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    Financial Accounting: Salvage Value

    At the end of the year 2003, a parent sold equipment to a wholly owned subsidiary for $32,000. The equipment cost the parent $100,000 and, at the date of the intercompany sale, had accumulated depreciation of $60,000 and a four-year remaining life. Both the subsidiary and the parent use straight line depreciation and assume no s

    Payne Company Financial Accounting

    On January 2, 2003, Payne Company, a 60 percent owned subsidiary, sold equipment to its parent company, Jones Corporation, for $276,000. The equipment originally was purchased at the beginning of 1999 for $760,000 and was being depreciated on a straight-line basis over a 10-year period. The equipment was not expected to have any

    Compute consolidated net income for 2003

    5. On January 1, 2002, Park Corporation purchased 70 percent of the common stock of North Corporation for $1,100,000. At that date, North had $1,150,000 of common stock outstanding and retained earnings of $370,000. Equipment with a remaining life of 5 years had a book value of $560,000 and a fair value of $600,000. North's rem

    B.N. Counter Corporation

    A) Record the business combination on the books of B.N. Counter Corporation b) Present in general journal form all elimination entries needed in a work paper to prepare a Consolidated balance sheet immediately following the business combination on Jan. 2, 20X8. c) Prepare and complete a consolidated balance sheet work paper a

    Financial Accounting: Corporate Purchases

    Small Corporation's owners recently offered to sell 60 percent of their ownership to Large Corporation for $450,000. Large's business manager was told that Small's book value was $300,00, and she estimates the fair value of its net assets at approximately $600,000. Small has relatively old equipment and manufacturing facilitie

    Accounting Calculation Questions

    Can you help me get started with this assignment? 1. Juro Supply forecasts purchases of 12,200 units in June. It sells each unit for $10.50. The firm has 1,000 units on hand on June 1. The desired ending inventory on June 30th is to be 20% higher than beginning inventory. Total dollar sales for June are expected to be: a. $

    Cost Accounting

    Budgeted data: Jan Feb Mar sales in units 15,000 20000 18000 Production units 18000 19000 16000 One pound of material is required for each finished unit. the inventory of materi

    Important information about Materials price variance

    The following material standards have been established for a partiuclar raw material used in the company's sole product: standard quantity per unit of output .1 pound standard price $18.20 per pound Following data pertain to operations for the last month: actual materials purchased

    High Low Method and Cost Accounting

    The following data pertains to the activity and maintenance costs for two recent years: Year 2 Year 1 Activity level in units 11,125 6,000 maintenance costs 6250 4200 If the high low method is use

    Purchase Price Cost Accounting

    Company Y purchase machine with 7 year life. Will generate cash flows of 9000 each year over 7 years. No salvage value at end of 7 years. Discount rate 10%, what is the purchase price of the machine is the npv is 17,000 A 43812 B 26812 C 17000 D 22195

    Calculating Net Present Value

    Paving Company is getting a paver. Machine will cost $240,000 and will last 10 years and will have a $40,000 salvage value at end of 10 years. Machine will generate net cash inflows of $60,000 per year in each of ten years. Discount rate is 18%. What is the net present value? A 5840 B 37280 C (48780) D 69640

    Advanced Financial Accounting for Park Corp.

    On 1/1/03, Park Corp. acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Rose, Inc. by exchanging 600,000 shares of $5 par common stock in a purchase type stock acquisition. Subsequently, Rose was liquidated and its assets and liabilities merged into Park. Park's common stock had a market price of $50 per share at 1/1/03. The amoun

    Cost Accounting - Cost per equivalent unit

    37. Maenhout Corporation uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. Operating data for the Casting Department for the month of September appear below: Percentage Units Complete Beginning Work in Process Inventory 21,000 60% Transferred in from the prior department during September 64,000 Ending Work in Pr

    Cost Accounting - allocating the costs of inspecting the finished products

    38. Guerra Electronics manufactures a variety of electronic gadgets for use in the home. Which of the following would probably be the most accurate measure of activity to use for allocating the costs of inspecting the finished products at Guerra? Why???? A) machine-hours. B) direct labor-hours. C) inspection time. D) n

    Cost Accounting

    40. Which of the following would probably be the most accurate measure of activity to use for allocating the costs associated with a factory's purchasing department? Why??? A) Machine-hours. B) Direct labor-hours. C) Number of orders processed. D) Cost of materials purchased.

    Cost Accounting

    28. Cribb Corporation uses direct labor-hours in its predetermined rate. At the beginning of the year, the estimated direct labor-hours were 17,900 hours and the total estimated manufacturing overhead was $341,890. At the end of the year, actual direct labor-hours for the year were 16,700 hours and the actual manufacturing ove

    Cost Accounting

    21. Variable expenses for Alpha Company are 40% of Sales. What are sales at the break-even point, assuming that fixed expenses total $150,000 per year: A) $250,000. B) $375,000. C) $600,000. D) $150,000.

    Financial Multiple Choice Questions

    1).The par value of the common stock of a large listed corporation A)Tends to establish a ceiling for the market price of the stock(B) Tend to establish a floor for the market price of the stock (C) Represents the legal capital and is not related to the market price of the stock.(D) Is increased by net income and decrease by di

    CVP Problems and Cost Accounting

    1. Eastman Kodak Company produces and sells cameras, film, and other imaging products. A condensed 2000 income statement follows (in millions): Sales $13,994 Cost of goods sold 8,019 Gross Margin 5,975 Other operating expenses 3,761 Operating income $2,214 Assume that $1,800 million of the cost of goods sold is a fixe

    Financial Accounting - Effect of Interim Reporting

    Write an e-mail memo to Jan Waters addressing whether any of the interim reporting will change as a result of the new online courses being offered. Your e-mail should answer the following questions: ? Which reports is Calliope required to file on a quarterly basis? ? Will the addition of the online courses require any change

    Disucs: Financial Accounting for Calliope

    Write an e-mail memo to Jan describing which criteria Calliope online courses needs to meet to be reported as a distinct segment of the company. Calliope has not reported business segments before, but the demand for its new online courses is high. Therefore, Jan would like to know what type of information is reported in connecti

    Business Taxation

    1. Waters Salad Dressing had beginning work-in-process in July of $248,320 consisting of $101,640 of materials and $146,680 of conversion costs. There were 16,000 units (one unit equals one case of salad dressing) in beginning work-in-process, 40% complete as to conversion costs. Materials are added at the beginning of the proc

    Cost Accounting: Methods in Certain Situations

    Companies can choose among a few allocation methods. Do some methods make more sense in certain situations than others? Explain by describing at least two allocation methods and when they make more sense or less.

    Financial Accounting

    The following trial balance of Scott Corp. at December 31, 2007 has been properly adjusted except for the income tax expense adjustment. Scott Corp. Trial Balance December 31, 2007 Dr. Cr. Cash $ 775,000 Accounts receiva

    Explain how to arrive at the appropriate derivation of a cost.

    A company has two major businesses that it operates. One business manufactures and sells unicycles for commercial use in circuses, etc. (total sales of $150M), and the other sells bicycles to the public (total sales of $20M). The unicycle business occupies 75,000 square feet of the manufacturing warehouse and the bicycle busines

    Financial Accounting

    Journal entry, correcting entry, and computation Journal entries Prepare the necessary general journal entries for the month of October for Stringer Company for each situation given below. Stringer uses a perpetual inventory system. Oct. 5 Paid operating expenses as follows: $4,000 Salaries Expense, $2,000 Rent Expense,

    Financial Accounting

    Multiple choice questions used for study aid. 1. A private organization which establishes broad accounting principles as well as specific accounting rules is the a. Securities and Exchange Commission. b. Internal Revenue Service. c. Financial Accounting Standards Board. d. Corporate Board of Directors. 2. T