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Why is there so much variety in loan documentation among the various states? Would a uniform...

  1. Why is there so much variety in loan documentation among the various states? Would a uniform national system be useful? Explain why or why not.

  2. What is to keep an unscrupulous seller under an installment contract from mortgaging the property after the installment contract has been negotiated, so that the buyer discovers a first mortgage lien on the property when the deed is eventually delivered?

  3. There were very few successful mortgage loan innovations in this country during the 1950s and 1960s. Then, the following two decades witnessed a spate of innovations. What might have caused this abrupt shift in the rate of innovation?

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Ivanka Trump after moving to Pakisatan and has purchase PC hotel Karachi in November 2020 and...

Ivanka Trump after moving to Pakisatan and has purchase PC hotel Karachi in November 2020 and renamed it Ivayana. The hotel is a 5 star luxury hotel consisting of 100 single rooms 70 double rooms and 40 Suites. The average night stay in a single room costs Rs 8000. Double bed cost Rs 19000 and suite costs Rs 35000. On average 70 single rooms, 60 double rooms and 35 suites are occupied. Besides, there are 4 ball rooms. The ball rooms are always available for booking but they only get booked on Saturdays and Sundays. Each ball room has capacity of 300 people and rental charged for each booking is RS 130,000. 10 Rooms in each category are paid by credit card. The payment is received a week later. 50% amount related to ball room are received in same month and 50% in next month. The rental charge for ball rooms was Rs 100,000 in 2020. The charge for rooms has not changes since last year and have remained same. The hotel is charged local tax of Rs 5000 each week which is paid in the same month. The hotel has a staff of 150 people. 30 kitchen staff which receive 18% of the amount received againts the bill charged for the meals. On average the kitchen staff receive 90 orders for meal with the average billing of Rs 8000 per meal. the amount of meals billed is immediately collected and the kitchen staff is paid in the 1st week of next month. The room service and the janitorial satff are 40 which are paid Rs 18000/month at last day of same month. 10 is the num of other lower staff for misc services and they are paid 15000/month at last day of same month. The remainig 20 are the senior executive staff, their remuniration details are not shared. The hotel is powered by solar panels and the, its maintenance is outsourced to a company solarex, they charge Rs 200,000 quarterly, which is paid in 2 installments. 50% is paid in the 1st month of quarter and the rest is paid in the last month of quarter. The opening cash in hand was Rs 100,000.

Prepare Cash budget for the 1st quarter of 2021.                (PLO 2.1, CLO 1)                                13 marks

Hint: Consider reviewing the actual calendar for 2021.

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Ivanka Trump after moving to Pakisatan and has purchase PC hotel Karachi in November 2020 and...

Ivanka Trump after moving to Pakisatan and has purchase PC hotel Karachi in November 2020 and renamed it Ivayana. The hotel is a 5 star luxury hotel consisting of 100 single rooms 70 double rooms and 40 Suites. The average night stay in a single room costs Rs 8000. Double bed cost Rs 19000 and suite costs Rs 35000. On average 70 single rooms, 60 double rooms and 35 suites are occupied. Besides, there are 4 ball rooms. The ball rooms are always available for booking but they only get booked on Saturdays and Sundays. Each ball room has capacity of 300 people and rental charged for each booking is RS 130,000. 10 Rooms in each category are paid by credit card. The payment is received a week later. 50% amount related to ball room are received in same month and 50% in next month. The rental charge for ball rooms was Rs 100,000 in 2020. The charge for rooms has not changes since last year and have remained same. The hotel is charged local tax of Rs 5000 each week which is paid in the same month. The hotel has a staff of 150 people. 30 kitchen staff which receive 18% of the amount received againts the bill charged for the meals. On average the kitchen staff receive 90 orders for meal with the average billing of Rs 8000 per meal. the amount of meals billed is immediately collected and the kitchen staff is paid in the 1st week of next month. The room service and the janitorial staff are 40 which are paid Rs 18000/month at last day of same month. 10 is the number of other lower staff for misc services and they are paid 15000/month at last day of same month. The remainig 20 are the senior executive staff, their remuniration details are not shared. The hotel is powered by solar panels and the, its maintenance is outsourced to a company solarex, they charge Rs 200,000 quarterly, which is paid in 2 installments. 50% is paid in the 1st month of quarter and the rest is paid in the last month of quarter. The opening cash in hand was Rs 100,000.

Prepare Cash budget for the 1st quarter of 2021.   

Hint: Consider reviewing the actual calendar for 2021.

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In January 2020, A Co. announced plans to acquire T Co. After a careful valuation process,...

In January 2020, A Co. announced plans to acquire T Co. After a careful valuation process, the directors of A Co. have projected that the present value of the takeover synergies will be US$1.52 million.

In addition, the following information is available.

  • A Co. and T Co. price per share are US$25 and US$30, respectively.
  • T Co. has 1.5 million shares outstanding.

Use this information to answer the following questions related to a A Co.'s financially feasible offer. Use 2 decimal places to express your answer.

  1. What is the maximum tender offer, A Co. should be willing to make for T Co.?  Answer: maximum tender offer will be US$ ______million.
  2. What is the maximum premium (as a fraction of MCT), A Co. should be willing to offer for T Co.?  Answer: maximum premium (as a fraction of MCT) will be _____%.
  3. What is the maximum cash offer per T Co share, A Co. should be willing to make for T Co.?  Answer: maximum cash offer per T Co shares will be US$ ______.
  4. What is the maximum exchange ratio (N*/NT), A Co. could offer in a stock swap to T Co.?  Answer: maximum exchange ratio will be ______.

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You buy your first home after graduating college in the year 2020, the price is $210,000....

You buy your first home after graduating college in the year 2020, the price is $210,000. With a 5% down payment, the bank offers you a 30 year mortgage at a rate of 4.125% APR.
How much is your monthly payment?
If you sell the house after 10 years, how much do you still owe on the mortgage and how much equity do you have in the home?
If typical home prices have been rising at 3% during those ten years and the house has been maintained and has not depreciated, after ten years how much do you sell the house for?
After giving the outstanding mortgage balance to the bank, how much is left for yourself?
Out of the money left after repaying the mortgage, how much is principal paid and how much is appreciation?
If inflation has been 2% during this time, calculate the 2020 purchasing power equivalent to the 2030 dollars from the home sale price.
How much did the home appreciate in real terms?
The federal government charges capital gains taxes of 15% on the difference between the purchase price and the sale price of an asset. How much do you have to remit to the Federal Government for the sale of the home?
What is your effective capital gains tax rate for this transaction when you consider inflation and only include real appreciation and not nominal appreciation?
Do you find the amount of capital gains tax you have to pay to be fair given the appreciation in real terms vs nominal terms and the rate of inflation over the ten years? Defend your answer.

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You buy your first home after graduating college in the year 2020, the price is $210,000....

You buy your first home after graduating college in the year 2020, the price is $210,000. With a 5% down payment, the bank offers you a 30 year mortgage at a rate of 4.125% APR.
How much is your monthly payment
+ PMT = 966.88
If you sell the house after 10 years, how much do you still owe on the mortgage and how much equity do you have in the home
+ Owe Mortgage = 157,835.48
+ Equity on Home = 52,164.52
If typical home prices have been rising at 3% during those ten years and the house has been maintained and has not depreciated, after ten years how much do you sell the house for
+ House after ten years sells = 282,222.44
After giving the outstanding mortgage balance to the bank, how much is left for yourself
+Left = 124,386.52
Out of the money left after repaying the mortgage, how much is principal paid and how much is appreciation?
If inflation has been 2% during this time, calculate the 2020 purchasing power equivalent to the 2030 dollars from the home sale price.
How much did the home appreciate in real terms?
The federal government charges capital gains taxes of 15% on the difference between the purchase price and the sale price of an asset. How much do you have to remit to the Federal Government for the sale of the home?

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Stellar Company reports pretax financial income of $66,100 for 2020. The following items cause taxable income...

Stellar Company reports pretax financial income of $66,100 for 2020. The following items cause taxable income to be different than pretax financial income.

1. Depreciation on the tax return is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $14,800.
2. Rent collected on the tax return is greater than rent recognized on the income statement by $23,900.
3. Fines for pollution appear as an expense of $10,600 on the income statement.

Stellar’s tax rate is 30% for all years, and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. There are no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2020.

Compute taxable income and income taxes payable for 2020.

Taxable income

$enter a dollar amount

Income taxes payable

$enter a dollar amount

Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2020. (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.)

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

enter an account title enter a debit amount enter a credit amount
enter an account title enter a debit amount enter a credit amount
enter an account title enter a debit amount enter a credit amount
enter an account title enter a debit amount enter a credit amount

Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2020, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.” (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)

Stellar Company
Income Statement (Partial)

choose the accounting period

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

select an income statement item

CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues

$enter a dollar amount
select an opening section name

CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues

select an income statement item

    Current    Deferred    Dividends    Expenses    Income before Income Taxes    Income Tax Expense    Net Income / (Loss)    Retained Earnings, January 1    Retained Earnings, December 31    Revenues    Total Expenses    Total Revenues    

$enter a dollar amount
select an income statement item

    Current    Deferred    Dividends    Expenses    Income before Income Taxes    Income Tax Expense    Net Income / (Loss)    Retained Earnings, January 1    Retained Earnings, December 31    Revenues    Total Expenses    Total Revenues    

enter a dollar amount
enter a subtotal of the two previous amounts
select a closing name for this statement

CurrentDeferredDividendsExpensesIncome before Income TaxesIncome Tax ExpenseNet Income / (Loss)Retained Earnings, January 1Retained Earnings, December 31RevenuesTotal ExpensesTotal Revenues

$enter a total net income or loss amount

Compute the effective income tax rate for 2020. (Round answer to 1 decimal places, e.g. 25.5%.)

Effective income tax rate enter the Effective income tax rate in percentages rounded to 1 decimal place %

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On January 8, 2017, Whitewater Riders purchased a van to transport rafters back to the point...

On January 8, 2017, Whitewater Riders purchased a van to transport rafters back to the point of departure after completing the on-the-water portion of the rafting adventures they operate. The cost of the van is $44,000 and Whitewater Rider expects to use the van for four years or 60,000 miles. The estimated selling price after four years is $2,000. The van was driven 12,000 miles in 2017, 18,000 miles in 2018, 21,000 miles in 2019, and 10,000 miles in 2020.

Required:

On the following Whitewater Riders worksheet, compute the annual depreciation expense and ending book value of the van using straight-line, double-declining, and units-of-production methods. In addition, answer the three questions below:

1.   Which method results in the highest net income for Whitewater Riders?

a. 2017 b. 2018 c. 2019. d. 2020

2.   Which method results in the lowest income tax liability for Whitewater Riders?

a. 2017 b. 2018 c. 2019. d. 2020

3.   Which method would you recommend Whitewater Riders use and why?  

Whitewater Riders

Schedule of Van Depreciation for years 2017- 2020

Depreciation Method       Year        Depreciation expense       Ending Book Value

Straight-line                       2017

Straight-line                       2018

Straight-line                       2019

Straight-line                       2020

Double-declining              2017

Double-declining              2018       

Double-declining             2019

Double-declining             2020

Units-of-production         2017     

Units-of-production         2018

Units-of-production         2019

Units-of-production         2020           

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January 1,2020 Fury leased equipment from marvel corporation under a nine year lease agreement the lease...

January 1,2020 Fury leased equipment from marvel corporation under a nine year lease agreement the lease agreement specifies annual payments of $75,000 beginning January 1, 2020 the beginning of the lease and at least December 31 there after three 2027 the equipment was acquired recently by marvel at a cost of $540,000 and was expected to have a useful life of 13 years with no salvage value at the end of its life marvel usually finance his equipment for companies at a rate of 10%

PV of an ordianry annuity n=9; i=10% 5.75902
PV of an annuity due n=9; i=10% 6.33493

1. Prepare The journal entries for fury at January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020

2. Prepare the journal entries for Marvel at January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.

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Shanghai Enterprises has asked for your assistance in preparing a cash budget for the month of...

Shanghai Enterprises has asked for your assistance in preparing a cash budget for the month

of December 2020 and has provided projected sales revenue data below

Projected sales:

October 2020

$144,000

November 2020

$205,000

December 2020

$220,000

All sales are on credit with 65% collected during the month of sale, 18% collected during the

month following the sale, 15% during the second month after the sale and 2% uncollectable.

Required:

a) Prepare the cash receipts section of a cash budget for Shanghai Enterprises for the

month of December 2020.

b) Explain how Shanghai Enterprises would go about constructing a cash budget for the first

three months of 2021. Note that Shanghai plans to purchase a major piece of equipment

costing $500,000 in February 2021.

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