Franklin Manufacturing produces two keyboards, one for laptop
computers and the other for desktop computers. The production
process is automated, and the company has found activity-based
costing useful in assigning overhead costs to its products. The
company has identified five major activities involved in producing
the keyboards.
| Activity | Allocation Base | Allocation Rate | |||
| Materials receiving & handling | Cost of material | 1 % of material cost | |||
| Production setup | Number of setups | $ | 113.00 | per setup | |
| Assembly | Number of parts | $ | 5.00 | per part | |
| Quality inspection | Inspection time | $ | 1.20 | per minute | |
| Packing and shipping | Number of orders | $ | 11.00 | per order | |
Activity measures for the two kinds of keyboards follow:
| Labor Cost | Material Cost | Number of Setups | Number of Parts | Inspection Time | Number of Orders | |||||||||||||
| Laptops | $ | 1,310 | $ | 5,700 | 27 | 50 | 7,100 | min. | 62 | |||||||||
| Desktops | 1,200 | 7,100 | 13 | 27 | 5,100 | min. | 15 | |||||||||||
Required
Compute the cost per unit of laptop and desktop keyboards, assuming that Franklin made 290 units of each type of keyboard. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
In: Accounting
Here are some true and false questions to see if you understand the revenue and profit terms and the three key rules to maximize profit. Briefly explain why you chose that answer
1)If a firm sells 200 units of its product at a price of 8 dollars, its total profit will be 1600.
2)If the average revenue from 150 units is 20 dollars, the firm's total revenue is 3000 dollars.
3)If the marginal revenue from the 21st unit is 30 dollars, then the total revenue from 22 units is 30 dollars greater than the total revenue from 21 units
4) As long as MR is greater than MC, a firm's total profit will increase if it increases its level of output.
In: Economics
C8-3 Recording Daily and Adjusting Entries Using FIFO in a Perpetual Inventory System (Chapters 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8) (LO 3-3, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-3, 8-2, 8-3) (General Ledger)
| One Trick Pony (OTP) incorporated and began operations near the end of the year, resulting in the following post-closing balances at December 31: |
| Cash | $ | 18,620 |
| Accounts Receivable | 9,650 | |
| Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | 900* | |
| Inventory | 2,800 | |
| Unearned Revenue (30 units) | 4,350 | |
| Accounts Payable | 1,300 | |
| Notes Payable (long-term) | 15,000 | |
| Common Stock | 5,000 | |
| Retained Earnings | 4,520 | |
* credit balance.
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The following information is relevant to the first month of operations in the following year: |
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OTP will sell inventory at $145 per unit. OTP’s January 1 inventory balance consists of 35 units at a total cost of $2,800. OTP’s policy is to use the FIFO method, recorded using a perpetual inventory system. |
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In December, OTP received a $4,350 payment for 30 units to be delivered in January; this obligation was recorded in Unearned Revenue. Rent of $1,300 was unpaid and recorded in Accounts Payable at December 31. |
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OTP’s note payable matures in three years, and accrues interest at a 10% annual rate. |
| January Transactions | |
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Included in OTP’s January 1 Accounts Receivable balance is a $1,500 balance due from Jeff Letrotski. Jeff is having cash flow problems and cannot pay the $1,500 balance at this time. On 01/01, OTP arranges with Jeff to convert the $1,500 balance to a 6-month note, at 12% annual interest. Jeff signs the promissory note, which indicates the principal and all interest will be due and payable to OTP on July 1 of this year. |
| 2. |
OTP paid a $500 insurance premium on 01/02, covering the month of January; the payment is recorded directly as an expense. |
| 3. |
OTP purchased an additional 150 units of inventory from a supplier on account on 01/05 at a total cost of $9,000, with terms 2/15, n/30. |
| 4. |
OTP paid a courier $300 cash on 01/05 for same-day delivery of the 150 units of inventory. |
| 5. |
The 30 units that OTP’s customer paid for in advance in December are delivered to the customer on 01/06. |
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On 01/07, OTP paid the amount necessary to settle the balance owed to the supplier for the 1/05 purchase of inventory (in 3). |
| 7. |
Sales of 40 units of inventory occuring during the period of 01/07 – 01/10 are recorded on 01/10. The sales terms are 2/10, n/30. |
| 8. |
Collected payments on 01/14 from sales to customers recorded on 01/10. The discount was properly taken by customers on $5,800 of these credit sales; consequently, OTP received less than $5,800. |
| 9. | OTP paid the first 2 weeks wages to the employees on 01/16. The total paid is $2,200. |
| 10. |
Wrote off a $1,000 customer’s account balance on 01/18. OTP uses the allowance method, not the direct write-off method. |
| 11. |
Paid $2,600 on 01/19 for December and January rent. See the earlier bullets regarding the December portion. The January portion will expire soon, so it is charged directly to expense. |
| 12. |
OTP recovered $400 cash on 01/26 from the customer whose account had previously been written off on 01/18. |
| 13. | An unrecorded $400 utility bill for January arrived on 01/27. It is due on 02/15 and will be paid then. |
| 14. | Sales of 65 units of inventory during the period of 01/10 – 01/28, with terms 2/10, n/30, are recorded on 01/28. |
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Of the sales recorded on 1/28, 15 units are returned to OTP on 01/30. The inventory is not damaged and can be resold. |
| 16. | On 01/31, OTP records the $2,200 employee salary that is owed but will be paid February 1. |
| 17. |
OTP uses the aging method to estimate and adjust for uncollectible accounts on 01/31. All of OTP’s accounts receivable fall into a single aging category, for which 8% is estimated to be uncollectible. (Update the balances of both relevant accounts prior to determining the appropriate adjustment, and round your calculation to the nearest dollar.) |
| 18. | Accrue interest for January on the note payable on 01/31. |
| 19. |
Accrue interest for January on Jeff Letrotski’s note on 01/31 (see 1) Requirement General Journal tab - Prepare all
January journal entries and adjusting entries for items 1–19.
Review the 'General Ledger' and the adjusted 'Trial Balance' Tabs
to see the effect of the transactions on the account
balances. |
In: Accounting
Suppose you are a salesperson and your company's CRM forecasts that your quarterly sales will be substantially under quota. You call your best customers to increase sales, but no one is willing to buy more.
Your boss says that it has been a bad quarter for all the salespeople. It's so bad, in fact, that the vice president of sales has authorized a 20 percent discount on new orders. The only stipulation is that customers must take delivery prior to the end of the quarter so that accounting can book the order. "Start dialing for dollars," she says, "and get what you can. Be creative!"
Using your CRM information system, you identify your top customers and present the discount offer to them. The first customer balks at increasing her inventory: "I just don't think we can sell that much."
"Well," you respond, "how about if we agree to take back any inventory you don't sell next quarter?" (By doing this, you increase your current sales and commission in this quarter, and you also help your company make its quarterly sales projections . The additional product is likely to be returned next quarter, but you think "Hey, that's then and this is now.")
"OK," she says, "but I want you to stipulate the return option on the purchase order."
You know that you cannot write that on the purchase order because accounting won't book all of the order if you do. So you tell her that you'll send her an email with that stipulation. She increases her order, and accounting books the full amount.
With another customer, you try a second strategy. Instead of offering the discount, you offer the product at full price but agree to pay a 20 percent credit in the next quarter. That way you can book the full price now. You pitch this offer as follows: "Our marketing department analyzed past sales using our new information system, and we know that increasing advertising will cause additional sales. So, if you order more product now, next quarter we'll give you 20 percent of the order back to pay for the advertising."
In truth, you doubt the customer will spend the money on advertising. Instead, it will just take the credit and sit on a bigger inventory . That will kill your sales to the company next quarter, but you'll solve the problem when you get to it next quarter.
Even with these additional orders, you're still under quota. In desperation, you decide to sell product to a fictitious company that you say is owned by your brother-in-law. You set up a new account, and when accounting calls your brother-in-law for a credit check, he cooperates with your scheme. You then sell $40,000 of product to the fictitious company and ship the product to your brother-in-law's garage. Accounting books the revenue in the quarter, and you have finally made quota. A week into the next quarter, your brother-in-law returns the merchandise.
Meanwhile, unknown to you, your company's ERP system is scheduling production. The program that creates the production schedule reads the sales from your activities (and those of other salespeople) and finds a sharp increase in product demand (imagine that!). Accordingly, it generates a schedule that calls for substantial production increases and schedules worker for the production runs. The production system, in turn, schedules the material requirements with the inventory application, which increases raw materials purchases to meet the increased production schedule
Regarding your shipping to the fictitious company:
1/ Is your action ethical according to the categorical imperative perspective? Explain.
2/ Is your action ethical according to the utilitarian perspective? Explain.
3/ Is your action legal?
In: Operations Management
What began as an addiction for fine jewelry and clothing, ended in a major expense reimbursement fraud totaling $240,000. The perpetrator became a first-time offender shortly after acquiring a management position in a worldwide consulting firm in Chicago. Her position created an opportunity to abuse expense reimbursements. She rationalized her exorbitant purchases of consumer goods as the only remedy for her severe depression.
Beginning in the summer of 2001, Jennifer Childe submitted false
and inflated expense reports to her new employer, Andrew
Consulting. Even with her $150,000 salary and her husband's ample
attorney income, when the opportunity to commit fraud increased
then her appetite for spending grew proportionately. It appears
that Childe believed she could get away with this fraud when she
sought reimbursement for fees paid in advance for attendance at an
upcoming conference. After she was unable to attend, she received a
refund from the conference planners for the same amount that Andrew
had previously reimbursed. Childe decided to keep the extra money
and pay off some credit card debt. Because this crime was easy, she
then falsified other expense documents. First, she filled her
pockets with almost $19,000 by inflating her legitimate expenses
160 times. She also received roughly $89,000 by billing for about
100 airfares that were already charged to the company. She padded
her bank account with another $115,000 by requesting funds for 25
conferences that she never attended. She generated an additional
$16,000 by resubmitting receipts for expenses previously
reimbursed. Finally, she gained another $1,000 from labeling many
personal expenses as business charges.
The firm finally discovered her crimes but not until Childe
committed 323 acts of fraud against Andrew Consulting over a
three-year period ending April 2005. (Later in 2009, she was caught
shoplifting at Neiman Marcus, pleaded guilty, and was put on
probation.) Childe was promptly fired and company officials called
the FBI. Before the judgment, she had to sell stock and take out a
second mortgage on her condo to pay back Andrew. On May 23, 2006,
Childe was sentenced to five years of probation, six months’ worth
of weekend home confinement, six weeks of service in a Salvation
Army work release center, and a small $30,000 fine. Additionally,
the judge prohibited acquirement of any credit cards and required
counseling for her problem. In July 2008, the Seventh Circuit Court
of Appeals didn't agree with this decision and remanded the case
for jail sentencing. After doing her time, she now works as a
consultant for the Computer Science Corporation and earns $25,000
more than her $150,000 salary at Andrew. She's receiving
psychotherapy for her shopaholic tendencies and her new employer
keeps a close eye on her expense reports!
Overpurchasing resulted when Childe requested and received
reimbursement from Andrew for conferences that she later canceled
and then also collected refunds from the planners of the
conferences.
Additionally, Childe submitted expenses multiple times to receive
duplicate payments. Furthermore, she submitted plane ticket
receipts for purchases the company already paid, receiving double
reimbursement for the same expense. Finally, Childe
mischaracterized some of her personal expenses as business expenses
for reimbursement.
Required: Describe ways in which employees can commit expense reimbursement fraud? How could the company have prevented and detected the various schemes that Childe used?
In: Accounting
The Palace Theater opened on April 1. All facilities were
completed on March 31. At this time, the ledger showed No. 101 Cash
$6,000, No. 140 Land $12,000, No. 145 Buildings (concession stand,
projection room, ticket booth, and screen) $8,000, No. 157
Equipment $6,000, No. 201 Accounts Payable $2,000, No. 275 Mortgage
Payable $10,000, and No. 311 Common Stock $20,000. During April,
the following events and transactions occurred.
| Apr. 2 | Paid film rental of $800 on first movie. | |
| 3 | Ordered two additional films at $950 each. | |
| 9 | Received $1,800 cash from admissions. | |
| 10 | Made $2,000 payment on mortgage and $1,000 for accounts payable due. | |
| 11 | Palace Theater contracted with Dever Company to operate the concession stand. Dever is to pay 18% of gross concession receipts (payable monthly) for the rental of the concession stand. | |
| 12 | Paid advertising expenses $320. | |
| 20 | Received one of the films ordered on April 3 and was billed $950. The film will be shown in April. | |
| 25 | Received $5,200 cash from admissions. | |
| 29 | Paid salaries $1,600. | |
| 30 | Received statement from Dever showing gross concession receipts of $1,000 and the balance due to The Palace Theater of $180 ($1,000 × 18%) for April. Dever paid one-half of the balance due and will remit the remainder on May 5. | |
| 30 | Prepaid $1,000 rental on special film to be run in May. |
In addition to the accounts identified above, the chart of accounts
shows No. 112 Accounts Receivable, No. 136 Prepaid Rent, No. 400
Service Revenue, No. 429 Rent Revenue, No. 610 Advertising Expense,
No. 726 Salaries and Wages Expense, and No. 729 Rent Expense.
A. Enter the beginning balances in the ledger as of April 1
b.Journalize the April transactions. Palace records admission revenue as service revenue, rental of the concession stand as rent revenue, and film rental expense as rent expense.
c.Post the April journal entries to the ledger.
d.Prepare a trial balance on April 30, 2017.
In: Accounting
1} List the benefits of providing good customer service to both internal and external customers in relation to health care.
2} Discuss how each interaction and response may differ when providing customer service to internal and external customers in relation to health care.
Include your personal experience.
Task: Write 3 paragraphs (5 to 7 sentences each)
NOTE: Please could answer be in 3 paragraphs AND answering both 1 & 2 questions.
If done this way, I will give a thumbs up & positive comment. Thanks *smile*
In: Nursing
At the end of its first year of business, Fred Company reported $120,000 of unearned subscription revenues. This unearned revenue was Fred’s only temporary difference. In its second year of business, Fred reported pretax financial income of $200,000. At the end of Fred’s second year, the unearned subscription revenues account decreased to $90,000 and Fred estimates it will reverse in year 3. The enacted tax rate for every year is 20%. Prepare the journal entry to record Fred’s income tax expense, deferred taxes, and income taxes payable for its second year.
In: Accounting
Cruz Inc. manufactures a popular premium toy. During its first
year, the company incurred these costs:
$427000 Cost to manufacture 7000
toys
$110000 Research and development costs
$35000 Cost to ship completed products to
retailers
Cruz sells 80% of its products for $183
each.
1. What will Cruz report as sales revenue for
Year1?
2. What will Cruz report as the cost of goods sold for
Year1?
3. What will Cruz report as net income for Year1?
4. What will Cruz report as inventory on the balance sheet as of
the end of Year1?
In: Accounting
Draw the cash flow diagram for the following data.
A company purchases a machine to make widgets for $10,000. the
collect payment for their widgets at the end of the year in which
they are delivered. At the end of 5 years the machine must be
scrapped at which time its value is $0. The following is the net
revenue generated by the widget machine.
Year 1 - $2,500
Year 2 - $3,500
Year 3 - $2,250
Year 4 - $3,000
Year 5 - $2,000
What is the present worth of the widget machine if the companies
TVOM is 5.37%? $
What is the future worth at the end of the 5 year life cycle? $
In: Economics