Range Energy Corp.’s financial statements for the current year ended December 31, 2017, have been completed and submitted to you for review. The equity account balances a year ago, at December 31, 2016, are as follows:

The only share transactions during 2017 were the declaration and distribution of a 28,000 common share dividend on July 1 and the issuance of 18,000 common shares for cash on October 31. The company’s 2017 profit was $630,880. A cash dividend on the preferred shares was declared on December 1, but was not paid as of December 31. Earnings per share for 2017 were calculated as follows:

Required:
1-a. The earnings per share is incorrect. Indicate what changes should be made to the numerator and the denominator?

Exercise 194

The financial statements of Lowz Company appear below:

Prepare a statement of cash flows for Lowz Company using the direct method. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)

The deduction for a contribution to a retirement plan for an owner of a sole proprietorship is not taken on Schedule C.

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Assuming Lee owns a dog grooming business, which is a sole proprietorship, and he has net self employment income of $100,000 and he pays SE tax of $16,000 (assumed), the most that he can contribute to a Keogh plan is $25,000.

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Assuming Fred owns a fire arms training business, which is a sole proprietorship, and he has net self employment income of $140,000 and he pays SE tax of $20,000 (assumed), the most that he can contribute to a Keogh plan is $26,000.

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Partnerships can have special allocations in which income is allocated disproportionately to ownership

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A family limited partnership generally separates the value of the business equally between the general partner(s) and the limited partners.

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One of the benefits of a FLP is that transfers of the limited partnership interests can be completed at a substantial valuation discount.

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Select a company you are familiar with or one you are currently working in, or one with information publicly available. Using your own words as much as possible, and in not more than 2,000 words (in total):

(a) Provide a brief description of the organisation - background, the organizational structure, the nature of business, the industry and the environment it is operating in, its products/services, etc.

(b) Choose one functional area (e.g. production, sales, customer service etc.) and describe in detail how accounting information is used to facilitate and influence decision makings to maximize firm value.

(c) Discuss on whether the quality of the accounting information you have described achieved the objective of maximizing the firm value. Your comment on the quality of the accounting information can be based on the attributes of accuracy, timeliness and cost of producing the information.

(d) Suggest possible improvements to the quality of the accounting information that the company can adopt.

If you do not complete your posting and your response postings by the due dates, you will not receive credit for this DQ. Your answer is worth 1 point and your response to another is worth 1 pt for a total of 2 points. Late answer or response will not be eligible to receive any points, so be sure you answer and respond by due dates.

DQ 17 What is an activity cost driver?

Compare financial and non-financial performance, and explain why planning and control systems should consider both.

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Required:

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 33,200 units but sold 38,200 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

The Gourmand Cooking School runs short cooking courses at its small campus. Management has identified two cost drivers it uses in its budgeting and performance reports—the number of courses and the total number of students. For example, the school might run two courses in a month and have a total of 62 students enrolled in those two courses. Data concerning the company’s cost formulas appear below:

For example, administrative expenses should be $3,800 per month plus $43 per course plus $6 per student. The company’s sales should average $900 per student.

The company planned to run four courses with a total of 62 students; however, it actually ran four courses with a total of only 54 students. The actual operating results for September appear below:

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows both revenue and spending variances and activity variances for September. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

You are on a plane traveling to visit family (pre-Covid 19) and you scroll through some news headlines on your tablet. You end up reading an editorial that discusses the changing nature of the economy. Specifically, the writer speculates that new technology will make the accounting profession outdated, since computers will automatically track and compile all financial data and make it easy for anyone with an online connection to access any data about a company’s operations that they wish. How will this affect your career prospects, as an accountant-to-be?

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Warnerwoods Company uses a perpetual inventory system. It entered into the following purchases and sales transactions for March.

4. Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods. For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 95 units from beginning inventory and 225 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 75 units from the March 18 purchase and 115 units from the March 25 purchase. (Round weighted average cost per unit to two decimals and final answers to nearest whole dollar.)

Polaski Company manufactures and sells a single product called a Ret. Operating at capacity, the company can produce and sell 44,000 Rets per year. Costs associated with this level of production and sales are given below:

The Rets normally sell for $53 each. Fixed manufacturing overhead is $308,000 per year within the range of 35,000 through 44,000 Rets per year.

Required:

1. Assume that due to a recession, Polaski Company expects to sell only 35,000 Rets through regular channels next year. A large retail chain has offered to purchase 9,000 Rets if Polaski is willing to accept a 16% discount off the regular price. There would be no sales commissions on this order; thus, variable selling expenses would be slashed by 75%. However, Polaski Company would have to purchase a special machine to engrave the retail chain’s name on the 9,000 units. This machine would cost $18,000. Polaski Company has no assurance that the retail chain will purchase additional units in the future. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the special order? (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

2. Refer to the original data. Assume again that Polaski Company expects to sell only 35,000 Rets through regular channels next year. The U.S. Army would like to make a one-time-only purchase of 9,000 Rets. The Army would pay a fixed fee of $1.60 per Ret, and it would reimburse Polaski Company for all costs of production (variable and fixed) associated with the units. Because the army would pick up the Rets with its own trucks, there would be no variable selling expenses associated with this order. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the U.S. Army's special order?

3. Assume the same situation as described in (2) above, except that the company expects to sell 44,000 Rets through regular channels next year. Thus, accepting the U.S. Army’s order would require giving up regular sales of 9,000 Rets. Given this new information, what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of accepting the U.S. Army's special order?

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Prepare journal entries to record the following merchandising transactions of Cabela’s, which uses the perpetual inventory system and the gross method. (Hint: It will help to identify each receivable and payable; for example, record the purchase on July 1 in Accounts Payable—Boden.) Jul. 1 Purchased merchandise from Boden Company for $6,000 under credit terms of 1/15, n/30, FOB shipping point, invoice dated July 1. Jul. 2 Sold merchandise to Creek Co. for $900 under credit terms of 2/10, n/60, FOB shipping point, invoice dated July 2. The merchandise had cost $500. Jul. 3 Paid $125 cash for freight charges on the purchase of July 1. Jul. 8 Sold merchandise that had cost $1,300 for $1,700 cash. Jul. 9 Purchased merchandise from Leight Co. for $2,200 under credit terms of 2/15, n/60, FOB destination, invoice dated July 9. Jul. 11 Received a $200 credit memorandum from Leight Co. for the return of part of the merchandise purchased on July 9. Jul. 12 Received the balance due from Creek Co. for the invoice dated July 2, net of the discount. Jul. 16 Paid the balance due to Boden Company within the discount period. Jul. 19 Sold merchandise that cost $800 to Art Co. for $1,200 under credit terms of 2/15, n/60, FOB shipping point, invoice dated July 19. Jul. 21 Issued a $100 credit memorandum to Art Co. for an allowance on goods sold on July 19. Jul. 24 Paid Leight Co. the balance due, net of discount. Jul. 30 Received the balance due from Art Co. for the invoice dated July 19, net of discount. Jul. 31 Sold merchandise that cost $4,800 to Creek Co. for $7,000 under credit terms of 2/10, n/60, FOB shipping point, invoice dated July 31. Requirement General Journal General Ledger Trial Balance Schedule of Receivables Schedule of Payables Income Statement Impact on Income

Cost—Volume—Profit Equation, Basic Concepts, Solving for Unknowns (LO 1,2,3 and 5)

Goldilocks Company produces high-end combination shampoos and conditioners in individual-use bottles for hotels. Each bottle sells for $0.90.

The variable costs for each bottle (materials, labour, and overhead) total $0.63. The total fixed costs are $210,600. During the most recent year 830,000 bottles were sold.

Required:

1. What is the BEP in units for Goldilocks? What is the margin of safety in units for the recent year?

2. Prepare an income statement for Goldilocks's most recent year.

3. How many units must be sold for Goldilocks to earn a profit of $40,500?

4. Using the contribution margin percentage approach, what is the level of sales dollars needed for Goldilocks to earn operating income of 20 percent of sales?