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Use the following information to prepare a multi-step income statement and a balance sheet for Sherman...

Use the following information to prepare a multi-step income statement and a balance sheet for Sherman Equipment Co. for Year 2. (Hint: Some of the items will not appear on either statement, and ending retained earnings must be calculated.) (Balance Sheet only: Items to be deducted must be indicated with a minus sign.)

Salaries Expense $ 84,000 Operating Expenses $ 77,000
Common Stock 100,000 Cash Flow from Investing Activities 93,400
Notes Receivable (short term) 39,000 Prepaid Rent 14,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 9,300 Land 55,000
Uncollectible Accounts Expense 9,600 Cash 49,600
Supplies 2,700 Inventory 99,800
Interest Revenue 6,900 Accounts Payable 61,000
Sales Revenue 380,000 Salaries Payable 27,000
Dividends 5,000 Cost of Goods Sold 163,000
Interest Receivable (short term) 3,000 Accounts Receivable 71,000
Beginning Retained Earnings 88,500

  

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A governmental entity is the recipient of a bequest of a multi-story office building that the...

A governmental entity is the recipient of a bequest of a multi-story office building that the government intends to use as a new city hall. The building has a historical cost of $850,000; a book value in the hands of the benefactor of $700,000; and a fair value of $1,050,000. The city should recognize on its governmental fund financial statements, donations revenue of
a) $-0-.
b) $700,000.
c) $850,000.
d) $1,050,000

Explanation to why answer is d

A governmental entity is the recipient of a bequest of a multi-story office building that the government intends to sell to support program activities. The building has a historical of $850,000; a book value in the hands of the benefactor of $700,000; and a fair value of $1,050,000. The city had not yet begun to try to sell the building when its annual financial statements were issued. The city should recognize on its governmental fund financial statements, donations revenue of
a) $-0-.
b) $700,000.
c) $850,000.
d) $1,050,000

Explanation to why answer is a

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A Company is selling two products A and B. It sells the two products at the...

A Company is selling two products A and B. It sells the two products at the prices of AED 190 and 230 respectively. The finance department estimated the fixed cost for both products A and B as AED 2400 and 2550 and the variable cost to make a unit of each product is AED 70 and 60 respectively.

  1. Compute the number of units the company must sell to Break-Even from each product? Compute the total revenue at these Break-Even Points?
  2. Compute the number of units the company sells at which the two products have the same total cost? Compute the company total revenue for this number of sold units?

If the company used new technology in redesigning product A and the total fixed cost reduced to AED 2250. The marketing department estimated the new selling price per unit to be AED 240 and that the company would be break-even if they sale 10 units of product A. Compute the variable cost per unit and the total variable cost of the newly designed product A?

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Assume that Ocean King Products sells three varieties of canned seafood with the following prices and...

Assume that Ocean King Products sells three varieties of canned seafood with the following prices and costs:

Selling Price
per Case
Variable Cost
per Case
Fixed Cost
per Month
Variety 1 $ 20 $ 16
Variety 2 21 19
Variety 3 26 17
Entire firm $ 49,400

The sales mix (in cases) is 50 percent Variety 1, 25 percent Variety 2, and 25 percent Variety 3.

Required:

a. At what sales revenue per month does the company break even? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

b. Suppose the company is subject to a 35 percent tax rate on income. At what sales revenue per month will the company earn $54,470 after taxes assuming the same sales mix? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar.)

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Assume you work as budget analyst for City of Blue Ridge and you are preparing the...

Assume you work as budget analyst for City of Blue Ridge and you are preparing the budget for Fiscal Year 2020-2021. The data of tax revenue of past 10 years have been obtained as following. You are using two of the three different forecast models - 3-year moving average (with the alpha 0.4), linear regression trend project, and exponential smoothing.

(1) What would be your forecasted revenue for 2020-2021based on your forecasting models, respectively?

(2) Which model gives you the better estimate? In other words, which model would you choose? Provide a justification for your choice.

Year

Tax Levies

2010-2011

31,039,086

2011-2012

30,838,534

2012-2013

31,389,341

2013-2014

30,005,085

2014-2015

31,657,568

2015-2016

32,647,441

2016-2017

32,676,680

2017-2018

33,704,285

2018-2019

34,150,363

2019-2020

35,048,537

2020-2021

?

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Pearse Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for...

Pearse Kennel uses tenant-days as its measure of activity; an animal housed in the kennel for one day is counted as one tenant-day. During December, the kennel budgeted for 5,300 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 5,320 tenant-days. The kennel has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for December:


Data used in budgeting:

Fixed element
per month
Variable element per tenant-day
  Revenue $31.80     
  Wages and salaries $4,300 $7.80     
  Food and supplies 900 12.60     
  Facility expenses 8,700 4.80     
  Administrative expenses   7,700 0.60     
  Total expenses

$21,600

$25.80     


Actual results for December:

  Revenue $109,080   
  Wages and salaries $23,630   
  Food and supplies $36,803   
  Facility expenses $19,380   
  Administrative expenses $9,166   


The net operating income in the flexible budget for December would be closest to:

a. $20,007

b. $20,101

c. $10,200

d. $10,320

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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]    In 2018, the Westgate...

Required information

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
  

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. Information related to the contract is as follows:

2018 2019 2020
Cost incurred during the year $ 2,204,000 $ 3,192,000 $ 2,424,400
Estimated costs to complete as of year-end 5,396,000 2,204,000 0
Billings during the year 2,140,000 3,256,000 4,604,000
Cash collections during the year 1,870,000 3,200,000 4,930,000


Westgate recognizes revenue over time according to percentage of completion.


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4. Calculate the amount of revenue and gross profit (loss) to be recognized in each of the three years assuming the following costs incurred and costs to complete information. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.)

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Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]    In 2018, the Westgate...

Required information

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
  

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. Information related to the contract is as follows:

2018 2019 2020
Cost incurred during the year $ 2,204,000 $ 3,192,000 $ 2,424,400
Estimated costs to complete as of year-end 5,396,000 2,204,000 0
Billings during the year 2,140,000 3,256,000 4,604,000
Cash collections during the year 1,870,000 3,200,000 4,930,000


Westgate recognizes revenue over time according to percentage of completion.


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5. Calculate the amount of revenue and gross profit (loss) to be recognized in each of the three years assuming the following costs incurred and costs to complete information. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount. Loss amounts should be indicated with a minus sign.)

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Two accountants for the firm of Elwes and Wright are arguing about the merits of presenting...

Two accountants for the firm of Elwes and Wright are arguing about the merits of presenting an income statement in a multiple-step versus a single-step format. The discussion involves the following 2017 information related to Ayayai Company ($000 omitted).

Administrative expense
    Officers' salaries $5,076
    Depreciation of office furniture and equipment 4,136
Cost of goods sold 60,746
Rent revenue 17,406
Selling expense
    Delivery expense 2,866
    Sales commissions 8,156
    Depreciation of sales equipment 6,656
Sales revenue 96,676
Income tax 9,246
Interest expense 2,036

Common shares outstanding for 2017 total 40,550 (000 omitted).

Prepare an income statement for the year 2017 using the multiple-step form. (Round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.48.)

Prepare an income statement for the year 2017 using the single-step form. (Round earnings per share to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.48.)

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A music promoter has had an offer to bring a famous musical group from England to...

A music promoter has had an offer to bring a famous musical group from England to Australia, as part of its world tour to promote its new album. The music promoter has done smaller tours previously, but nothing on the scale proposed by the manager of this famous group, the tour will cost several million dollars, but is likely to have revenue which will result in substantial profits for those involved. The promoter has some contacts at a national radio station which can promote the tour, and there is at least one financier who is interested in financing the tour in return of course for a share of the revenue from the tour. The promoter is calling for a meeting of the different interested parties, he is not sure what business organisation would be best to manage and conduct the proposed tour, particularly as it is going to involve various diverse entities, each with their own separate business interests.

Explain: • The options open to the different parties in what business structure they might use to promote the tour

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