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Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available...

Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows:

  1. The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $45,000 and a cost of $27,500 based on the conventional retail method.
  2. Transactions during 2019 were as follows:
Cost Retail
Gross purchases $ 282,000 $ 490,000
Purchase returns 6,500 10,000
Purchase discounts 5,000
Sales 492,000
Sales returns 5,000
Employee discounts 3,000
Freight-in 26,500
Net markups 25,000
Net markdowns 10,000


Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.

  1. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $56,100, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 62%, and the appropriate price index was 102% of the January 1, 2020, price level.
  2. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $48,300, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 61%, and the appropriate price index was 105% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

Required:
3.
Assume Raleigh Department Store adopts the dollar-value LIFO retail method on January 1, 2020. Estimate ending inventory for 2020 and 2021.

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On January 1, 2020, Peppard Inc. acquired all of the stock of Smith Telecom for $85,000...

On January 1, 2020, Peppard Inc. acquired all of the stock of Smith Telecom for $85,000 in cash. At the date of acquisition, Smith's shareholders' equity accounts were as follows:

Common Stock, $1 par: $1,000

APIC: $14,000

Retained Earnings: ($3,000)

Treasury Stock: ($200)

Total: $11,800

Both companies have a December 31 year end. At the date of acquisition, Smith reported net assets had book values approximating fair value. However, it had previously unreported indefinite life identifiable intangibles valued at $15,000, meeting ASC Topic 805 requirements for capitalization. Impairment losses in 2020 for identifiable intangibles were $600. Goodwill from this acquisition was not impaired in 2020. Smith reported net income of $900 in 2020, and paid no dividends. Peppard uses the complete equity method to report its investment in Smith on its own books.

Additional information:

The amount of Goodwill that resulted from this acquisition is $58,200.

The equity in net income reported on Peppard's books in 2020 is $300.

Required:

Prepare eliminating entries (C), (E), (R), and (O), required to consolidate Peppard's trial balance accounts with those of Smith on December 21, 2020.

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At 1 July 2019, the balance in the Retained Earnings account of Melbourne Ltd was $3...

At 1 July 2019, the balance in the Retained Earnings account of Melbourne Ltd was $3 500 000. The company’s share capital at the 1 July 2019 comprises 400 000 6% preference shares issued for $2.00 per share and 1 400 000 ordinary shares fully paid at $1 per share.
During the year ended 30 June 2020, the following events occurred:
1. On 1 February 2020, the directors declared and paid an interim ordinary dividend of $124 000 from retained earnings.
2. On 14 March 2020, the directors issued 20 000 ordinary bonus shares fully paid at $1.40 per share from retained earnings.
3. Profit for the year was $3 300 000.
4. On 30 June 2020, the directors declared a final ordinary dividend of $480 000. A dividend was also declared on the preference shares.
5. On 30 June 2020, the directors resolved to transfer $1 200 000 to a general reserve from retained earnings, and to transfer $2 000 000 from a previously created plant maintenance reserve back to retained earnings.

Required:

Prepare the journal entries for Twister Ltd for the years ending 30 June 2019 and 2020.

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On December 31, 2019, Novak Inc. borrowed $4,440,000 at 13% payable annually to finance the construction...

On December 31, 2019, Novak Inc. borrowed $4,440,000 at 13% payable annually to finance the construction of a new building. In 2020, the company made the following expenditures related to this building: March 1, $532,800; June 1, $888,000; July 1, $2,220,000; December 1, $2,220,000. The building was completed in February 2021. Additional information is provided as follows.

1. Other debt outstanding
10-year, 14% bond, December 31, 2013, interest payable annually $5,920,000
6-year, 11% note, dated December 31, 2017, interest payable annually $2,368,000
2. March 1, 2020, expenditure included land costs of $222,000
3. Interest revenue earned in 2020 $72,520

Determine the amount of interest to be capitalized in 2020 in relation to the construction of the building.

The amount of interest

$

List of Accounts

  

  

Prepare the journal entry to record the capitalization of interest and the recognition of interest expense, if any, at December 31, 2020. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

December 31, 2020

In: Accounting

Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available...

Raleigh Department Store uses the conventional retail method for the year ended December 31, 2019. Available information follows:

  1. The inventory at January 1, 2019, had a retail value of $35,000 and a cost of $29,050 based on the conventional retail method.
  2. Transactions during 2019 were as follows:
Cost Retail
Gross purchases $ 154,950 $ 390,000
Purchase returns 5,500 30,000
Purchase discounts 4,000
Gross sales 341,000
Sales returns 5,000
Employee discounts 4,000
Freight-in 30,500
Net markups 15,000
Net markdowns 30,000


Sales to employees are recorded net of discounts.

  1. The retail value of the December 31, 2020, inventory was $46,800, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2020 under the LIFO retail method was 80%, and the appropriate price index was 104% of the January 1, 2020, price level.
  2. The retail value of the December 31, 2021, inventory was $40,660, the cost-to-retail percentage for 2021 under the LIFO retail method was 79%, and the appropriate price index was 107% of the January 1, 2020, price level.

Question: Assume Raleigh Department Store adopts the dollar-value LIFO retail method on January 1, 2020. Estimating ending inventory for 2020 and 2021.

In: Accounting

On January 1, 2020, Shamrock Company makes the two following acquisitions. 1. Purchases land having a...

On January 1, 2020, Shamrock Company makes the two following acquisitions.

1. Purchases land having a fair value of $330,000 by issuing a 4-year, zero-interest-bearing promissory note in the face amount of $483,153.
2. Purchases equipment by issuing a 6%, 9-year promissory note having a maturity value of $380,000 (interest payable annually).


The company has to pay 10% interest for funds from its bank.

(a) Record the two journal entries that should be recorded by Shamrock Company for the two purchases on January 1, 2020.
(b) Record the interest at the end of the first year on both notes using the effective-interest method.


(Round present value factor calculations to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and the final answer to 0 decimal places e.g. 58,971. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)

No.

Date

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

(a) 1.

January 1, 2020

2.

January 1, 2020

(b) 1.

December 31, 2020

2.

December 31, 2020

In: Accounting

Cullumber Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its 600 employees. The company’s actuary provided...

Cullumber Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its 600 employees. The company’s actuary provided the following information about the plan.

January 1,

December 31,

2020

2020

2021

Projected benefit obligation $2,780,000 $3,622,200 $4,163,976
Accumulated benefit obligation 1,900,000 2,441,000 2,904,000
Plan assets (fair value and market-related asset value) 1,700,000 2,896,000 3,753,000
Accumulated net (gain) or loss (for purposes of the corridor calculation) 0 196,000 (24,000 )
Discount rate (current settlement rate) 9 % 8 %
Actual and expected asset return rate 10 % 10 %
Contributions 1,026,000 567,400


The average remaining service life per employee is 10.5 years. The service cost component of net periodic pension expense for employee services rendered amounted to $396,000 in 2020 and $472,000 in 2021. The accumulated OCI (PSC) on January 1, 2020, was $1,312,500. No benefits have been paid.

(a)

Compute the amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized as a component of net periodic pension expense for each of the years 2020 and 2021.

Amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized for the year 2020

$

Amount of accumulated OCI (PSC) to be amortized for the year 2021

$

In: Accounting

The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Big Bamboo Limited on December 31,...

The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Big Bamboo Limited on December 31, 2020               

                                           Big Bamboo Ltd

Trial Balance as at January 1, 2020

Motor vehicle at cost

10,600

Provision for depreciation on Motor Vehicle

2,120

Building at cost

90,000

Provision for depreciation on Buildings

1,800

Stock at January 1, 2020

53,000

Carriage inwards

500

Debtors

50,130

Returns Inwards

6,000

Returns Outwards

5,560

Bad debt provision

1,100

Cash

3,200

Creditors

30,350

Bank overdraft

15,500

Sales

600,000

Purchases

440,000

Wages

93,200

Insurance

54,100

Discount received

8,300

Drawings

14,000

Capital

150,000

814,730

814,730

Additional Information:

1.      Stock at December 31, 2020 $80,000

2.      Payment of $10,100 for insurance relates to the first quarter of 2021.

3.      Wages owing $4,800

4.      Provision for bad debt is to be increased to $1,500

5.      Depreciation on fixed assets:

-          Motor vehicles 10% on cost

-          Buildings 15 % on the reducing balance method

Required:

Prepare for Big Bamboo Limited:

(a)    An income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020

(b)   A statement of financial position as at December 31, 2020

In: Accounting

In early January 2019, Riverbed Corporation applied for a trade name, incurring legal costs of $17,000....

In early January 2019, Riverbed Corporation applied for a trade name, incurring legal costs of $17,000. In January 2020, Riverbed incurred $8,100 of legal fees in a successful defense of its trade name.

a. Compute 2019 amortization, 12/31/19 book value, 2020 amortization, and 12/31/20 book value if the company amortizes the trade name over 10 years.
2019 amortization $
12/31/19 book value $
2020 amortization $
12/31/20 book value $

b) Compute the 2020 amortization and the 12/31/20 book value, assuming that at the beginning of 2020, Riverbed determines that the trade name will provide no future benefits beyond December 31, 2023.

2020 amortization $
12/31/20 book value $

C) Ignoring the response for part (b), compute the 2021 amortization and the 12/31/21 book value, assuming that at the beginning of 2021, based on new market research, Riverbed determines that the fair value of the trade name is $15,440. Estimated total future cash flows from the trade name is $16,640 on January 3, 2021.

2021 amortization $
12/31/21 book value $

In: Accounting

The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Big Bamboo Limited on December 31,...

The following trial balance was extracted from the books of Big Bamboo Limited on December 31, 2020               

                                           Big Bamboo Ltd

Trial Balance as at January 1, 2020

Motor vehicle at cost

10,600

Provision for depreciation on Motor Vehicle

2,120

Building at cost

90,000

Provision for depreciation on Buildings

1,800

Stock at January 1, 2020

53,000

Carriage inwards

500

Debtors

50,130

Returns Inwards

6,000

Returns Outwards

5,560

Bad debt provision

1,100

Cash

3,200

Creditors

30,350

Bank overdraft

15,500

Sales

600,000

Purchases

440,000

Wages

93,200

Insurance

54,100

Discount received

8,300

Drawings

14,000

Capital

150,000

814,730

814,730

Additional Information:

1.      Stock at December 31, 2020 $80,000

2.      Payment of $10,100 for insurance relates to the first quarter of 2021.

3.      Wages owing $4,800

4.      Provision for bad debt is to be increased to $1,500

5.      Depreciation on fixed assets:

-          Motor vehicles 10% on cost

-          Buildings 15 % on the reducing balance method

Required:

Prepare for Big Bamboo Limited:

(a)    An income statement for the year ended December 31, 2020                      

(b)   A statement of financial position as at December 31, 2020                          

In: Accounting