Superior Markets, Inc., operates three stores in a large metropolitan area. A segmented absorption costing income statement for the company for the last quarter is given below:

The North Store has consistently shown losses over the past two years. For this reason, management is giving consideration to closing the store. The company has asked you to make a recommendation as to whether the store should be closed or kept open. The following additional information is available for your use:

1. The breakdown of the selling and administrative expenses that are shown above is as follows:

*Allocated on the basis of sales dollars.

*Allocated on the basis of sales dollars.

2. The lease on the building housing the North Store can be broken with no penalty.

3. The fixtures being used in the North Store would be transferred to the other two stores if the North Store were closed.

4. The general manager of the North Store would be retained and transferred to another position in the company if the North Store were closed. She would be filling a position that would otherwise be filled by hiring a new employee at a salary of $13,200 per quarter. The general manager of the North Store would continue to earn her normal salary of $14,200 per quarter. All other managers and employees in the North store would be discharged.

5. The company has one delivery crew that serves all three stores. One delivery person could be discharged if the North Store were closed. This person’s salary is $5,700 per quarter. The delivery equipment would be distributed to the other stores. The equipment does not wear out through use, but does eventually become obsolete.

6. The company pays employment taxes equal to 15% of their employees' salaries.

7. One-third of the insurance in the North Store is on the store’s fixtures.

8. The “General office salaries” and “General office—other” relate to the overall management of Superior Markets, Inc. If the North Store were closed, one person in the general office could be discharged because of the decrease in overall workload. This person’s compensation is $7,100 per quarter.

Required:

1. How much employee salaries will the company avoid if it closes the North Store?

2. How much employment taxes will the company avoid if it closes the North Store?

3. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of closing the North Store?

4. Assuming that the North Store's floor space can’t be subleased, would you recommend closing the North Store?

5. Assume that the North Store's floor space can’t be subleased. However, let's introduce three more assumptions. First, assume that if the North Store were closed, one-fourth of its sales would transfer to the East Store, due to strong customer loyalty to Superior Markets. Second, assume that the East Store has enough capacity to handle the increased sales that would arise from closing the North Store. Third, assume that the increased sales in the East Store would yield the same gross margin as a percentage of sales as present sales in the East store. Given these new assumptions, what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of closing the North Store?

1. Cheyenne Corp. had $120,000 of 8%, $20 par value preferred stock and 15,000 shares of $5 par value common stock outstanding throughout 2018.  No dividends were paid in 2016 or 2017. Determine the dividend amount that should go to common and preferred shareholders for the following scenarios.

1. Assuming that total dividends declared in 2018 were $70,000, and that the preferred stock is not cumulative and is not participating.
   Common Shareholders’ Dividends
   Preferred Shareholders’ Dividends
   
2. Assuming that total dividends declared in 2018 were $70,000, and that the preferred stock is cumulative and is not participating.
   Common Shareholders’ Dividends
   Preferred Shareholders’ Dividends
   
3. Assuming that total dividends declared in 2018 were $70,000, and that the preferred stock is not cumulative and is fully participating.
   Common Shareholders’ Dividends
   Preferred Shareholders’ Dividends
   

d. Assuming that total dividends declared in 2018 were $70,000, and that the preferred stock is cumulative and is fully participating.
Common Shareholders’ Dividends
Preferred Shareholders’ Dividends

Padre, Inc., buys 80 percent of the outstanding common stock of Sierra Corporation on January 1, 2018, for $771,200 cash. At the acquisition date, Sierra’s total fair value, including the noncontrolling interest, was assessed at $964,000 although Sierra’s book value was only $614,000. Also, several individual items on Sierra’s financial records had fair values that differed from their book values as follows:

For internal reporting purposes, Padre, Inc., employs the equity method to account for this investment. The following account balances are for the year ending December 31, 2018, for both companies.

At year-end, there were no intra-entity receivables or payables.

Using the acquisition method, prepare the worksheet to consolidate these two companies. (For accounts where multiple consolidation entries are required, combine all debit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the debit column of the worksheet. Similarly, combine all credit entries into one amount and enter this amount in the credit column of the worksheet. Amounts in the Debit and Credit columns should be entered as positive. Negative amounts for the Noncontrolling Interest and Consolidated Totals columns should be entered with a minus sign.)

Financial data for Joel de Paris, Inc., for last year follow:

The company paid dividends of $210,400 last year. The “Investment in Buisson, S.A.,” on the balance sheet represents an investment in the stock of another company. The company's minimum required rate of return of 15%.

Required:

1. Compute the company's average operating assets for last year.

2. Compute the company’s margin, turnover, and return on investment (ROI) for last year. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to 2 decimal places.)

3. What was the company’s residual income last year?

“I know headquarters wants us to add that new product line,” said Dell Havasi, manager of Billings Company’s Office Products Division. “But I want to see the numbers before I make any move. Our division’s return on investment (ROI) has led the company for three years, and I don’t want any letdown.”

Billings Company is a decentralized wholesaler with five autonomous divisions. The divisions are evaluated on the basis of ROI, with year-end bonuses given to the divisional managers who have the highest ROIs. Operating results for the company’s Office Products Division for this year are given below:

The company had an overall return on investment (ROI) of 16.00% this year (considering all divisions). Next year the Office Products Division has an opportunity to add a new product line that would require an additional investment that would increase average operating assets by $2,450,000. The cost and revenue characteristics of the new product line per year would be:

Required:

1. Compute the Office Products Division’s ROI for this year.

2. Compute the Office Products Division’s ROI for the new product line by itself.

3. Compute the Office Products Division’s ROI for next year assuming that it performs the same as this year and adds the new product line.

4. If you were in Dell Havasi’s position, would you accept or reject the new product line?

5. Why do you suppose headquarters is anxious for the Office Products Division to add the new product line?

6. Suppose that the company’s minimum required rate of return on operating assets is 13% and that performance is evaluated using residual income.

a. Compute the Office Products Division’s residual income for this year.

b. Compute the Office Products Division’s residual income for the new product line by itself.

c. Compute the Office Products Division’s residual income for next year assuming that it performs the same as this year and adds the new product line.

d. Using the residual income approach, if you were in Dell Havasi’s position, would you accept or reject the new product line?

The company could issue 300,000 additional shares of $1 par value common stock for $7.50 per share The company will begin paying a dividend to ALL the common shareholders of $0.20 per share and this will continue into the future.

I need help with Journal Entries for this, a partial balance sheet, and the below ratios.

Current Ratio Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt to Asset Ratio Total Debt Total Assets Return on Equity Net Income Total Equity Return on Assets Net Income Total Assets

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On March 31, 2019, Dorchester Corporation recorded the following factory overhead costs incurred:

            Factory Manager Salary                  $5,500

            Factory Utilities                                  2,800

            Machinery Deprecation 9,000

            Machinery Repairs 1,800

            Factory Rent     2,000

The overhead application rate is based on direct labor hours.  The preset formula for overhead application estimated that $22,000 would be incurred, and 2,000 direct labor hours would be worked. During March, 650 hours were actually worked on Job Order 3-1 and 1,200 hours were actually worked on Job Order 3-2. Use this information to prepare the March 31 General Journal entries, without explanations, for the: (round any final dollar answers to the nearest whole dollar):

            1. to record the factory overhead costs

            2. the allocation of factory overhead to Job Order 3-1

            3. the allocation of factory overhead to Job Order 3-2

            4. the adjusting entry to dispose of any over or under application of factory overhead

You have just been hired by FAB Corporation, the manufacturer of a revolutionary new garage door opening device. The president has asked that you review the company’s costing system and “do what you can to help us get better control of our manufacturing overhead costs.” You find that the company has never used a flexible budget, and you suggest that preparing such a budget would be an excellent first step in overhead planning and control.

After much effort and analysis, you determined the following cost formulas and gathered the following actual cost data for March:

During March, the company worked 17,000 machine-hours and produced 11,000 units. The company had originally planned to work 19,000 machine-hours during March.

Required:

1. Prepare a flexible budget for March.

2. Prepare a report showing the spending variances for March.

Create a loan amortization table for a $100,000 2 year loan at 4.875% annual interest payable semi-annually:

a) Calculate the payment amount.

b) Do the loan amortization table.

c) What is the journal entry to receive the third payment?

On January 1, 2018, Marshall Company acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of Tucker Company. To acquire these shares, Marshall issued $295,000 in long-term liabilities and 20,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $1 per share but a fair value of $10 per share. Marshall paid $26,500 to accountants, lawyers, and brokers for assistance in the acquisition and another $11,500 in connection with stock issuance costs.

Prior to these transactions, the balance sheets for the two companies were as follows:

Note: Parentheses indicate a credit balance.

In Marshall’s appraisal of Tucker, it deemed three accounts to be undervalued on the subsidiary’s books: Inventory by $7,550, Land by $17,600, and Buildings by $25,400. Marshall plans to maintain Tucker’s separate legal identity and to operate Tucker as a wholly owned subsidiary.

1. Determine the amounts that Marshall Company would report in its postacquisition balance sheet. In preparing the postacquisition balance sheet, any required adjustments to income accounts from the acquisition should be closed to Marshall’s retained earnings. Other accounts will also need to be added or adjusted to reflect the journal entries Marshall prepared in recording the acquisition.
2. To verify the answers found in part (a), prepare a worksheet to consolidate the balance sheets of these two companies as of January 1, 2018.

Determine the amounts that Marshall Company would report in its postacquisition balance sheet. In preparing the postacquisition balance sheet, any required adjustments to income accounts from the acquisition should be closed to Marshall’s retained earnings. Other accounts will also need to be added or adjusted to reflect the journal entries Marshall prepared in recording the acquisition.

PART A

PART B

Lenci Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During May, the company budgeted for 5,230 units, but its actual level of activity was 5,180 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May:

Data used in budgeting:

Actual results for May:

The spending variance for manufacturing overhead in May would be closest to:

Iggy Company is considering three capital expenditure projects. Relevant data for the projects are as follows.

Annual income is constant over the life of the project. Each project is expected to have zero salvage value at the end of the project. Iggy Company uses the straight-line method of depreciation.

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(a)

Determine the internal rate of return for each project. (Round answers 0 decimal places, e.g. 13%. For calculation purposes, use 5 decimal places as displayed in the factor table provided.)

(b)

If Iggy Company’s required rate of return is 11%, which projects are acceptable?

Minden Company is a wholesale distributor of premium European chocolates. The company’s balance sheet as of April 30 is given below:

The company is in the process of preparing a budget for May and has assembled the following data:

1. Sales are budgeted at $220,000 for May. Of these sales, $66,000 will be for cash; the remainder will be credit sales. One-half of a month’s credit sales are collected in the month the sales are made, and the remainder is collected in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts receivable will be collected in May.

2. Purchases of inventory are expected to total $128,000 during May. These purchases will all be on account. Forty percent of all purchases are paid for in the month of purchase; the remainder are paid in the following month. All of the April 30 accounts payable to suppliers will be paid during May.

3. The May 31 inventory balance is budgeted at $56,000.

4. Selling and administrative expenses for May are budgeted at $86,000, exclusive of depreciation. These expenses will be paid in cash. Depreciation is budgeted at $6,750 for the month.

5. The note payable on the April 30 balance sheet will be paid during May, with $565 in interest. (All of the interest relates to May.)

6. New refrigerating equipment costing $6,700 will be purchased for cash during May.

7. During May, the company will borrow $25,300 from its bank by giving a new note payable to the bank for that amount. The new note will be due in one year.

Required:

1. Calculate the expected cash collections for May.

2. Calculate the expected cash disbursements for merchandise purchases for May.

3. Prepare a cash budget for May.

4. Prepare a budgeted income statement for May.

5. Prepare a budgeted balance sheet as of May 31.

On October 1, Ebony Ernst organized Ernst Consulting; on October 3, the owner contributed $84,000 in assets in exchange for its common stock to launch the business. On October 31, the company’s records show the following items and amounts.

Cash $ 11,360 Cash dividends $ 2,000

Accounts receivable 14,000 Consulting revenue 14,000

Office supplies 3,250 Rent expense 3,550

Land 46,000 Salaries expense 7,000

Office equipment 18,000 Telephone expense 760

Accounts payable 8,500 Miscellaneous expenses 580

Common Stock 84,000

Using the above information prepare an October 31 balance sheet for Ernst Consulting.