Imagine that you are the CEO of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (LVMH). You have just received share price valuation estimates for a potential buyout target, Rimowa, from two of your top financial analysts. You have confidence in their estimates because they have taken FIN 305 from the Shidler College of Business. Both analysts used the discounted cash flow (DCF) model to estimate the share price resulting in a valuation of $50, by the first analyst and $60, by the second analyst. Part I: Identify two possible causes for the significant difference in valuation and briefly explain how each possible cause affected the DCF model’s share price estimate. Part II: You made a buyout offer of $55 a share and Rimowa’s CEO rejected it. The German luxury luggage brand Rimowa is crucial to LVHM’s strategic expansion into brands that have heritage and a unique position. As the CEO of LVHM what would you do to meet LVHM’s strategic objective while minimizing the cost to acquire Rimowa? Briefly defend your recommendation.

On 1 March 2020 Holmes Ltd enters into a binding agreement with a New Zealand company, which requires the New Zealand Company to construct an item of machinery for Holmes Ltd. The cost of the machinery is NZ$750,000. The machinery is completed on 1 June 2021 and shipped FOB Auckland on that date. The debt is unpaid at 30 June 2020, which is also Holmes Ltd’s reporting date.

The exchange rates at the relevant dates are: 1 March 2011 A$1.00 = NZ$1.20 1 June 2011 A$1.00 = NZ$1.30 30 June 2011 A$1.00 = NZ$1.25 Required: a) Determine the amount in AUD, as at: • 1 March 2020; and • 30 June 2020. b) Prepare the journal entries for the above dates showing the amount of exchange gain or loss .

On January 1, 2020, Sheridan Company purchased 11% bonds, having a maturity value of $301,000 for $324,415.24. The bonds provide the bondholders with a 9% yield. They are dated January 1, 2020, and mature January 1, 2025, with interest received on January 1 of each year. Sheridan Company uses the effective-interest method to allocate unamortized discount or premium. The bonds are classified as available-for-sale category. The fair value of the bonds at December 31 of each year-end is as follows.

The financial year of your audit client Pickles Ltd ended on 31 December 2019. Your audit report was signed on 20 February 2020 and the financial statements were issued on 5 March 2020.

Each of the following independent events, which the auditors have discovered after the end of the financial year, have a material effect on the financial statements:

1. 14 February 2020

   You found that the audit client had lost a court case for breaching a contract with a supplier. The litigation started on 2 February 2019. The company is required to pay $45,000 damages to the supplier.

2. 27 February 2020
   Pickles Ltd announced that it is making a takeover offer for another company.

Required:

For each of the two events above, explain the auditor’s responsibilities and the auditor’s appropriate course of action.

Sheffield Company reports pretax financial income of $76,500 for 2020. The following items cause taxable income to be different than pretax financial income.

1. Depreciation on the tax return is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $15,700.

2. Rent collected on the tax return is greater than rent recognized on the income statement by $23,400.

3. Fines for pollution appear as an expense of $10,500 on the income statement. Sheffield’s tax rate is 30% for all years, and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. There are no deferred taxes at the beginning of 2020.

Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2020.

Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2020, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.

In early 2019, Bridge Company entered into a long term contract to construct a bridge for Greensville County for $10 million. The bridge will take three years to complete. In 2019, Bridge spent $2.8 million on the project, recognized $3.5 million in revenue and $.7 million in profit. In 2020, Bridge spent $4.2 million on the project, recognized $3.8 million in revenue and a $.4 million loss. Bridge billed Greensville $3.0 million in 2019 and $4.5 million in 2020. Greensville paid Bridge $2.6 million in 2019 and $4.3 million in 2020. Bridge Company recognizes revenue on all contracts over time, as the project is being completed by using the cost to cost approach. When preparing the December 31, 2019 and the December 31, 2020 balance sheets what would Bridge report in regards to this contract?

On January 1, 2020, Oriole Company purchased 11% bonds, having a maturity value of $328,000 for $353,515.61. The bonds provide the bondholders with a 9% yield. They are dated January 1, 2020, and mature January 1, 2025, with interest received on January 1 of each year. Oriole Company uses the effective-interest method to allocate unamortized discount or premium. The bonds are classified as available-for-sale category. The fair value of the bonds at December 31 of each year-end is as follows.

2020
$351,400      
2023
$338,100
2021
$337,000      
2024
$328,000
2022
$336,000              

(a)       Prepare the journal entry at the date of the bond purchase.
(b)       Prepare the journal entries to record the interest revenue and recognition of fair value for 2020.
(c)       Prepare the journal entry to record the recognition of fair value for 2021.

On January 1, 2020, Riverbed Company purchased 12% bonds, having a maturity value of $276,000 for $296,924.88. The bonds provide the bondholders with a 10% yield. They are dated January 1, 2020, and mature January 1, 2025, with interest received on January 1 of each year. Riverbed Company uses the effective-interest method to allocate unamortized discount or premium. The bonds are classified as available-for-sale category. The fair value of the bonds at December 31 of each year-end is as follows. 2020 $294,800 2023 $286,100 2021 $285,000 2024 $276,000 2022 $284,100 (a) Prepare the journal entry at the date of the bond purchase. (b) Prepare the journal entries to record the interest revenue and recognition of fair value for 2020. (c) Prepare the journal entry to record the recognition of fair value for 2021.

On January 1, 2020, Larkspur Company purchased 12% bonds, having a maturity value of $275,000 for $295,849.07. The bonds provide the bondholders with a 10% yield. They are dated January 1, 2020, and mature January 1, 2025, with interest received on January 1 of each year. Larkspur Company uses the effective-interest method to allocate unamortized discount or premium. The bonds are classified as available-for-sale category. The fair value of the bonds at December 31 of each year-end is as follows.

College Graduation Rates. Data from the College Results Online website compared the 2011 graduation rate and median SAT score for 92 similar-sized public universities and colleges in the United States. The scatterplot below shows the relationship between these two variables along with the least squares fit. Round all calculated results to 4 decimal places. 1. The relationship between median SAT score and graduation rate is , , and . 2. The explanatory variable is and the response variable is . The summary statistics for graduation rate and median SAT score are listed below. The correlation between graduation rate and median SAT score is 0.673. Median SAT score: mean = 1038.1, standard deviation = 77.5 Graduation rate: mean = 49.4, standard deviation = 15 3. The equation of the regression line is y = + x 4. Complete the following sentence to interpret the slope of the regression line: An increase of in Median SAT score corresponds to a/an of in Graduation Rate. 5. The recorded median SAT score for Northern Michigan University is 1030. Use the regression equation to estimate the graduation rate for Northern Michigan University. 6. The recorded graduation rate for Northern Michigan University is 46.4. Complete the following sentence. The residual for Northern Michigan University is . This means the graduation rate at Northern Michigan University is A. the same as B. lower than C. higher than the rate predicted by the regression model. 7. Stanford University (an elite private university in California not included in this data set) has a median SAT score of 1455. Would it be appropriate to use this linear model to predict the graduation rate for Stanford? A. Yes, because 1455 is a reasonable median SAT score for an elite university. B. No, because 103.705% is too large to be a reasonable graduation rate, even for an elite university. C. No, because 1455 is beyond the range of the data used to build the regression model.