do you think that if a CFO is risk taking by nature she or he would do differently for capital investment programs and financial reporting behaviors? How a MBA-educated CFO vs. accounting-educated CFO would behave differently?

Best Buy ranks number 72 on the Fortune 500; it is the largest consumer electronics retailer in the world. Best known for its discounted high-quality products, customer centered approach, sustainable outreach, and extensive recycling program. Best Buy is listed as a “socially responsible” company. It was founded by Richard Schulze in 1966. Since then the company has undergone many changes.

College students, who wanted higher-end electronics, were the first customers they targeted. In 2000, when sales growth slowed, Best Buy acquired Geek Squad, a repair service. This acquisition led to their Concept 5 stores, where products are sold, and customers taught how to use them. This improved service turnaround time and increased customer satisfaction. By 2009, the company became the primary online and brick-and-mortar provider of consumer electronics.

             Best Buy views itself as a customer-centered organization. The company uses www.BestBuy.com to learn more about its customer needs and preferences. Customers can use that website to rate every product purchased. In 2007, the Company published its first Corporate Social Responsibility Report (SR) as result of the customers concern for sustainability. Electronic waste was filling landfills, and their customers wanted to see this problem addressed. In response to their concerns, Best Buy implemented a wide-scale electronics recycling program.   In 2009 Best Buy set a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 45%; by the end of 2016 they had reached nearly 47%.

             Today Best Buy employs a Chief Ethics Office and maintains a blog for company employees; it covers ethical lapses and related issues. Employees can visit the website and read about the company policy regarding ethically questionable behaviors and learn tips on how to best defend themselves from crossing ethical boundaries. Hubert Joly was appointed CEO in 2012 after a scandal forced out CEO, Brian Dunn and Chairman, Richard Schulz.

Under Joly, Best Buy, once again, became a growth company. He implemented its “Renew Blue” strategy, adding new product lines and services and emphasizing both in-store and online customer opportunities. Its Geek Squad division began an in-store, online, and home advisory program. He expanded into both Canadian and Mexican markets. Operations in China and Europe were closed to reduce costs, and he closed some domestic stores, under his lean management mandate.

             To improve customer service, the “Geek Squad hours were expanded to provide 24-hour service on site, at home, or through the Internet. The tech experts make about 4 million home calls a year. Walmart and Amazon their biggest competitors do not offer comparable at-home services. In March 2017, “Renew Blue” was officially closed by Joly and pronounced a success.

             In 2017, Joly announced the company will implement “Best Buy 2020 - Building the New Blue.” Best Buy began a try-before-you-buy program which allows the customer to rent gadgets such as audio equipment, fitness trackers, smartwatches, and cameras. If the customer decides to keep the product, 20% of the rental fee is deducted and applied to the final cost of the product.

             Best Buy will continue demonstrating new technology solutions, contracts and services and sustainability . The company plans to enhance their smart home areas in all stores, roll out its Best Buy Smart Home Powered by Vivint home automation and security offering to 450 stores, which will add 1,500 dedicated smart home employees. The “Geek Squad” expanded services will include “Smart Home ‘Total Tech Services, which will service every electronic product in your home no matter where the product was purchased and create a totally integrated technology system for your home.

Another service Best Buy will provide is the Smart Home Senior Care Services,” which is considered an “untapped white space opportunity.” The electronic “Assured Living” system will allow millennials /caregivers to look in on their aging parents while permitting the seniors to live independently. Mr. Joly envisions rolling out a broader business of sensor-based senior services, sold through health-and-wellness departments in Best Buy’s more than 1,000 stores.   With an aging population in the U.S., there will be 70 million people who will be seniors in 2027. Best Buy sees this growth opportunity and will use the Smart Home Business and its ability to get into people’s home as a trusted adviser.

Question:

How does Best Buy deal with ethically questionable behaviors, in short essay form

Exercise 3-9 (Algo) Balance sheet preparation [LO3-2, 3-3]

The following is the balance sheet of Korver Supply Company at December 31, 2020 (prior year).

Transactions during 2021 (current year) were as follows:

Additional Information:

The notes payable are dated June 30, 2020, and are due on June 30, 2022. Interest at 10% is payable annually on June 30. Depreciation on the furniture and fixtures for 2021 is $28,000. The furniture and fixtures originally cost $380,000.

Required:
Prepare a classified balance sheet at December 31, 2021, by updating ending balances from 2020 for transactions during 2021 and the additional information. The cost of furniture and fixtures and their accumulated depreciation are shown separately. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Exercise 12-04

Presented below is selected information for Cullumber Company.

Answer the questions asked about each of the factual situations. (Do not leave any answer field blank. Enter 0 for amounts.)

1. Cullumber purchased a patent from Vania Co. for $1,340,000 on January 1, 2018. The patent is being amortized over its remaining legal life of 10 years, expiring on January 1, 2028. During 2020, Cullumber determined that the economic benefits of the patent would not last longer than 6 years from the date of acquisition. What amount should be reported in the balance sheet for the patent, net of accumulated amortization, at December 31, 2020?

2. Cullumber bought a franchise from Alexander Co. on January 1, 2019, for $3,150,000. The carrying amount of the franchise on Alexander’s books on January 1, 2019, was $315,000. The franchise agreement had an estimated useful life of 30 years. Because Cullumber must enter a competitive bidding at the end of 2021, it is unlikely that the franchise will be retained beyond 2028. What amount should be amortized for the year ended December 31, 2020?

3. On January 1, 2020, Cullumber incurred organization costs of $257,500. What amount of organization expense should be reported in 2020?

Required information

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Cascade Company was started on January 1, Year 1, when it acquired $164,000 cash from the owners. During Year 1, the company earned cash revenues of $94,300 and incurred cash expenses of $69,500. The company also paid cash distributions of $9,500.

Required

Prepare a Year 1 income statement, capital statement (statement of changes in equity), balance sheet, and statement of cash flows under each of the following assumptions. (Consider each assumption separately.)

3. Cascade is a corporation. It issued 9,000 shares of $9 par common stock for $164,000 cash to start the business.

Roden Ltd. has a December 31 year end. The Company leases its office space under a lease that was signed on January 1, 2016. The lease term is 5 years, with an option to renew at an increased rent for an additional 2 years. In 2016, the Company spent $74,000 renovating the premises. In 2020, changing needs require the Company to spend another $16,000 renovating the space. Determine the maximum amount of Class 13 CCA that the Company can deduct for 2020 and 2021.

Plant acquisitions for selected companies are as follows.

1. Pina Industries Inc. acquired land, buildings, and equipment from a bankrupt company, Torres Co., for a lump-sum price of $966,000. At the time of purchase, Torres’s assets had the following book and appraisal values.

To be conservative, the company decided to take the lower of the two values for each asset acquired. The following entry was made.

2. Grouper Enterprises purchased store equipment by making a $2,760 cash down payment and signing a 1-year, $31,740, 10% note payable. The purchase was recorded as follows.

3. Monty Company purchased office equipment for $18,700, terms 2/10, n/30. Because the company intended to take the discount, it made no entry until it paid for the acquisition. The entry was:

4. Flounder Inc. recently received at zero cost land from the Village of Cardassia as an inducement to locate its business in the Village. The appraised value of the land is $37,260. The company made no entry to record the land because it had no cost basis.

5. Culver Company built a warehouse for $828,000. It could have purchased the building for $1,021,200. The controller made the following entry.

Prepare the entry that should have been made at the date of each acquisition.

A small Canadian firm that has developed some valuable new medical products using its unique biotechnology know-how is trying to decide how best to serve the European Union. Its choices are given below. The cost of investment in manufacturing facilities will be a major one for the Canadian firm, but it is not outside its reach. If these are the firm’s only options were-

• Manufacture the product at home and let foreign sales agents handle marketing.
• Manufacture the products at home and set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Europe to handle marketing.
• Enter into a strategic alliance with a large European pharmaceutical firm. The product would be manufactured in Europe by the 50–50 joint venture and marketed by the European firm.

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Required

Question 01: You are the assistant to the CEO of a small textile firm that manufactures quality, premium-priced, stylish clothing. The CEO has decided to see what the opportunities are for exporting and has asked you for advice as to the steps the company should take. What advice would you give to the CEO?

1. Suppose you have been given the following extract from a Statement of Cash flows prepared under AASB standards:

2. The company is an ordinary industrial company.
   
   Which of the following would NOT have to be adjusted for when preparing the reformulated Statement of Cash Flows?

1). Canner Co., organized on January 2, 2020, had pretax accounting income of $960,000 and taxable income of $3,120,000 for the year ended                                               
December 31, 2020. The only temporary difference is accrued product warranty costs which are expected to be paid as follows:                                              
                                              
   2021       $720,000                                   
   2022       360,000                                  
   2023       360,000                                  
   2024       720,000                                  
                                              
The enacted income tax rates are 35% for 2020, 30% for 2021 through 2023, and 25% for 2024. If Canner expects taxable income in future years,                                               
the deferred tax asset in Canner's December 31, 2020 balance sheet should be                                              
a.   $432,000                                           
b.   $504,000                                           
c.   $612,000                                           
d.   $756,000

2). Ames Corp. prepared the following reconciliation of income per books with income per tax return for the year ended December 31, 2020:                                          
                                          
   Book income before income taxes                               2,700,000       
   Add temporary difference                                      
       Construction contract revenue which will reverse in 2021                           240,000       
   Deduct temporary difference                                      
       Depreciation expense which will reverse in equal amounts in                                  
       each of the next four years                           (960,000)      
   Taxable income                               1,980,000       
                                          
The enacted income tax rate is 21% in 2020. How should Ames report deferred taxes?                                          
a.   DTA (current) 50,400; DTL (noncurrent) 201,600.                                      
b.   DTL (noncurrent) 201,600                                      
c.   DTL (noncurrent) 151,200                                      
d.   DTL (noncurrent 100,800  

3). Baker Corp.'s 2020 income statement had pretax financial income of $500,000 in its first year of operations. Baker uses an accelerated cost                                           
recovery method on its tax return and straight-line depreciation for financial reporting. The differences between the book and tax deductions                                           
for depreciation over the five-year life of the assets acquired in 2020, and the enacted tax rates for 2020 to 2024 are as follows:                                          
                                          
       Book Depreciation                                   
       Over (Under) Tax           Tax Rates                      
   2020       (100,000)       35%                      
   2021       (130,000)       30%                      
   2022       (30,000)       30%                      
   2023       120,000       30%                      
   2024       140,000       30%                      
                                          
There are no other temporary differences. In Baker's December 31, 2020 balance sheet, the noncurrent deferred income tax liability and                                           
the income taxes currently payable should be                                          
                                          
   Deferred Income       Income Taxes                              
   Tax Liability       Currently Payable                              
a.   $78,000        $100,000                               
b.   $78,000        $140,000                               
c.   $30,000        $120,000                               
d.   $30,000        $140,000