Downtown Street, a British Company, is considering establishing an operation in the United States to assemble and distributes top hats. The initial investment is estimated to be £20,000,000 (British pounds - GBP) which is equivalent to US$23,000,000 at the current exchange rate. Given the current corporate income tax rate in the United States, Downtown Street estimates that total after-tax annual cash flow in each of the three years of the investments life would be US$10,000,000, US$12,000,000, and US$15,000,000, respectively. However, the U.S. national legislature is considering a reduction in the corporate income tax rate that would go into effect in the second year of the investment’s life, and would result in the following total annual cash flows: US$10,000,000 in year 1, US$14,000,000 in year two, and US$18,000,000 in year three. Downtown Street estimates the probability of the tax rate reduction occurring at 50%. Downtown Street uses a discount rate of 12% evaluating potential capital investments. Present value factors are as follows:

Period PV Factor

1 0.893

2 0.797

3 0.712

The U.S. operation will distribute 100% of its after-tax annual cash flow to Downtown Street as a dividend at the end of each year. The terminal value of the investment at the end of three years is estimated to be US$25,000,000. Neither the dividends nor the terminal value received from the U.S. investment will be subject to a British income tax.

Exchange rate between GBP and USD are forecasted as follows:

Year 1 GBP 0.74 = USD 1.00

Year 2 GBP 0.70 = USD 1.00

Year 3 GBP 0.60 = USD 1.00

Determine the expected net present value of the potential US investment from a parent company perspective.

Assume that you are the CFO of a company contemplating a stock repurchase next quarter. You know that there are several methods of reducing the current quarterly earnings, which may cause the stock price to fall prior to the announcement of the proposed stock repurchase.

What course of action would you recommend to your CEO? If your CEO came to you first and recommended reducing the current quarter’s earnings, what would be your response?

Your initial posting should be 250-500 words.

1. You are auditing XYZ Company's calendar 2019 financial statements. On January 21, 2020 while you were still completing your fieldwork, XYZ Company successfully launched a hostile takeover of ABC, Inc. The takeover increased XYZ's net assets by 35%. XYZ had not changed their financial statements from when they drafted them on January 15, 2020. What action would you take and why?

Delisha Berhad is planning to acquire Zahra Berhad. The exchange will be based on the current market price per share of the two companies. Under Delisha Berhad balance sheet, the price earning ratio (PER) and earning per share (EPS) is 4 times and RM3.00. While Zahra Berhad PER and EPS is 3 times and RM2.00.

1. Calculate market price per share (MPS) for both acquired and surviving companies.

2. From market price per share (MPS) values in question 1, calculate share exchange ratio (SER).

3. Share exchange ratio (SER) from acquiring process is 0.5 times, common stock of acquired company is RM13,000,000, and par values at RM2.00. Calculate the new number of share (NOS).

On January 1, 2020, the Maxell Company purchased P400,00 of 6% term bonds. The bonds are dated January 1, 2020, and the interest is payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31. At the time the bonds were purchased the market interest rate was 8%. The bonds mature on December 31, 2030. Maxell Company uses the effective interest method of amortization.

Instruction: Determine the following:

1. issue price of the bonds on January 1, 2020
2. total amount of interest revenue for 2020
3. book value of the investment in bonds on December 31, 2020

Assume Health-R-Us is a legal monopoly: it is a monopoly due to legal protection from the government in the form of a patent issued to the company. Imagine that the government withdraws the legal protection for Health-R-Us such that the market becomes competitive.

Will a typical individual firm in this competitive market make economic profit in the long run? Why or why not? Use an appropriate firm-level diagram to illustrate and explain your answer.

Assume Health-R-Us is a legal monopoly: it is a monopoly due to legal protection from the government in the form of a patent issued to the company. Imagine that the government withdraws the legal protection for Health-R-Us such that the market becomes competitive. Will a typical individual firm in this competitive market make economic profit in the long run? Why or why not? Use an appropriate firm-level diagram to illustrate and explain your answer?

Horizon Corporation manufactures personal computers. The company began operations in 2012 and reported profits for the years 2012 through 2019. Due primarily to increased competition and price slashing in the industry, 2020’s income statement reported a loss of $20 million. Just before the end of the 2021 fiscal year, a memo from the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) to Jim Fielding, the company controller, included the following comments:

“If we don’t do something about the large amount of unsold computers already manufactured, our auditors will require us to record a write-down. The resulting loss for 2021 will cause a violation of our debt covenants and force the company into bankruptcy. I suggest that you ship half of our inventory to J.B. Sales, Inc., in Oklahoma City. I know the company’s president, and he will accept the inventory and acknowledge the shipment as a purchase. We can record the sale in 2021 which will boost our loss to a profit. Then J.B. Sales will simply return the inventory in 2022 after the financial statements have been issued.”

What is the effect on income before taxes of the sales transaction requested by the CFO? If Jim does not record the sales transaction requested by the CFO, what is the effect on total assets and income before taxes of the inventory write-down?

Carla Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. The following data relate to the operation of the plan for the year 2020 in which no benefits were paid.

Determine the amounts of the components of pension expense that should be recognized by the company in 2020.

(Should be a a table that shows the components of pension expense)

Prepare the journal entry or entries to record pension expense and the employer’s contribution to the pension trustee in 2020.

Indicate the pension-related amounts that would be reported on the income statement and the balance sheet for Carla Company for the year 2020.
[Need Income Statement (partial), Comprehensive Income Statement, and Balance Sheet (partial)]

For each transaction below, enter its value and sign, and whether it belongs to the current or financial accounts. Compute the Current Account Balance, the Financial Account Balance, and indicate whether there is a Balance of Payment surplus or a Balance of Payments deficit (i.e. compute the Balance of Official Transactions).

a. The London Symphony Orchestra is hired to tour the United States. It is paid 100 British pounds, which the (American) tour organizer had in its bank account with a British Bank.

b. The United States Treasury pays interest on T-bills held by Black Rock, a British Bank, for $200. The bank holds the US dollars in a London account.

c. The Federal Reserve purchases $100 worth of euros from a French bank, paying in US dollars that the French bank holds on its balance sheet.

d. A Chinese holding company buys IMB, and American company, by acquiring its shares in the American stock market. The Chinese firm pays $400 to acquire IMB, and it pays with US dollars it had in its accounts.

e. The import of wool from Nepal to the United States for $100. The American importer pays for the wool in US dollars, which are then held in Nepal.