Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc., makes two types of industrial component parts—the B300 and the T500. An absorption costing income statement for the most recent period is shown:

Hi-Tek produced and sold 60,300 units of B300 at a price of $20 per unit and 12,600 units of T500 at a price of $39 per unit. The company’s traditional cost system allocates manufacturing overhead to products using a plantwide overhead rate and direct labor dollars as the allocation base. Additional information relating to the company’s two product lines is shown below:

The company has created an activity-based costing system to evaluate the profitability of its products. Hi-Tek’s ABC implementation team concluded that $57,000 and $101,000 of the company’s advertising expenses could be directly traced to B300 and T500, respectively. The remainder of the selling and administrative expenses was organization-sustaining in nature. The ABC team also distributed the company’s manufacturing overhead to four activities as shown below:

Required:

1. Compute the product margins for the B300 and T500 under the company’s traditional costing system.

2. Compute the product margins for B300 and T500 under the activity-based costing system.

3. Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments.

AirQual Test Corporation provides on-site air quality testing services. The company has provided the following cost formulas and actual results for the month of February:

The company uses the number of jobs as its measure of activity. For example, mobile lab operating expenses should be $4,900 plus $30 per job, and the actual mobile lab operating expenses for February were $9,240. The company expected to work 150 jobs in February, but actually worked 154 jobs.

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report showing AirQual Test Corporation’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for February. (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.)

Statement of Cash Flows—Indirect Method

The comparative balance sheet of Merrick Equipment Co. for December 31, 20Y9 and 20Y8, is as follows:

Additional data obtained from an examination of the accounts in the ledger for 20Y9 are as follows:

1. Equipment and land were acquired for cash.
2. There were no disposals of equipment during the year.
3. The investments were sold for $91,800 cash.
4. The common stock was issued for cash.
5. There was a $141,680 credit to Retained Earnings for net income.
6. There was a $102,000 debit to Retained Earnings for cash dividends declared.

Required:

Prepare a statement of cash flows, using the indirect method of presenting cash flows from operating activities. Use the minus sign to indicate cash outflows, cash payments, decreases in cash, or any negative adjustments.

Braxen Industries, which manufactures and sells a highly successful line of summer lotions and insect repellents, has decided to diversify in order to stabilize sales throughout the year. A natural area for the company to consider is the production of winter lotions and creams to prevent dry and chapped skin.

After considerable research, a winter products line has been developed. However, Braxen's president has decided to introduce only one of the new products for this coming winter. If the product is a success, further expansion in future years will be initiated.

The product selected (called Chap-Off) is a lip balm that will be sold in a lipstick-type tube. The product will be sold to wholesalers in boxes of 24 tubes for $9 per box. Because of excess capacity, no additional fixed manufacturing overhead costs will be incurred to produce the product. However, a $105,000 charge for fixed manufacturing overhead will be absorbed by the product under the company’s absorption costing system.

Using the estimated sales and production of 150,000 boxes of Chap-Off, the Accounting Department has developed the following manufacturing cost per box:

The costs above relate to making both the lip balm and the tube that contains it. As an alternative to making the tubes for Chap-Off, Braxen has approached a supplier to discuss the possibility of buying the tubes. The purchase price of the supplier's empty tubes would be $1.70 per box of 24 tubes. If Braxen Industries stops making the tubes and buys them from the outside supplier, its direct labor and variable manufacturing overhead costs per box of Chap-Off would be reduced by 10% and its direct materials costs would be reduced by 30%.

5. What is the maximum price that Braxen should be willing to pay the outside supplier for a box of 24 tubes?

6. Instead of sales of 150,000 boxes of tubes, revised estimates show a sales volume of 185,000 boxes of tubes. At this higher sales volume, Braxen would need to rent extra equipment at a cost of $65,000 per year to make the additional 35,000 boxes of tubes. Assuming that the outside supplier will not accept an order for less than 185,000 boxes of tubes, what is the financial advantage (disadvantage) in total (not per box) if Braxen buys 185,000 boxes of tubes from the outside supplier? Given this new information, should Braxen Industries make or buy the tubes?

7. Refer to the data in Required 6. Assume that the outside supplier will accept an order of any size for the tubes at a price of $1.70 per box. How many boxes of tubes should Braxen make? How many boxes of tubes should it buy from the outside supplier?

Diego Company manufactures one product that is sold for $73 per unit in two geographic regions—the East and West regions. The following information pertains to the company’s first year of operations in which it produced 44,000 units and sold 39,000 units.

The company sold 29,000 units in the East region and 10,000 units in the West region. It determined that $180,000 of its fixed selling and administrative expenses is traceable to the West region, $130,000 is traceable to the East region, and the remaining $90,000 is a common fixed cost. The company will continue to incur the total amount of its fixed manufacturing overhead costs as long as it continues to produce any amount of its only product.  

7. What is the amount of the difference between the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes (losses)?

8a. What is the company’s break-even point in unit sales?

8b. Is it above or below the actual sales volume? Above Below

9.If the sales volumes in the East and West regions had been reversed, what would be the company’s overall break-even point in unit sales?

10. What would have been the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) if it had produced and sold 39,000 units?

Henry Hawkins Industries of Batavia, Ohio, manufactures and sells one product. The company assembled the following projections for its first year of operations:

During its first year of operations Henry Hawkins expects to produce 25,000 units and sell 20,000 units. The budgeted selling price of the company’s only product is $66 per unit.

Required:

(answer each question independently by referring to the original data):

1. Assuming that Henry Hawkins' projections are accurate, what will be its absorption costing net operating income (loss) in its first year of operations?

2. Henry Hawkins is considering investing in a higher quality raw material that will increase its direct materials cost by $1 per unit. It estimates that the higher quality raw material will increase sales by 1,000 units. What will be the company’s revised absorption costing net operating income (loss) if it invests in the higher quality raw material and continues to produce 25,000 units?

3. Henry Hawkins is considering raising its selling price by $1.00 per unit with an expectation that it will lower unit sales by 1,500 units. What will be the company’s revised absorption costing net operating income (loss) if it raises its price by $1.00 and continues to produce 25,000 units?

4. Assuming that Henry Hawkins' projections are accurate, what will be its variable costing net operating income (loss) in its first year of operations?

5. Henry Hawkins is considering investing in a higher quality raw material that will increase its direct materials cost by $1 per unit. It estimates that the higher quality raw material will increase sales by 1,000 units. What will be the company’s revised variable costing net operating income (loss) if it invests in the higher quality raw material and continues to produce 25,000 units?

6. Henry Hawkins is considering raising its selling price by $1.00 per unit with an expectation that it will lower unit sales by 1,500 units. What will be the company’s revised variable costing net operating income (loss) if it raises its price by $1.00 and continues to produce25,000 units?

7. What is Henry Hawkins' break-even point in unit sales? What is its break-even point in dollar sales?

8. What is the company’s projected margin of safety in its first year of operations?

Children Toys, Ltd. produces a toy called the Joy .Overhead is applied to products on the basis of direct labour hours. The company has recently implemented a standard cost system to help control costs and has established the following standards for the Joy toys:

Direct materials: 6 units per toy at $0.50 per unit

Direct labour: 1.3 hours per toy at $ 8.00 per hour

Variable manufacturing overhead: $4.00 per hour

During July, the company produced 3,000 toys. The fixed overhead expense budget for July was $24,180 with 4030 direct labour –hours as the denominator level of activity. Production data for the month on the toys follow:

Direct materials: 25,000 units were purchased at a cost of $0.48 per unit. 5,000 of these units were still in inventory at the end of the month.

Direct Labour : 4,000 direct labour hours were worked at a cost of $36,000.

Variable overhead : Actual cost in July was $ 17,000.

Fixed Overhead : Actual cost in July was $25,000.

Required:

1. Prepare diagrams for the materials(5), labour(4), variable manufacturing overhead(4) and fixed manufacturing overhead variances(4)

2. Prepare journal entries only for materials and labour.

George Products had sales of $13,000,000 for 2014. On December 31, 2014, the balance in Accounts Receivable was $4,500,000. An aging analysis of the accounts receivable indicated that $125,000 in accounts are expected to be uncollectible.

Prepare the adjusting entry to record estimated bad debts expense using the percentage of receivables basis under each of the following independent assumptions:

      Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $2,300 before adjustment.

            Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $600 before adjustment

Using the percentage of sales method 1% of sales is expected to be uncollectible. Prepare the adjusting entry under each of the following independent assumptions using the percent of sales method:

      Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $2,300 before adjustment.

            Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $600 before adjustment

1)The ability to refinance short-term obligations on a long-term basis can be demonstrated if the company has already refinanced those obligations after the date of the balance sheet but before it is issued.

True

False  

2)

Which of the following statements does not describe an essential characteristic of a liability?

The transaction or event obligating the enterprise has already occurred.

The identity of the recipient must be known to the obligated party.

The obligated entity has little or no discretion to avoid the future sacrifice.

A liability is a present obligation that will be settled by a probable future transfer or use of assets.

I'm looking for a Sources and Uses of Funds statement/spreadsheet based on the info below:

Benjamin Jacobs has been appointed executor of Della Braham’s estate. Mr. Jacobs recorded the following with respect to Ms. Braham’s estate:

Assets at date of death (recorded at fair value):

Cash $700,000

Life insurance receivable 200,000

Investments

Belko Holdings Common Stock 12,000

Lowe’s Inc. Common Stock 25,000

McDonald’s Corp Common Stock 30,000

  Petco Inc. Common Stock 31,000

Rental house 250,000

Cash outflows:

Funeral expenses $18,000

Executor fees 10,000

Repairs (ordinary) on the rental house 1,000

Debts 50,000

Distribution of income to Bill Braham, income beneficiary 2,000

Cash inflows:

Sale of Lowe’s stock $27,000

Rent income ($2,000 earned prior to death) 10,000

Dividend income ($3,000 earned prior to death) 15,000

Life insurance proceeds 200,000

Debts of $20,000 are still outstanding. The Belko shares were transferred to Belinda Braham, to whom they were designated. Ms. Della Braham left instructions that executor fees were to be paid out of the principal of the estate. Prepare an interim charge and discharge statement for this estate.

At January 1, 2020, the credit balance of Whispering Winds Corp.’s Allowance for Doubtful Accounts was $401,000. During 2020, the bad debt expense entry was based on a percentage of net credit sales. Net sales for 2020 were $80 million, of which 90% were on account. Based on the information available at the time, the 2020 bad debt expense was estimated to be 0.75% of net credit sales. During 2020, uncollectible receivables amounting to $508,500 were written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. The company has estimated that at December 31, 2020, based on a review of the aged accounts receivable, the allowance for doubtful accounts would be properly measured at $530,500.

Prepare a schedule calculating the balance in Whispering Winds Corp.’s Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at December 31, 2020.

Prepare any necessary journal entry at year end to adjust the allowance for doubtful accounts to the required balance. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

The one year interest rates in Australia and US are 3% and 1%, respectively. The current spot rate is $0.75/AUD. (Show calculation and steps)

a. What should the one year forward rate be (if IRP holds).

b. If the forward rate is $0.70/AUD is there an arbitrage? If so, how can an arbitrageur incorporate a cashless (i.e. not use any of her current cash) arbitrage? Hint: She will need to borrow in the US or Australia at the current rates. Assume that she will use an amount of 1,000,000 USD or AUD (you must choose the right one…)