost of production?

    Firms, basic functions

    What are the three basic functions of a firm? Do all firms/organizations (Private, Government, Not-for-profit) perform these three functions?

    Critical Path Method (CPM)

    I'm looking for the attached problem to be solved inthe simplest manner without excel. Basic calculations. Confirm answer. Question 1. Critical Path 36 Weeks Question 3 I'm having the most difficulty with. Please be specific and use simple calculations. Thanks, Brian

    How do variable costs and fixed costs differ? Give an example of each.

    Please see attached file. a. Chapter 15: Discussion Questions 9-11, 17, and 19. b. Chapter 15: Practice Exercise 15-8 Fixed Costs and Variable Costs c. Chapter 15: Practice Exercise 15-13 Direct and Indirect Costs d. Chapter 15: Practice Exercise 15-15 Out-of-Pocket Costs and Opportunity Costs e.

    Gearing/EPS

    Good Day, Could you please assist with the attached question. Regards Paradise Limited wishes to raise R10 million in external finances by issuing either ordinary shares or 14 % preference shares or a 12 % unsecured loan. These funds are expected to generate additional operating profits of R3.28 million. The ordinar