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    Benefits of an Interest Tax Shield

    With its current leverage, Impi Corporation will have net income next year of $4.5 million. If Impi's corporate tax rate is 35% and it pays 8% interest on its debt, how much addtional debt can Impi issue this year and still receive the benefit of the interest tax shield next year?

    changes to net income and free cash flow

    Grommit Engineering expects to have net income next year of $20.75 million and free cash flow of $22.15 million. Grommit's marginal corporate tax is 35%. a) If Grommit increases leverage so that its interest expense rises by $1 million, how will its net income change? b) For the same increase in interest expense, how will

    Internal controls for accounts payable for Apollo Shoes

    Explain appropriate controls for accounts payable. Do not just list internal controls explain appropriate controls for accounts payable based on the Apollo Shoes case. http://www.mhhe.com/business/accounting/louwers2e/apollo.html. Review board meeting minutes for AP.

    Incremental analysis for a special order

    See attachment. Gruner Company produces golf discs which it normally sells to retailers for $7.16 each. The cost of manufacturing 20,200 golf discs is: Materials $10,302 Labor 29,290 Variable overhead 20,402 Fixed overhead 39,592 Total $99,586 Gruner also incurs 8% sales commission ($0.57) on each disc sold.

    Accounting

    On January 2, 2011, Kinnaird Hospital purchased a $92,000 special radiology scanner from Faital Inc. The scanner has a useful life of 5 years and will have no disposal value at the end of its useful life. The straight-line method of depreciation is used on this scanner. Annual operating costs with this scanner are $105,060.

    Fundamentals of cost accounting - 3rd edition

    5. Loin Cabinetry produces two models of home shelving, the Basic-Super and the Mega-Super. Data on operations and costs for November are: Required: Compute the predetermined overhead rate, assuming Loin Cabinetry uses: (a) Direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs (b) Direct labor costs to allocate overhead costs (c)

    Fundamentals of cost accounting..

    4. Smith and Blarney Refiners began business on July 01. The following operations data are available for July and the one product the company produces: Costs incurred in July were: All production at Smith and Blarney is sold as it is produced (i.e., there are no finished goods inventories). Required: (a) Compu

    Fundamentals of cost accounting - 3rd edition

    2. A company ran a regression analysis using direct labor hours as the independent variable and manufacturing overhead costs as the dependent variable. The results are summarized below: The company is planning to operate at a level that would require 12,000 direct labor hours per month in the upcoming year. Require

    advantages and disadvantages of a partnership

    What are the advantages and disadvantages of organizing a business as a partnership? Compare and contrast a general partnership and a limited partnership. Under what circumstances might you set up a partnership?

    FASB and IASB Convergence: IFRS

    There has been talk for several years that the FASB and IASB are trying to converge their standards, but it seems to be a very slow process. Do you think this will ever happen and is it appropriate for vastly different economies (think developed nations with stable economies v. third world, developing countries with high inflati

    Reportable amount for uninsured flood damage

    On February 25, 2012, a flood destroyed one of the company's manufacturing plants causing $600,000 of uninsured damage. Determine the appropriate treatment of each of these events in the 2011 financial statements of Northwest Distribution Corporation.

    Forecast demand using 3 and 5 period moving average

    The ABC Floral Shop sold the following number of geraniums during the last 2 weeks: Day Demand Day Demand 1 200 8 150 2 134 9 182 3 157 10 197 4 165 11 136 5 177 12 163 6 125 13 157 7 146 14 169 Develop a spreadsheet to answer the following ques

    Accounting Fraud and Attorney

    Can an accountant and an attorney be the same person? An accountant and an attorney can definitely be the same person. In fact, many professional organizations, including the National Society of Attorney CPA's encourage it. When you have an attorney-CPA, the individual possesses the legal expertise of an attorney, combined wi

    How does ABC costing differ from traditional allocation methods?

    How does ABC costing differ from traditional allocation methods? What can an organization learn from the process of applying ABC costing? Some firms have a lot of fixed costs and few variable costs, while other firms are configured the other way around. What affect do you think the existence of a high proportion of fixed c

    Accounting: Notes Receivable and Interest

    1) OBX Mufflers accepted a five-month, 7.5% interest, $2,400 note from ABD Motors on June 1, 2008. The entire balance is payable at the note's maturity. What will be the total payment on October 31, 2008? 2) George Masonry accepted a four-month, 10% interest, $1,800 note from Earth Tones on July 1, 2008. The entire balanc

    What is the company's cash basis net income?

    O'Hara Inc. made sales of $350,000 during 2008, its first year of operations. Of this $10,000 remained in accounts receivable at the end of the year. Additionally, the company paid and incurred $200,000 in expenses during the year. The company also prepaid $2,000 of it's 2009 insurance and recorded $4,000 of depreciation expense

    Aldor Company's four operating segments: How should Segment B report?

    In 2006 and 2007, each of Aldor Company's four operating segments met one of the three quantitative tests for segment reporting. In 2008, Segment B failed to qualify. I have presented a basic look at the drivers and how my company uses them. You will want to add your ideas and insights for this as well. Drivers: Intellig

    Hartman Company: Use the high-low method to estimate the overhead cost behavior

    5-43 Interpretation of Regression results: Simple Regression Using a Spreadsheet Hartman Company's Lucas plant manufactures thermostatic controls. Plant management has experienced fluctuating monthly overhead costs and wants to estimate overhead costs accurately to plan its operations and its financial needs. Interviews with

    Thorne Company: Contribution margin by product

    See attachment for better format. Thorne Company manufactures and sells three products. Relevant per unit data concerning each product are given below. Product A B C Selling price $8.96 $11.82 $16.22 Variable costs and expenses $2.72 $9.54 $11.72 Machine hours to produce 2 1 3 Compute

    5-39 Account Analysis: Large limousine company, cost per unit

    5-39 Account Analysis The accounting department of a large limousine company is analyzing the costs of its services. The cost data and level of activity for the past 16 months follow: Month Special Analyses Customer Accounts Paychecks Processed Accounting Service Costs 1 2 325 1029 $63,800.00 2 4 310 993 68

    Unrelated Business Income Tax

    For each of the following organizations, determine the amount of the UBIT. a. AIDS, Inc., an exempt charitable organization that provides support for individuals with AIDS, operates a retail medical supply store open to the general public. The net income of the store, before any Federal income taxes, is $305,000. b. The lo

    fraud investigation interviews

    Conducting an interview as a fraud investigator, is the interview an evidence gathering process in itself? Please elaborate.

    Variance Analysis Standard Manufacturing Costs

    The Beal Manufacturing Company's costing system has two direct-cost categories:direct materials and direct manufacturing labor. Manufacturing overhead (both variable and fixed) is allocated to products on the basis of standard direct manufacturing labor hours (DLH). At the beginning of 2009, Beal adopted the following standards

    This post discusses the Sltakin SEC case.

    Please go to http://www.sec.gov/litigation/litreleases/lr17796.htm. This SEC litigation release identifies Daniel Jacobs as a co-conspirator in Slatkin's effort to deceive the SEC. Pay close attention to the bulleted section. a. What do you learn about NAA Financial? b. Who is Michel (Mitchell) Axiall?