Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:
| Fixed Cost per Month |
Cost per Car Washed |
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| Cleaning supplies | $ | 0.70 | |||
| Electricity | $ | 1,200 | $ | 0.09 | |
| Maintenance | $ | 0.10 | |||
| Wages and salaries | $ | 4,200 | $ | 0.30 | |
| Depreciation | $ | 8,500 | |||
| Rent | $ | 2,100 | |||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 1,700 | $ | 0.02 | |
For example, electricity costs are $1,200 per month plus $0.09 per car washed. The company actually washed 8,400 cars in August and collected an average of $6.40 per car washed.
Required:
Prepare the company’s flexible budget for August.
Vulcan Flyovers offers scenic overflights of Mount St. Helens, the volcano in Washington State that explosively erupted in 1982. Data concerning the company’s operations in July appear below:
| Vulcan Flyovers | ||||||
| Operating Data | ||||||
| For the Month Ended July 31 | ||||||
| Actual Results |
Flexible Budget |
Planning Budget |
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| Flights (q) | 61 | 61 | 59 | |||
| Revenue ($350.00q) | $ | 16,500 | $ | 21,350 | $ | 20,650 |
| Expenses: | ||||||
| Wages and salaries ($3,600 + $88.00q) | 8,932 | 8,968 | 8,792 | |||
| Fuel ($33.00q) | 2,177 | 2,013 | 1,947 | |||
| Airport fees ($870 + $32.00q) | 2,682 | 2,822 | 2,758 | |||
| Aircraft depreciation ($9.00q) | 549 | 549 | 531 | |||
| Office expenses ($230 + $1.00q) | 459 | 291 | 289 | |||
| Total expense | 14,799 | 14,643 | 14,317 | |||
| Net operating income | $ | 1,701 | $ | 6,707 | $ | 6,333 |
The company measures its activity in terms of flights. Customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount.
Required:
1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for July that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
The Gourmand Cooking School runs short cooking courses at its small campus. Management has identified two cost drivers it uses in its budgeting and performance reports—the number of courses and the total number of students. For example, the school might run two courses in a month and have a total of 62 students enrolled in those two courses. Data concerning the company’s cost formulas appear below:
| Fixed Cost per Month | Cost per Course | Cost per Student |
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| Instructor wages | $ | 2,970 | |||||
| Classroom supplies | $ | 290 | |||||
| Utilities | $ | 1,250 | $ | 70 | |||
| Campus rent | $ | 4,900 | |||||
| Insurance | $ | 2,200 | |||||
| Administrative expenses | $ | 3,900 | $ | 45 | $ | 6 | |
For example, administrative expenses should be $3,900 per month plus $45 per course plus $6 per student. The company’s sales should average $880 per student.
The company planned to run four courses with a total of 62 students; however, it actually ran four courses with a total of only 54 students. The actual operating results for September appear below:
| Actual | ||
| Revenue | $ | 51,660 |
| Instructor wages | $ | 11,160 |
| Classroom supplies | $ | 17,830 |
| Utilities | $ | 1,940 |
| Campus rent | $ | 4,900 |
| Insurance | $ | 2,340 |
| Administrative expenses | $ | 3,878 |
Required:
Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows both revenue and spending variances and activity variances for September. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)
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Wally’s Widget Company (WWC) incorporated near the end of 2011. Operations began in January of 2012. WWC prepares adjusting entries and financial statements at the end of each month. Balances in the accounts at the end of January are as follows: |
| Cash | $ | 20,270 | Unearned Revenue (30 units) | $ | 4,900 | ||
| Accounts Receivable | $ | 11,300 | Accounts Payable (Jan Rent) | $ | 2,400 | ||
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | $ | (1,450) | Notes Payable | $ | 15,500 | ||
| Inventory (35 units) | $ | 3,150 | Contributed Capital | $ | 6,100 | ||
| Retained Earnings – Feb 1, 2012 | $ | 4,370 | |||||
| • | WWC establishes a policy that it will sell inventory at $160 per unit. |
| • | In January, WWC received a $4,900 advance for 30 units, as reflected in Unearned Revenue. |
| • | WWC’s February 1 inventory balance consisted of 35 units at a total cost of $3,150. |
| • | WWC’s note payable accrues interest at a 12% annual rate. |
| • | WWC will use the FIFO inventory method and record COGS on a perpetual basis. |
| February Transactions | |
| 02/01 |
Included in WWC’s February 1 Accounts Receivable balance is a $1,700 account due from Kit Kat, a WWC customer. Kit Kat is having cash flow problems and cannot pay its balance at this time. WWC arranges with Kit Kat to convert the $1,700 balance to a note, and Kit Kat signs a 6-month note, at 9% annual interest. The principal and all interest will be due and payable to WWC on August 1, 2012. |
| 02/02 |
WWC paid a $600 insurance premium covering the month of February. The amount paid is recorded directly as an expense. |
| 02/05 |
An additional 150 units of inventory are purchased on account by WWC for $11,250 – terms 2/15, n30. |
| 02/05 |
WWC paid Federal Express $300 to have the 150 units of inventory delivered overnight. Delivery occurred on 02/06. |
| 02/10 |
Sales of 120 units of inventory occurred during the period of 02/07 – 02/10. The sales terms are 2/10, net 30. |
| 02/15 |
The 30 units that were paid for in advance and recorded in January are delivered to the customer. |
| 02/15 |
15 units of the inventory that had been sold on 2/10 are returned to WWC. The units are not damaged and can be resold. Therefore, they are returned to inventory. Assume the units returned are from the 2/05 purchase. |
| 02/16 | WWC pays the first 2 weeks wages to the employees. The total paid is $1,900. |
| 02/17 |
Paid in full the amount owed for the 2/05 purchase of inventory. WWC records purchase discounts in the current period rather than as a reduction of inventory costs. |
| 02/18 | Wrote off a customer’s account in the amount of $1,550. |
| 02/19 |
$4,800 of rent for January and February was paid. Because all of the rent will soon expire, the February portion of the payment is charged directly to expense. |
| 02/19 |
Collected $9,100 of customers’ Accounts Receivable. Of the $9,100, the discount was taken by customers on $6,000 of account balances; therefore WWC received less than $9,100. |
| 02/26 |
WWC recovered $510 cash from the customer whose account had previously been written off (see 02/18). |
| 02/27 |
A $500 utility bill for February arrived. It is due on March 15 and will be paid then. |
| 02/28 | WWC declared and paid a $550 cash dividend. |
| Adjusting Entries: |
| 02/29 |
Record the $1,900 employee salary that is owed but will be paid March 1. |
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| 02/29 |
WWC decides to use the aging method to estimate uncollectible accounts. WWC determines 8% of the ending balance is the appropriate end of February estimate of uncollectible accounts. |
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| 02/29 | Record February interest expense accrued on the note payable. | |
| 02/29 |
Record one month’s interest earned Kit Kat’s note (see 02/01).
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(Determining relevant cash flows) Landcruisers Plus (LP) has operated an online retail store selling off-road truck parts. As the name implies, the firm specializes in parts for the venerable Toyota FJ40 that is known throughout the world for its durability and offroad prowess. The fact that Toyota stopped building and exporting the FJ40 to the U.S. market in 1982 meant that FJ40 owners depended more and more on re-manufactured parts to keep their beloved off-road vehicles running. More and more FJ40 owners are replacing the original inline six-cylinder engines with a modern American-built engine. The engine replacement requires mating the new engine with the Toyota drive train.
LP's owners had been offering engine adaptor kits for some time but have recently decided to begin building their own units. To make the adaptor kits the firm would need to invest in a variety of machine tools costing a total of $800,000. LP's management estimates that they will be able to borrow $300,000 from the firm's bank and pay 8 percent interest. The remaining funds would have to be supplied by LP's owners.
The firm estimates that they will be able to sell 1,000 units a year for $1,400 each. The units would cost $1,000 each in cash expenses to produce (this does not include depreciation expense of $80,000 per year or interest expense of
$24 000 ). After all expenses, the firm expects earnings before interest and taxes of $320,000. The firm pays taxes equal to 31 percent, which results in net income of $196 comma 800 per year over the 10 -year expected life of the equipment.
a. What is the annual free cash flow LP should expect to receive from the investment in year 1 assuming that it does not require any other investments in either capital equipment or working capital and the equipment is depreciated over a 10 -year life to a zero salvage and book value? How should the financing cost associated with the $300 comma 000 loan be incorporated into the analysis of cash flow?
b. If the firm's required rate of return for its investments is 11 percent and the investment has a 10 -year expected life, what is the anticipated NPV of the investment?
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?(Determining relevant cash? flows)??Landcruisers Plus? (LP) has operated an online retail store selling? off-road truck parts. As the name? implies, the firm specializes in parts for the venerable Toyota FJ40 that is known throughout the world for its durability and offroad prowess. The fact that Toyota stopped building and exporting the FJ40 to the U.S. market in 1982 meant that FJ40 owners depended more and more on? re-manufactured parts to keep their beloved? off-road vehicles running. More and more FJ40 owners are replacing the original inline? six-cylinder engines with a modern? American-built engine. The engine replacement requires mating the new engine with the Toyota drive train. ?LP's owners had been offering engine adaptor kits for some time but have recently decided to begin building their own units. To make the adaptor kits the firm would need to invest in a variety of machine tools costing a total of ?$850,000. ?LP's management estimates that they will be able to borrow ?$340,000 from the? firm's bank and pay 8 percent interest. The remaining funds would have to be supplied by? LP's owners. The firm estimates that they will be able to sell? 1,000 units a year for ?$1,450 each. The units would cost ?$1,000 each in cash expenses to produce? (this does not include depreciation expense of ?$85,000 per year or interest expense of ?$27,200?).After all? expenses, the firm expects earnings before interest and taxes of ?$365,000. The firm pays taxes equal to 31 ?percent, which results in net income of ?$224,650 per year over the 10?-year expected life of the equipment.
a.??What is the annual free cash flow LP should expect to receive from the investment in year 1 assuming that it does not require any other investments in either capital equipment or working capital and the equipment is depreciated over a 10?-year life to a zero salvage and book? value? How should the financing cost associated with the ?$340,000 loan be incorporated into the analysis of cash? flow?
b.??If the? firm's required rate of return for its investments is13 percent and the investment has a 10?-year expected? life, what is the anticipated NPV of the?investment?
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?(Determining relevant cash? flows)??Landcruisers Plus? (LP) has operated an online retail store selling? off-road truck parts. As the name? implies, the firm specializes in parts for the venerable Toyota FJ40 that is known throughout the world for its durability and offroad prowess. The fact that Toyota stopped building and exporting the FJ40 to the U.S. market in 1982 meant that FJ40 owners depended more and more on? re-manufactured parts to keep their beloved? off-road vehicles running. More and more FJ40 owners are replacing the original inline? six-cylinder engines with a modern? American-built engine. The engine replacement requires mating the new engine with the Toyota drive train. ?LP's owners had been offering engine adaptor kits for some time but have recently decided to begin building their own units. To make the adaptor kits the firm would need to invest in a variety of machine tools costing a total of ?$600,000. ?LP's management estimates that they will be able to borrow ?$360,000 from the? firm's bank and pay 8 percent interest. The remaining funds would have to be supplied by? LP's owners. The firm estimates that they will be able to sell? 1,000 units a year for ?$1,350 each. The units would cost ?$1,000 each in cash expenses to produce? (this does not include depreciation expense of ?$60,000 per year or interest expense of ?$28,800?). After all? expenses, the firm expects earnings before interest and taxes of ?$290,000. The firm pays taxes equal to 31 ?percent, which results in net income of ?$171,300 per year over the 10?-year expected life of the equipment.
a.??What is the annual free cash flow LP should expect to receive from the investment in year 1 assuming that it does not require any other investments in either capital equipment or working capital and the equipment is depreciated over a 10-year life to a zero salvage and book? value? How should the financing cost associated with the ?$360,000 loan be incorporated into the analysis of cash? flow?
b. If the? firm's required rate of return for its investments is 11 percent and the investment has a 10?-year expected? life, what is the anticipated NPV of the?investment?
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Homework LP10 #2
Landcruisers Plus (LP) has operated an online retail store selling off-road truck parts. As the name implies, the firm specializes in parts for the venerable Toyota FJ40 that is known throughout the world for its durability and offroad prowess. The fact that Toyota stopped building and exporting the FJ40 to the U.S. market in 1982 meant that FJ40 owners depended more and more on re-manufactured parts to keep their beloved off-road vehicles running. More and more FJ40 owners are replacing the original inline six-cylinder engines with a modern American-built engine. The engine replacement requires mating the new engine with the Toyota drive train. LP's owners had been offering engine adaptor kits for some time but have recently decided to begin building their own units. To make the adaptor kits the firm would need to invest in a variety of machine tools costing a total of $ 750,000. LP's management estimates that they will be able to borrow 300,000 from the firm's bank and pay 8 percent interest. The remaining funds would have to be supplied by LP's owners. The firm estimates that they will be able to sell 1,000 units a year for $ 1,400 each. The units would cost $ 1,000 each in cash expenses to produce (this does not include depreciation expense of $ 75,000 per year or interest expense of $ 24,000). After all expenses, the firm expects earnings before interest and taxes of $ 325,000. The firm pays taxes equal to 31 percent, which results in net income of $ 200,250 per year over the 10-year expected life of the equipment. a. What is the annual free cash flow LP should expect to receive from the investment in year 1 assuming that it does not require any other investments in either capital equipment or working capital and the equipment is depreciated over a 10-year life to a zero salvage and book value? How should the financing cost associated with the $ 300,000 loan be incorporated into the analysis of cash flow? b. If the firm's required rate of return for its investments is 7 percent and the investment has a 10-year expected life, what is the anticipated NPV of the investment?
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I.
Juarez Inc. has been operating for three years. At December 31,
2017 the accounting records reflected the following:
During the year 2018, the company had the following summarized
activities:
a. Purchased short term investment for 18,000 cash.
b. Lent 14,000 to a supplier who signed a 2 years note.
c. Purchased equipment that cost 36,000; paid 12,000 cash and
signed a one year not for the balance.
d. Hired a new president at the end of the year. The contract was
for 170,000 per year.
e. Issued an additional 2,000 shares of capital stock for 24,000
cash.
f. Borrowed 27,000 cash from a local bank. Payable in 3
Months.
g. Purchased a patent for 6,000 cash.
h. Built an addition to the factory for 50,000; paid 18,000 cash
and singed a 3 years note for the rest.
i. Returned defective equipment to the manufacturer and received a
cash refund of 2,000.
Instructions:
1. Record the above transactions in the GJ and post them to the
GL.
2. Prepare the balance sheet at 31 December, 2018.
II.
The trial balance of JAS manufacturing company shows the following
assets at the end of December 2018:
• Cash: $380,000
• Prepaid insurance: $82,000
• Raw materials: $670,000
• Equipment: $2,200,000
• Accounts receivable: $800,000
• Work-in-process (WIP): $400,000
• Finished goods: $150,000
• Patents: $220,000
Instructions:
Prepare current assets section of the balance sheet of JAS
Company.
III.
Larson’s Accounting Company has the following account
balances: Cash, $10,000; Accounts Receivable, $2,000; Prepaid Rent
$1,500; Supplies, $850; Equipment, $6,000; Trucks, $15,000;
Accounts Payable, $2,500; Notes payable, $5,000; Common Stock,
$20,000; Retained Earnings $7,850. Business transactions during
December are presented as follows:
Larson paid the suppliers $500,
Supplies were purchased on account, $650
Larson purchased short term investment for $2,000.
Sold an old computed (listed under equipment’s) for $100
cash.
Sold 4,000 additional shares of stock for 20,000 cash.
Purchased new computers that cost 9,000 for 4,000 cash and the rest
on account.
Instructions:
1. Record the above transactions in the GJ and post them to the
GL.
2. Prepare the balance sheet.
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[Type in your solutions after each question, on this document]
Tahlia fashions specialises in clothing alterations and repairs. With a slogan of ‘You ask, we sew’, they pride themselves in the fact that they deliver quick, quality work, and that no request is too big or too small for them. They have built up quite a strong reputation in the community where they are located, and are looking to expand their reach to customers outside of the traditional borders of their business.
As part of their expansion plan, they are looking to replace some of their outdated sewing machines with state-of-the-art, heavy-duty, industrial sewing machines. The new machinery costs R150 000 and with installation cost of R10 000. Tahlia can sell their old machines for a total of R40 000, but must deliver them to the buyer at a cost of R2 500. Tahlia originally bought the machines 4 years ago for a total of R80 000, and was depreciated on a straight-line basis over a period of 5 years. The firm is subject to a 28% tax rate. The capital expenditure results in an increase in net working capital of R18 000.
a)Determine the initial investment of Tahlia’s capital expenditure or initial investment.
b)Assume that this new investment made by Tahlia can be depreciated on a straight-line basis over a 5 year period. The firm has made the following projections of the expected incremental increases in net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) for the 5-year life of the investment:
|
Year |
Expected increase in NOPAT |
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1 |
R36 500 |
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2 |
R30 000 |
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3 |
R22 000 |
|
4 |
R9 000 |
|
5 |
R7 000 |
Determine the expected operating cash inflows for Tahlia’s firm for each of the 5 years.
(use table below), or create your own table.
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Year |
Expected increase in NOPAT |
Depreciation |
Expected operating cash inflows |
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c)Assume it is 4 years after Tahlia the purchased the new machine, she sells it to a competitor for R48 000. The net working capital of R18 000 is recovered and the firm is still subject to a 28% tax rate. Calculate the terminal cash flow of this investment as well as the net cash flow for Tahlia for Year 4.
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(Determining relevant cash flows) Landcruisers Plus (LP) has operated an online retail store selling off-road truck parts. As the name implies, the firm specializes in parts for the venerable Toyota FJ40 that is known throughout the world for its durability and offroad prowess. The fact that Toyota stopped building and exporting the FJ40 to the U.S. market in 1982 meant that FJ40 owners depended more and more on re-manufactured parts to keep their beloved off-road vehicles running. More and more FJ40 owners are replacing the original inline six-cylinder engines with a modern American-built engine. The engine replacement requires mating the new engine with the Toyota drive train.
LP's owners had been offering engine adaptor kits for some time but have recently decided to begin building their own units. To make the adaptor kits the firm would need to invest in a variety of machine tools costing a total of $550,000. LP's management estimates that they will be able to borrow $360,000 from the firm's bank and pay 8 percent interest. The remaining funds would have to be supplied by LP's owners. The firm estimates that they will be able to sell 1,000 units a year for $1,400 each. The units would cost $1,000 each in cash expenses to produce (this does not include depreciation expense of $55,000 per year or interest expense of $28,800). After all expenses, the firm expects earnings before interest and taxes of $345,000. The firm pays taxes equal to 38 percent, which results in net income of $185,100 per year over the 10-year expected life of the equipment.
a.) What is the annual free cash flow LP should expect to receive from the investment in year 1 assuming that it does not require any other investments in either capital equipment or working capital and the equipment is depreciated over a 10-year life to a zero salvage and book value? How should the financing cost associated with the $360,000 loan be incorporated into the analysis of cash flow? (drop down menu asks if it SHOULD or SHOULD NOT be incorporated)
b.) If the firm's required rate of return for its investments is 11 percent and the investment has a 10-year expected life, what is the anticipated NPV of the investment?
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Consider a firm with the following total cost function: TC = 50 + 6Q + 4Q2 . The marginal cost associated with the given cost function is MC = 6 + 8Q. Assume the firm is operating in the short-run.
A) What are the firm’s fixed costs? What are the firm’s variable costs?
B) Calculate average fixed costs, average variable costs, and average total costs.
C) Suppose the firm is in a competitive market and is a price taker. Suppose the equilibrium price is P = 86. Will the firm participate in the market or shutdown? Determine whether the firm is able to recover its fixed costs when P = 86.
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