Assume that Riverbed reports using ASPE. Prepare a schedule showing the intangible assets section of Riverbed’s statement of financial position at December 31, 2020. (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275. Enter account name only and do not provide descriptive information.)

Compute the total amount of expenses resulting from the transactions that would appear on Riverbed’s income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Herman Corporation reported the following transactions for 2019:

Herman Corporation uses the direct method for preparing the 2019 Statement of Cash Flows.

1. The net cash flow from operating activities is

2. The net cash flow from investing activities is

3. The net cash flow from financing activities is

Equity Method Accounting, Subsequent Years

PL Communications acquired all of the stock of SJ Telecom on January 1, 2019. It is now December 31, 2021, three years later. PL Communications uses the complete equity method to report its investment in SJ Telecom on its own books. Both companies have December 31 year-ends. The following information is available:

• PL Communications paid $400 million to acquire SJ Telecom.

• At the date of acquisition, the book values of all of SJ Telecom’s reported assets and liabilities approximated fair value. Previously unreported limited-lived identifiable intangibles with a fair value of $20 million were recognized. These intangibles had an estimated life of 5 years, straight-line. There have been no impairment losses.

• Total goodwill impairment losses for 2019 and 2020 were $1 million. There is no goodwill impairment for 2021.

• The change in SJ Telecom’s retained earnings from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020, was $12 million.

• In 2021, SJ Telecom reported net income of $6,500,000 and declared and paid dividends of $1,500,000.

• SJ Telecom does not report any other comprehensive income.

Required

Enter both answers in millions (using decimal places, if applicable).

a. Calculate equity in net income for 2021, reported on the books of PL Communications.

$_____ million

b. Calculate the December 31, 2021 balance in Investment in SJ Telecom, reported on the books of PL Communications.

$_____ million

Your firm is the incumbent auditor on Biotech Ltd, a pharmaceutical company. Since the previous audit, the company has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange which means the company has to meet additional reporting regulations. Due to rapid growth, Biotech Ltd is financially stretched and its accounting systems are struggling to cope with the growth in the business. You recently read an article in the Australian Financial Review, which stated that Biotech Ltd is currently under investigation by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for alleged failure to pay the appropriate amount of Pay As You Go (PAYG) tax on their payroll.

Biotech Ltd is a pharmaceutical company, developing drugs to be licensed for use around the world. Products include medicines such as tablets, medical gels and creams. The market is very competitive, encouraging rapid product innovation. New products are continually in development and improvements are made to existing formulations. Drugs must meet very stringent regulatory requirements prior to being licensed for production and sale. You are aware that during the 2020 financial year, Biotech Ltd lost several customer contracts to overseas competitors.

Biotech Ltd approached its bank during the year to extend its borrowing facilities. An extension of $20 million was sought to its existing loan to support the on-going development of new drugs. The long-term borrowings are subject to debt covenants in which the company must maintain a current ratio of 3.5:1.

In addition, the company asked the bank to make cash of $5 million available if an existing court case against the company is successful. The court case is being brought by an individual who suffered severe side effects when participating in a clinical trial in 2016.

On 8 June 2020, the Company announced to the market it had been the victim of a cyber-security incident that resulted in supplier and customer details being disclosed on the dark web. The Company is assessing the costs of the incident and the subsequent reduction in revenue. The Company expects this to have a material impact on future earnings.

Minutes from the Audit Planning meeting with Simon Jones (Finance Director of Biotech Ltd) held on 30^th April 2020:

Due to the current government restrictions, the planning meeting with Simon Jones was held via Zoom. In attendance at the meeting was the Audit Partner (Michael), the Audit Manager (Amanda) and the Audit Senior (David).

The following key items were discussed during the meeting:

• Mr Jones raised concerns about the conduct of the previous audit, stating numerous examples of when he and his staff had been interrupted when they were busy. He stated that he wanted guarantees that this year's audit will be more efficient, less intrusive and cheaper, otherwise he will seek an alternative auditor in future.
• Michael reminded Mr Jones that fees relating to the audit engagement from the previous year were still outstanding.
• Both Michael and Mr Jones also discussed the range of non-audit services provided to Biotech Ltd, which includes payroll preparation, tax computation and advice.
• Mr Jones gave the audit team an update on the court case pertaining to the individual who suffered severe side effects from a company trial (refer above). According to legal advice provided to Mr Jones by the company’s legal counsel, it is more likely than not that Biotech will lose the court case, which would result in a significant amount of cash having to be paid as a settlement.
• Amanda asked Mr Jones if he considered the decline in profitability as an indicator of a material uncertainty surrounding the going concern assumption. Mr Jones responded by saying, “Look, everything might seem dire, but we have it under control. We will be here this time next year, so keep that in mind”. Michael then looked at Amanda and David and said, “Make sure that you mention the conversation that we have just had with Mr Jones about the appropriateness of the going concern assumption in the audit working papers. This should be sufficient enough audit evidence for us.”
• Mr Jones also mentioned the following: “As you know, Biotech Ltd has a Goodwill asset on the balance sheet. This is an indefinite useful life intangible asset. In accordance with the Accounting Standards (AASB 138), we are required to test the asset for impairment every year. We usually prepare a Value in Use calculation based on discounted future cash flows that we expect to generate in the next five years. I have completed this year’s calculation by rolling forward the prior year’s calculation and have just updated the dates. There was no need to update the future cash flow figures.”

The Audit Team

The audit team consists of 4 people. The partner is Michael. He has been the audit partner on the Biotech Ltd audit for 6 years. The audit manager is Amanda. This is Amanda’s first time on the Biotech Ltd audit. David is the audit senior and is responsible for the initial audit planning. David has recently completed the Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting. David has just been offered a well-paying accountant position at Biotech but he has not yet decided whether to accept the position. The graduate on the audit is Audrey. Audrey’s friend is the receptionist at Biotech Ltd. The receptionist has no accounting knowledge and has no involvement with the recording or processing of accounting transactions.

Accounts Receivable / Sales Accounting Cycle and Internal Control System

At the end of each month, the sales manager determines the amount of products required to meet sales demand for the following month based on sales orders received. He reviews the sales orders received from customers and then prepares the pre-numbered inventory requisition forms, which he then sends to the warehouse managers so that they can prepare the goods for delivery. One copy of the sales order and inventory requisition form is sent to the warehouse, one copy is sent to the accounts receivable department and one copy is filed in the sales department.

The warehouse prepares the goods for delivery to the customers and generates the delivery document. When the goods have been delivered, the signed delivery document, which includes the delivery details, is forwarded to the accounts receivable department. The other copy is filed in the warehouse. The accounts receivable clerk matches the signed delivery document with the sales order and inventory requisition form. Once satisfied that all of the details agree, the clerk generates the sales invoice. Once generated, the clerk does another check to ensure that all details per the sales invoice agrees to the delivery document and sales order. Once satisfied, she writes “checked” on the sales invoice and sends it to the customer. At the end of every week, a different clerk in the Accounts Receivable team reviews the bank statements for receipt of payments from customers and performs a reconciliation against the sales invoices. Once a customer has paid the sales invoice, the clerk stamps “received” on the sales invoice and files that along with all the other documents in date order.

The walk-through of the accounts receivable/sales cycle confirmed that the accounting and internal control system was working as documented above.

Test of control:

As part of the audit, Audrey tested the controls over the accounts receivable system. She selected a sample of twenty sales transactions and tested the control that all details had been checked. Out of the 20 sales transactions that were selected for testing, 5 sales invoices in the sample did not have the word “checked” written on them. When documenting the results of the test performed, Audrey concluded that the internal control did not operate effectively and consistently throughout the year but that no further audit work is required.

Substantive test

In order to test the occurrence of the sales transactions, Audrey selected a sample of sales invoices and traced them to the General Ledger to test that they were properly recorded.

Subsequent events not previously mentioned

• One of Biotech Ltd’s major customers went into liquidation in July 2020. The balance due from the customer at 30 June 2020 was $564,000. This is a material amount. There has been no provision/allowance for doubtful debts raised for this debtor in the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2020. Biotech Ltd’s legal adviser stated in a telephone call that that the probability of any funds being received from the debtor is remote.

• On 2 July 2020, Biotech Ltd declared a one-for-five rights issue of 100,000 shares at $2.20. These shares were payable in full on 31 July 2020.

Misstatements identified

What is the audit opinion for the above case study?

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages strengthening (appreciating) dollar on:

a. U.S. consumers

b. Americans traveling overseas

c. U.S. exporters

d. U.S. importers

e. Foreigners visiting the U.S.

Compare and contrast GDP and GNP. Give an example of something that would be counted in U.S. GDP but not in U.S. GNP. Then give an example of something that would be counted in U.S. GNP but not in U.S. GDP.

Megatronics Corporation, a massive retailer of electronic products, is organized in four separate divisions. The four divisional managers are evaluated at year-end, and bonuses are awarded based on ROI. Last year, the company as a whole produced a 13 percent return on its investment.

During the past week, management of the company’s Northeast Division was approached about the possibility of buying a competitor that had decided to redirect its retail activities. (If the competitor is acquired, it will be acquired at its book value.) The data that follow relate to recent performance of the Northeast Division and the competitor:

Management has determined that in order to upgrade the competitor to Megatronics’ standards, an additional $150,000 of invested capital would be needed.

4. Calculate the Northeast Division's ROI after acquisition of competitor but before upgrading.

On January 1, 2017, Doone Corporation acquired 70 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Rockne Company for $546,000 consideration. At the acquisition date, the fair value of the 30 percent noncontrolling interest was $234,000 and Rockne's assets and liabilities had a collective net fair value of $780,000. Doone uses the equity method in its internal records to account for its investment in Rockne. Rockne reports net income of $280,000 in 2018. Since being acquired, Rockne has regularly supplied inventory to Doone at 25 percent more than cost. Sales to Doone amounted to $340,000 in 2017 and $440,000 in 2018. Approximately 40 percent of the inventory purchased during any one year is not used until the following year.

1. What is the noncontrolling interest's share of Rockne's 2018 income?
2. Prepare Doone's 2018 consolidation entries required by the intra-entity inventory transfers.

b.

Prepare entry *G

Prepare entry Tl

Prepare entry G

On January 1, 20X9, Parent Corporation acquired 90 percent of Small Corporation's stock for $315,000 cash. At that date, the fair value of the noncontrolling interest was $35,000, and small reported common stock outstanding of $150,000 and retained earnings of $180,000. The differential is assigned to a patent with a remaining life of eight years. Each year since acquisition, small has reported income from operations of 50,000 and paid dividend of $30,000.

Small acquired 75 percent ownership of cherry company on January 1, 20x9 for 187,500. at that date, fair value of the noncontrolling interest was 62,500, and cherry reported common stock outstanding of $100,000 and retained earnings of $130,000. In 20x9, cherry reported net income of $20,000 and paid dividends of $8,000. the differential is assigned to building and equipment with an economic life of 10 years at the date of acquisition.

required: prepare the journal entries recorded by small for its investment in cherry during 20x9.

George Young Industries (GYI) acquired industrial robots at the beginning of 2018 and added them to the company’s assembly process. During 2021, management became aware that the $2.8 million cost of the equipment was inadvertently recorded as repair expense on GYI’s books and on its income tax return. The industrial robots have 10-year useful lives and no material salvage value. This class of equipment is depreciated by the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes and for tax purposes it is considered to be MACRS 7-year property. Cost deducted over 7 years by the modified accelerated recovery system as follows:

The tax rate is 25% for all years involved.

Required:
1. & 3. Prepare any journal entry necessary as a direct result of the error described and the adjusting entry for 2021 depreciation.
2. Will GYI account for the change (a) retrospectively or (b) prospectively?