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:

Northeast Division .l Competitor

Sales........................................................$8,400,000 l . $5,200,000
Variable costs ..............................................70% of sales l. 65% of sales
Fixed costs ................................................ .$2,150,000 l $1,670,000
Invested capital ............................................ $1,850,000 l. $625,000

Management has determined that in order to upgrade the competitor to Megatronics’ standards, an additional $375,000 of invested capital would be needed.

To do:
1. Compute the current ROI of the Northeast Division and the division’s ROI if the competitor is acquired.
2. What is the likely reaction of divisional management toward the acquisition? Why?
3. What is the likely reaction of Megatronics’ corporate management toward the acquisition? Why?
4. Would the division be better off if it didn’t upgrade the competitor to Megatronics’ standards? Show computations to support your answer.
5. Assume that Megatronics uses residual income to evaluate performance and desires a 12 percent minimum return on invested capital. Compute the current residual income of the Northeast Division and the division’s residual income if the competitor is acquired. Will divisional management be likely to change its attitude toward the acquisition? Why?

Sheffield Co. had sales revenue of $550,900 in 2020. Other items recorded during the year were:

Prepare a single-step income statement for Sheffield for 2020. Sheffield has 100,700 shares of stock outstanding. (Round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.48.)

Jackson’s Corporation purchased equipment at a cost of $500,000. The equipment has an estimated residual value of $50,000 and an estimated life of 5 years, or 10,000 hours of operation. The equipment was purchased on January 1, 2020 and was used 2,500 hours in 2020 and 2,100 hours in 2021. On January 1, 2022, the company decided to sell the equipment for $315,000. Jackson’s Corporation uses the units-of- production method to account for the depreciation on the equipment.

1.) Will the entry to record the sale of the equipment show a gain or loss?

2.) How much will the gain or loss be?

On January 1, 2020, ABC Corporation had 990,000 shares of common stock outstanding. On March 1, the corporation issued 150,000 new shares to raise additional capital. On May 1, the company issued a 5% stock dividend. On July 1, the corporation declared and issued a 3-for-1 stock split. On October 1, the corporation repurchased on the market 400,000 of its own outstanding shares and retired them. Instructions Compute the weighted average number of shares to be used in computing earnings per share for 2020

in 2018 the westgate construction company entered into a contract to construct a road for Santa Clara County for 10,000,000 The road was completed in 2020. Calculate the amount of revenue and gross profit to be recognized in each of the 3 years assuming the following costs to incur and costs to complete information. ( Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.

   2018    2019 2020

Cost incurred during the year $2,016,000 3,890,000    3,290,000

Estimated cost to complete as of year end $5,184,000    3,190,000   

Before the audit report was signed, the audit team encountered the following situation. Treat each situation independently and assume the remaining financial statements are fine. The audit report was signed on 5 August 2020, The financial statements were signed by the BoD on the same day, which was subsequently released to shareholders on 12 August 2020.

1) A property owned by Cook’s Furniture Ltd was sold to Lidia Preston, the wife of Howard Cook in June 2020 (refer to case description in part A). The property has a market value of four million and was sold at 3.2 million. Management did not disclose this in the financial statement because they believed this was a private matter. The disposal of this asset has been appropriately accounted for on the financial statements (e.g. the asset was removed from PPE and the loss of disposal was correctly recognised as an expense).

2) The subsequent selling price of the ready-made furniture range suggests the inventory valuation as at 30 June 2020 should be written down by $48,000 but management only wrote $38,000 off as per the financial statements because they were confident that they can increase the selling price again in 2021 after people settling back to normality.

3) Carl Cook decided to retire in 2021 due to health reasons, Carl is willing to sell his shareholding to the remaining shareholders. However, the BoD decided to explore the potential of selling the business. By the time to sign the 2020 financial statements, the company has not commenced a negotiation with any potential buyer. The BoD said to the auditor that they may not sell the business if they cannot get a good deal. Carl’s retirement decision is disclosed on the financial statements, but not the intention to sell the business.

REQUIRED:

For each of the above situation:

a) Discuss the audit procedure that the auditor needs to perform in relation to each situation.

b) Explain which audit opinion is appropriate for each situation.