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NEEDS TO BE DONE IN EXCEL. A price level adjusted mortage (PLAM) is made with the...

NEEDS TO BE DONE IN EXCEL.

A price level adjusted mortage (PLAM) is made with the following terms:

Amount=$95,000

Initial interest rate= 4 percent

Term= 30 Years

Points= 6 percent

Payments to be reset at the beginning of each year.
Assuming inflation is expected to increase at the rate of 6 percent per year for the next five years:
a. Compute the payments at the beginning of each year (BOY)
b. what is the loan balance at the end of the fifth year?
c. what is the yield to the lender on such a mortgage?

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If our business affairs are to be conducted in a godly manner, we could consider Luke...

If our business affairs are to be conducted in a godly manner, we could consider Luke 16:12: "And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?" Think about this verse and explain how this might be applied to the topic of adjusting entries

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Neptune Company produces toys and other items for use in beach and resort areas. A small,...

Neptune Company produces toys and other items for use in beach and resort areas. A small, inflatable toy has come onto the market that the company is anxious to produce and sell. The new toy will sell for $5.50 per unit. Enough capacity exists in the company’s plant to produce 20,000 units of the toy each month. Variable costs to manufacture and sell one unit would be $2.75, and fixed costs associated with the toy would total $70,000 per month.

The company’s Marketing Department predicts that demand for the new toy will exceed the 20,000 units that the company is able to produce. Additional manufacturing space can be rented from another company at a fixed cost of $5,000 per month. Variable costs in the rented facility would total $3.00 per unit, due to somewhat less efficient operations than in the main plant.

Required:

1. Compute the monthly break-even point for the new toy in units and in total dollar sales. Show all computations in good form.

2. How many units must be sold each month to make a monthly profit of $3,000?

3. If the sales manager receives a bonus of 5 cents for each unit sold in excess of the break-even point, how many units must be sold each month to earn a return of 4.9% on the monthly investment in fixed costs?

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Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, the vice president of...

Cheryl Montoya picked up the phone and called her boss, Wes Chan, the vice president of marketing at Piedmont Fasteners Corporation: “Wes, I’m not sure how to go about answering the questions that came up at the meeting with the president yesterday.”

"What's the problem?"

“The president wanted to know the break-even point for each of the company’s products, but I am having trouble figuring them out.”

“I’m sure you can handle it, Cheryl. And, by the way, I need your analysis on my desk tomorrow morning at 8:00 sharp in time for the follow-up meeting at 9:00.”

Piedmont Fasteners Corporation makes three different clothing fasteners in its manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Data concerning these products appear below:

VelcroMetalNylon

Annual sales volume97,000213,000302,000

Unit selling price$1.50$1.90$1.40

Variable expense per unit$1.00$1.30$0.90

Total fixed expenses are $267,000 per year.

All three products are sold in highly competitive markets, so the company is unable to raise prices without losing an unacceptable numbers of customers.

The company has an extremely effective lean production system, so there are no beginning or ending work in process or finished goods inventories.

Required:

1. What is the company’s over-all break-even point in dollar sales?

2. Of the total fixed expenses of $267,000, $13,550 could be avoided if the Velcro product is dropped, $100,200 if the Metal product is dropped, and $97,000 if the Nylon product is dropped. The remaining fixed expenses of $56,250 consist of common fixed expenses such as administrative salaries and rent on the factory building that could be avoided only by going out of business entirely.

a. What is the break-even point in unit sales for each product?

b. If the company sells exactly the break-even quantity of each product, what will be the overall profit of the company?

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The following is a December 31, 2018, post-closing trial balance for Georgetown, Inc. . Account Title...

The following is a December 31, 2018, post-closing trial balance for Georgetown, Inc. .

Account Title

Debits

Credits

Cash

$

45,000

Investments

110,000

Accounts receivable

60,000

Inventories

200,000

Prepaid insurance (for the next 9 months)

9,000

Land

90,000

Buildings

420,000

Accumulated depreciation—buildings

$

100,000

Equipment

110,000

Accumulated depreciation—equipment

60,000

Patents (net of amortization)

10,000

Accounts payable

75,000

Notes payable

130,000

Interest payable

20,000

Bonds Payable

240,000

Common stock

300,000

Retained earnings

129,000

Totals

$

1,054,000

$

1,054,000


Additional information:

  1. The investment account includes an investment in common stock of another corporation of $30,000 which management intends to hold for at least three years. The balance of these investments is intended to be sold in the coming year.
  2. The land account includes land which cost $25,000 that the company has not used and is currently listed for sale.
  3. The cash account includes $15,000 restricted in a fund to pay bonds payable that mature in 2021 and $23,000 restricted in a three-month Treasury bill.
  4. The notes payable account consists of the following:
  1. a $30,000 note due in six months.
  2. a $50,000 note due in six years.
  3. a $50,000 note due in five annual installments of $10,000 each, with the next installment due February 15, 2019.
  1. The $60,000 balance in accounts receivable is net of an allowance for uncollectible accounts of $8,000.
  2. The common stock account represents 100,000 shares of no par value common stock issued and outstanding. The corporation has 500,000 shares authorized.


Required:
Prepare a classified balance sheet for Georgetown as of December 31, 2018.

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   Hemming Co. reported the following current-year purchases and sales for its only product.      Date...

  
Hemming Co. reported the following current-year purchases and sales for its only product.
    

Date Activities Units Acquired at Cost Units Sold at Retail
Jan. 1 Beginning inventory 300 units @ $14.00 = $ 4,200
Jan. 10 Sales 250 units @ $44.00
Mar. 14 Purchase 520 units @ $19.00 = 9,880
Mar. 15 Sales 460 units @ $44.00
July 30 Purchase 500 units @ $24.00 = 12,000
Oct. 5 Sales 480 units @ $44.00
Oct. 26 Purchase 200 units @ $29.00 = 5,800
Totals 1,520 units $ 31,880 1,190 units

Exercise 5-7 Perpetual: Inventory costing methods-FIFO and LIFO LO P1

Required:
Hemming uses a perpetual inventory system.
  
1. Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using FIFO.
2. Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using LIFO.
3. Compute the gross margin for FIFO method and LIFO method.

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Perception"  Please respond to the following: You have been immersed in the world of managerial accounting (i.e.,...

Perception"  Please respond to the following:

  • You have been immersed in the world of managerial accounting (i.e., cost accounting) for seven (7) weeks. At this point in the course, what is your assessment of cost/managerial accounting from a provider perspective?
  • Now imagine that you are the user, not the provider. Explain whether or not your assessments have changed, and explain why or why not. As a user, describe how you would use two (2) of the variances calculated to make better management decisions.

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"Off Balance Sheet Financing" Harold Walker is CEO and Owner of Walker Enterprises (WE), a company...

"Off Balance Sheet Financing"

Harold Walker is CEO and Owner of Walker Enterprises (WE), a company that has shown strong and consistent growth over the years. However, WE is struggling with cash flow issues and Harold is looking for a loan and/or line of credit to bolster his company. The problem is that the company’s debt to equity ratio is already high and he knows it will be challenging to find a bank willing to lend him additional funds. Fred, his CFO, has come up with an idea. A large portion of the company’s debt is tied up in the mortgage of their five-story office building. Fred has suggested moving this debt to “off balance sheet” by creating an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) that owns the building on behalf of the company and then leases it back. This results in WE entering into an operating lease off the balance sheet and recording only the relatively small monthly “rent” as an operating expense. Fred says this will significantly increase the company’s liquidity and present a balance sheet that will be much more attractive to any potential lenders.

Fred has assured Harold this is legal and common. This arrangement does not feel right to Harold.

  • What additional information should Harold request?
  • What additional reservations or concerns would you have?

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ecton Labs, Inc., produces various chemical compounds for industrial use. One compound, called Fludex, is prepared...

ecton Labs, Inc., produces various chemical compounds for industrial use. One compound, called Fludex, is prepared using an elaborate distilling process. The company has developed standard costs for one unit of Fludex, as follows:

Standard Quantity
or Hours
Standard Price
or Rate
Standard Cost
Direct materials 2.10 ounces $ 22.00 per ounce $ 46.20
Direct labor 0.80 hours $ 15.00 per hour 12.00
Variable manufacturing overhead 0.80 hours $ 2.50 per hour 2.00
Total standard cost per unit $ 60.20

During November, the following activity was recorded related to the production of Fludex:

  1. Materials purchased, 10,500 ounces at a cost of $216,825.
  2. There was no beginning inventory of materials; however, at the end of the month, 2,600 ounces of material remained in ending inventory.

  3. The company employs 20 lab technicians to work on the production of Fludex. During November, they each worked an average of 180 hours at an average pay rate of $14.00 per hour.

  4. Variable manufacturing overhead is assigned to Fludex on the basis of direct labor-hours. Variable manufacturing overhead costs during November totaled $7,000.

  5. During November, the company produced 3,700 units of Fludex.

Required:

1. For direct materials:

a. Compute the price and quantity variances.

b. The materials were purchased from a new supplier who is anxious to enter into a long-term purchase contract. Would you recommend that the company sign the contract?

2. For direct labor:

a. Compute the rate and efficiency variances.

b. In the past, the 20 technicians employed in the production of Fludex consisted of 8 senior technicians and 12 assistants. During November, the company experimented with fewer senior technicians and more assistants in order to reduce labor costs. Would you recommend that the new labor mix be continued?

3. Compute the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances.

1) For direct materials, compute the price and quantity variances. (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.)


Materials quantity variance=? and U or F

Materials price Variance=? and U or F

2) For direct materials, the materials were purchased from a new supplier who is anxious to enter into a long-term purchase contract. Would you recommend that the company sign the contract?

yes or no

3) For direct labor, compute the rate and efficiency variances. (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.)

Labor efficiency variance=? and U or F

Labor rate variance= ? and U or F

4) In the past, the 20 technicians employed in the production of Fludex consisted of 8 senior technicians and 12 assistants. During November, the company experimented with fewer senior technicians and more assistants in order to reduce labor costs. Would you recommend that the new labor mix be continued?

yes or no

5) Compute the variable overhead rate and efficiency variances. (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.)

Variable overhead rate variance=? and F or U

Variable overhead effiency variance=? and F or U

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The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles—a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a...

The Regal Cycle Company manufactures three types of bicycles—a dirt bike, a mountain bike, and a racing bike. Data on sales and expenses for the past quarter follow:

Total Dirt
Bikes
Mountain Bikes Racing
Bikes
Sales $ 933,000 $ 267,000 $ 406,000 $ 260,000
Variable manufacturing and selling expenses 466,000 115,000 198,000 153,000
Contribution margin 467,000 152,000 208,000 107,000
Fixed expenses:
Advertising, traceable 70,000 8,800 40,700 20,500
Depreciation of special equipment 43,300 20,900 7,200 15,200
Salaries of product-line managers 115,400 40,800 38,100 36,500
Allocated common fixed expenses* 186,600 53,400 81,200 52,000
Total fixed expenses 415,300 123,900 167,200 124,200
Net operating income (loss) $ 51,700 $ 28,100 $ 40,800 $ (17,200)

*Allocated on the basis of sales dollars.

Management is concerned about the continued losses shown by the racing bikes and wants a recommendation as to whether or not the line should be discontinued. The special equipment used to produce racing bikes has no resale value and does not wear out.

Required:

1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) per quarter of discontinuing the racing bikes?

2. Should the production and sale of racing bikes be discontinued?

3. Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement that would be more useful to management in assessing the long-run profitability of the various product lines.

What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) per quarter of discontinuing the racing bikes?

Should the production and sale of racing bikes be discontinued? Yes or No

Prepare a properly formatted segmented income statement that would be more useful to management in assessing the long-run profitability of the various product lines.

Totals Dirt Bikes Mountain Bikes Racing Bikes
Contribution margin (loss)
Traceable fixed expenses:
Total traceable fixed expenses
Product line segment margin (loss)
Net operating income (loss)

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Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product. Date Activities...

Laker Company reported the following January purchases and sales data for its only product.

Date Activities Units Acquired at Cost Units sold at Retail
Jan. 1 Beginning inventory 175 units @ $ 10.00 = $ 1,750
Jan. 10 Sales 135 units @ $ 19.00
Jan. 20 Purchase 130 units @ $ 9.00 = 1,170
Jan. 25 Sales 140 units @ $ 19.00
Jan. 30 Purchase 250 units @ $ 8.50 = 2,125
Totals 555 units $ 5,045 275 units

The Company uses a perpetual inventory system. For specific identification, ending inventory consists of 280 units, where 250 are from the January 30 purchase, 5 are from the January 20 purchase, and 25 are from beginning inventory.

GIVE ANSWERS FOR TABLES BELOW- THE BOXES FILLED OUT ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT NEED NUMBERS

Specific Identification
Available for Sale Cost of Goods Sold Ending Inventory
Purchase Date Activity Units Unit Cost Units Sold Unit Cost COGS Ending Inventory- Units Cost Per Unit Ending Inventory- Cost
Jan. 1 Beginning inventory 175 $1750.00 0 175 $1,750.00 $306,250
Jan. 20 Purchase 130 $1170.00 125 $1170.00 $146,250 5 $1,170.00 $5,850
Jan. 30 Purchase 250 $2125.00 250 $2125.00 $531,250 250 $2,125.00 $531,250
555 375 $677,500 430

$843,350

Weighted Average - Perpetual:
Goods Purchased Cost of Goods Sold Inventory Balance
Date # of units Cost per unit # of units sold Cost per unit Cost of Goods Sold # of units Cost per unit Inventory Balance
January 1 175 @ $10.00 = $1,750.00
January 10 135 @ $10.00 = $1,350.00 40 @ $10.00 = $400.00
January 20 130 @ $9.00 40 @ $10.00 = $400.00
130 @ $9.00 = 1,170.00
Average cost 170 @ $9.24 $1,570.00
January 25 140 @ $9.24 = $1,293.60 30 @ $9.24 = $277.20
January 30 250 @ $8.50 30 @ $9.24 = $277.20
250 @ $8.50 = 2,125.00
Totals $2,643.60 280 @ $8.58 $2,402.20

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Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc., makes two types of industrial component parts—the B300 and the T500. An absorption...

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 Manufacturing Inc.
Income Statement
Sales $ 1,753,800
Cost of goods sold 1,234,694
Gross margin 519,106
Selling and administrative expenses 570,000
Net operating loss $ (50,894 )

Hi-Tek produced and sold 60,300 units of B300 at a price of $21 per unit and 12,500 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:

B300 T500 Total
Direct materials $ 400,900 $ 162,900 $ 563,800
Direct labor $ 120,500 $ 42,400 162,900
Manufacturing overhead 507,994
Cost of goods sold $ 1,234,694

The company has created an activity-based costing system to evaluate the profitability of its products. Hi-Tek’s ABC implementation team concluded that $54,000 and $105,000 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:

Manufacturing
Overhead
Activity
Activity Cost Pool (and Activity Measure) B300 T500 Total
Machining (machine-hours) $ 209,884 91,000 62,200 153,200
Setups (setup hours) 136,310 77 240 317
Product-sustaining (number of products) 100,800 1 1 2
Other (organization-sustaining costs) 61,000 NA NA NA
Total manufacturing overhead cost $ 507,994

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.

Compute the product margins for the B300 and T500 under the company’s traditional costing system. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

B300 T500 Total
Product margin $0

Compute the product margins for B300 and T500 under the activity-based costing system. (Negative product margins should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

B300 T500 Total
Product margin $0

Prepare a quantitative comparison of the traditional and activity-based cost assignments. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places and "Percentage" answers to 1 decimal place and and other answers to the nearest whole dollar amounts.)

B300 T500 Total
% of % of
Amount Amount Amount
Traditional Cost System
Direct materials % %
Direct labor % %
Manufacturing overhead % %
Total cost assigned to products $0 $0 $0
Selling and administrative
Total cost $0
B300 T500 Total
% of % of
Amount Total Amount Amount Total Amount Amount
Activity-Based Costing System
Direct costs:
Direct materials % %
Direct labor % %
% %
Indirect costs:
Machining % %
Setups % %
Product sustaining % %
Total cost assigned to products $0 $0 0
Costs not assigned to products:
Other
Selling and administrative
Total cost $0

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Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year....

Tami Tyler opened Tami’s Creations, Inc., a small manufacturing company, at the beginning of the year. Getting the company through its first quarter of operations placed a considerable strain on Ms. Tyler’s personal finances. The following income statement for the first quarter was prepared by a friend who has just completed a course in managerial accounting at State University.

Tami’s Creations, Inc.

Income Statement

For the Quarter Ended March 31

Sales (28,100 units) $ 1,124,000
Variable expenses:
Variable cost of goods sold $ 438,360
Variable selling and administrative 193,890 632,250
Contribution margin 491,750
Fixed expenses:
Fixed manufacturing overhead 248,800
Fixed selling and administrative 254,950 503,750
Net operating loss $ ( 12,000)

Ms. Tyler is discouraged over the loss shown for the quarter, particularly because she had planned to use the statement as support for a bank loan. Another friend, a CPA, insists that the company should be using absorption costing rather than variable costing and argues that if absorption costing had been used the company probably would have reported at least some profit for the quarter.

At this point, Ms. Tyler is manufacturing only one product—a swimsuit. Production and cost data relating to the swimsuit for the first quarter follow:

Units produced 31,100
Units sold 28,100
Variable costs per unit:
Direct materials $ 7.50
Direct labor $ 6.10
Variable manufacturing overhead $ 2.00
Variable selling and administrative $ 6.90

Required:

1. Complete the following:

a. Compute the unit product cost under absorption costing.

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable and absorption costing net operating income (loss) figures.

3. During the second quarter of operations, the company again produced 31,100 units but sold 34,100 units. (Assume no change in total fixed costs.)

a. What is the company’s variable costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

b. What is the company’s absorption costing net operating income (loss) for the second quarter?

c. Reconcile the variable costing and absorption costing net operating incomes for the second quarter.

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1. How does a parent company account for its investments in subsidiaries past the acquisition date...

1. How does a parent company account for its investments in subsidiaries past the acquisition date (in subsequent years) on its own books ? What are some of the additional documents an accountant will have to prepare in addition to the consolidated balance sheet subsequent to an acquisition?

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James Supply Co. has the following transactions related to notes receivable during the last 2 months...

James Supply Co. has the following transactions related to notes receivable during the last 2 months of 2013. Nov. 1 Loaned $20,000 cash to Mary Perkins on a 1-year, 12% note. Dec. 11 Sold goods to Eminem, Inc., receiving a $9,000, 90-day, 8% note. The goods cost $6,500. Dec. 16 Received a $8,000, 6-month, 9% note in exchange for Mick Jagger’s outstanding accounts receivable. Dec. 31 Accrued interest revenue on all notes receivable.(assume 360 days per year) Instructions (a) Journalize the transactions for James Supply Co. (b) Record the collection of the Perkins note at its maturity on November 1, 2014.

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