Flatiron Corp has the following budgeted sales in each quarter of the year 2020:

Expected Sales

Q1 $ 300,000

Q2 $ 320,000

Q3 $ 340,000

Q4 $ 360,000

Cash collection information are as follows:

1. Of all sales, 80% are on credit.

2. For the credit sales made in the year 2020; 60% of credit sales are collected in the quarter in which the sale is made; 30% are collected in the following quarter; and 10% are collected in the second quarter after sale.

3. Accounts Receivable is estimated to be $60,000 on December 31,2019. The company expects to collect all outstanding receivable in the first quarter of 2020.

What is the total cash collection for the first quarter of 2020?

Look at the data for the Japanese yen from 2000 to the present. Assume that you were in Tokyo for New Year’s Eve from January 1, 2010 to January 1 this year and bought a bento (box lunch) for 1000 yen each year. Convert this amount to dollars for the first day in January that data is available for each of the years you were in Tokyo.

1. Create a chart that plots the dollar price of the bento box overtime on each of the days in January you used.
2. Has the dollar appreciated or depreciated against the yen during this time period?
3. What the least amount in dollars that your box lunch cost ($ amount and date)?
4. What the most amount in dollars that your box lunch cost ($ amount and date)? please Make sure you calculate the US$ price of the bento box for every January between 2010 and the present. please no handwriting

Major Communications Ltd., a publicly traded company that specializes in data capture, has been in operation for several years. On October 1, 2019, it had 10 million common shares authorized and 1,570,000 shares issued at an average value of $27 per share. As well, there were 1 million preferred shares authorized, with 220,000 of them issued at $14 per share. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, the company generated net income after taxes of $25,380,000 and other comprehensive loss of $4,550,000. On October 1, 2019, the balance in Retained Earnings was $19,760,000 and the balance in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income was $940,000. The preferred shares pay an annual dividend of $1.30. During the fiscal year 2020, the following transactions affected shareholders’ equity:

1. On November 1, 2019, 390,000 new common shares were issued at $29 per share.

2. On March 15, 2020, a 5% common stock dividend on the outstanding shares was declared and distributed when the market price was $42 per share.

3. On September 1, 2020, a dividend of $5.35 per common share was declared. The date of record was September 15, 2020, with the date of payment being October 5, 2020.

4. The preferred dividend for the year was declared and paid.

Prepare the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity as at September 30, 2020. (If an amount reduces the account balance then enter with negative sign, e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis, e.g. (15,000).)

Prepare the shareholders’ equity section of the statement of financial position as at September 30, 2020. (Enter negative answers using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -5,125 or parentheses e.g. (5,125).)

Crude futures in New York were lower on Wednesday, following a record decline in the first quarter

Oil held near $20 a barrel as Saudi Aramco’s output surged above 12 million barrels a day, but Russia said it would refrain from further production hikes.

Crude futures in New York were lower on Wednesday, following a record decline in the first quarter.

While state-run Aramco’s oil supply has surpassed 12 million barrels a day and is ticking higher, Russia said it won’t lift output as it’s not profitable to do so, according to a government official familiar with the country’s plans.

President Trump has said the US will meet with Saudi Arabia and Russia in an attempt to bolster prices.

The market is grappling with a bumper oversupply, while demand is set to fall by as much as 30 million barrels a day in April, according to an executive at the world’s largest independent oil trader.

Any agreement to cut output would likely be too late and would fall short of the loss in consumption, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Industry data signaled that US oil stockpiles are set for their biggest weekly increase since 2017.

“I don’t think they’re going to come to the table for talks just yet, because for both sides, it would require a significant step-down,” Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at Energy Aspects said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “I do think both Russia and Saudi Arabia will be forced to cut back production, not because there’s a deal or they’re talking, but because of market forces.”

Prices:
West Texas Intermediate lost 21 cents to $20.27 a barrel as of 10.35am in London
Brent crude for June settlement fell 4.8 per cent to $25.09
Dated Brent, the benchmark for two-thirds of the world’s real oil supply, was assessed at $17.675 on Tuesday, down 11.5 cents from Monday when it was already the lowest price since 2002

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Required Question

Question 01: What are the entrepreneurial skills needed in order to draw different businesses in the Gulf countries?

Crude futures in New York were lower on Wednesday, following a record decline in the first quarter

Oil held near $20 a barrel as Saudi Aramco’s output surged above 12 million barrels a day, but Russia said it would refrain from further production hikes.

Crude futures in New York were lower on Wednesday, following a record decline in the first quarter.

While state-run Aramco’s oil supply has surpassed 12 million barrels a day and is ticking higher, Russia said it won’t lift output as it’s not profitable to do so, according to a government official familiar with the country’s plans.

President Trump has said the US will meet with Saudi Arabia and Russia in an attempt to bolster prices.

The market is grappling with a bumper oversupply, while demand is set to fall by as much as 30 million barrels a day in April, according to an executive at the world’s largest independent oil trader.

Any agreement to cut output would likely be too late and would fall short of the loss in consumption, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Industry data signaled that US oil stockpiles are set for their biggest weekly increase since 2017.

“I don’t think they’re going to come to the table for talks just yet, because for both sides, it would require a significant step-down,” Amrita Sen, chief oil analyst at Energy Aspects said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “I do think both Russia and Saudi Arabia will be forced to cut back production, not because there’s a deal or they’re talking, but because of market forces.”

Prices:
West Texas Intermediate lost 21 cents to $20.27 a barrel as of 10.35am in London
Brent crude for June settlement fell 4.8 per cent to $25.09
Dated Brent, the benchmark for two-thirds of the world’s real oil supply, was assessed at $17.675 on Tuesday, down 11.5 cents from Monday when it was already the lowest price since 2002

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Required Question

Question 01: Discuss the major drawbacks in the Gulf Countries economy?

Exercise 22-23

Sandhill Corp. was a 30% owner of Teal Company, holding 216,000 shares of Teal’s common stock on December 31, 2019. The investment account had the following entries.

On January 2, 2020, Sandhill sold 108,000 shares of Teal for $3,360,000, thereby losing its significant influence. During the year 2020, Teal experienced the following results of operations and paid the following dividends to Sandhill.

At December 31, 2020, the fair value of Teal shares held by Sandhill is $1,820,000. This is the first reporting date since the January 2 sale.

(b) Compute the carrying amount of the investment in Teal as of December 31, 2020 (prior to any fair value adjustment).

(c) Prepare the adjusting entry on December 31, 2020, applying the fair value method to Sandhill’s long-term investment in Teal Company securities. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when 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.)

In a meeting, the CEO tried to convince every senior executive to do their very best to “maximize the company’s overall profit”. As a CFO, comment on what the CEO said above and illustrate your point with an example.

Accounting job is impacted. what do you do to get a job that field after graduation from the University?

What is my future plan as an accountant? (2 page essay on it).

In 2015, Forbes magazine listed Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, as the richest person in the United States. His personal wealth was estimated to be $76 billion. Given that there were about 322 million people living in the United States that year, how much could each person have received if Gates’s wealth had been divided equally among the population of the United States? (Hint: A billion is a 1 followed by 9 zeros while a million is a 1 followed by six zeros.)

Which group in each of the following pairs has the higher poverty rate: (a) children or people age 65 or over? (b) African Americans or foreign-born noncitizens? (c) Asians or Hispanics?