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    Substance over form and tax planning

    1. What does substance over form mean? How would this doctrine be applied in a tax controversy? 2. For most businesses, does the time and money spent in tax planning pass the cost vs. benefit test? In other words, how valuable is tax planning? Can you think of an example of planning for a small business in the formation stage

    Tax Accounting Problems

    1) IRS 351- Simultaneous transfers Albert Able, Brenda Baker, Carla Cox, and Dan Davis are all shareholders of Corporation A. Corporation A has 100 shares if capital stock outstanding. Able, Baker, and Cox each transferred property on February 11, 20*4 and each received 25 shares of capital stock. Dan Davis transferred proper

    Aumont Company: Entries for Bond Transactions

    On January 1, 2007, Aumont Company sold 12% bonds having a maturity value of $500,000 for $537,907.37, which provides the bondholders with a 10% yield. The bonds are dated January 1, 2007, and mature January 1, 2012, with interest payable December 31 of each year. Aumont Company allocates interest and unamortized discount or pre

    Contra Account: Definition and Use

    What is a contra account? Where are they used in the accounting information system? Why do they appear in financial statement presentations?

    Questions From an Accounting Information System

    The AIS is a system of collecting and processing transaction data and disseminating financial information to interested parties. Systems vary for different types of business, different sizes of businesses and for the information demands from management or investors. What kind of questions can a good accounting system answer f

    Accounting: Inventory Cost, Stock Value, and Cost of Goods

    Problem: (1)-P9-9-(Statement and Note Disclosure, LCM, and Purchase commitment) Garth Brooks Specially Company, a division of Fresh Horses Inc., manufactures three models of gearshift components for bicycles that are sold to bicycle manufactures, retailers, and catalog outlets. Since beginning operations in 1975, Brooks has

    Price Variance

    Can you help me with this assignment? Standard cost systems can have motivational effects; some are desirable, some are not. Consider the following situation: The materials purchasing manager is paid a salary plus a bonus based on the net favorable materials price variance. Generally, this bonus amounts to 30 - 40% of th

    Production cost report

    The Welding Department of Hirohama Manufacturing Company has the following production and manufacturing cost data for February 2005. All materials are added at the beginning of the process. Hirohama uses the FIFO method to calculate equivalent units. Manufacturing Costs Beginning work in process $32,175 Costs

    Personnel Costs and Cost-Driver Relations

    Unsafe Insurance Company needs to forecast its personnel department costs. The following output was obtained from a regression program used to estimate the department's costs as a function of the number of employees: see attached file for data. Monthly data for the past two years were used to construct these estimates. Cost

    Accounting Multiple Choice Questions

    21. Which of the following would most likely increase when the activity level increases, within the relevant range? A) Total fixed costs. B) Per unit fixed costs. C) Total variable costs. D) Per unit variable costs. 22. In the cost equation TC = F + VX, F is best described as the: A) slope of the equation. B) act

    Discontinue Warranty Evaluation

    Chicago Electronics offers a six-month warranty on the products it sells. It estimates the warranty expense will be 3 percent of sales. One of the company managers wondered how the warranty affects the company's profit. The income statement for the most recent year was: (Attached) The manager estimates that if the company di

    Fixed Costs

    Can you explain the justification for allocation of fixed costs to constructed assets versus the justification for applying no fixed costs.

    Accounting/Tax Questions

    A.) Dorothy acquired passive Activity A in January 2001 and Activity B in September 2002. Through 2004, Activity A was profitable, but it produced losses of $200,000 in 2005 and $100,000 in 2006. Dorothy has passive income from Activity B of $20,000 in 2005 and $40,000 in 2006. After offsetting passive income, how much of the ne

    Spence Soup Co. - Accounting Transactions

    Spence Soup Co. uses a process cost system to record the costs of processing soup, which requires a series of three processes. The inventory of Work in Progress?Filling on July 1 and debits to the account during July 2006 were as follows: Bal., 1,800 units, 1/3 completed: Direct materials (1,800 * $4.72)

    Rebecca Company, Piccola Company, Guard Company, Ernesto

    E. Chapter 5: Exercise E5-4 Journalize sales transactions. Presented below are transactions related to Rebecca Company. 1. On December 3, Rebecca Company sold $480,000 of merchandise to Simonis Co., terms 2/10, n/30, FOB shipping point. The cost of the merchandise sold was $350,000. 2. On December 8, Simonis Co. was gran

    ABC Company sold its 5-year, $1,000 face value, xx% bonds dated March 1, 2008.

    On March 1, 2008, ABC Company sold its 5-year, $1,000 face value, xx% bonds dated March 1, 2008, at an effective annual interest rate (yield) of yy%. Interest is payable semiannually, and the first interest payment date is September 1, 2008. ABC uses the effective interest method of amortization. Bond issue costs were incurred i

    Controllable overhead and overhead volume variance

    How do I calculate the controllable overhead variance and the overhead volume variance from the following? Boyne and Associates is a medium-sized company located near a large metropolitan area in the Midwest. The company manufactures cabinets of mahogany, oak, and other fine woods for use in expensive homes, restaurants, a

    Prepare horizontal and vertical analysis

    The company balance sheets of Ramsey Corp. are presented below. Ramsey Corp. Comparative Balance Sheets December 31 2007 2006 Assets $ $ -current assets 76,000 80,000 Property,plant,and 99,000 90,000 equipment(net) Intangibles

    Accounting Information Systems Benefits and Costs

    Choose a popular merchandise or service company. How might the company use accounting information systems? In what ways do these systems benefit the company? In what ways might the systems be challenging for the company?

    Non Value Activity

    A. What is a non-value-added activity? B. How much did non-value-added activities cost Switzer this past year? C. Which of the two markets—sales to bookstores or sales to individuals—resulted in lower overall costs for incoming receipts, warehousing, and outgoing shipments? Evaluate these costs in both absolute d

    Calculate Equivalent Units

    Calculate Equivalent Units. Texas Products employs a process-costing system for its manufacturing operations. All materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout production. The information that follows relates to September. Units Work in process

    Compute equivalent units for direct materials and conversion costs.

    (CMA,adapted) Consider the following data for November 2003 from Gray Manufacturing Company, which makes silk pennants and uses a process-costing system, All direct materials are added at the beginning of the process, and conversion costs are added evenly during the process. Spoilage is detected upon inspection at the completi

    Accounting Transactions - Hayslett Corporation

    Hayslett Corporation was organized on January 1, 2005. It is authorized to issue 20,000 shares of 6%, $ 50 par value preferred stock and 500,000 shares of no-par stock with a stated value of $2 per share. The following stock transactions were completed during the first year. Jan 10- Issued 100,000 shares of common stock for c

    Determining Cash Down Payment

    You want to purchase a beach house for $220,000 funding as much of the cost as possible with a home mortgage loan. Banks are currently offering standard thirty year mortgages at 8% (monthly compounding). Unfortunately, you can only afford payments of $1.500.00 per month. How much cash will you need for a down payment in order

    Public Accounting Profession - Negotiations

    Like most young professionals, earning a reasonable livelihood ranked as a top priority for Scott Fane, a CPA specializing in taxation services who relocated to Florida in the mid-1980s. To practice as a CPA in Florida, Scott Fane registered with the Florida Board of Accountancy, which regulates the public accounting profession

    Federal taxable income and tax liability

    Hall Inc. has computed federal taxable income before deduction for state taxes of $3 million. It incurred state income tax in six states of $750,000 and paid $60,000 in state franchise taxes. a. Calculate Hall's federal taxable income and tax liability. b. Calculate Hall's total federal and state tax burden as a percentage o

    Tax Problems for gain/loss calculations

    30. Kareem bought a rental house in October 2001 for $250,000, of which $50,000 is allocated to the land and $200,000 to the building. Early in 2003, he had a tennis court built in the backyard at a cost of $5,000. Kareem has deducted $30,900 for depreciation on the house and $1,300 for depreciation on the court. In January 2006