Rupert Ltd is preparing a Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 30 June 2020. The following information is available:

The Income Statement contained the following data as at 30 June:

Required:

Using the direct method, prepare the Operating Activities section of the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 30 June 2020. Show workings.

Michael Jordan Earned $30,100,000 playing for the Chicago Bulls in 1997. In 1997 the CPI was equal to 1.60. In 2020 LeBron James earned $37,400,000 playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. The CPI in 2020 is equal to 2.58. Calculate the real wage for Micheal Jordan in 1997 and Lebron James in 2020.

Please enter your answers as numeric answers rounded to the nearest dollar with no decimals (ie. 15,553,342 or $10,432,675 not $15,553,341.73 or $10,432,675.2). Because these will be large numbers it is a good idea to use commas to separate millions, thousands, and hundreds.

What was the real wage for Michael Jordan in 1997?  

What is the real wage for LeBron James in 2020?  

Comprehensive Accounting Cycle Review

15.ACR  Quigley Corporation's trial balance at December 31, 2020, is presented below. All 2020 transactions have been recorded except for the items described below.

Unrecorded transactions and adjustments:

• 1.On January 1, 2020, Quigley issued 1,000 shares of $20 par, 6% preferred stock for $22,000.
• 2.On January 1, 2020, Quigley also issued 1,000 shares of common stock for $23,000.
• 3.Quigley reacquired 300 shares of its common stock on July 1, 2020, for $49 per share.
• 4.On December 31, 2020, Quigley declared the annual cash dividend and a $1.50 per share dividend on the outstanding common stock, all payable on January 15, 2021.
• 5.Quigley estimates that uncollectible accounts receivable at year-end is $5,100.
• 6.The building is being depreciated using the straight-line method over 30 years. The salvage value is $5,000.
• 7.The equipment is being depreciated using the straight-line method over 10 years. The salvage value is $4,000.
• 8.The unearned rent was collected on October 1, 2020. It was the receipt of 4 months' rent in advance (October 1, 2020 through January 31, 2021).
• 9.The 10% bonds payable pay interest every January 1. The interest for the 12 months ended December 31, 2020, has not been paid or recorded.

Instructions

(Ignore income taxes.)

(c)  

Prepare a multiple-step income statement for the year ending December 31, 2020.

(d)  

Prepare a retained earnings statement for the year ending December 31, 2020.

(e)  

Prepare a classified balance sheet as of December 31, 2020.

Total assets $273,400

Tax savings are being passed down

President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts into law on Dec. 22, 2017, reducing personal income taxes for most families for the next 10 years. Corporations, however, received much bigger and more permanent tax cuts with the new law reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and reducing the tax on repatriated cash to 15.5%. The Congressional Budget Office estimates businesses will save about $320 billion in taxes over the next 10 years. The tax overhaul prompted hundreds of businesses to offer bonuses and pay raises to their workers and expand employee benefits. Here’s a selection of companies that have passed on some of their savings to their employees. 37.

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) smartly avoided paying out bonuses to its employees in the wake of tax reform. The company has a murky history with employee bonuses. Instead, it increased the minimum wage to $15 per hour, pushing competing banks to do the same. It’s unclear whether that pay raise is linked to the tax cuts as Wells Fargo’s press team has issued conflicting reports. Wells Fargo is also planning to donate $400 million to nonprofits this year. Wells Fargo stands to benefit from the 14 percentage point decrease in the U.S. corporate tax rate more than most other companies. Nearly all of its operations take place in the U.S. As a result, its effective tax rate could fall to about 22% this year, according to Goldman Sachs analysts, down from 33% last year. That would result in about $3.7 billion in tax savings. Even with a $1 billion fine hanging over its head, Wells Fargo is making out quite well from tax reform.

Companies will still come out ahead

There are many more companies that offered wage increases, bonuses, and other employee benefits in the wake of tax reform. Over 400 companies have announced plans to pass on some of their savings to employees in some form, with 4 million-plus workers receiving over $4 billion in bonuses, according to the GOP. Corporations should still come out well ahead even after paying out employee bonuses. The corporate tax cuts are permanent, and most companies opted to pay a relatively small one-time bonus compared to the benefits they’ll see this year alone. It’s also unclear if the wage and benefits plan increases are more closely tied to the tax cuts or a booming job market where companies are forced to compete more aggressively for labor. American workers are seeing more money in their pockets this year, but they need to save that money because it’s likely a one-time bonus and the personal income tax cuts aren’t permanent. Adam Levy owns shares of Apple, Express Scripts, Lowe's, and Starbucks. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, Apple, CarMax, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Mastercard, Starbucks, and Walt Disney. The Motley Fool owns shares of Verizon Communications and Visa and has the following options: long January 2020 $150 calls on Apple, short January 2020 $155 calls on Apple, short September 2018 $180 calls on Home Depot, and long January 2020 $110 calls on Home Depot. The Motley Fool recommends Aflac, Amerco, CVS Health, FedEx, Home Depot, JetBlue Airways, and Marriott International. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

We see the headline that states unemployment is at the lowest rate in history, yet we seem to miss the news that many organizations are laying off large numbers of employees. This is a real time example of the hazards that result from poor or no workforce planning. Pick one of the companies mentioned in the slide show and do a bit more research on the situation surrounding the layoff plan and then answer your discussion question for this week.

- Write a one paragraph summary of whether or not you think that workforce planning could have avoided or minimized the layoffs at the company you selected from the list. Explain your answer.

- Write a second paragraph giving your view on whether or not effective workforce planning can create a more stable employment situation for the average worker in the US. This explanation should demonstrate your understanding of the HRP process.

Apple Inc.

Introduction. Start with an introductory paragraph or two explaining the purpose of the report.

Brief History of the Company. In no more than one (1) page address the following:
•   What is the company’s principal line of business and major competitors?
•   What are their key products/services?
•   On what day does the company’s fiscal year end?
•   Provide a brief history of the company: When did the company first go public? Have they had any stock splits since then? Any other relevant data about their stock.
•   Who is their current CEO, CFO?
•   What else would a potential investor want to know?

Body: address the following questions related to your selected company in paragraph (not list) form.
1.   Who is the company’s current auditor? What does the auditor do?
2.   What method of depreciation is used by the company to depreciate its operational assets?
3.   What inventory method is used to state the value of the company’s inventory?
4.   Does the company have treasury stock (or a repurchase program)? Explain.
5.   Does the company have any investments? If so, what categories?
6.   What is the largest source of cash from financing activities?
7.   What is the largest use of cash from investing activities?
8.   Describe one footnote that presents additional detail about a reported financial statement number (provide the footnote number or letter).
9.   Describe one footnote that reports financial statement information not listed as a number in the financial statements (provide the footnote number or letter).
10.   What was the overall trend of the stock price for the most recent year?

63 % of U.S. adults have very little confidence in newspapers. You randomly select 10 U.S. adults. Find the probability that the number of U.S. adults who have very little confidence in newspapers is (a) exactly five, (b) at least six, and (c) less than four.

(a) P(5)=____ (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

(b) P(x greater than or equals 6)=_____ (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

(c) P(x< 4)=___ (Round to three decimal places as needed.)

You are a corporate R&D manager at Boeing and are considering transferring some R&D work to China, India and Russia, where the work performed by a U.S. engineer making $70,000 a year can be done by an equally capable engineer making less than $7,000 a year. However, U.S. engineers at Boeing have staged protests against such moves. U.S. Politicians are similarly vocal concerning job losses and national security hazards. What are you going to do?

Please answer in detail in no less than 3 paragraphs.

1. Suppose that 24% of U.S. residents are fluent in a language other than English. Let X represent the number of people in a SRS of 12 U.S. residents who are fluent in another language.

1. (3 pts) What distribution will X have? (Give the name of this type of distribution.)

b. (4 pts) Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution of X.

3. (6 pts) Calculate the probability that a random sample of 12 U.S. residents contains fewer than 3 who are fluent in a language other than English.