Pension plan was adopted on Jan 1 2018, all employees were granted benefits for prior serviced. This created PBO of $205,352. Company immediately contributed $155,000 to the plan. In 2018 Company provided additional funds of $130,000. Interest was outstanding all year long, and accrued at 4%. Return on planned assets invested in January was expected to approximate 8%. The plan is administered by trust department of regional bank. The planned assets are invested in exchange-listed equity securities 40%, corporate bonds 15% and U.S. government bonds 45% There is an expected rate of compensation increase of 5 %, yet the rate did not happen this year. Compute pension expense.

Bentley Enterprises uses process costing to control costs in the manufacture of Dust Sensors for the mining industry. The following information pertains to operations for November. (CMA Exam adapted)

The beginning inventory was 60% complete as to materials and 20% complete as to conversion costs. The ending inventory was 80% complete as to materials and 40% complete as to conversion costs.
Costs pertaining to November are as follows:
Beginning inventory: direct materials, $56,160; direct labor, $21,920; manufacturing overhead, $16,840.
Costs incurred during the month: direct materials, $484,000; direct labor, $198,880; manufacturing overhead, $407,160.
What is the equivalent unit cost for the conversion costs assuming Bentley uses weighted-average process costing?

$4.90.

$5.28.

$5.45.

$5.65.

On January 1, 2020, LMB, Inc. purchased some equipment for $42,000. In order to prepare the equipment for use, LMB had to pay $8,000 to have the equipment installed. LMB aos estimates that the equipment will be used for 5 years and that it can be sold to a smaller company for parts after 5 years. It expects to sell the parts for $5,000. LMB will use the equipment for 5 years but also estimates that it will produce 10,000 units in total during that time.

LMB's units of production were as follows:

2020: 2,000 units

2021: 4,000 units

2022: 2,000 units

2023: 1,500 units

2024: 500 units

Using the Units of Production method, calculate depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 (first blank) and for the year ended December 31, 2021 (second blank).  

In the third blank, fill in the total accumulated depreciation after the 2nd year (12/31/2020).

In the fourth blank, fill in the net book value of the equipment on 12/31/2021.

Question 11 options:

13. Topic: Change to the Equity Method On January 1, Mauer purchased 15% of Thome's common stock. On August 1, it purchased another 30% of Thome's common stock. During October, Thome declared and paid a cash dividend on its common stock. How much income from Thome should Mauer report on its income statement?

a. 15% of Thome's income for January 1 to July 31, plus 45% of Thome's income for the remainder of the year
b. 45% of Thome's income from August 1 to December 31 only
c. 40% of Thome's income
d. The amount of dividends received from Thome

14. Topic: Preacquisition Contingencies Accounting standards require that a portion of the cost of an acquired company be allocated to investee liabilities. However, often in the case of pre-existing contingent liabilities, the amounts may be unknown at the acquisition date. What are the general financial reporting requirements for the consolidated statements at date of acquisition?

a. If the fair value of a pre-existing contingent liability is unknown, the liability should not be recognized.
b. A contingent liability would not be recognized unless the loss was "probable."
c. Contingencies meeting the "possible" threshold would be disclosed, not accrued.
d. All of the above statements are true.

**Please provide computations and explanation!!

Transactions for Fixed Assets, Including Sale

The following transactions and adjusting entries were completed by Robinson Furniture Co. during a three-year period. All are related to the use of delivery equipment. The double-declining-balance method of depreciation is used.

Required:

Journalize the transactions and the adjusting entries. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest cent.

Thomas Railroad Company organizes its three divisions, the North (N), South (S), and West (W) regions, as profit centers. The chief executive officer (CEO) evaluates divisional performance, using income from operations as a percent of revenues. The following quarterly income and expense accounts were provided from the trial balance as of December 31:

The company operates three service departments: the Dispatching Department, the Equipment Management Department, and the Treasurer’s Department. The Dispatching Department manages the scheduling and releasing of completed trains. The Equipment Management Department manages the railroad cars inventories. It makes sure the right freight cars are at the right place at the right time. The Treasurer’s Department conducts a variety of services for the company as a whole. The following additional information has been gathered:

Required:

1. Prepare quarterly income statements showing income from operations for the three regions. Use three column headings: North, South, and West. Do not round your interim calculations.

2. What is the profit margin of each division? Round to one decimal place.

Identify the most successful region according to the profit margin.
North

3. What would you include in a recommendation to the CEO for a better method for evaluating the performance of the divisions?

1. The method used to evaluate the performance of the divisions should be reevaluated.
2. A better divisional performance measure would be the rate of return on investment (income from operations divided by divisional assets).
3. A better divisional performance measure would be the residual income (income from operations less a minimal return on divisional assets).
4. None of these choices would be included.
5. All of these choices (a, b & c) would be included.

Northwest Paperboard Company, a paper and allied products manufacturer, was seeking to gain a foothold in Canada. Toward that end, the company bought 40% of the outstanding common shares of Vancouver Timber and Milling, Inc., on January 2, 2021, for $600 million.

At the date of purchase, the book value of Vancouver's net assets was $875 million. The book values and fair values for all balance sheet items were the same except for inventory and plant facilities. The fair value exceeded book value by $5 million for the inventory and by $30 million for the plant facilities.

The estimated useful life of the plant facilities is 15 years. All inventory acquired was sold during 2021.

Vancouver reported net income of $220 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. Vancouver paid a cash dividend of $60 million.

Required:
1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the investment during 2021.
2. What amount should Northwest report as its income from its investment in Vancouver for the year ended December 31, 2021?
3. What amount should Northwest report in its balance sheet as its investment in Vancouver?
4. What should Northwest report in its statement of cash flows regarding its investment in Vancouver?

Anna Wright is considering opening a Kwik Oil Change Center. She estimates the following monthly costs: rent $6,000; depreciation on equipment $7,000; and wages $16,400. Additionally, each oil change will include five quarts of oil at $1.80 per quart and one oil filter that will cost $3.00. She must also pay The Kwik Corporation a franchise fee of $1.40 per oil change. In addition, she has collected the following data from the company regarding utility costs. The total utility cost is based on the number of monthly oil changes.

What is the variable cost per oil change?

A condensed income statement for the Electronics Division of Gihbli Industries Inc. for the year ended December 31, 20Y9, is as follows:

Assume that the Electronics Division received no charges from service departments.

The president of Gihbli Industries Inc. has indicated that the division’s return on a $2,900,000 investment must be increased to at least 22.5% by the end of the next year if operations are to continue. The division manager is considering the following three proposals:

Proposal 1: Transfer equipment with a book value of $580,000 to other divisions at no gain or loss and lease similar equipment. The annual lease payments would be less than the amount of depreciation expense on the old equipment by $104,400. This decrease in expense would be included as part of the cost of goods sold. Sales would remain unchanged.

Proposal 2: Reduce invested assets by discontinuing a product line. This action would eliminate sales of $616,300, reduce cost of goods sold by $411,800, and reduce operating expenses by $181,300. Assets of $1,468,300 would be transferred to other divisions at no gain or loss.

Proposal 3: Purchase new and more efficient machinery and thereby reduce the cost of goods sold by $382,800 after considering the effects of depreciation expense on the new equipment. Sales would remain unchanged, and the old machinery, which has no remaining book value, would be scrapped at no gain or loss. The new machinery would increase invested assets by $1,450,000 for the year.

Required:

1. Using the DuPont formula for return on investment, determine the profit margin, investment turnover, and rate of return on investment for the Electronics Division for the past year. Round your answers to one decimal place.

2. Prepare condensed estimated income statements and compute the invested assets for each proposal.

3. Using the DuPont formula for return on investment, determine the profit margin, investment turnover, and return on investment for each proposal. Round your answers to one decimal place.

4. Which of the three proposals would meet the required 22.5% return on investment.

5. If the Electronics Division were in an industry where the profit margin could not be increased, how much would the investment turnover have to increase to meet the president's required 22.5% rate of return on investment? Enter your increase in investment turnover answer as a percentage of current investment turnover. If required, round your answer to one decimal place.
%

21. Assume an entity measures the fair value of an asset by discounting future cash flows from that asset. Which fair value measurement approach is being used?
a. Market.
b. Income.
c. Cost.
d. Observable inputs.

22. In determining the fair value of a nonfinancial asset, assessing the highest and best use of the asset must consider all but which one of the following?
a. What is physically possible.
b. What is financially feasible.
c. How the reporting entity would use the asset.
d. What is legally permissible.

**Please provide computations and explanations. Thank you!!

Most companies using process costing systems have to calculate more than one EUP. Why? How many do they have to calculate?

Journalize the entries for the following transactions. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles. (Note: The company uses a clearinghouse to take care of all bank as well as non-bank credit cards used by its customers. )

CHART OF ACCOUNTSGeneral Ledger

Journalize the entries for the transactions on December 31. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

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ACCOUNTING EQUATION

YOUR Firm, Inc. expects to sell 200,000 units next year, generating total sales of

$ 17,000,000. Management predicts that profit will be $ 1,250,000 and the contribution margin will be $ 25 per unit.

1. What is the total expected variable costs?
2. What is next year’s expected fixed costs?
3. Compute the expected margin of safety in both units and sales dollars?

Grandma decides to put 1200 dollars every month into an account for you. She makes 16 monthly deposits, the last coming September 1, 2019 - the day you start college. She wants you to be able to withdraw money from this account at the beginning of each month, with the first withdrawal coming September 1, 2019 and the last coming June 1, 2024, (when you'll graduate). (Note: that makes 58 withdrawals total.) How much will you be able to withdraw each month if the account is earning a nominal interest rate of 7.5 percent convertible monthly?

During 2019, Brent Industries, Inc. constructed a new manufacturing facility at a cost of $12,000,000. The weighted average accumulated expenditures for 2019 were calculated to be $5,750,000. The company had the following debt outstanding at December 31, 2019:

(a) 7 percent, five-year note to finance construction of the manufacturing facility, dated January 1, 2019, $4,000,000.

(b) 9 percent, 20-year bonds issued at par on April 30, 2015, $8,400,000.

(c) 7 percent, six-year note payable, dated March 1, 2017, $1,800,000.

Required:

1. Determine the amount of interest that should be capitalized in 2019 assuming that the facility is completed at the end of 2019. DON'T NEED

2. Show the most likely journal entry to record the capitalized interest assuming that Brent recorded all interest as expense when paid or accrued. DON'T NEED

3. Give the journal entry to record depreciation on the facility in 2020 assuming a 25 year useful life and no salvage value.

4. Give the journal entry to sell the manufacturing facility at the end of 2030 for $7 million in cash.

I have the answers to 1&2 - I just need 3&4 please. Thanks!