Brian and Company is a consulting group that offers fool-proof pricing and revenue optimization Service guaranteed to deliver $2M in Benefit to a customer. It cost Brian and Company $550k to provide this service. Unfortunately, they have a competitor, Dissenture that provides a similar, but somewhat inferior service that only delivers $1.5 M in guaranteed benefit. It also cost Dissenture $500k to provide this service. When competing with Dissenture, what price does Brian and company need to charge in order to guarantee that they win the business? Assume that neither Dissenture nor Brian and company will price below cost and that both of them know each other’s costs and the customer benefits in each case. How would Brian’s price need to change if it only cost Dissenture $400K to provide their service?

The basic business activities performed in the revenue cycle are sales order entry, shipping, billing, cash collections. Please describe these activities.

Vertical Analysis of Income Statement

Revenue and expense data for Innovation Quarter Inc. for two recent years are as follows:

a. Prepare an income statement in comparative form, stating each item for both years as a percent of sales. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

b. The vertical analysis indicates that the cost of goods sold as a percent of sales ___ by 5 percentage points, while selling expenses ___ by 2 percentage points, and administrative expenses ___ by 1 percentage points. Thus, net income as a percent of sales ___ by 2 percentage points.

DeLuxe Limo Service has the following information for March.

^a 5 percent of this cost was wasted due to poor directions given to limo drivers.

^b 5 percent of this cost was for time spent by limo drivers because of poor directions.

^c 10 percent of this cost was time taken to address customer complaints.

^d The limos have 40 percent unused capacity.

^e The building has 10 percent unused capacity

a. Using the traditional income statement format, prepare a value income statement. (Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.)

What value would there be to the managers at DeLuxe from preparing the same information in April?

A. Preparing a April statement helps DeLuxe see whether he is improving in reducing nonvalue-added activities.

B. Preparing a April statement helps DeLuxe see whether he is improving in reducing value-added activities.

Please write a minimum of 150 words each

6. When is revenue earned and therefore should be recognized?

7. When a company pays $10,000 for insurance that will cover it for two years, the transaction is not immediately recognized as an expense. Explain why.

8. Distinguish between cash flows resulting from operating activities, financing activities, and investing activities.

1. Vertical Analysis of Income Statement

   Revenue and expense data for Innovation Quarter Inc. for two recent years are as follows:

   	Current Year		Previous Year
   Sales	$580,000		$522,000
   Cost of goods sold	324,800		261,000
   Selling expenses	104,400		104,400
   Administrative expenses	110,200		93,960
   Income tax expense	17,400		26,100

   a. Prepare an income statement in comparative form, stating each item for both years as a percent of sales. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

   Innovation Quarter Inc.
   Comparative Income Statement
   For the Years Ended December 31
   	Current year Amount	Current year Percent	Previous year Amount	Previous year Percent
   Sales	$580,000	%	$522,000	%
   Cost of goods sold	324,800	%	261,000	%
   Gross profit Income from operations Net income Total operating expenses	$	%	$	%
   Selling expenses	104,400	%	104,400	%
   Administrative expenses	110,200	%	93,960	%
   Gross profit Income from operations Net income Total operating expenses	$	%	$	%
   Gross profit Income from operations Net income Total operating expenses		%		%
   Income tax expense	17,400	%	26,100	%
   Gross profit Income from operations Net income Total operating expenses	$	%	$	%

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   b. The vertical analysis indicates that the cost of goods sold as a percent of sales

   • increased
   • decreased
   by 6 percentage points, while selling expenses
   • increased
   • decreased
   by 2 percentage points, and administrative expenses
   • increased
   • decreased
   by 1 percentage points. Thus, net income as a percent of sales
   • increased
   • decreased
   by 3 percentage points.

Controllership in Accounting

Topic:   Revenue & Misrepresentation by Clients

Characters: Rachel Hanson, Senior in CPA firm

Jim Thompson, Owner/manager of Fashion Line

Sharon, part-time bookkeeper of Fashion Line

In addition to the usual mix of compilation, review and audit clients for which Rachel Hunt

serves as a senior in a small office of a regional CPA firm, she has been assigned a new

client that recently engaged the firm. Fashion Line, an incorporated retail outlet, is a thriving

local store. The business is run by a single owner/manager, Jim Thompson, who makes

all major decisions. The business has not previously used the services of a CPA firm. In

addition to preparation of financial statements, the CPA firm will handle tax returns for the

business.

At her Line visit to the client’s office, Rachel is introduced to Sharon, the part-time

bookkeeper who is also a full-time accounting student at the local university. At a

subsequent meeting, Sharon confides to Rachel that she found the job at the beginning of the

semester after an extensive search. Sharon really needs the money to help finance her

education, and feels lucky to have found a good-paying job during the current economic

downturn. Feeling that Rachel is someone she can talk to and get advice from, Sharon

describes a situation that has been on her mind for some time now.

Sharon’s concern relates to the handling of sales revenues. When monies from sales revenues

are counted and deposited on a weekly basis, a chart is filled out with categories carefully

delineating the type of payment: cash, checks, American Express, or Visa/Mastercard.

Sharon’s employer, after depositing the weekly total, brings this chart back with his own

written-in total of the actual amount deposited.

After looking over some of these weekly deposit chats, Sharon noticed that $500 cash was

missing from each deposit. After a more thorough inspection of monthly tax documents that

Jim Thompson has filled out, Sharon noticed that the reported monthly gross revenue was

$2,000 less than what had been actually counted.

The employer is the only person handling the money after it has been counted. He is also the

only one to deposit the money. When Sharon asked Mr. Thompson about revenue not being

reported for tax purposes, he assured her that every dollar of income was reported on the tax

forms. Furthermore, Jim asserted, since Sharon wasn’t the person who signed the forms,

she shouldn’t be concerned.

Answer the following question from the case above :-

1. What are the relevant facts of the case?

2. What, if any, are the ethical issues?

3. Who are the stakeholders?

4. What are the possible alternatives including any ethical concerns?

5. What are the practical constraints?

6. What action(s) should be taken?

Vertical Analysis of Income Statement

Revenue and expense data for Innovation Quarter Inc. for two recent years are as follows:

a. Prepare an income statement in comparative form, stating each item for both years as a percent of sales. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

Vertical Analysis of Income Statement

Revenue and expense data for Innovation Quarter Inc. for two recent years are as follows:

a. Prepare an income statement in comparative form, stating each item for both years as a percent of sales. If required, round percentages to one decimal place. Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

b. The vertical analysis indicates that the cost of goods sold as a percent of sales   by 5 percentage points, while selling expenses   by 2 percentage points, and administrative expenses   by 1 percentage points. Thus, net income as a percent of sales   by 2 percentage points.