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On January 1, 2017, Fisher Corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of...

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...

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

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...

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.

  

  1. On July 31, the company’s Cash account has a $25,648 debit balance, but its July bank statement shows a $27,964 cash balance.
  2. Check No. 3031 for $1,510 and Check No. 3040 for $747 were outstanding on the June 30 bank reconciliation. Check No. 3040 is listed with the July canceled checks, but Check No. 3031 is not. Also, Check No. 3065 for $531 and Check No. 3069 for $2,278, both written in July, are not among the canceled checks on the July 31 statement.
  3. In comparing the canceled checks on the bank statement with the entries in the accounting records, it is found that Check No. 3056 for July rent expense was correctly written and drawn for $1,280 but was erroneously entered in the accounting records as $1,270.
  4. The July bank statement shows the bank collected $5,500 cash on a noninterest-bearing note for Branch, deducted a $28 collection expense, and credited the remainder to its account. Branch had not recorded this event before receiving the statement.
  5. The bank statement shows an $805 charge for a $795 NSF check plus a $10 NSF charge. The check had been received from a customer, Evan Shaw. Branch has not yet recorded this check as NSF.
  6. The July statement shows a $8 bank service charge. It has not yet been recorded in miscellaneous expenses because no previous notification had been received.
  7. Branch’s July 31 daily cash receipts of $6,652 were placed in the bank’s night depository on that date but do not appear on the July 31 bank statement.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:

  1. Compute the contract price per ton using Sydney’s approach.
  2. Compute the contract price per ton if Sydney uses average industry capacity to compute the fixed manufacturing overhead rate.
  3. If you were hired to arbitrate this dispute, how would you resolve it?
  4. If you were a Public Works Canada auditor, what would you recommend based on this experience?

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Pina Colada Corp. purchased equipment on January 1, 2021 for $148,500. It is estimated that the...

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...

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...

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

  

  Subsidiary

  

Adjustments & Eliminations

Consolidated

Debits

Credits

Cost of goods sold

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...

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

  • Gain
  • 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
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Cash
  • Depreciation Expense
  • Equipment
  • Gain on Sale of Equipment
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment
  • Depreciation Expense
  • Equipment
  • Gain on Sale of Equipment
Loss on Sale of Equipment
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Depreciation Payable
  • Depreciation Expense
  • Loss on Sale of Equipment
Equipment
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment
  • Depreciation Expense
  • Equipment
  • Loss on Sale of Equipment

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On June 30, 2018, Georgia-Atlantic, Inc., leased warehouse equipment from IC Leasing Corporation. The lease agreement...

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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