What negative effects have resulted from the material changes? Consider the full material life cycle.
Would it actually be more sustainable from an environmental, economic, and/or social perspective to return to materials that were used in the past? Why or why not?
(Can you please not answer handwriting type it)
In: Mechanical Engineering
1. Discuss ecological change in the Americas. Topics could include changes among animal species, ecological damage caused by humans, and the introduction of new crops into the Americas. Address the biological and cultural exchange between Europeans and the Native Americans.
2. Compare and contrast the reasons and motivations for the settlement of each of the five main colonies and describe the relationship of each of the five settlements with the Native Americans of that region.
In: Chemistry
1)At equilibrium expenditure, unplanned changes in inventory:
a-Must be positive
b-Must be zero
c-Must be negative
d-Might be either positive or negative
2)An economy that is above its natural real GDP level means that:
a-Is in an inflationary gap
b-The unemployment rate is less than the natural unemployment rate
c-The labor market is in equilibrium
d-A, and B
3)If government spending is larger than tax collection, we have:
a-Equilibrium
b-Budget deficit
c-Budget surplus
d-Neutral status
4)An expansionary fiscal policy is represented by:
a-An increase in taxes
b-A decrease in government spending
c-An increase in price level
d-A decrease in real output
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Described below are six independent and unrelated situations
involving accounting changes. Each change occurs during 2018 before
any adjusting entries or closing entries were prepared. Assume the
tax rate for each company is 40% in all years. Any tax effects
should be adjusted through the deferred tax liability
account.
A. Fleming Home Products introduced a new line of commercial
awnings in 2017 that carry a one-year warranty against
manufacturer’s defects. Based on industry experience, warranty
costs were expected to approximate 2% of sales. Sales of the
awnings in 2017 were $2,900,000. Accordingly, warranty expense and
a warranty liability of $58,000 were recorded in 2017. In late
2018, the company’s claims experience was evaluated and it was
determined that claims were far fewer than expected: 1% of sales
rather than 2%. Sales of the awnings in 2018 were $3,400,000, and
warranty expenditures in 2018 totaled $77,350.
B. On December 30, 2014, Rival Industries acquired its office
building at a cost of $880,000. It was depreciated on a
straight-line basis assuming a useful life of 40 years and no
salvage value. However, plans were finalized in 2018 to relocate
the company headquarters at the end of 2022. The vacated office
building will have a salvage value at that time of $640,000.
C. Hobbs-Barto Merchandising, Inc., changed inventory cost methods
to LIFO from FIFO at the end of 2018 for both financial statement
and income tax purposes. Under FIFO, the inventory at January 1,
2018, is $630,000.
D. At the beginning of 2015, the Hoffman Group purchased office
equipment at a cost of $264,000. Its useful life was estimated to
be 10 years with no salvage value. The equipment was depreciated by
the sum-of-the-years’-digits method. On January 1, 2018, the
company changed to the straight-line method.
E. In November 2016, the State of Minnesota filed suit against
Huggins Manufacturing Company, seeking penalties for violations of
clean air laws. When the financial statements were issued in 2017,
Huggins had not reached a settlement with state authorities, but
legal counsel advised Huggins that it was probable the company
would have to pay $140,000 in penalties. Accordingly, the following
entry was recorded:
Loss—litigation 140,000
Liability—litigation 140,000
Late in 2018, a settlement was reached with state authorities to
pay a total of $284,000 in penalties.
At the beginning of 2018, Jantzen Specialties, which uses the sum-of-the-years’-digits method, changed to the straight-line method for newly acquired buildings and equipment. The change increased current year net earnings by $379,000.
Required:
For each situation:
1. Identify the type of change.
2. Prepare any journal entry necessary as a direct result of the
change as well as any adjusting entry for 2018 related to the
situation described.
In: Accounting
In: Biology
Analyzing Unearned Revenue Changes
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (TTWO) is a developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of video game software and content to be played on a variety of platforms. There is an increasing demand for the ability to play these games in an online environment, and TTWO has developed this capability in many of its products. In addition, TTWO maintains servers (or arranges for servers) for the online activities of its customers.
TTWO considers that its products have multiple performance obligations. The first performance obligation is to provide software to the customer that enables the customer to play the game offline or online. That performance obligation is fulfilled at the point at which the software is provided to the customer. In addition, TTWO’s customers benefit from “online functionality that is dependent on our online support services and/or additional free content updates.” This second performance obligation is fulfilled over time, and the estimated time period for which an average user plays the software product is judged to be a faithful depiction of the fulfillment of this performance obligation.
At the beginning of the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, TTWO had
a deferred net revenue liability of $566,141 thousand. When that
quarter ended on June 30, 2018, the deferred net revenue liability
was $466,429 thousand. Revenue for the quarter was $387,982
thousand.
a. What would cause the deferred net revenue liability to go down over the quarter?
TTWO must have recognized less in revenue than it sold during the quarter.
TTWO must have recognized the same amount in revenue as it sold during the quarter.
TTWO must have recognized more in revenue than it sold during the quarter.
None of these are correct.
b. What was the amount of online-enabled games purchased by TTWO’s customers in the first quarter ended June 30, 2018?
Answer (in thousands)
Were the purchases greater or less than the revenue recognized in
the income statement?
Purchases were less than the revenue recognized in the income statement.
Purchases were greater than the revenue recognized in the income statement.
Purchases were equal to the revenue recognized in the income statement.
Not enough infomation is provided to answer the question.
In: Accounting
Changes in Current Operating Assets and Liabilities—Indirect Method Victor Corporation's comparative balance sheet for current assets and liabilities was as follows:
| Dec. 31, Year 2 | Dec. 31, Year 1 | |||
| Accounts receivable | $20,000 | $16,700 | ||
| Inventory | 70,000 | 78,700 | ||
| Accounts payable | 7,700 | 9,400 | ||
| Dividends payable | 27,000 | 25,000 | ||
Adjust net income of $111,900 for changes in operating assets and liabilities to arrive at net cash flow from operating activities.
b)
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Staley Inc. reported the following data:
| Net income | $284,400 |
| Depreciation expense | 67,900 |
| Loss on disposal of equipment | 23,100 |
| Increase in accounts receivable | 25,600 |
| Increase in accounts payable | 11,100 |
Prepare the Cash Flows from Operating Activities section of the statement of cash flows, using the indirect method. Use the minus sign to indicate cash out flows, cash payments, decreases in cash, or any negative adjustments.
| Staley Inc. | ||||||||||||||
| Statement of Cash Flows (partial) | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | |||||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flow from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||||||||
| Loss on disposal of equipment | ||||||||||||||
| Changes in current operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||
| Increase in accounts receivable | ||||||||||||||
| Increase in accounts payable | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash flow from operating activities |
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c) Alpha Corporation purchased land for $210,000. Later in the year, the company sold a different piece of land with a book value of $111,000 for $97,000. How are the effects of these transactions reported on the statement of cash flows? Use the minus sign to indicate cash out flows, cash payments, decreases in cash and for any adjustments, if required. If a transaction has no effect on the statement of cash flows, select "No effect" from the drop down menu and leave the amount box blank.
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In: Accounting
The following changes took place last year in Pavolik Company’s balance sheet accounts:
| Asset and Contra-Asset Accounts | Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 6 | D | Accounts payable | $ | 20 | I |
| Accounts receivable | $ | 10 | I | Accrued liabilities | $ | 10 | D |
| Inventory | $ | 30 | D | Income taxes payable | $ | 15 | I |
| Prepaid expenses | $ | 5 | I | Bonds payable | $ | 97 | I |
| Long-term investments | $ | 7 | D | Common stock | $ | 40 | D |
| Property, plant, and equipment | $ | 180 | I | Retained earnings | $ | 30 | I |
| Accumulated depreciation | $ | 40 | I | ||||
D = Decrease; I = Increase.
Long-term investments that cost the company $7 were sold during the year for $18 and land that cost $17 was sold for $10. In addition, the company declared and paid $14 in cash dividends during the year. Besides the sale of land, no other sales or retirements of plant and equipment took place during the year. Pavolik did not retire any bonds during the year or issue any new common stock.
The company’s income statement for the year follows:
| Sales | $ | 600 | |||||
| Cost of goods sold | 250 | ||||||
| Gross margin | 350 | ||||||
| Selling and administrative expenses | 280 | ||||||
| Net operating income | 70 | ||||||
| Nonoperating items: | |||||||
| Loss on sale of land | $ | (7 | ) | ||||
| Gain on sale of investments | 11 | 4 | |||||
| Income before taxes | 74 | ||||||
| Income taxes | 30 | ||||||
| Net income | $ | 44 | |||||
The company’s beginning cash balance was $100 and its ending balance was $94.
Required:
1. Use the indirect method to determine the net cash provided by operating activities for the year.
2. Prepare a statement of cash flows for the year.
In: Accounting
CONCEPTS FOR ANALYSIS
CA22-1 GROUPWORK (Analysis of Various Accounting Changes and Errors) Mathys Inc. has recently hired a new independent auditor, Karen Ogleby, who says she wants “to get everything straightened out.” Consequently, she has proposed the following accounting changes in connection with Mathys Inc.'s 2017 financial statements.
1. At December 31, 2016, the client had a receivable of $820,000 from Hendricks Inc. on its balance sheet. Hendricks Inc. has gone bankrupt, and no recovery is expected. The client proposes to write off the receivable as a prior period item.
2. The client proposes the following changes in depreciation policies.
(a) For office furniture and fixtures, it proposes to change from a 10-year useful life to an 8-year life. If this change had been made in prior years, retained earnings at December 31, 2016, would have been $250,000 less. The effect of the change on 2017 income alone is a reduction of $60,000.
(b) For its new equipment in the leasing division, the client proposes to adopt the sum-of-the-years'-digits depreciation method. The client had never used SYD before. The first year the client operated a leasing division was 2017. If straight-line depreciation were used, 2017 income would be $110,000 greater.
3. In preparing its 2016 statements, one of the client's bookkeepers overstated ending inventory by $235,000 because of a mathematical error. The client proposes to treat this item as a prior period adjustment.
4. In the past, the client has spread preproduction costs in its furniture division over 5 years. Because its latest furniture is of the “fad” type, it appears that the largest volume of sales will occur during the first 2 years after introduction. Consequently, the client proposes to amortize preproduction costs on a per-unit basis, which will result in expensing most of such costs during the first 2 years after the furniture's introduction. If the new accounting method had been used prior to 2017, retained earnings at December 31, 2016, would have been $375,000 less.
5. For the nursery division, the client proposes to switch from FIFO to LIFO inventories because it believes that LIFO will provide a better matching of current costs with revenues. The effect of making this change on 2017 earnings will be an increase of $320,000. The client says that the effect of the change on December 31, 2016, retained earnings cannot be determined.
6. To achieve an appropriate recognition of revenues and expenses in its building construction division, the client proposes to switch from the completed-contract method of accounting to the percentage-of-completion method. Had the percentage-of-completion method been employed in all prior years, retained earnings at December 31, 2016, would have been $1,075,000 greater.
Instructions
(a) For each of the changes described above, decide whether:
(1) The change involves an accounting principle, accounting estimate, or correction of an error.
(2) Restatement of opening retained earnings is required.
(b) What would be the proper adjustment to the December 31, 2016, retained earnings?
In: Accounting
In: Biology