The Perez Company has the opportunity to invest in one of two mutually exclusive machines that will produce a product it will need for the foreseeable future. Machine A costs $11 million but realizes after-tax inflows of $5 million per year for 4 years. After 4 years, the machine must be replaced. Machine B costs $13 million and realizes after-tax inflows of $3.5 million per year for 8 years, after which it must be replaced. Assume that machine prices are not expected to rise because inflation will be offset by cheaper components used in the machines. The cost of capital is 14%.

1. Using the replacement chain approach to project analysis, by how much would the value of the company increase if it accepted the better machine? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Round your answer to two decimal places.
   $ ________ million

2. What is the equivalent annual annuity for each machine? Enter your answer in millions. For example, an answer of $1.2 million should be entered as 1.2, not 1,200,000. Round your answers to two decimal places.

   Machine A	$ ________ million
   Machine B	$ ________ million

Blackwelder Factory produces two similar products-small lamps and desk lamps. The total plant overhead budget is $529,000 with 540,000 estimated direct labor hours. It is further estimated that small lamp production will require 264,000 direct labor hours and desk lamp production will need 276,000 direct labor hours.

Using the single plantwide factory overhead rate with an allocation base of direct labor hours, how much factory overhead will Blackwelder Factory allocate to small lamp production if actual direct hours for the period is 191,000?

a.$187,180

b.$731,183

c.$366,083

d.$506,000

2)

Blackwelder Factory produces two similar products-small lamps and desk lamps. The total plant overhead budget is $582,000 with 471,000 estimated direct labor hours. It is further estimated that small lamp production will require 267,000 direct labor hours and desk lamp production will need 204,000 direct labor hours.

Using the single plantwide factory overhead rate with an allocation base of direct labor hours, how much factory overhead will Blackwelder Factory allocate to desk lamp production if actual direct hours for the period is 178,000.

a.$220,720

b.$507,824

c.$873,000

d.$361,280

3)

Challenger Factory produces two similar products - regular widgets and deluxe widgets. The total plant overhead budget is $563,000 with 350,200 estimated direct labor hours. It is further estimated that deluxe widget production will need 5 direct labor hours for each unit and regular widget production will require 6 direct labor hours for each unit.

Using the single plantwide factory overhead rate with an allocation base of direct labor hours, how much factory overhead will Challenger Factory allocate to regular widget production if budgeted production for the period is 75,000 units and actual production for the period is 104,800 units?

a.$1,012,368

b.$842,410

c.$93,833

d.$168,482

Many mortgage companies have included in their mortgage contracts the right to non-judicial foreclosure, meaning that if a mortgagee becomes delinquent under the terms of the note, the mortgage company can foreclose on the property without having to sue the mortgagee and obtain a judgment for judicial foreclosure. Do you think this nonjudicial foreclosure provision is fair? Is it good for the economy/business? Should it be allowed? Why or why not? Please remember to comment upon at least two other students' posts in addition to posting your own comment.

In downtown Metropolis, Mr. Kent owns several small office buildings in which he rents space to various professionals. Last year he sold two of his rental buildings. Mr. Kent sold one of the buildings, Lois Lane Office Suites, for $450,000; Mr. Kent’s basis in Lois Lane Office Suites was $400,000. Mr. Kent sold the second building, Kryptonite Professional Center, for $470,000. Mr. Kent’s basis in Kryptonite Professional Center was $540,000. He had owned both buildings for several years. Depreciation claimed by Mr. Kent was not accelerated or otherwise subject to any recapture rules.

(a) What is the character of Mr. Kent’s gains and losses? Assume no other transactions during the year.

(b) What is the result if Mr. Kent’s basis in Kryptonite Professional Center was $490,000? (all other information remains the same as originally stated)

(c) What is the result if Mr. Kent’s basis in Lois Lane Office Suites was $490,000? (all other information remains the same as originally stated)

(d) What is the result if Lois Lane Office Suites was held for 11 months at the time of the sale? (all other information remains the same as originally stated)

Research a publicly traded company of your choice using the latest financial statements and announcement of quarterly or annual dividends per share, an announcement of a stock split of one to two and the purchase of treasury stock. If all three events did not take place, imagine, based on the latest financial statements of the company, that all three events did take place in the company, and build a scenario and projections as follows:

1. Discuss the primary reporting alternatives the company has for the repurchase of its own shares. How would each option affect total shareholders’ equity?
2. How would a stock split of one for two be accounted for, how would it affect shareholder’s equity, and why?
3. How would the company account for the cash dividends from declaration to the date of payment? What are the important dates for dividends payment and how would it affect the balance sheet, and why?

In this question, we will explore the irrelevance of dividend policy.

Suppose XYZ Inc currently has 1 million shares outstanding, and XYZ expects to make $1 million per year in perpetuity, all of which is paid out in dividends. Assume the relevant discount rate is 10%. (Ignore taxes and transaction costs, and assume the markets are efficient.Use the DDM to value the shares)

a.What is the value of one share of XYZ Inc? (Assume the next dividend payment is one year from today.)

b.Now assume XYZ Inc plans to change its dividend policy as follows: the company will skip the next dividend payment and instead it will repurchase $1 million worth of shares. In year 2, and in all subsequent years, the dividends will resume and all the income will be paid out as dividends. What is the current share price under this policy? Provide an explicit calculation of the share price given the new dividend payment stream.(Hint: Let P1 be the share price at time 1, immediately before the share repurchase. Calculate the number of shares repurchased, and then find the dividends per share for years 2 and beyond. Discount all this back in order to find the current share price.) Do not assume the M&M proposition that the dividend policy is irrelevant. Essentially, this question is meant to prove that fact.

c.Suppose you purchase 100 shares today, and sell them 2 years from now, immediately after the year 2 dividend is paid. What is your total profit under each dividend policy? Does this difference in profit violate the indifference of dividend policy? Expla

Service Department Charges

In divisional income statements prepared for LeFevre Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $75,584, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $25,960 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records:

a. Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.

b. Using the activity base information in (a), determine the annual amount of payroll and purchasing costs charged back to the Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions from payroll and purchasing services. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Do not round your interim calculations, round your answers to two decimal places, if required.

c. Residential's service department charge is   than the other two divisions because Residential is a   user of service department services. Residential has many employees on a weekly payroll, which translates into a   number of check-issuing transactions.

Gitano Products operates a job-order costing system and applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of direct materials used in production (not on the basis of raw materials purchased). Its predetermined overhead rate was based on a cost formula that estimated $111,600 of manufacturing overhead for an estimated allocation base of $93,000 direct material dollars to be used in production. The company has provided the following data for the just completed year:

Required:

1. Compute the predetermined overhead rate for the year.

2. Compute the amount of underapplied or overapplied overhead for the year.

3. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year. Assume all raw materials are used in production as direct materials.

4. Compute the unadjusted cost of goods sold for the year. Do not include any underapplied or overapplied overhead in your answer.

5. Assume that the $39,000 ending balance in Work in Process includes $8,800 of direct materials. Given this assumption, supply the information missing below:

Smith Corporation is reviewing the following transactions for its year-ended December 31, 2015.

For each item listed, indicate the:

A. Name of the account to use.

B. Whether it is current or long-term, asset or liability.

C. The amount.

1. On December 15, 2015 the company declared a $2.00 per share dividend on 40,000 shares of

     common stock outstanding, to be paid on January 5, 2013

   2. Credit sales for year amounted to $10,000,000. Smith estimates its Allowance for Doubtful

        Accounts as 3% of credit sales.

   3. At December 31, bonds payable of $100,000,000 are outstanding. The bonds pay 12% interest

        every September 30 and mature in installments of $25,000,000 every September 30.

   4. Bonuses to key employees based on net income for 2015 are estimated to be $150,000.

   5. Included in long-term investments are 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds that mature March 31, 2016.

       The bonds were purchased November 20, 2015.

   6. The accounts receivable account includes $20,000 due in three years from employees.

   7. The property, plant, and equipment account is stated at cost, except that it includes a parcel of

       land purchased for investment purposes at a cost of $40,000. Because of rising land prices, the

       value of the land has been written up to $60,000. The company has an independent appraisal

        that attests to this amount.

   8. Current liabilities include $50,000 for long-term debt that is due in three months. The company

        has received a firm commitment to refinance the debt for five years and intends to do so.

9. Investments in marketable securities include $20,000 in short-term, high-grade commercial

       paper, which matures in 60 days.

Direct Method

Eilers Company has two producing departments and two support departments. The following budgeted data pertain to these four departments:

The company has decided to simplify its method of allocating support service costs by switching to the direct method.

Required:

1. Allocate the costs of the support departments to the producing departments using the direct method. Round allocation ratios to four significant digits. Round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. Use the rounded values for subsequent calculations.

Allocation ratios:

2. Using direct labor hours, compute departmental overhead rates. (Round to the nearest cent.)

Sales Forecast and Flexible Budget

Olympus, Inc., manufactures three models of mattresses: the Sleepeze, the Plushette, and the Ultima. Forecast sales for next year are 15,130 for the Sleepeze, 11,920 for the Plushette, and 5,500 for the Ultima. Gene Dixon, vice president of sales, has provided the following information:

1. Salaries for his office (including himself at $64,200, a marketing research assistant at $39,950, and an administrative assistant at $23,900) are budgeted for $128,050 next year.
2. Depreciation on the offices and equipment is $18,150 per year.
3. Office supplies and other expenses total $22,500 per year.
4. Advertising has been steady at $21,650 per year. However, the Ultima is a new product and will require extensive advertising to educate consumers on the unique features of this high-end mattress. Gene believes the company should spend 10 percent of first-year Ultima sales for a print and television campaign.
5. Commissions on the Sleepeze and Plushette lines are 3 percent of sales. These commissions are paid to independent jobbers who sell the mattresses to retail stores.
6. Last year, shipping for the Sleepeze and Plushette lines averaged $45 per unit sold. Gene expects the Ultima line to ship for $80 per unit sold since this model features a larger mattress.

Required:

1. Suppose that Gene is considering three sales scenarios as follows:

Prepare a revenue budget for the Sales Division for the coming year for each scenario.

2. Prepare a flexible expense budget for the Sales Division for the three scenarios above. If required, round answers to the nearest dollar.

Genuine Spice Inc. began operations on January 1 of the current year. The company produces eight- ounce bottles of hand and body lotion called Eternal Beauty. The lotion is sold wholesale in 12-bottle cases for $100 per case. There is a selling commission of $20 per case. The January direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead costs are as follows: DIRECT MATERIALS Cost Behavior Units per Case Cost per Unit Cost per Case Cream base Variable 100 oz. $0.02 $ 2.00 Natural oils Variable 30 oz. 0.30 9.00 Bottle (8-oz.) Variable 12 bottles 0.50 6.00 $17.00 DIRECT LABOR Department Cost Behavior Time per Case Labor Rate per Hour Cost per Case Mixing Variable 20 min. $18.00 $6.00 Filling Variable 5 14.40 1.20 25 min. $7.20 FACTORY OVERHEAD Cost Behavior Total Cost Utilities Mixed $600 Facility lease Fixed 14,000 Equipment depreciation Fixed 4,300 Supplies Fixed 660 $19,560 Part A—Break-Even Analysis The management of Genuine Spice Inc. wants to determine the number of cases required to break even per month. The utilities cost, which is part of factory overhead, is a mixed cost. The following information was gathered from the first six months of operation regarding this cost: Case Production Utility Total Cost January 500 $600 February 800 660 March 1,200 740 April 1,100 720 May 950 690 June 1,025 705 Required-Part A: 1. Determine the fixed and variable portion of the utility cost using the high-low method. 2. Determine the contribution margin per case. 3. Determine the fixed costs per month, including the utility fixed cost from part (1). 4. Determine the break-even number of cases per month. Part B—August Budgets During July of the current year, the management of Genuine Spice Inc. asked the controller to prepare August manufacturing and income statement budgets. Demand was expected to be 1,500 cases at $100 per case for August. Inventory planning information is provided as follows: Finished Goods Inventory: Cases Cost Estimated finished goods inventory, August 1 300 $12,000 Desired finished goods inventory, August 31 175 7,000 Materials Inventory: Cream Base Oils Bottles (oz.) (oz.) (bottles) Estimated materials inventory, August 1 250 290 600 Desired materials inventory, August 31 1,000 360 240 There was negligible work in process inventory assumed for either the beginning or end of the month; thus, none was assumed. In addition, there was no change in the cost per unit or estimated units per case operating data from January. Required-Part B: 5. Prepare the August production budget.* 6. Prepare the August direct materials purchases budget.* 7. Prepare the August direct labor cost budget. Round the hours required for production to the nearest hour.* 8. Prepare the August factory overhead cost budget. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. (Entries of zero (0) will be cleared automatically by CNOW.)* 9. Prepare the August budgeted income statement, including selling expenses. NOTE: Because you are not required to prepare a cost of goods sold budget, the cost of goods sold calculations will be part of the budgeted income statement.* *Enter all amounts as positive numbers. Part C—August Variance Analysis During September of the current year, the controller was asked to perform variance analyses for August. The January operating data provided the standard prices, rates, times, and quantities per case. There were 1,500 actual cases produced during August, which was 250 more cases than planned at the beginning of the month. Actual data for August were as follows: Actual Direct Materials Price per Unit Quantity per Case Cream base $0.016 per oz. 102 oz. Natural oils $0.32 per oz. 31 oz. Bottle (8-oz.) $0.42 per bottle 12.5 bottles Actual Direct Actual Direct Labor Labor Rate Time per Case Mixing $18.20 19.50 min. Filling 14.00 5.60 min. Actual variable overhead $305.00 Normal volume 1,600 cases The prices of the materials were different from standard due to fluctuations in market prices. The standard quantity of materials used per case was an ideal standard. The Mixing Department used a higher grade labor classification during the month, thus causing the actual labor rate to exceed standard. The Filling Department used a lower grade labor classification during the month, thus causing the actual labor rate to be less than standard Required-Part C: 10. Determine and interpret the direct materials price and quantity variances for the three materials. 11. Determine and interpret the direct labor rate and time variances for the two departments. Round hours to the nearest tenth of an hour. 12. Determine and interpret the factory overhead controllable variance. 13. Determine and interpret the factory overhead volume variance. 14. Why are the standard direct labor and direct materials costs in the calculations for parts (10) and (11) based on the actual 1,500-case production volume rather than the planned 1,375 cases of production used in the budgets for parts (6) and (7)?

Physical Units Method

Alomar Company manufactures four products from a joint production process: barlon, selene, plicene, and corsol. The joint costs for one batch are as follows:

At the split-off point, a batch yields 1,041 barlon, 2,290 selene, 2,394 plicene, and 4,683 corsol. All products are sold at the split-off point: barlon sells for $15 per unit, selene sells for $20 per unit, plicene sells for $24 per unit, and corsol sells for $36 per unit.

Required:

1. Allocate the joint costs using the physical units method. If required, round your percentage allocation to four decimal places and round allocated costs to the nearest dollar. Note: The total of the allocated cost does not equal to the one provided in the question data due to rounding error.

2. Suppose that the products are weighted as shown below:

Allocate the joint costs using the weighted average method. If required, round your percentage allocation to four decimal places and round allocated costs to the nearest dollar.