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Problem 12-19 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO12-2] Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization...

Problem 12-19 Dropping or Retaining a Segment [LO12-2] Jackson County Senior Services is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing essential services to seniors who live in their own homes within the Jackson County area. Three services are provided for seniors—home nursing, Meals On Wheels, and housekeeping. Data on revenue and expenses for the past year follow: Total Home Nursing Meals On Wheels House- keeping Revenues $ 935,000 $ 269,000 $ 409,000 $ 257,000 Variable expenses 469,000 116,000 199,000 154,000 Contribution margin 466,000 153,000 210,000 103,000 Fixed expenses: Depreciation 69,200 8,500 40,500 20,200 Liability insurance 44,100 20,900 7,600 15,600 Program administrators’ salaries 116,000 40,500 38,900 36,600 General administrative overhead* 187,000 53,800 81,800 51,400 Total fixed expenses 416,300 123,700 168,800 123,800 Net operating income (loss) $ 49,700 $ 29,300 $ 41,200 $ (20,800) *Allocated on the basis of program revenues. The head administrator of Jackson County Senior Services, Judith Miyama, considers last year’s net operating income of $49,700 to be unsatisfactory; therefore, she is considering the possibility of discontinuing the housekeeping program. The depreciation in housekeeping is for a small van that is used to carry the housekeepers and their equipment from job to job. If the program were discontinued, the van would be donated to a charitable organization. None of the general administrative overhead would be avoided if the housekeeping program were dropped, but the liability insurance and the salary of the program administrator would be avoided. Required: 1-a. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Housekeeping program? 1-b. Should the Housekeeping program be discontinued? 2-a. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement. 2-b. Would a segmented income statement format be more useful to management in assessing the long-run financial viability of the various services?

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In 2018, Bogart paid $20,000 of interest on a mortgage on his home (Bogart borrowed $600,000...

In 2018, Bogart paid $20,000 of interest on a mortgage on his home (Bogart borrowed $600,000 in 2015 to buy this primary residence and it is currently worth $1,000,000). In 2018 Bogart also paid $12,000 of interest on a $150,000 home equity loan on his home, and $10,000 of interest on a mortgage on his vacation home (loan of $300,000; home purchased for $400,000 in 2016). How much interest expense can Bogart deduct as an itemized deduction in 2018?

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Hello: Can someone explain the below? I am trying to understand the below. How does net...

Hello: Can someone explain the below? I am trying to understand the below.

How does net income and assets vary for each of the below?

1) furniture company sold an unused piece of land next door to their manufacturing facilities. land was purchased for $2M years back and sold for $4M. buyer paid in cash.

2) goodwill was over valued by $25M. Company recorded the entry to adjust goodwill to current value

3) company repurchased $5M of common stock and is holding them as treasury stock

4) company split its common stock 2 for 1 (one share split to 2 shares)

5) company employees exercised 2000 vested stock options with strike price of $100 each

6) company wrote off $2M of accounts receivable.

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enus Chocolate Company processes chocolate into candy bars. The process begins by placing direct materials (raw...

enus Chocolate Company processes chocolate into candy bars. The process begins by placing direct materials (raw chocolate, milk, and sugar) into the Blending Department. All materials are placed into production at the beginning of the blending process. After blending, the milk chocolate is then transferred to the Molding Department, where the milk chocolate is formed into candy bars. The following is a partial work in process account of the Blending Department at March 31, 2016:

ACCOUNT Work in Process—Blending Department ACCOUNT NO.
Date Item Debit Credit Balance
Debit Credit
Mar. 1 Bal., 5,400 units, 1/5 completed 17,712
31 Direct materials, 216,000 units 691,200 708,912
31 Direct labor 138,800 847,712
31 Factory overhead 34,640 882,352
31 Goods transferred, 217,000 units ?
31 Bal., ? units, 1/5 completed ?

Required:

1. Prepare a cost of production report, and identify the missing amounts for Work in Process—Blending Department. If an amount is zero, enter "0". When computing cost per equivalent units, round to two decimal places.

Venus Chocolate Company
Cost of Production Report-Blending Department
For the Month Ended March 31, 2016
Unit Information
Units charged to production:
Inventory in process, March 1
Received from materials storeroom
Total units accounted for by the Blending Department
Units to be assigned costs:
Equivalent Units
Whole Units Direct Materials Conversion
Inventory in process, March 1
Started and completed in March
Transferred to Molding Department in March
Inventory in process, March 31
Total units to be assigned costs
Cost Information
Costs per equivalent unit:
Direct Materials Conversion
Total costs for March in Blending Department $ $
Total equivalent units
Cost per equivalent unit $ $
Costs charged to production:
Direct Materials Conversion Total
Inventory in process, March 1 $
Costs incurred in March
Total costs accounted for by the Blending Department $
Cost allocated to completed and partially completed units:
Inventory in process, March 1 balance $
To complete inventory in process, March 1 $ $
Cost of completed March 1 work in process $
Started and completed in March
Transferred to Molding Department in March $
Inventory in process, March 31
Total costs assigned by the Blending Department $

Feedback

1. Calculate equivalent units for materials and conversion costs. Calculate the cost per equivalent unit for materials and conversion costs. Calculate the costs assigned to the beginning inventory, the units started and completed, and the ending inventory.

Learning Objective 2, Learning Objective 4.

2. Assuming that the March 1 work in process inventory includes $16,740 of direct materials, determine the increase or decrease in the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion between February and March. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

Increase or Decrease Amount
Change in direct materials cost per equivalent unit $
Change in conversion cost per equivalent unit $

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Baby Dolls Teddy Bears Toy Cars Volume 200,000 125,000 225,000 Sales Prices $3.50 $2.75 $3.15 Variable...

Baby Dolls Teddy Bears Toy Cars
Volume 200,000 125,000 225,000

Sales Prices

$3.50 $2.75 $3.15
Variable Costs $2.05 $1.75 $2.45
Fixed Costs $65,000 $125,000 $35,000

Target pretax income= $0

Investment= $2 million

Capacity=1 million units

1. Assume that the volume of dolls sold increases to 225,000 units, with no change in fixed or variable costs. What is the new pretax income? Does the number produced by your financial model appear to be reasonable? (Manually estimate the increase in pretax income if volume increases and fixed costs remain constant.)

2. Based on the original assumptions, what is the effect on pretax income if variable costs increase by 5% for each of the three product lines?Assume that nothing else changes.

3. Return to the original assumptions. Assume that a sales manager proposed a new advertising campaign to boost sales volume. The campaign would cost $30,000 and is estimated to increase the volume of each product as follows:

Baby doll sales increase by 20,000 units.

Teddy bear sales increase by 7,500 units.

Toy car sales increase by 30,000 units.

What would be the effect on pretax income if this plan were adopted?

4.Return to the original assumptions. Now assume that, due to competition, Toddler Toys must cut prices on each of its three products by 20%. In addition, a new advertising campaign costing $45,000 must be instituted to counteract bad publicity. Given these assumptions, what is the new breakeven point?

5.Return to the original assumptions. What would be the pretax income if Toddler Toys increased the price of all three products by 10% and the volume of each product line decreased by 5%?

6.Given the same assumptions as in Part 5, how many units must Toddler Toys sell to earn a target pretax income of $100,000? a target pretax income of $150,000? a pretax return on investment (ROI) of 10%?(Hint: To determine the target pretax income, multiply 10% by the amount invested.)

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AccuBlade Castings Inc. casts blades for turbine engines. Within the Casting Department, alloy is first melted...

AccuBlade Castings Inc. casts blades for turbine engines. Within the Casting Department, alloy is first melted in a crucible, then poured into molds to produce the castings. On May 1, there were 360 pounds of alloy in process, which were 60% complete as to conversion. The Work in Process balance for these 360 pounds was $50,112, determined as follows:

1

Direct materials (360 × $132)

$47,520.00

2

Conversion (360 × 60% × $12)

2,592.00

3

$50,112.00

During May, the Casting Department was charged $353,600 for 2,600 pounds of alloy and $22,651 for direct labor. Factory overhead is applied to the department at a rate of 150% of direct labor. The department transferred out 2,760 pounds of finished castings to the Machining Department. The May 31 inventory in process was 15% complete as to conversion.

Required:

A.
(1) On May 1, prepare the journal entry for the Casting Department for the materials charged to production.*
(2) On May 31, prepare the journal entry for the Casting Department for the conversion costs charged to production.*
(3) On May 31, prepare the journal entry for the Casting Department for the completed production transferred to the Machining Department.*
* Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
B. Determine the Work in Process-Casting Department May 31 balance.
C. Compute and evaluate the change in the costs per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion from the previous month (April).

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Baby Dolls Teddy Bears Toy Cars Volume 200,000 125,000 225,000 Sales Price $3.50 $2.75 $3.15 Variable...

Baby Dolls Teddy Bears Toy Cars
Volume 200,000 125,000 225,000
Sales Price $3.50 $2.75 $3.15
Variable Costs $2.05 $1.75 $2.45
Fixed Costs $65,000 $125,000 $35,000

Target pretax income= $0

Investment= $2 million

Capacity=1 million units

1.Return to the original assumptions. Now assume that, due to competition, Toddler Toys must cut prices on each of its three products by 20%. In addition, a new advertising campaign costing $45,000 must be instituted to counteract bad publicity. Given these assumptions, what is the new breakeven point?

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Provide a 250+ word response to the following question. Please separate your answers by the parts...

Provide a 250+ word response to the following question. Please separate your answers by the parts of the question.

Pick ONE of the following options:

Develop an ad campaign for a company/product/service related to your employment (note that if your employment is B2B in nature, most B2B doesn’t involve much advertising. They tend to use other promotional elements. So keep that in mind), OR
Develop an ad campaign for your very own local tanning salon OR sporting goods store that’s been in business for just over one year
To try to develop demand for your company/product/service -- OR to resuscitate your ailing store -- you've decided to conduct an ad campaign. Following the steps outlined in the Lecture from Chapter 18, provide a detailed description of your campaign. Be sure to mention each of the areas listed below. Also be sure that you are focusing on strategies for this specific ad campaign -- not simply your advertising or marketing in general. Do not use any current advertising campaign!

NOTE: If you select your current employer who uses a differentiated strategy, select only one specific target market for this campaign.


Introduction

Please start by giving a brief explanation of the product/service/store you are advertising.

Step 1 -- target market of this specific ad campaign

Provide a geographic, demographic, and psychographic description of your target. I am looking for an insightful description of your target.

Step 2a -- objective of this specific ad campaign

Be sure you identify what you want this ad campaign to accomplish. Which of the types of advertising (informative, persuasive or reminder) will you be using and why?

Step 2b -- focus of campaign

What will be the focus of your ads – product-focused or institutional? Why? (NOTE: In addition to your text, see the lecture for clarification of these terms).

Step 3 –- determine your budget

Think about the size of your business, overall sales and success. You don’t need a specific budget number but discuss how these areas will affect how much you are able to spend and whether that potentially eliminates some types of media.

Step 4a –- convey the message (Be creative!)

Develop a unique selling proposition (USP) for the campaign. Make sure to provide an explanation of your rationale for the USP.

Step 4b -- appeal

Will you use an informational or emotional appeal? Why?

Step 5a & b -– media types and vehicles.

Describe which media types you will use and why. List the specific media vehicles for each type. A media vehicle is the specific communication tool. For instance if magazine is the media type, then Sports Illustrated or Cosmopolitan is the media vehicle; if TV is the media type then Food Network or “FOX2 News at 10pm” is the vehicle (it can be a cable network or a specific program).

Step 5c -– media schedule

How will you schedule your media? (continuous, pulsing, flighting)? Explain how your budget will help you make this decision.

Step 6 -- IMC – integrating your ad with the rest of the promotional tools

Identify and discuss other, non-advertising promotions you will use to coordinate with this ad campaign. Are there personal selling, sales promotions/incentives, public relations and/or social media efforts you’d like to include? (Keep being creative!) Really explore social media strategies using the information from Chapter 3.

NOTE: In your book, step 6 is creating the ad but we are substituting IMC in this activity.

Step 7 –- evaluating your campaign

This is maybe one of the most important steps. How will you evaluate the effectiveness of your campaign? How will you know if it “worked?” How will you know if you should repeat the campaign, or completely revamp it? You can use some of the methods talked about in the lecture or your book

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income using accrual accounting decides a firm's ability to to meet long-term obligations. Is this different...

income using accrual accounting decides a firm's ability to to meet long-term obligations. Is this different if a company uses cash based accounting instead? Why or why not?

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Epps Corp., a public company, leased equipment from Anderson Inc. on January 2, 2018, for a...

Epps Corp., a public company, leased equipment from Anderson Inc. on January 2, 2018, for a period of three years. Lease payments of $100,000 are due to Anderson Inc. each year on December 31. The lease contains no purchase or renewal options and the equipment reverts back to Anderson Inc. on the expiration of the lease. The remaining useful life of the equipment is four years (the equipment is new at the time Epps leases it). The fair value of the equipment at lease inception is $270,000. Epps Corp. has guaranteed $20,000 as the residual value at the end of the lease term. The $20,000 represents the expected value of the leased equipment to the lessee at the end of the lease term. The salvage value of the equipment is expected to be $2,000 after the end of its economic life. Epps’ incremental borrowing rate is 9 percent. Anderson’s implicit rate is 10 percent and is known by Epps.

The assistant controller  and controller of Epps Corp. analyzed the lease and made their recommendations for the appropriate accounting.. As the CFO, you were given both analyses to determine the correct accounting treatment. Calculations and journal entries performed by the assistant controller and controller are below.

Assistant controller analysis:

Since the equipment reverts back to Anderson Inc., Epps should not record an asset or liability on the lease.

Entries to be posted in Years 1, 2, and 3:

Dr. Lease expense                           $100,000

Cr. Cash                                                        $100,000

Controller analysis:

The lease term is for three years. Since it is long-term, an asset and liability must be recorded. The amount of the asset and liability is based on the present value of the lease payments. The controller uses Epps’ incremental borrowing rate since it is the lower rate.

Present value of the lease payments = $100,000 × 2.53129 = $253,129

Since interest has to be charged on the straight-line method, the controller determines the following for the amortization of the lease liability.

                                                                                                Reduction in             Balance of

                                                                 Interest                     Lease                         Lease

  Year             Cash Payment             Expense                  Obligation               Obligation

    0                                                                                                                              $253,129

    1                  $100,000                        $15,624                $84,376                     $168,753

    2                  $100,000                        $15,624                $84,376                     $  84,377

   3                  $100,000                        $15,623                $84,377                     $           0

Journal entries in Year 1:

January 2

Leased Asset                                   253,129

            Lease Obligation                                                    253,129

December 31

Interest expense                             15,624

Lease obligation                             84,376

Cash                                                              100,000

Depreciation Expense                     84,376

             Accumulated Depreciation                          84,376        

Required:

1. Was the assistant controller’s analysis correct? Why or why not?

2. Was the controller’s analysis correct? Why or why not?

3. If neither answer is correct, show the correct analysis including all year one entry(ies).

Be sure to provide appropriate authoritative sources for positions taken.

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Operating and Capital Leases - The CEO of Smith & Sons, Inc., was considering a lease...

Operating and Capital Leases - The CEO of Smith & Sons, Inc., was considering a lease for a new administrative headquarters building. The building was old, but was very well located near the company’s principal customers. The leasing agent estimated that the building’s remaining useful life was ten years, and at the end of its useful life, the building would probably be worth $100,000. The proposed lease term was eight years, and as an inducement to Smith & Sons’ CEO to sign the lease, the leasing agent indicated a willingness to include a statement in the lease agreement that would allow Smith & Sons to buy the building at the end of the least for only $75,000. As the CEO considered whether or not to sign the lease, she wondered whether the lease could be accounted for as an off-balance-sheet operating lease. What would you advise her?

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Data: Use SEC EDGAR or another resource to obtain financial statements and notes for the following...

Data: Use SEC EDGAR or another resource to obtain financial statements and notes for the following firms and fiscal year-ends. You can use their 10-K’s or annual reports.

Company

Exchange: Ticker

Fiscal year end

Amgen

NASDAQ: AMGN

December 31, 2017

Dollar Tree

NASDAQ: DLTR

February 3, 2018

  1. How does Amgen account for research and development costs?
  2. In 2015, Amgen acquired Dezima Pharma B.V. for total consideration of $410 million. What would Amgen’s goodwill balance have been on December 31, 2017 if the total consideration was only $330 million. Assume no other changes (e.g., same ‘Currency translation adjustments’ in Note 12
  3. What identifiable intangible assets do Amgen and Dollar Tree report in the notes to their financial statements? List them.

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Presented below are two independent situations related to future taxable and deductible amounts resulting from temporary...

Presented below are two independent situations related to future taxable and deductible amounts resulting from temporary differences existing at December 31, 2020. 1. Sunland Co. has developed the following schedule of future taxable and deductible amounts. 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Taxable amounts $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Deductible amount — — — (1,400 ) 2. Coronado Co. has the following schedule of future taxable and deductible amounts. 2021 2022 2023 2024 Taxable amounts $200 $200 $200 $200 Deductible amount — — (2,500 ) — Both Sunland Co. and Coronado Co. have taxable income of $3,800 in 2020 and expect to have taxable income in all future years. The tax rates enacted as of the beginning of 2020 are 30% for 2020–2023 and 35% for years thereafter. All of the underlying temporary differences relate to noncurrent assets and liabilities.

1. Compute the net amount of deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2020, and indicate how it should be classified on the balance sheet for situation one.

Deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2020 in Sunland Co.

$

SUNLAND CO.
Balance Sheet (Partial)

                                                          December 31, 2020For the Year Ended December 31, 2020For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2020

                                                          Current AssetsCurrent LiabilitiesIntangible AssetsLong-term InvestmentsNoncurrent LiabilitiesOther AssetsProperty, Plant and EquipmentStockholders' EquityTotal AssetsTotal Current AssetsTotal Current LiabilitiesTotal Intangible AssetsTotal LiabilitiesTotal Liabilities and Stockholders' EquityTotal Long-term InvestmentsTotal Long-term LiabilitiesTotal Property, Plant and EquipmentTotal Stockholders' Equity

$


2. Compute the net amount of deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2020, and indicate how it should be classified on the balance sheet for situation two.

Deferred income taxes to be reported at the end of 2020 in Coronado co.

$

CORONADO CO.
Balance Sheet

                                                          December 31, 2020For the Year Ended December 31, 2020For the Quarter Ended December 31, 2020

                                                          Current AssetsCurrent LiabilitiesIntangible AssetsLong-term InvestmentsNoncurrent LiabilitiesOther AssetsProperty, Plant and EquipmentStockholders' EquityTotal AssetsTotal Current AssetsTotal Current LiabilitiesTotal Intangible AssetsTotal LiabilitiesTotal Liabilities and Stockholders' EquityTotal Long-term InvestmentsTotal Long-term LiabilitiesTotal Property, Plant and EquipmentTotal Stockholders' Equity

$

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Perez Cameras, Inc. manufactures two models of cameras. Model ZM has a zoom lens; Model DS...

Perez Cameras, Inc. manufactures two models of cameras. Model ZM has a zoom lens; Model DS has a fixed lens. Perez uses an activity-based costing system. The following are the relevant cost data for the previous month:

   

Direct Cost per Unit Model ZM Model DS
Direct materials $ 20.9 $ 7.0
Direct labor 29.8 9.0

   

Category Estimated Cost Cost Driver Use of Cost Driver
Unit level $ 25,960 Number of units ZM: 2,350 units; DS: 9,450 units
Batch level 50,960 Number of setups ZM: 26 setups; DS: 26 setups
Product level 90,000 Number of TV commercials ZM: 14; DS: 11
Facility level 180,000 Number of machine hours ZM: 300 hours; DS: 600 hours
Total $ 346,920


Perez’s facility has the capacity to operate 2,700 machine hours per month.

   
Required

  1. Compute the cost per unit for each product.

  2. The current market price for products comparable to Model ZM is $119 and for DS is $66. If Perez sold all of its products at the market prices, what was its profit or loss for the previous month?

  3. A market expert believes that Perez can sell as many cameras as it can produce by pricing Model ZM at $114 and Model DS at $34. Perez would like to use those estimates as its target prices and have a profit margin of 30 percent of target prices. What is the target cost for each product?

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Why is it important to properly state the issue in a judgment?

Why is it important to properly state the issue in a judgment?

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