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Cruz Company has gathered the information needed to complete its Form 941 for the quarter ended...

Cruz Company has gathered the information needed to complete its Form 941 for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. They are a monthly depositor with the following monthly tax liabilities for this quarter:

July $7,193.10
August 7,000.95
September 7,577.78

State unemployment taxes are only paid to California. The company does not use a third-party designee, the tax returns are signed by the president, Carlos Cruz (Phone: 916-555-9739), and the date filed is October 31, 2019.

Complete Parts 2, 4, and 5 of Form 941 for Cruz Company for the third quarter of 2019.

Name (not your trade name) Employer identification number (EIN)
CARLOS CRUZ 00-0006509
Part 2:   Tell us about your deposit schedule and tax liability for this quarter.
If you are unsure about whether you are a monthly schedule depositor or a semiweekly schedule depositor, see section 11 of Pub. 15.
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a.   Line 12 on this return is less than $2,500 or line 12 on the return for the prior quarter was less than $2,500, and you didn't incur a $100,000 next-day deposit obligation during the current quarter. If line 12 for the prior quarter was less than $2,500 but line 12 on this return is $100,000 or more, you must provide a record of your federal tax liability. If you are a monthly schedule depositor, complete the deposit schedule below; if you are a semiweekly schedule depositor, attach Schedule B (Form 941). Go to Part 3.
b.   You were a monthly schedule depositor for the entire quarter. Enter your tax liability for each month and total liability for the quarter, then go to Part 3.
Tax liability: Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Total liability for quarter Total must equal line 12.
c.   You were a semiweekly schedule depositor for any part of this quarter. Complete Schedule B (Form 941), Report of Tax Liability for Semiweekly Schedule Depositors, and attach it to Form 941.
Part 3:   Tell us about your business. If a question does NOT apply to your business, leave it blank.
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enter the final date you paid wages / / .
  18 If you are a seasonal employer and you don't have to file a return for every quarter of the year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ☐ Check here.
Part 4:   May we speak with your third-party designee?
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No Designee's name and phone number
Select a 5-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) to use when talking to the IRS.
Part 5:   Sign here. You MUST complete both pages of Form 941 and SIGN it.
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this return, including accompanying schedules and statements, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct, and complete. Declaration of preparer (other than taxpayer) is based on all information of which preparer has any knowledge.
Sign your
name here

Carlos Cruz

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name here
Carlos Cruz
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title here
President
Date 10/31/19
Best daytime phone 916-555-9739
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Preparer's name
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Preparer's signature
Date
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Firm's name (or yours if self-employed)
EIN
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City
State
ZIP code
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Source: Internal Revenue Service

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Cruz Company has gathered the information needed to complete its Form 941 for the quarter ended...

Cruz Company has gathered the information needed to complete its Form 941 for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.

Using the information presented below, complete Part 1 of Form 941, rounding to the nearest cent.

  • # of employees for pay period that included September 12-14 employees
  • Wages paid third quarter-$79,750.17
  • Federal income tax withheld in the third quarter-$9,570.00
  • Taxable social security and Medicare wages-$79,750.17
  • Total tax deposits for the quarter-$21,771.83

Hint: Line 7 instructions. Fill in Form 941 through line 6, then fill in Part 2, line 16. Take that information and fill in line 13. Lines 12 and 13 must equal. If the amounts are not the same, correct by entering amount to make equal on line 7. Line 7 differences are caused by how calculations are made on Form 941 and the amounts withheld from employee's earning plus the employer's payroll tax amounts each pay.

Form941 for 20--:
(Rev. January 2018)
Employer's QUARTERLY Federal Tax Return
Department of the Treasury — Internal Revenue Service

OMB No. 1545-0029
Employer identification number (EIN)
0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 9
Name (not your trade name) CARLOS CRUZ
Trade name (if any) CRUZ COMPANY
Address
901 KEYSTONE
Number Street Suite or room number
SACRAMENTO CA 95916
City State ZIP code
Foreign country name   Foreign province/county Foreign postal code
Report for this Quarter of 20--
(Select one.)
July, August, September
Go to www.irs.gov/Form941 for instructions and the latest information.
Read the separate instructions before you complete Form 941. Type or print within the boxes.
Part 1:   Answer these questions for this quarter.
  1 Number of employees who received wages, tips, or other compensation for the pay period including Mar. 12 (Quarter 1), June 12 (Quarter 2), Sept. 12 (Quarter 3), or Dec. 12 (Quarter 4) 1
  2 Wages, tips, and other compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
  3 Federal income tax withheld from wages, tips, and other compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
  4 If no wages, tips, and other compensation are subject to social security or Medicare tax Check and go to line 6.
  Column 1   Column 2
5a Taxable social security wages . . . . . x 0.124 =
5b Taxable social security tips . . . . . . . . x 0.124 =
5c Taxable Medicare wages & tips . . . . . x 0.029 =
5d Taxable wages & tips subject to
Additional Medicare Tax withholding
x 0.009 =
  5e Add Column 2 from lines 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5e
  5f Section 3121(q) Notice and Demand—Tax due on unreported tips (see instructions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5f
  6 Total taxes before adjustments. Add lines 3, 5e, and 5f . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
  7 Current quarter's adjustment for fractions of cents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
  8 Current quarter's adjustment for sick pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
  9 Current quarter's adjustments for tips and group-term life insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
  10 Total taxes after adjustments. Combine lines 6 through 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
  11 Qualified small business payroll tax credit for increasing research activities. Attach Form 8974 . . 11
  12 Total taxes after adjustments and credits. Subtract line 11 from line 10. . 12
  13 Total deposits for this quarter, including overpayment applied from a prior quarter and overpayments applied from Form 941-X, 941-X (PR), 944-X, or 944-X (SP) filed in the current quarter . . 13
  14 Balance due. If line 12 is more than line 13, enter the difference and see instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
  15 Overpayment. If line 13 is more than line 12, enter the difference   Check one: ☐ Apply to next return.   ☐ Send a refund.
  ▶ You MUST complete both pages of Form 941 and SIGN it.
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For Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the back of the Payment Voucher. Cat. No. 17001Z Form 941 (Rev. 1-2018)

In: Accounting

Thermal Rising, Inc., makes paragliders for sale through specialty sporting goods stores. The company has a...

Thermal Rising, Inc., makes paragliders for sale through specialty sporting goods stores. The company has a standard paraglider model, but also makes custom-designed paragliders. Management has designed an activity-based costing system with the following activity cost pools and activity rates:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Rate
Supporting direct labor $20 per direct labor-hour
Order processing $192 per order
Custom designing processing $255 per custom design
Customer service $428 per customer

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Management would like an analysis of the profitability of a particular customer, Big Sky Outfitters, which has ordered the following products over the last 12 months:


Standard
Model Custom
Design
Number of gliders 11 3
Number of orders 1 3
Number of custom designs 0 3
Direct labor-hours per glider 27.50 33.00
Selling price per glider $1,600 $2,320
Direct materials cost per glider $472 $580

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The company's direct labor rate is $22 per hour.


Required:
Using the company's activity-based costing system, compute the customer margin of Big Sky Outfitters. (Round intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole number. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

In: Accounting

Do you think that the auditors' responsibility in auditing small public firms that are exempt from...

Do you think that the auditors' responsibility in auditing small public firms that are exempt from Section 404(b) of SOX is different from their role in auditing large accelerated filers that are subject to SOX 404(b) reporting requirements? please explain in detail

In: Accounting

College Coasters is a San Diego–based merchandiser specializing in logo-adorned drink coasters. The company reported the...

College Coasters is a San Diego–based merchandiser specializing in logo-adorned drink coasters. The company reported the following balances in its unadjusted trial balance at December 1.

Cash $ 10,005
Accounts Receivable 2,000
Inventory 500
Prepaid Rent 600
Equipment 810
Accumulated Depreciation 110
Accounts Payable 1,500
Salaries and Wages Payable 300
Income Taxes Payable 0
Common Stock 6,500
Retained Earnings 3,030
Sales Revenue 15,985
Cost of Goods Sold 8,900
Rent Expense 1,100
Salaries and Wages Expense 2,000
Depreciation Expense 110
Income Tax Expense 0
Office Expenses 1,400


The company buys coasters from one supplier. All amounts in Accounts Payable on December 1 are owed to that supplier. The inventory on December 1 consisted of 1,000 coasters, all of which were purchased in a batch on July 10 at a unit cost of $0.50. College Coasters records its inventory using perpetual inventory accounts and the FIFO cost flow method.

During December, the company entered into the following transactions. Some of these transactions are explained in greater detail below.

  

  1. Purchased 500 coasters on account from the regular supplier on 12/1 at a unit cost of $0.52, with terms of n/60.
  2. Purchased 1,000 coasters on account from the regular supplier on 12/2 at a unit cost of $0.55, with terms of n/60.
  3. Sold 2,000 coasters on account on 12/3 at a unit price of $0.90.
  4. Collected $1,000 from customers on account on 12/4.
  5. Paid the supplier $1,600 cash on account on 12/18.
  6. Paid employees $500 on 12/23, of which $300 related to work done in November and $200 was for wages up to December 22.
  7. Loaded 100 coasters on a cargo ship on 12/31 to be delivered the following week to a customer in Kona, Hawaii. The sale was made FOB destination with terms of n/60.


Other relevant information includes the following at 12/31:

  

  1. College Coasters has not yet recorded $200 of office expenses incurred in December on account.
  2. The company estimates that the equipment depreciates at a rate of $10 per month. One month of depreciation needs to be recorded.
  3. Wages for the period from December 23–31 are $100 and will be paid on January 15.
  4. The $600 of Prepaid Rent relates to a six-month period ending on May 31 of next year.
  5. The company incurred $789 of income tax but has made no tax payments this year.
  6. No shrinkage or damage was discovered when the inventory was counted on December 31.
  7. The company did not declare dividends and there were no transactions involving common stock.

What are the journal entries for a-n?

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true or false A taxpayer should invest in tax exempt bonds instead of taxable bonds if...

true or false

A taxpayer should invest in tax exempt bonds instead of taxable bonds if the interest on the exempt
bonds is greater than the interest on the taxable bonds multiplied by 1 minus the taxpayer's marginal
tax rate

In: Accounting

In 20-- the annual salaries paid each of the officers of Abrew, Inc., follow. The officers...

In 20-- the annual salaries paid each of the officers of Abrew, Inc., follow. The officers are paid semimonthly on the 15th and the last day of the month. Compute the FICA taxes to be withheld from each officer's pay on (a) November 15 and (b) December 31.

Round your answers to the nearest cent. If an amount is zero, enter "0".

a.

November 15

Name and Title
Annual
Salary
OASDI Taxable
Earnings

OASDI Tax
HI Taxable
Earnings

HI Tax
Hanks, Timothy, President $151,200 $ $ $ $
Grath, John, VP Finance 132,000
James, Sally, VP Sales 69,600
Kimmel, Joan, VP Mfg. 54,000
Wie, Pam, VP Personnel 51,600
Grant, Mary, VP Secretary 49,200


b.

December 31

Name and Title
Annual
Salary
OASDI Taxable
Earnings

OASDI Tax
HI Taxable
Earnings

HI Tax
Hanks, Timothy, President $151,200 $ $ $ $
Grath, John, VP Finance 132,000
James, Sally, VP Sales 69,600
Kimmel, Joan, VP Mfg. 54,000
Wie, Pam, VP Personnel 51,600
Grant, Mary, VP Secretary 49,200

In: Accounting

Herbal Care is ready to begin its third quarter. The company has requested a $40,000, 90-day...

Herbal Care is ready to begin its third quarter. The company has requested a $40,000, 90-day loan for its bank to
help meet cash requirements during the quarter. The bank’s loan officer has asked the Herbal to prepare a cash
budget for the quarter. In response, the following data have been assembled:

1. On July 1, the beginning of the third quarter, the company will have a cash balance of $65,000.
2. Actual sales for the last two months and budgeting sales for the third quarter are shown below. Past
experience shows that 20% of a month’s sales are collected in the month of the sale, 50% in the month
following the sale, and 25% in the second month following the sale. The remainder is uncollectible.

Month Amount
May (actual) $350,000
June (actual) $380,000
July (budgeted) $450,000
August (budgeted) $550,000
September (budgeted) $260,000

3. Budgeted merchandise purchases and budgeted expenses for the third quarter are shown below.
Merchandise purchases are paid in full during the month following the purchase. Accounts payable for
merchandise purchases on June 30, which will be paid during July, total $240,000. All other cash expenses are
paid in the month of the expense.

Item    July    August    September
Merchandise purchases    $ 250,000 $ 250,000 $ 245,000
Salaries and wages 50,000    50,000 50,000
Advertising    130,000 110,000 90,000
Rent payments 9,000 9,000 9,000
Depreciation    20,000 20,000 20,000

4. Equipment costing $30,000 will be purchased for cash during July.
5. In preparing the cash budget, assume that the $40,000 loan will be made in July and repaid in September.
Interest on the loan, $1200, will be paid in September.

Required:
Prepare a cash budget for the third quarter (July, August, and September). Include four columns in your cash
budget: one for each month, and one for the entire third quarter.   

In: Accounting

Joe operates a business that locates and purchases specialized assets for clients, among other activities. Joe...

Joe operates a business that locates and purchases specialized assets for clients, among other activities. Joe uses the accrual method of accounting but he doesn’t keep any significant inventories of the specialized assets that he sells. Joe reported the following financial information for his business activities during year 0.

Determine the effect of each of the following transactions on the taxable business income. (Select "No Effect" from the dropdown if no change in the taxable business income.)

Required:

Joe has signed a contract to sell gadgets to the city. The contract provides that sales of gadgets are dependent upon a test sample of gadgets operating successfully. In December, Joe delivers $13,350 worth of gadgets to the city that will be tested in March. Joe purchased the gadgets especially for this contract and paid $9,450.

Joe paid $275 for entertaining a visiting out-of-town client. The client didn’t discuss business with Joe during this visit, but Joe wants to maintain good relations to encourage additional business next year.

On November 1, Joe paid $590 for premiums providing for $59,000 of “key man” insurance on the life of Joe’s accountant over the next 12 months.

At the end of year 0, Joe’s business reports $11,850 of accounts receivable. Based upon past experience, Joe believes that at least $2,570 of his new receivables will be uncollectible.

In December of year 0, Joe rented equipment to complete a large job. Joe paid $5,850 in December because the rental agency required a minimum rental of three months ($1,950 per month). Joe completed the job before year-end, but he returned the equipment at the end of the lease.

Joe hired a new sales representative as an employee and sent her to Dallas for a week to contact prospective out-of-state clients. Joe ended up reimbursing his employee $490 for airfare, $540 for lodging, $440 for meals, and $340 for entertainment (Joe provided adequate documentation to substantiate the business purpose for the meals and entertainment). Joe requires the employee to account for all expenditures in order to be reimbursed.

Joe uses his BMW (a personal auto) to travel to and from his residence to his factory. However, he switches to a business vehicle if he needs to travel after he reaches the factory. Last month, the business vehicle broke down and he was forced to use the BMW both to travel to and from the factory and to visit work sites. He drove 215 miles visiting work sites and 84 miles driving to and from the factory from his home. Joe uses the standard mileage rate to determine his auto-related business expenses. (Round your answer to whole number. Use standard mileage rate.)

Joe paid a visit to his parents in Dallas over the Christmas holidays. While he was in the city, Joe spent $145 to attend a half-day business symposium. Joe paid $390 for airfare, $126 for meals during the symposium, and $77 on cab fare to the symposium.

    

In: Accounting

Fredo, Inc., purchased 10% of Sonny Enterprises for $1,000,000 on January 1, 2018. Sonny recognized a...

Fredo, Inc., purchased 10% of Sonny Enterprises for $1,000,000 on January 1, 2018. Sonny recognized a total of $400,000 net income during 2018, paid $30,000 of dividends to Fredo during 2018, and at December 31, 2018, the market value of the Sonny investment increased to $1,040,000.

Required: Prepare the journal entries necessary to account for the Sonny investment, assuming that Fredo:

(1) Lacks significant influence

(2) Assume that with the 10% purchase Fredo has significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee.

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Dillon Products manufactures various machined parts to customer specifications. The company uses a job-order costing system...

Dillon Products manufactures various machined parts to customer specifications. The company uses a job-order costing system and applies overhead cost to jobs on the basis of machine-hours. At the beginning of the year, the company used a cost formula to estimate that it would incur $4,192,500 in manufacturing overhead cost at an activity level of 559,000 machine-hours. The company spent the entire month of January working on a large order for 12,800 custom-made machined parts. The company had no work in process at the beginning of January. Cost data relating to January follow: Raw materials purchased on account, $319,000. Raw materials used in production, $252,000 (80% direct materials and 20% indirect materials). Labor cost accrued in the factory, $156,000 (one-third direct labor and two-thirds indirect labor). Depreciation recorded on factory equipment, $62,800. Other manufacturing overhead costs incurred on account, $84,800. Manufacturing overhead cost was applied to production on the basis of 40,720 machine-hours actually worked during the month. The completed job for 12,800 custom-made machined parts was moved into the finished goods warehouse on January 31 to await delivery to the customer. (In computing the dollar amount for this entry, remember that the cost of a completed job consists of direct materials, direct labor, and applied overhead.) Required: 1. Prepare journal entries to record items (a) through (f) above [ignore item (g) for the moment]. 2. Prepare T-accounts for Manufacturing Overhead and Work in Process. Post the relevant items from your journal entries to these T-accounts. 3. Prepare a journal entry for item (g) above. 4. If 10,300 of the custom-made machined parts are shipped to the customer in February, how much of this job’s cost will be included in cost of goods sold for February?

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Timberly Construction negotiates a lump-sum purchase of several assets from a company that is going out...

Timberly Construction negotiates a lump-sum purchase of several assets from a company that is going out of business. The purchase is completed on January 1, 2017, at a total cash price of $830,000 for a building, land, land improvements, and four vehicles. The estimated market values of the assets are building, $485,100; land, $297,000; land improvements, $39,600; and four vehicles, $168,300. The company’s fiscal year ends on December 31. Required: 1-a. Prepare a table to allocate the lump-sum purchase price to the separate assets purchased. 1-b. Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase. 2. Compute the depreciation expense for year 2017 on the building using the straight-line method, assuming a 15-year life and a $32,000 salvage value. 3. Compute the depreciation expense for year 2017 on the land improvements assuming a five-year life and double-declining-balance depreciation.

Compute the depreciation expense for year 2017 on the land improvements assuming a five-year life and double-declining-balance depreciation.

Depreciation expense on land improvements

Compute the depreciation expense for year 2017 on the building using the straight-line method, assuming a 15-year life and a $32,000 salvage value. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Depreciation expense on building

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     In the first year of operations in 2017, the pretax accounting income of Lisle Company...

     In the first year of operations in 2017, the pretax accounting income of Lisle Company was$16,000. Included in pretax accounting income were the following:

     (2) $33,000 of sales revenue that will not be recognized for tax purposes until it is collected;

(3) $32,000 in warranty expense that was recognized as product sales were made according to GAAP, but will be deductible for tax purposes only when the actual disbursements are made; and.

(1) $4,000 expense for a premium for life insurance covering the firm’s president, with Lisle named as beneficiary, which is not deductible for tax purposes.

     The temporary differences are expected to reverse in the following pattern:

            

                                                     Installment                         Warranty

                                 Year            Collections                        Payments

                               2017                   8,300                            18,200

                               2018                 12,800                            10,300

                                2019                 11,900                              3,500

                                                      $33,000                          $32,000

    

     In addition, Lisle records $12,000 more depreciation for tax purposes than for accounting financial statements, and it is not expected to start reversing in the near future.

     The enacted tax rate for 2017 is 35%; in 2017, due to a significant change in the tax law, the enacted tax rate for corporations became 21% for 2018 and future years.

     Required:

  1. Calculate taxable income for 2017, and prepare the journal entry necessary to record income taxes at the end of 2017. How would any deferred tax amounts be reported on a classified balance sheet? Show how taxable income, income tax expense, and net income would be reported on the income statement.

  1. Assume that 2018 pretax accounting income is $8,000, the insurance premium is the same as for 2017, and Lisle records an additional $12,000 more depreciation expense for tax purposes than for accounting financial statements. The portions of previous differences expected to reverse in 2018 do reverse exactly as estimated. Prepare the journal entry necessary to record income taxes at the end of 2018. How would any deferred tax amounts be reported on the 2018 balance sheet? Show how taxable income, income tax expense, and net income would be reported on the 2018 income statement.

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The business manufactures custom patios made of concrete, brick, fiberglass, and lumber- depending upon customer preference....

The business manufactures custom patios made of concrete, brick, fiberglass, and lumber- depending upon customer preference. The company's fiscal year is the calendar year. At the beginning of July, selected balances were as follows:

Direct Materials Inventory, July 1 $4200
Work-In-Process Inventory, July 1 5540*
Manufacturing Overhead Applied to Date 32640
Actual Manufacturing Overhead to Date 31650

*Details for Work in Process

Job 85 Job 86 Job 87 Total
Direct Materials $600 800 900
Direct Labor 320 540 580
Manufacturing Overhead 400 675 725
= 1320 + 2015 + 2205 = 5540

(the last row are the separate columns added together and then totaled at the end).

During July, total direct materials purchased were $4900. Overhead costs incurred were $3800. Direct materials and direct labor used were as follows:

Materials Requested Amounts Labor Time Ticket Amounts
Job 85 $1100 $840
Job 86 500 360
Job 87 1300 1200
Job 88 2000 800

The Company uses conventional overhead application with overhead charged to jobs at the rate of $1.25 per dollar of direct labor cost. The patios for Jobs 85 and 87 were completed during July and sold at cost plus a 30 percent markup.

Prepare an Excel Spreadsheet that determines the cost of each job at the end of July. Then program cells that determine end of July balance of direct materials inventory, end of July balance of work in process inventory, end of July balance of finished goods, sales for July, cost of goods sold for July, and gross profit margin for July. On the lower part of the spreadsheet: Prepare a formal cost of goods manufactured schedule for the month of July.

(the company only deals with underapplied or overapplied overhead at the end of December therefore it is not needed in July).

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Alexi's bought a home for $1,000,000 during year 1. She made a $200,000 down payment and...

Alexi's bought a home for $1,000,000 during year 1. She made a $200,000 down payment and financed the other $800,000. This home is her only residence. Assume that by year 10 her home had appreciated to $1,5000,000 and the balance on her mortgage was down to $600,000, interest rates had gone down and Alexis refinanced her home. She borrowed $1,000,000 and paid off her first mortgage. She used the remaining $400,000 for projects unrelated to her home. How much is her qualifying home-related debt for tax purposes?

The country its been taxed on is irrelevant

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