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When bondholders decide to exercise their convertible bonds, the company values the common stock at the...

When bondholders decide to exercise their convertible bonds, the company values the common stock at the ____________.

A. par value of the stock

B market value of the stock

C. carrying value of the bonds

D. par value of the bonds

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Berry Ltd (“BEL”) carried on trading business in Hong Kong. Its provisional income statement for the...

Berry Ltd (“BEL”) carried on trading business in Hong Kong. Its provisional income statement for the year ended 31 March 2019 shows a net profit before taxation of $3,000,000, inter alia, after crediting the following income and charging the following expenses:

Note

Income

$

Sales through Hong Kong shops

30,000,000

Sales through overseas agents

1

5,000,000

Investment income

2

1,200,000

Profit on sale of product design

3

  300,000

Expenditure

Product research expense

4

500,000

Depreciation

300,000

Bank charges and interest

5

160,000

Repairs expense

6

100,000

Bad debts

7

75,000

Explanatory Notes

  1. BEL purchased goods from Hong Kong suppliers and sold to overseas customers. Over 100 overseas agents solicited customers for BEL. The agents would receive orders for BEL in overseas and forward the same to BEL for final confirmation.

2

$

Interest on AUD fixed deposits placed with the Head Office of Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong. The deposit has been used to secure a bank loan (see note (5) below)

300,000

Interest from 7-year qualifying debt instrument

900,000

Total per accounts

1,200,000

3 During the year 2009, BEL bought the proprietary interest of a registered product design for use by its suppliers to produce BEL’s products at a price of $1 million. During the year 2018/19, BEL sold the proprietary interest of the product design at a price of $1.3 million and hence made a profit of $300,000. Also BEL bought a registered trademark during the year 2019/20 at a price of $2 million, which was not reflected in the above income statement. The trademark has a protection period of 4 years starting from 2018/19.

4 The product research expense included $150,000 for new research equipment.

5

$

Bank charges on ordinary trading transactions

20,000

Interest on bank loan* secured by a deposit with Hang Seng Bank (see note 2 above)

140,000

Total per accounts

160,000

*The bank loan was used to buy trading stock.

6 The repairs expense of $100,000 was for initial repairs to a second-hand packing machine which was acquired during the year. The expense was for the purpose to put the machine back to operable condition for obtaining the relevant license from the government.    

7

Write-off of a staff loan* (5% interest and 95% principal) 20,000

Bad debts recovered (trade debts written off in the year 2018/19) (8,000)

Provision - 5 % on total trade debtors’ balance 10,000

                - on specified trade debtors 53,000

Total per accounts 75,000

The loan was provided to the staff’s bank account in Hong Kong.

8 Depreciation allowance agreed by the Inland Revenue Department for the year was $200,000

Required

  1. Calculate the profits tax payable by BEL for the year of assessment 2018/19, ignore provisional tax.

    1. Explain your profits tax treatments for the following items:
  1. Sales through overseas agents $5,000,000
  2. Interest from fixed term bank deposit interest $300,000
  3. Sales proceeds of the registered product design $1,300,000
  4. Registered trademark acquisition cost $2,000,000
  5. Interest on bank loan $140,000
  6. Write-off of staff loan $20,000
  7. Initial repairs expense of the second-hand packing machine $100,000

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Taxpayer (“T”) a 59 year-old calendar year individual taxpayer purchased an annuity from an insurance company...

  1. Taxpayer (“T”) a 59 year-old calendar year individual taxpayer purchased an annuity from an insurance company for $100,000 in 2019. The terms of the annuity were that the company would pay T $5,000 a year to T for the rest of T’s life. How much income will T include in T’s personal income tax return as a result of receiving the $5,000 payment

in 2020?   _____________

In 2050? ______________

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Required information Allied Merchandisers was organized on May 1. Macy Co. is a major customer (buyer)...

Required information

Allied Merchandisers was organized on May 1. Macy Co. is a major customer (buyer) of Allied (seller) products.

May 3 Allied made its first and only purchase of inventory for the period on May 3 for 2,000 units at a price of $7 cash per unit (for a total cost of $14,000).
5 Allied sold 1,000 of the units in inventory for $11 per unit (invoice total: $11,000) to Macy Co. under credit terms 2/10, n/60. The goods cost $7,000 to Allied.
7 Macy returns 100 units because they did not fit the customer’s needs (invoice amount: $1,100). Allied restores the units, which cost $700, to its inventory.
8 Macy discovers that 100 units are scuffed but are still of use and, therefore, keeps the units. Allied sends Macy a credit memorandum for $300 toward the original invoice amount to compensate for the damage.
15 Allied receives payment from Macy for the amount owed on the May 5 purchase; payment is net of returns, allowances, and any cash discount.

Prepare the appropriate journal entries for Macy Co. to record each of the May transactions. Macy is a retailer that uses the gross method and a perpetual inventory system, and purchases these units for resale. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

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Please identify and describe Financial Controller occupations researched

Please identify and describe Financial Controller occupations researched

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Refer to the following article: Trentmann, Nina, "Danish Insulin Maker Novo Nordisk Cuts Jobs, Shifts R&D...

Refer to the following article: Trentmann, Nina, "Danish Insulin Maker Novo Nordisk Cuts Jobs, Shifts R&D Spending; CFO says R&D savings will be reinvested in artificial intelligence, cloud services and automation technologies," Wall Street Journal, 01 Nov 2018 (Online). Drawing from what you have learned in this course as well as any other sources, provide a well labeled and clearly articulated answer -- with explanation and proper references -- to the following:

    • Using the accounting terminology used to date in this course, what kind (or classification) of costs are research and development costs, and where do they usually fit in a profit and loss (or income) statement?
    • Are research and development costs ever included in costs of goods manufactured? If not, why not? If so, to what extent and under what circumstances?
    • Why would it make sense to avoid the complete automation of cash management and accounts receivable tasks (i.e. to continue to use humans for some tasks(? Explain.
  • Where appropriate, properly cite any readings, specific pages from any secondary source, or other sources that contributed to or that support your explanation.

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E7-7 (Algo) Analyzing and Interpreting the Financial Statement Effects of LIFO and FIFO LO7-2, 7-3 Skip...

E7-7 (Algo) Analyzing and Interpreting the Financial Statement Effects of LIFO and FIFO LO7-2, 7-3 Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Emily Company uses a periodic inventory system. At the end of the annual accounting period, December 31 of the current year, the accounting records provided the following information for product 2: Units Unit Cost Inventory, December 31, prior year 2,800 $ 13 For the current year: Purchase, April 11 8,960 14 Purchase, June 1 7,850 19 Sales ($52 each) 10,960 Operating expenses (excluding income tax expense) $ 189,000 Required: 1. Prepare a separate income statement through pretax income that details cost of goods sold for (a) Case A: FIFO and (b) Case B: LIFO.

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Nordbock Inc. reports the following outstanding bond issue on its December 31, 20Y1, balance sheet: 1,000,000,...

Nordbock Inc. reports the following outstanding bond issue on its December 31, 20Y1, balance sheet:

1,000,000, 7%, 10-year bonds that pay interest semiannually.

The bonds have been outstanding for five years and were originally issued at face amount. The company is considering redeeming these bonds on January 1, 20Y2, at 103 and issuing new $1,000,000, 5%, five-year bonds at their face amount. These bonds would pay interest semiannually on June 30 and December 31.

Write a brief memo to Liz Nolan, the chief financial officer, discussing the costs of redeeming the existing bonds, the proceeds from issuing the new bonds, and whether this is a good financial decision.

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Wehrs Corporation has received a request for a special order of 9,500 units of product K19...

Wehrs Corporation has received a request for a special order of 9,500 units of product K19 for $46.40 each. The normal selling price of this product is $51.50 each, but the units would need to be modified slightly for the customer. The normal unit product cost of product K19 is computed as follows:

Direct materials $ 17.20
Direct labor 6.50
Variable manufacturing overhead 3.70
Fixed manufacturing overhead 6.60
Unit product cost $ 34.00

Direct labor is a variable cost. The special order would have no effect on the company's total fixed manufacturing overhead costs. The customer would like some modifications made to product K19 that would increase the variable costs by $6.10 per unit and that would require a one-time investment of $45,900 in special molds that would have no salvage value. This special order would have no effect on the company's other sales. The company has ample spare capacity for producing the special order.

Required:

Determine the effect on the company's total net operating income of accepting the special order.

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J.J. Heva Company is an American company that prepares its financial statements under US GAAP. In...

J.J. Heva Company is an American company that prepares its financial statements under US GAAP. In 2014, the company reported income of $5,000,000 wit stockholders’ equity of $40,000,000 on December 31, 2014. In anticipation of possible adoption of IFRS by the US companies, the management wishes to explore possible impacts of the conversion on the company’s financial statements. You are hired to prepare a reconciliation schedule to convert 2014 income as well as stockholders’ equity on December 31, 2014 from US GAAP basis to IFRS. The following information is provided by the company’s accounting department:

  1. In 2012, the company’s pension plan was amended and consequently created a past service cost of $75,000.   Half of the past service cost was attributable to already vested employees who had an average remaining service life of 15 years, and half of the past service cost was attributable to non-vested employees who, on average, had two more years until vesting. The company has no retired employees.
  2. In 2014, the company entered into a contract to provide engineering services to a long term customer over a 12-month period. The fixed price is $300,000 and the company    estimates with high degree of reliability that the project is 30 percent complete at the end of 2014.
  3. The company publicly announced a restructuring plan in 2014 and created a valid expectation on the part of the employees to be terminated that the company will carry out the restructuring. The estimated cost of restructuring is $500,000. No legal obligation to restructure exists as of December 31, 2014.
  4. Stock options were granted to key officers on January 1, 2014. The grant date fair value per option was $10, and a total of 9,000 options were granted. The options vest in equal installments over three years: one-third in 2013, one-third in 2014, and one-third in 2015. A straight line method is utilized to recognize compensation expense related to stock options.
  5. On January 1, 2013, the company issued $10,000,000 of 5% bonds at par value that matures in five years on December 31, 2017. Costs incurred in issuing the bonds were $500,000. Interest is paid on bonds annually. Assume the effective interest rate is 6.193%.

Make sure your reconciliation statement is accompanied by an adequate explanation and reference for every one of your adjustments. Ignore income taxes.

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Fantasy Fashions had used the LIFO method of costing inventories, but at the beginning of 2018...

Fantasy Fashions had used the LIFO method of costing inventories, but at the beginning of 2018 decided to change to the FIFO method. The inventory as reported at the end of 2017 using LIFO would have been $17 million higher using FIFO.

Retained earnings reported at the end of 2016 and 2017 was $237 million and $257 million, respectively (reflecting the LIFO method). Those amounts reflecting the FIFO method would have been $247 million and $269 million, respectively. 2017 net income reported at the end of 2017 was $25 million (LIFO method) but would have been $27 million using FIFO. After changing to FIFO, 2018 net income was $33 million. Dividends of $7 million were paid each year. The tax rate is 40%.
  
Required:
1. Prepare the journal entry at the beginning of 2018 to record the change in accounting principle.
2. In the 2018–2017 comparative income statements, what will be the amounts of net income reported for 2017 and 2018?
3. Prepare the 2018–2017 retained earnings column of the comparative statements of shareholders’ equity.
  

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YOU ARE A STAFF ACCOUNTANT AUDITING A “PRIVATE COMPANY” AND FIND A MISREPRESENTATION DURING REVENUE RECOGNITION...

YOU ARE A STAFF ACCOUNTANT AUDITING A “PRIVATE COMPANY” AND FIND A MISREPRESENTATION DURING REVENUE RECOGNITION TESTING. WHO IS THE FIRST PERSON YOU SHOULD INFORM ABOUT YOUR FINDING. WHO ARE THE OTHER PARTIES YOU WILL INFORM ABOUT THE MISREPRESENTATION IF THE FIRST PARTY DOES NOTHING ABOUT THE MISREPRESENTATION.

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Marin Products produces three products — DBB-1, DBB-2, and DBB-3 from a joint process. Each product...

Marin Products produces three products — DBB-1, DBB-2, and DBB-3 from a joint process. Each product may be sold at the split-off point or processed further. Additional processing requires no special facilities, and production costs of further processing are entirely variable and traceable to the products involved. Key information about Marin's production, sales, and costs follows.

DBB-1 DBB-2 DBB-3 Total
Units Sold 15,000 24,000 32,000 71,000
Price (after addt’l processing) $ 70 $ 65 $ 90
Separable Processing cost $ 441,000 $ 180,000 $ 263,000 $ 884,000
Units Produced 15,000 24,000 32,000 71,000
Total Joint Cost $ 4,400,000
Sales Price at Split-off $ 25 $ 35 $ 55

The amount of joint costs allocated to product DBB-3 using the net realizable value method is (calculate all ratios and percentages to 2 decimal places, for example 33.33%, and round all dollar amounts to the nearest whole dollar):

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Jamie and Cecilia Reyes are husband and wife and file a joint return. They live at...

Jamie and Cecilia Reyes are husband and wife and file a joint return. They live at 5677 Apple Cove Road, Boise, ID 83722. Jamie’s social security number is 412-34-5670 (date of birth 6/15/1967) and Cecilia’s is 412-34-5671 (date of birth 4/12/1969). They provide more than half of the support of their daughter, Carmen (age 23), social security number 412-34-5672 (date of birth 9/1/1993), who is a full-time veterinarian school student. Carmen received a $3,200 scholarship covering her room and board at college. She was not required to perform any services to receive the scholarship. Jamie and Cecilia furnish all of the support of Maria (Jamie’s grandmother), social security number 412-34-5673 (date of birth 11/6/1946), who is age 70 and lives in a nursing home. They also have a son, Gustavo (age 4), social security number 412-34-5674 (date of birth 3/14/2012). The Reyes and all of their dependents had qualifying health care coverage at all times during the tax year. Jamie’s W-2 contained the following information: Federal Wages (box 1) = $145,625.00 Federal W/H (box 2) = $ 16,112.25 Social Security wages (box 3) = $ 128,400.00 Social Security W/H (box 4) = $ 7,960.80 Medicare Wages (box 5) = $145,625.00 Medicare W/H (box 6) = $ 2,111.56 State Wages (box 16) = $145,725.00 State W/H (box 17) = $ 5,435.00 Page B-3 Other receipts for the couple were as follows: Dividends (all qualified dividends) $2,500 Interest income: Union Bank $ 220 State of Idaho—interest on tax refund 22 City of Boise school bonds 1,250 Interest from U.S. savings bonds (not used for educational purposes) 410 2015 federal income tax refund received in 2016 2,007 2015 state income tax refund received in 2016 218 Idaho lottery winnings 1,100 Casino slot machine winnings 2,250 Gambling losses at casino 6,500 Other information that the Reyeses provided for the 2016 tax year: Mortgage interest on personal residence $11,081 Loan interest on fully equipped motor home 3,010 Doctor’s fee for a face-lift for Mrs. Reyes 8,800 Dentist’s fee for a new dental bridge for Mr. Reyes 3,500 Vitamins for the entire family 110 Real estate property taxes paid $ 5,025 DMV fees on motor home (tax portion) 1,044 DMV fees on family autos (tax portion) 436 Doctors’ bills for grandmother 2,960 Nursing home for grandmother 10,200 Wheelchair for grandmother 1,030 Property taxes on boat 134 Interest on personal credit card 550 Interest on loan to buy public school district bonds 270 Cash contributions to church (all the contributions were in cash and none more than $250 at any one time) 6,100 Cash contribution to man at bottom of freeway off-ramp 25 Contribution of furniture to Goodwill—cost basis 4,000 Contribution of same furniture to listed above Goodwill—fair market value 410 Tax return preparation fee for 2015 taxes 625 Required Prepare a Form 1040,Schedule 1, Schedule A, and Schedule B, and Qualified Dividends for the completion of the Reyeses tax return. They do not want to contribute to the presidential election campaign and do not want anyone to be a third-party designee. For any missing information, make reasonable assumptions.

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The table below summarizes the costs and benefits for a new online procurement system. Based on...

  1. The table below summarizes the costs and benefits for a new online procurement system. Based on these estimates:
    1. Create a spreadsheet showing the Net Present Value for the costs and benefits listed. Use NPV values for the calculations below.
    2. Calculate the return on investment for this project.
    3. Calculate the payback period for this project.
    4. Calculate the internal rate of return for this project.
  2. Based on these calculations would you recommend undertaking this project? Why? What factors other than financial metrics would you consider?
  3. Identify 5 risks you think might impact this project and evaluate the importance of each of these risks?

Costs

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Hardware

$ 200,000.00

$ 100,000.00

$ 50,000.00

$ 10,000.00

$ 10,000.00

$ 75,000.00

$ 75,000.00

$ 10,000.00

$ 10,000.00

$ 10,000.00

Software

Development

$ 400,000.00

$ 400,000.00

$ 75,000.00

$                 -  

$                 -  

$                 -  

$                 -  

$                 -  

$                 -  

$                 -  

Licenses

$ 200,000.00

$    20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

$ 20,000.00

Maintenance

$                 -  

$                 -  

$ 25,000.00

$ 50,000.00

$ 50,000.00

$ 200,000.00

$ 50,000.00

$ 50,000.00

$ 50,000.00

$ 50,000.00

Benefits

Reduce Operating Budget of $12,000,000 by 10% per year after year 3

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