On January 1, 2017, Fisher Corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of Bowden, Inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. The price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of Fisher's share of Bowden's underlying net assets. Fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by Bowden with a 15-year remaining life. All other assets were considered appropriately valued on Bowden's books.
Bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on September 15. Bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. Each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year.
On July 1, 2018, Fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of Bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. Although it sold this interest, Fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence Bowden's decision-making process.
Prepare the journal entries for Fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)
1 Record cost of 90,000 shares of Bowden Company.
2 Record the annual dividend declared and received from Bowden.
3 Record accrue 2017 income based on 40% ownership of Bowden.
4 Record amortization of $48,000 excess patent fair value [indicated in problem] over 15 years.
5Record the entry to accrue ½ year income of 40% ownership.
6Record ½ year amortization of patent to establish correct book value for investment as of 7/1/18.
7Record 22,500 shares of Bowden Company sold; investment basis computed below.
8Record annual dividend declared and received.
9 Record ½ year income based on remaining 30% ownership.
10Record ½ year of patent amortization.
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Pot Limited (Ltd) uses a perpetual inventory system. The company concluded the following transactions for material PSR 1 during April 2018:
Date |
Information |
01 |
Opening balance of materials: 2 000 units at R 1 per unit |
03 |
Purchased 2 400 units at R 1.10 per unit |
Transport cost (to be capitalised) R 100 |
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04 |
Issued 3 200 units to production |
06 |
Purchased 4 000 units at R 1.15 per unit |
07 |
Returned to supplier, 120 defective units (bought on 6th April) |
08 |
Issued 1 200 units to production |
09 |
Returned to stores 200 excess units (from the issue on 8th April) |
10 |
Purchased 6 000 units at R 1. 20 per unit |
15 |
Issued 3 200 units to production |
Required:
Using the FIFO method of inventory valuation, calculate the cost of material PSR1 issued to production during April 2018.
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The following information is available to reconcile Branch Company’s book balance of cash with its bank statement cash balance as of July 31, 2017.
Problem 6-4A Part 1
Required:
1. Prepare the bank reconciliation for this company as of
July 31, 2017.
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D5 Assume that your company sells portable housing to both general contractors and the government. It sells jobs to contractors on a bid basis. A contractor asks for three bids from different manufacturers. The combination of low bid and high quality wins the job. However, jobs sold to the government are bid on a cost-plus basis. This means the price is determined by adding all costs plus a profit based on cost at a specified percent, such as 10%. You observe that the amount of overhead applied to government jobs is higher than that applied to contract jobs. These allocations concern you. Point: Students could compare responses and discuss differences in concerns with allocating overhead. Required Write a half-page memo to your company’s chief financial officer outlining your concerns with overhead allocation.
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Quick Fix Ltd is a manufacturing company engaged in the production of adhesives. The company has not performed well over the past three financial years.
In order to improve on the poor past profits, the board approved a R1 000 000 advertising promotion during the year ended 31 December 2018 in order to generate increased sales in the future. The advertising promotion took place (and was paid for) during December 2018.
The accountant insists on recognizing the R1 000 000 payment as an asset at 31 December 2018. His reasoning is that future sales will increase as the number of customers grows due to the advertising campaign.
Required:
1.1 Discuss whether you agree with the accountant, making reference to the framework. Provide an alternate treatment if you disagree. (20)
1.2 One of the most important characteristics that a set of financial statements should have is reliability. Explain, in terms of the framework, how to ensure that a set of financial statements is reliable. (5)
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1. What are the components of an ordinary and necessary business expense?
2. List 4 examples of ordinary and necessary business expenses a business can
generally take.
3. List 4 examples of business expenses that are not ordinary and necessary business
expenses.
4. Define depreciation.
5. On January 1, 2018, John Inc., purchased for $10,000, a copier to use in its
business. The copier is a 5-year property. John Inc. elects to use the straight-line
method of depreciation. What is the amount of John Inc.’s depreciation for 2018?
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Marko Company sold spray paint equipment to Spain for 4,000,000
pesetas (P) on October 1, with payment due in six months. The
exchange rates were
October 1, 20X6 | 1 peseta | = | $ | 0.0048 | |
December 31, 20X6 | 1 peseta | = | 0.0075 | ||
April 1, 20X7 | 1 peseta | = | 0.0073 | ||
Required:
a. Did the dollar strengthen or weaken relative to the peseta
during the period from October 1 to December 31? Did it strengthen
or weaken between January 1 and April 1 of the next year?
b. Prepare all required journal entries for Marko as a result of
the sale and settlement of the foreign transaction, assuming that
its fiscal year ends on December 31. (If no entry is
required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry
required" in the first account field.)
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Describe (150 to 180 words) how the assigning of numbers in the Chart of Accounts can assist in identifying accounts particularly with regard to organisations with many locations.
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Sydney Steelworks is engaged in a costing dispute with Public Works Canada. The company has a cost-plus contract to supply specialty steel that has no evident market price. The contract calls for Sydney to be reimbursed for its manufacturing costs plus 35%. An independent shipper hauls the steel from the Sydney plant to the various construction sites.
The variable cost of manufacturing the steel is $200 per ton, which is not in dispute. The issue concerns the allocation of fixed manufacturing costs to this product. The current annual fixed manufacturing cost at Sydney is $300,000,000. The plant is operating at 40% of practical capacity, which is measured in tons. Sydney computes the fixed manufacturing overhead rate by dividing the fixed manufacturing cost by the planned level of operations. This has resulted in charging this contract a rate of $120 per ton for fixed manufacturing costs.
Cost analysts at Public Works have objected, citing industry evidence that, on average, steel companies are using 70% of their practical capacity.
Required:
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Pina Colada Corp. purchased equipment on January 1, 2021 for
$148,500. It is estimated that the equipment will have a $8,250
salvage value at the end of its 5-year useful life. It is also
estimated that the equipment will produce 165,000 units over its
5-year life.
Answer the following independent questions.
Compute the amount of depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 using the straight-line method of depreciation.
Straight-line method | $enter the depreciation expense under the straight-line method for the year ended December 31, 2016 in dollars | per year |
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If 16,000 units of product are produced in 2021 and 24,000 units are produced in 2022, what is the book value of the equipment at December 31, 2022? The company uses the units-of-activity depreciation method.
Book value at December 31, 2022 | $enter the book value of the equipment at December 31, 2017 in dollars |
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If the company uses the double-declining-balance method of depreciation, what is the balance of the Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment account at December 31, 2023?
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment | enter the balance of the Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment account at December 31, 2018 in dollars |
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There was only one current agency conflict that I found and that was the improperly handling of customers’ accounts by the San Francisco bank Wells Fargo. In this case, the employees of this bank opened accounts and transferred funds that were not wanted by the customers. In doing so the employees were rewarded with compensation due to selling products and opening accounts (Competitive Enterprise Institute). Possible solutions to resolving problems within the agency are to audit any work done by management, investors and analysts need to monitor anyone that is performing poorly, get rid of upper management that is not performing properly, and vote for a new board of directors if shareholders are not satisfied with results. If managers focus on the shareholders interest rather than their own then most of these problems can be solved.
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On July 1, Year 1, Danzer Industries Inc. issued $68,000,000 of 20-year, 11% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 14%, receiving cash of $54,404,080. Interest on the bonds is payable semiannually on December 31 and June 30. The fiscal year of the company is the calendar year.
Required:
For all journal entries: If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
1. Journalize the entry to record the amount of cash proceeds from the issuance of the bonds.
Year 1 July 1 | Cash | ||
Discount on Bonds Payable | |||
Bonds Payable |
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2. Journalize the entries to record the following:
a. The first semiannual interest payment on December 31, Year 1, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the interest method. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
Year 1 Dec. 31 | Interest Expense | ||
Discount on Bonds Payable | |||
Cash |
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b. The interest payment on June 30, Year 2, and the amortization of the bond discount, using the interest method. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
Year 2 June 30 | Interest Expense | ||
Discount on Bonds Payable | |||
Cash |
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3. Determine the total interest expense for
Year 1.
$
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During the year ended December 31, 2019, Parent Company (the parent) sold merchandise to Subsidiary Corporation (a 90%-owned subsidiary) for a price of $32,340, at a markup of 32% of cost. Subsidiary sold merchandise acquired from Parent to outsider customers for $38,500 during 2019. Included in Subsidiary’s January 1, 2019, inventories were goods acquired from Parent at a billed price of $3,036 and included in Subsidiary’s December 31, 2019, inventories were goods acquired from Parent at a billed price of $2,310.
(i) Prepare the working paper eliminating entries (in journal entry format) related to the intercompany sale of merchandise for the year ended December 31, 2019.
(ii) Show how the working paper eliminating entry in part (i) adjusts cost of goods sold and ending inventory to the correct consolidated balances.
Parent
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Subsidiary
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Adjustments & Eliminations |
Consolidated |
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Debits |
Credits |
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Cost of goods sold |
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Inventory |
(iii) How (increase or decrease and the amount) is Parent’s 2019 equity in income of Subsidiary affected by the intercompany sale of merchandise?
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Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $35,000. The equipment was depreciated using the A method of depreciation that provides periodic depreciation expense based on the declining book value of a fixed asset over its estimated life.double-declining-balance method based on an estimated useful life of ten years and an estimated The estimated value of a fixed asset at the end of its useful life.residual value of $680.
a. What was the The systematic periodic
transfer of the cost of a fixed asset to an expense account during
its expected useful life.depreciation for the first year?
$
b. Assuming the equipment was sold at the end
of year 2 for $8,090, determine the gain or loss on the sale of the
equipment.
$ Loss
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Book value is the asset cost minus accumulated depreciation. In the first year, the balance in the accumulated depreciation account is zero.
Compare the book value to the sale price. If the book value is more than the sale price, the equipment was sold for a loss. If the book value is less than the sale price, the equipment was sold for a gain.
Learning Objective 3.
c. Journalize the entry to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
Cash
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Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment
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Loss on Sale of Equipment
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Equipment
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On June 30, 2018, Georgia-Atlantic, Inc., leased warehouse equipment from IC Leasing Corporation. The lease agreement calls for Georgia-Atlantic to make semiannual lease payments of $403,067 over a five-year lease term, payable each June 30 and December 31, with the first payment at June 30, 2018. Georgia-Atlantic’s incremental borrowing rate is 8%, the same rate IC used to calculate lease payment amounts. IC purchased the equipment from Builders, Inc.. at a cost of $3.4 million. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
Required: 1. What pretax amounts related to the lease would IC report in its balance sheet at December 31, 2018?
2. What pretax amounts related to the lease would IC report in its income statement for the year ended December 31, 2018?
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