Lowell Company makes and sells artistic frames for pictures. The controller is responsible for preparing the master budget and has accumulated the following information for 2020.

Lowell has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $9 per hour on April 1. New labor-saving machinery has been installed and will be fully operational by March 1.

Lowell expects to begin the year with 16,100 frames on hand and has a policy of carrying an end-of-month inventory of 100% of the following month’s sales, plus 50% of the second following month’s sales.

Prepare a production budget for Lowell Company by month and for the first quarter of the year.

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Prepare a direct labor budget for Lowell Company by month and for the first quarter of the year. The direct labor budget should include direct labor hours. (Round Direct labor hours per unit answers to 1 decimal place, e.g. 52.7.)

(2) Professional fees:

Audit and accountancy

Cost of successful tax appeal

Legal fees re collection of bad debts   

Cost of defending action by a former employee for sexual harassment

Architect’s fee for designing a new Warehouse which was not used   

Kindly indicate those that are allowable expenses and those that are disallowable expenses

Think about your current or former job. If the organization where you were working were to go off track strategically, was there any readily available control mechanism to alert management of the deviation? Make sure to complete the Chapter 15 Reading, prior to beginning your participation in the Unit 5 Discussion.

On February 26, 2015, an American company, Company A, sold an euro-denominated eight- year bond at a fixed interest rate of 1%. In comparison, a similarly rated company, Company B, sold a bond with the same maturity in the U.S. with a coupon of 2.5%. The exchange rate on February 26, 2015 was $1.1199/€. Assume that the International Fisher Effect holds true. What will be the total expected foreign exchange gain or loss for both the interest payment and the value of the bond (in percentage) for Company A each year in the next eight years?

Your answer: _______________%

(Keep two decimals; Do include the "-" if your answer is a loss.)

1. Taxpayer (“T”) a 59 year-old calendar year individual taxpayer purchased an annuity from an insurance company for $100,000 in 2019. The terms of the annuity were that the company would pay T $5,000 a year to T for the rest of T’s life. How much income will T include in T’s personal income tax return as a result of receiving the $5,000 payment

in 2020?   _____________

In 2050? ______________

Required information

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Acme Materials Company manufactures and sells synthetic coatings that can withstand high temperatures. Its primary customers are aviation manufacturers and maintenance companies. The following table contains financial information pertaining to cost of quality (COQ) in 2019 and 2020 (in thousands of dollars):

Required:

1. Classify the cost items in the table into cost-of-quality (COQ) categories.

2. Calculate the ratio of each COQ category to revenues in each of the 2 years.

3. Calculate the percentage change in each COQ category and total COQ and comment on the results:

a. Percentage change in total COQ as a percentage of sales, from 2019 to 2020;

b. Total COQ in 2020 expressed as a percentage of 2019 sales dollars;

c. Percentage change in total prevention costs, 2019 to 2020;

d. Percentage change in total appraisal costs, 2019 to 2020;

e. Percentage change in total internal failure costs, 2019 to 2020;

f. Percentage change in total external failure costs, 2019 to 2020.

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Acme Materials Company manufactures and sells synthetic coatings that can withstand high temperatures. Its primary customers are aviation manufacturers and maintenance companies. The following table contains financial information pertaining to cost of quality (COQ) in 2019 and 2020 (in thousands of dollars): 2019 2020 Sales $ 15,900 $ 19,900 Materials inspection 290 59 In-process (production) inspection 159 124 Finished product inspection 240 69 Preventive equipment maintenance 19 59 Scrap (net) 490 290 Warranty repairs 690 440 Product design engineering 149 260 Vendor certification 21 59 Direct costs of returned goods 265 79 Training of factory workers 39 139 Product testing—equipment maintenance 59 59 Product testing labor 200 89 Field repairs 69 39 Rework before shipment 230 199 Product-liability settlement 350 59 Emergency repair and maintenance 190 74 Required: 1. Classify the cost items in the table into cost-of-quality (COQ) categories. 2. Calculate the ratio of each COQ category to revenues in each of the 2 years. 3. Calculate the percentage change in each COQ category and total COQ and comment on the results: a. Percentage change in total COQ as a percentage of sales, from 2019 to 2020; b. Total COQ in 2020 expressed as a percentage of 2019 sales dollars; c. Percentage change in total prevention costs, 2019 to 2020; d. Percentage change in total appraisal costs, 2019 to 2020; e. Percentage change in total internal failure costs, 2019 to 2020; f. Percentage change in total external failure costs, 2019 to 2020.

Section III - Income Taxes (45 points)

- XYZ began business on 1/1/18. During that year, they had pre-tax financial accounting income of$96,000 and paid $800 of officer life insurance (company is the beneficiary). The accountant has determined that a truck purchased in 2018 for $25,000 will be depreciated as follows:

                                                                2018                 2019                 2020                 2021                 2022

Financial Statement $5,000 $5,000 $5,000      5,000 5,000 Tax Return $9,000 $7,000 $4,000 $ 3,000      2,000

Prepare the journal entry to record income taxes for 2018. Assume that the tax rate for 2018 and beyond is 40%.

- In 2019, XYZ had a financial accounting income of 360,000, which includes $800 of municipal income which is not taxable. In addition to the depreciation differences discussed above, the pre-tax income also includes an unrealized holding loss of $25,000 that cannot be deducted for tax purposes until the security is sold. All securities are held in a trading portfolio.

Prepare the journal entries to record income taxes for 2019. Assume that the tax rate for 2019 and beyond remains at 40%.

- In 2020, XYZ had a financial accounting income of $500,000.. In addition to the depreciationdifference discussed in 2018, $9,000 of the security loss recorded in 2019 was realized in 2020 when some of the securities were sold. Also, in 2020 XYZ adopted the installment sales method for tax purposes and $22,000 of profit recognized in 2020 will be taxable in a future year when the related receivables are collected.

Pre pare the journal entries to record income taxes for 2020. Assume that the tax rate for 2020 has been changed, effective 1/1/2020 to 30% and that the new rate is expected to remain in effect for all future years.