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Kat works as a global marketing manager for New Balance, a sneaker and apparel company located...

Kat works as a global marketing manager for New Balance, a sneaker and apparel company located just outside of downtown Boston. She loves to eat at the restaurant near her office. Her favorite food is their specialty, Cuban sandwiches. If you're looking for Kat, you never have to look too far; you can find her here daily.
Kat hires a new member for her team, Marnie who recently transferred from their Middle East location. Marnie joins Kat for the Cuban sandwich on her first day and loves it. When they get on the elevator to go back to their office, Kat chuckles and says that every time she leaves the restaurant she says she smells like a cab driver.
Marnie was silent, not sure how to respond to Kat's comment. Marnie was offended, her boyfriend drives a cab.
What if the elevator was occupied by workers whose parents drove cabs? How could Kat's comments be taken? Choose all that apply.

Select one or more:

a. Kat's comment could be viewed as ignorant, racist, or offensive

b. Kat's comment is funny

c. Wow, what kind of company does she work for?

d. Ugh, I don't want to want to come here again

Kat works as a global marketing manager for New Balance, a sneaker and apparel company located just outside of downtown Boston. She loves to eat at the restaurant near her office. Her favorite food is their specialty, Cuban sandwiches. If you're looking for Kat, you never have to look too far; you can find her here daily.
Kat hires a new member for her team, Marnie who recently transferred from their Middle East location. Marnie joins Kat for the Cuban sandwich on her first day and loves it. When they get on the elevator to go back to their office, Kat chuckles and says that every time she leaves the restaurant she says she smells like a cab driver.
Marnie was silent, not sure how to respond to Kat's comment. Marnie was offended, her boyfriend drives a cab.
Kat has a meeting with a new client Abe from Algeria. He was riding in the elevator when Kat made the comment about smelling like a cab driver. Abe's father is a cab driver. His mother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and the doctor said that it was likely caused by the deodorant she was wearing and requested that she stop wearing deodorant while she is being treated with chemotherapy. She is very self-conscious about not wearing deodorant. Abe is extremely appalled at Kat's comments and requests to speak with Kat's manager. What could happen as a result of Kat's behavior? Choose all that apply.

Select one or more:

a. Kat's manager removes Kat from the project

b. Kat receives additional training on how to be more culturally aware

c. Abe does not sign the contract and claims that it was Kat's comments that was the deciding factor

d. Marnie becomes head of the project and Abe signs the contract

e. Nothing, Kat was trying to be funny and this has been taken out of context

In: Operations Management

Misc Information: Mr. Burns sold off all of his fixed assets from the nuclear power plant....

Misc Information: Mr. Burns sold off all of his fixed assets from the nuclear power plant. Also, there was an adjustment to the allowance for uncollectible account during your brief respite. Mr. Smithers performed the necessary entries to get the books up to date; this included the reduction of the mortgage payable. However, you will calculate interest expense, bad debt expense, and depreciation expense. These amounts will not be given to you. Good luck and time manage appropriately. ***For any note/mortgage payable, you find interest expense the same way you find interest revenue. ***

Check Figures:

                        Unadjusted Net Loss: ($9,737)

                        Adjusted Net Loss: ($360,991)

Journal Entries:

1. January 2: After returning from exile, Mr. Burns invested $600,000 of personal funds directly in the business (retained earnings) to strengthen his grip on the cookie market. No common stock ownership was given.

2. January 3: In order to keep the IRS off his trail, Mr. Burns transferred money from his personal account into a Cayman Island secret account for $1,000,000.

3. January 3: In order to expand his cookie factory and be able to dump toxic waste without being impeded by the Feds, Mr. Burns bought land for cash for $500,000. The bald children in the park were drawing attention from the Environmental Protection Agency.

4. January 4: After threatening to block out the sun, Mr. Burns was able to collect $115,000 of the 2020 accounts receivable beginning balance.

5. January 5: In order to ease his beginning of the year cash flow crunch, Mr. Burns issued Common Stock (1,500,000 shares at $2.00 per share). The Par Value is $1.00 per share.

6. February 1: In order to keep up with being 104 year old hip evil billionaire, Mr. Burns decided to purchase a new truck. The truck cost $60,000. Mr. Burns put a down payment on the truck of $10,000 and took out a note for the rest (long term). The interest rate of the note is 10%. The truck will depreciated by miles. The expected life of the truck is 100,000 miles.

7. February 20: Mr. Burns sold his delicious cookies to Candy Store on account $300,000. Mr. Burns offered terms 2/20, n40. The cost of merchandise sold was $150,000.

8. February 28: Mr. Burns bought cookie dough (inventory) to keep the cookie assembly line going. Mr. Burns paid cash for the cookie dough $400,000

9. March 1st. Mr. Burns reclassed the current portion of long term notes payable. Reclass only the portion on the balance sheet as of January 1st, 2020.

10. March 5: Mr. Burns paid for the following expenses that came in: Sales Salary Expense $70,000, Advertising Expense $50,000, and Delivery Expense $40,000. All of the expenses were paid in one transaction.

11. March 6: Mr. Burns collected $30,000 of the 1/1/2020 balance of the note receivable from Mayor Quimby. The interest rate was 15% and the Note was written on July 1th, 2019

12. March 7: The Candy Store paid Mr. Burns what they owed him on account.

13. March 15: Mr. Burns paid income tax payable owed from last year.

In: Accounting

STRATEGIC COST MANAGEMENT - BREAK-EVEN POINT AND CVP ANALYSIS

Cornwell Company is in business since 2010, makes swimwear for professional athletes. Analysis of the firm's record for the year reavelas the following:

                Average swimsuit selling price                      $140

                Average swimsuit expenses:

                    Direct Material                                           $60

                    Direct labor                                                  25

                    Variable overhead                                        15

               Annual fixed cost:

                    Selling                                                       $20,500

                    Administrative                                            48,000

The company's tax rate is 40 percent. Daisy Rin, company president, has asked you to help her answer: What is the break-even point in number of swimsuits and in dollar?

In: Accounting

STRATEGIC COST MANAGEMENT - BREAK-EVEN POINT AND CVP ANALYSIS

Cornwell Company is in business since 2010, makes swimwear for professional athletes. Analysis of the firm's record for the year reavelas the following:

                Average swimsuit selling price                      $140

                Average swimsuit expenses:

                    Direct Material                                           $60

                    Direct labor                                                  25

                     Variable overhead                                        15

               Annual fixed cost:

                    Selling                                                       $20,500

                    Administrative                                            48,000

The company's tax rate is 40 percent. Daisy Rin, company president, has asked you to help her answer: How much revenue must be generated to realize $79,900 of pre-tax earnings? How many swimsuits would this level of revenue represent?

                   

In: Accounting

How much Human Resources cost would be allocated to Cafeteria?

Marshall Welding Company has two service departments (Cafeteria and Human Resources) and two production departments (Machining and Assembly). The number of employees in each department follows.

cafeteria 20

human resources 30

machining 100

assembly 150


Marshall Welding uses the step-down method of cost allocation and allocates cost on the basis of employees. Human Resources cost amounts to $1,200,000, and the department provides more service to the firm than Cafeteria. How much Human Resources cost would be allocated to Cafeteria?

a. $88,888

b. $28,572

c. none of the answers is correct

d. $44,444

e. $0

In: Accounting

Compute ending inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross profit.

My question: Assume the company uses three inventory pools instead of one. Compute ending inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross profit. (Round price index to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.45 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,548.)

 

William’s Televisions produces television sets in three categories: portable, midsize, and flat-screen. On January 1, 2020, William adopted dollar-value LIFO and decided to use a single inventory pool. The company’s January 1 inventory consists of:

Category

 

Quantity

 

Cost per Unit

 

Total Cost

Portable   5,400   $ 100   $  540,000
Midsize   7,200   250   1,800,000
Flat-screen   2,700   400   1,080,000
    15,300       $ 3,420,000


During 2020, the company had the following purchases and sales.

Category

 

Quantity
Purchased

 

Cost per Unit

 

Quantity
Sold

 

Selling Price
per Unit

Portable   13,500   $ 110   12,600   $ 150
Midsize   18,000   300   21,600   400
Flat-screen   9,000   500   5,400   600
    40,500       39,600  

 

(b)

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Assume the company uses three inventory pools instead of one. Compute ending inventory, cost of goods sold, and gross profit. (Round price index to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.45 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 6,548.)

Ending inventory  

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Cost of goods sold  

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Gross profit  

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In: Accounting

What is the total period cost for the month under variable costing?

The following information for the next 2 questions Davison Corporation, which has only one product , has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Selling price 95 ,Units in beginning inventory 0 ,Units produced 5000, Units sold 4,900, Units in ending inventory 100.

Variable costs per unit

Direct materials. 26 ,Direct labor 40 , Variable manufacturing overhead 1, Variable selling and administrative expense 4,

Fixed costs

Fixed manufacturing overhead $40,000, Fixed selling and administrative expense $73,500  What is the total period cost for the month under variable costing? A) S133,100 B) $113,500 C) $40,000 D) $93,100

In: Accounting

WUC Window, Inc., is trying to determine the cost of its debts.

Calculating Cost of Debt:

WUC Window, Inc., is trying to determine the cost of its debts. The firm has a debt  issue outstanding with seven years to maturity that is quoted at 108 percent of face value.  The issue makes semiannual payments and has embedded cost of 6.1 annually.

a) What is a WUC"s pretax cost of debt?

b) If the tax rate is 38 percent, what is the after-tax cost of debt?

In: Finance

If Net Sales are $30,000 and the Cost of Merchandise is $11,400, what is the Gross...

If Net Sales are $30,000 and the Cost of Merchandise is $11,400, what is the Gross Margin %?

Write only the number rounded to two decimal places, do not include the % sign or Bb will mark your answer wrong

In: Finance

What is the pretax cost of debt if the debt-equity ratio is 0.88?

Debbie's Cookies has a return on assets of 9.3 percent and a cost of equity of 12.4 percent. What is the pretax cost of debt if the debt-equity ratio is 0.88? Ignore taxes.

  • 5.25%

  • 6.42%

  • 6.68%

  • 5.78%

  • 6.10%


In: Finance