You have recently been employed by a company that wants to “go global” and you have been selected to help research this possibility. The CEO has instructed you to research the country of France and report back. You must prepare a report on your country’s religion, government, and technology structures.

Presented below are three independent situations.

1. Ivanhoe Stamp Company records stamp service revenue and provides for the cost of redemptions in the year stamps are sold to licensees. Ivanhoe’s past experience indicates that only 80% of the stamps sold to licensees will be redeemed. Ivanhoe’s liability for stamp redemptions was $13,180,300 at December 31, 2019. Additional information for 2020 is as follows.

If all the stamps sold in 2020 were presented for redemption in 2021, the redemption cost would be $5,191,300. What amount should Ivanhoe report as a liability for stamp redemptions at December 31, 2020?

2. In packages of its products, Shamrock Inc. includes coupons that may be presented at retail stores to obtain discounts on other Shamrock products. Retailers are reimbursed for the face amount of coupons redeemed plus 10% of that amount for handling costs. Shamrock honors requests for coupon redemption by retailers up to 3 months after the consumer expiration date. Shamrock estimates that 60% of all coupons issued will ultimately be redeemed. Information relating to coupons issued by Shamrock during 2020 is as follows.

What amount should Shamrock report as a liability for unredeemed coupons at December 31, 2020?

3. Bridgeport Company sold 692,300 boxes of pie mix under a new sales promotional program. Each box contains one coupon, which submitted with $4.50, entitles the customer to a baking pan. Bridgeport pays $6.50 per pan and $1.00 for handling and shipping. Bridgeport estimates that 70% of the coupons will be redeemed, even though only 244,200 coupons had been processed during 2020. What amount should Bridgeport report as a liability for unredeemed coupons at December 31, 2020?

A company acquired with the bank a loan of five million pesos to be paid in 8
years, through equal quarterly payments at the end of each quarter. In the contract it is
agreed to pay an interest rate of 24% compounded quarterly for the first 5 years,
and 32% compounded quarterly for the remaining 3 years. How do you want to pay off the debt in the
fixed date, determine:
a) The value of each payment.
b) The total finance charge

At the beginning of the year, Patrick Company acquired a computer to be used in its operations. The computer was delivered by the supplier, installed by Patrick, and placed into operation. The estimated useful life of the computer is five years, and its estimated residual value is significant.

After reading the above prompt, respond to the following:

What costs should Patrick capitalize for the computer?

What is the objective of depreciation accounting?

What is the rationale for using accelerated depreciation methods?

If you are to be acquired by another company, what will be the least preferred defense maneuver of your choice? Kindly explain the defense you will least likely use and elaborate further why such defense is your least among the choices.

Question 4

Consider each of the following independent and material situations, identified below (i-vi). In each case:

• the balance date is 30 June 2020;
• the field work was completed on 12 August 2020;
• the Directors’ Declaration and the Audit report were signed on 20 August 2020;
• the completed financial report accompanied by the signed Audit report were mailed to the shareholders on 26 August 2020.

1. On 26 September 2020, you discovered that a debtor at 30 June 2020 had gone bankrupt on 2 September 2020. The debt had appeared collectible at 30 June 2020 and 20 August 2020.

2. On 12 August 2020, you discovered that a debtor at 30 June 2020 had gone bankrupt on 5 August 2020. The cause of the bankruptcy was an unexpected loss of a major lawsuit by the debtor on 15 July 2020.

3. On 14 August 2020, you discovered that a debtor had gone bankrupt on 5 August 2020. The sale took place on 2 July 2020. The cause of the bankruptcy was a major uninsured fire at one of the debtor’s premises on 30 June 2020.

4. On 19 August 2020, the company settled a legal action out of court that had originated in 2016 and was listed as a continent liability at 30 June 2020.

5. A draft investigative report commissioned by a government enquiry was leaked to the media on 10 August 2020. The report has questioned the continued need for a segment of your client’s business. Accordingly, there is a significant uncertainty regarding the future necessity for one of the services offered by your client and its industry colleagues. There have been significant media attention and speculation on this issue.

6. Your client, BHP Mining, owns a mineral exploration licence in Western Australia. At 30 June this licence was valued by an independent expert at $20,000,000. This valuation is reflected in the financial report. On 17 August BHP Mining received notice that a claim was being lodged under the Native Titles Act for land which included that subject to the exploration licence. If the claim is successful, the exploration licence will be worthless.

Required:

1. For each of the situations described above (i-vi), select the appropriate action from the list below, and justify your response.

1. Adjust the 30 June 2020 financial report.
2. Disclose the information in the notes to the 30 June 2020 financial report.
3. Request that the client recall the 30 June 2020 financial report for revision.
4. No action is required.                                                                                                  (6*2= 12 marks)

If no action is taken by management for each of the events described above (i-v), determine the most appropriate audit opinion to be issued.            

Ivanhoe Company, a machinery dealer, leased a machine to Dexter Corporation on January 1, 2020. The lease is for an 8-year period and requires equal annual payments of $30,992 at the beginning of each year. The first payment is received on January 1, 2020. Ivanhoe had purchased the machine during 2016 for $142,000. Collectibility of lease payments by Ivanhoe is probable. Ivanhoe set the annual rental to ensure a 6% rate of return. The machine has an economic life of 10 years with no residual value and reverts to Ivanhoe at the termination of the lease.

Compute the amount of the lease receivable.

Prepare all necessary journal entries for Ivanhoe for 2020

Suppose the collectibility of the lease payments was not probable for Ivanhoe. Prepare the necessary journal entry for the company in 2020

IGY is a US manufacturer of many types of high quality products. You are a member of the Accounting Department at IGY, LTD and you have been provided with 2020 budget estimates for Department A.

Your team is responsible to complete the following budgets for Quarter 1 (January, February and March) of 2020:

Sales

Production

Direct Materials

Direct Labor

Manufacturing Overhead

Selling & Administrative

Cash Collections

Cash Disbursements

Cash Budget

Cost of Goods Sold

Income Statement

You will need to complete some budgets for April 2020 to have the information you need for the March 2020 budget. You can make a supplementary schedule next to the budget, but show the work for April in a professional manner.

Q1. Differentiate between Quantitative vs. Qualitative research. Give examples from the articles you have referred in assignment 1

Q2. a. From the the articles you referred in assignment 1 explain one of the quantitative analysis used by the any author. b. Explain, what is ANOVA and Regression Analysis and its use in research

Q3. Bring out the steps in Conducting Experiments and their concerned design

Q4. Explain interview methods and the areas of concern in conducting them

Ayayai Corporation is a privately owned company that uses ASPE. On January 1, 2020 Ayayai’s nancial records indicated the following information related to the company’s dened benet pension plan:
Dened Benet Obligation   $1,350,000 Pension Plan Assets   1,500,000
Ayayai Corporation’s actuary provided the following information on December 31, 2020:
Current year service cost   $83,000 Prior service cost, granted Jan 1, 2020   170,000 Employer contributions for the year   83,000 Benets paid to retirees   25,000 Expected return on assets   5% Actual return on assets   6% Discount rate   5%
Prepare a pension worksheet for Ayayai Corporation for 2020.

Headings:
Annual Pension Expense Cash
Net Dened Liability/ Asset
Dened Benet Obligation Plan Assets
Balance, January 1, 2020

Data lines under the headings of the form:
Current Service Cost
Past Service Cost
Net Interest/Finance Cost
Asset Remeasurement Gain/Loss
Employer Contributions to Pension Fund
Benets Paid to Retirees from Pension Fund
Pension Expense Entry - 2020
Net Funding Entry
Balance, December 31, 2020
  
Prepare pension plan journal entries for Ayayai Corporation for 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the 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
(To record pension expense)
(To record payment to the pension fund)