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Here are comparative balance sheets for Velo Company. Velo Company Comparative Balance Sheets December 31 Assets...

Here are comparative balance sheets for Velo Company.

Velo Company
Comparative Balance Sheets
December 31

Assets

2020

2019

Cash

$73,400

$33,100

Accounts receivable

85,800

71,200

Inventory

170,200

187,000

Land

72,800

101,000

Equipment

260,600

200,800

Accumulated depreciation—equipment

(66,100

)

(33,900

)

   Total

$596,700

$559,200

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

Accounts payable

$35,000

$47,500

Bonds payable

151,400

203,400

Common stock ($1 par)

217,600

174,100

Retained earnings

192,700

134,200

   Total

$596,700

$559,200


Additional information:

1. Net income for 2020 was $103,600.
2. Cash dividends of $45,100 were declared and paid.
3. Bonds payable amounting to $52,000 were redeemed for cash $52,000.
4. Common stock was issued for $43,500 cash.
5. No equipment was sold during 2020, but land was sold at cost.


Prepare a statement of cash flows for 2020 using the indirect method. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000, or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)

Velo Company
Statement of Cash Flows

In: Accounting

Gruman Company purchased a machine for $198,000 on January 2, 2019. It made the following estimates:...

Gruman Company purchased a machine for $198,000 on January 2, 2019. It made the following estimates:

Service life 5 years or 10,000 hours
Production 180,000 units
Residual value $ 18,000

In 2019, Gruman uses the machine for 2,000 hours and produces 50,000 units. In 2020, Gruman uses the machine for 1,200 hours and produces 32,000 units. If required, round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

Required:

  1. Compute the depreciation for 2019 and 2020 under each of the following methods:
  1. Straight-line method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  2. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  3. Double-declining-balance method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  4. Activity method based on hours worked
    2019 $
    2020 $
  5. Activity method based on units of output
    2019 $
    2020 $
  1. For each method, what is the book value of the machine at the end of 2019? At the end of 2020?
  1. Straight-line method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  2. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  3. Double-declining-balance method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  4. Activity method based on hours worked
    2019 $
    2020 $
  5. Activity method based on units of output
    2019 $
    2020 $
  1. If Gruman used a service life of 8 years or 15,000 hours and a residual value of $9,000 , what would be the effect on the following under the straight-line, sum-of-the-years'-digits, and double-declining-balance depreciation methods?

Depreciation expense

  1. Straight-line method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  2. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  3. Double-declining-balance method
    2019 $
    2020 $

Book value

  1. Straight-line method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  2. Sum-of-the-years'-digits method
    2019 $
    2020 $
  3. Double-declining-balance method
    2019 $
    2020 $

In: Accounting

Tristar Production Company began operations on September 1, 2018. Listed below are a number of transactions...

Tristar Production Company began operations on September 1, 2018. Listed below are a number of transactions that occurred during its first four months of operations. (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

  1. On September 1, the company acquired five acres of land with a building that will be used as a warehouse. Tristar paid $210,000 in cash for the property. According to appraisals, the land had a fair value of $142,600 and the building had a fair value of $87,400.
  2. On September 1, Tristar signed a $51,000 noninterest-bearing note to purchase equipment. The $51,000 payment is due on September 1, 2019. Assume that 9% is a reasonable interest rate.
  3. On September 15, a truck was donated to the corporation. Similar trucks were selling for $3,600.
  4. On September 18, the company paid its lawyer $3,000 for organizing the corporation.
  5. On October 10, Tristar purchased maintenance equipment for cash. The purchase price was $26,000 and $1,050 in freight charges also were paid.
  6. On December 2, Tristar acquired various items of office equipment. The company was short of cash and could not pay the $6,600 normal cash price. The supplier agreed to accept 200 shares of the company's nopar common stock in exchange for the equipment. The fair value of the stock is not readily determinable.
  7. On December 10, the company acquired a tract of land at a cost of $31,000. It paid $3,000 down and signed a 11% note with both principal and interest due in one year. Eleven percent is an appropriate rate of interest for this note.

In: Accounting

Wilson Corporation (not real) has a targeted capital structure of 40% long term debt and 60%...

Wilson Corporation (not real) has a targeted capital structure of 40% long term debt and 60% common stock. The debt is yielding 6% and the corporate tax rate is 35%. The common stock is trading at $50 per share and next year's dividend is $2.50 per share that is growing by 4% per year. Prepare a minimum 700-word analysis including the following: Calculate the company's weighted average cost of capital. Use the dividend discount model. Show calculations in Microsoft® Word. The company's CEO has stated if the company increases the amount of long term debt so the capital structure will be 60% debt and 40% equity, this will lower its WACC. Explain and defend why you agree or disagree. Report how would you advise the CEO

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You work for ABC financial management. Your client is XYZ company. The CEO contacts you directly...

You work for ABC financial management. Your client is XYZ company. The CEO contacts you directly on the 1st July, thanking you for the satisfaction of current objectives in line with the financial plan. Current objectives are reporting annual financial reports including preparing the BAS.

The client asks that this now ceases as the finance officer will take over the duties. The client asks that you prepare a manual to assist the finance officer in their new duties. The client also asks that you now assist with preparing for and recording monthly governance board meetings.

Prepare a quarterly financial management questionnaire for the current quarter to show the current and proposed new objectives as if they had been discovered as a result of the quarterly questionnaire process.

Prepare a file note to properly record the main points of your phone call with the CEO.

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A company is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects...

A company is considering Projects S and L, whose cash flows are shown below. These projects are mutually exclusive, equally risky, and not repeatable. The CEO believes the IRR is the best selection criterion, while the CFO advocates other methods. If the decision is made by choosing the project with the higher IRR, how much, if any, value will be forgone, i.e., what's the:

  1. NPV and IRR of the chosen project(s).
  2. What is the Payback period, discounted payback period, and the Profitability index?

WACC:

7.00%

Year

0

1

2

3

4

CFS

−$1,100

$550

$600

$100

$100

CFL

−$2,750

$725

$725

$800

$1,400

Discuss your results of these methods and make a recommendation on the projects to the CEO about which one to go for and why? Please include all formulas.

In: Finance

According to  the Washington Post, “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition  for allowing third-party apps to grab the...

  1. According to  the Washington Post, “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition  for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission.” Do you think by allowing third-party to access the personal data of it’s users, Facebook has been unethical to the consumers? What could be done to protect the consumer privacy rights?
      2. Discuss three approaches to safeguard online privacy of consumers.
      3. Do you think it is ever acceptable for a company to release consumers’ information? Why or why not?



“Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Capitol Hill: ‘It was my mistake, and I’m sorry.’”
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In: Operations Management

ARDUOUS COMPANY Comparative Balance Sheets December 31, 2021 and 2020 ($ in millions) 2021 2020 Assets...

ARDUOUS COMPANY
Comparative Balance Sheets
December 31, 2021 and 2020
($ in millions)
2021 2020
Assets
Cash $ 109 $ 81
Accounts receivable 190 194
Investment revenue receivable 6 4
Inventory 205 200
Prepaid insurance 4 8
Long-term investment 156 125
Land 196 150
Buildings and equipment 412 400
Less: Accumulated depreciation (97 ) (120 )
Patent 30 32
$ 1,211 $ 1,074
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 50 $ 65
Salaries payable 6 11
Interest payable (bonds) 8 4
Income tax payable 12 14
Deferred tax liability 11 8
Notes payable 23 0
Lease liability 75 0
Bonds payable 215 275
Less: Discount on bonds (22 ) (25 )
Shareholders’ Equity
Common stock 430 410
Paid-in capital—excess of par 95 85
Preferred stock 75 0
Retained earnings 242 227
Less: Treasury stock (9 ) 0
$ 1,211 $ 1,074

   

ARDUOUS COMPANY
Income Statement For Year Ended December 31, 2021
($ in millions)
Revenues and gain:
Sales revenue $ 410
Investment revenue 11
Gain on sale of treasury bills 2 $ 423
Expenses and loss:
Cost of goods sold 180
Salaries expense 73
Depreciation expense 12
Amortization expense 2
Insurance expense 7
Interest expense 28
Loss on sale of equipment 18
Income tax expense 36 356
Net income $ 67


Additional information from the accounting records:

  1. Investment revenue includes Arduous Company’s $6 million share of the net income of Demur Company, an equity method investee.
  2. Treasury bills were sold during 2021 at a gain of $2 million. Arduous Company classifies its investments in Treasury bills as cash equivalents.
  3. Equipment originally costing $70 million that was one-half depreciated was rendered unusable by a flood. Most major components of the equipment were unharmed and were sold for $17 million.
  4. Temporary differences between pretax accounting income and taxable income caused the deferred tax liability to increase by $3 million.
  5. The preferred stock of Tory Corporation was purchased for $25 million as a long-term investment.
  6. Land costing $46 million was acquired by issuing $23 million cash and a 15%, four-year, $23 million note payable to the seller.
  7. The right to use a building was acquired with a 15-year lease agreement; present value of lease payments, $82 million. Annual lease payments of $7 million are paid at the beginning of each year starting January 1, 2021.
  8. $60 million of bonds were retired at maturity.
  9. In February, Arduous issued a 5% stock dividend (4 million shares). The market price of the $5 par value common stock was $7.50 per share at that time.
  10. In April, 1 million shares of common stock were repurchased as treasury stock at a cost of $9 million.

Required:
Prepare the statement of cash flows for Arduous Company using the indirect method. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. Enter your answers in millions (i.e., 10,000,000 should be entered as 10).)

In: Accounting

Part # 1 How would you describe the EI level of Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy...

Part # 1 How would you describe the EI level of Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte? Give an example from the case to support your response? Part # 2 What is your EI(emotional Intelligent ) score, and do you think it is an accurate reflection of you? Why or why not ?

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Part # 1 How would you describe the EI level of Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy...

Part # 1 How would you describe the EI level of Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberte? Give an example from the case to support your response?

Part # 2 What is your EI(emotional Intelligent ) score, and do you think it is an accurate reflection of you? Why or why not ?

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