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During 2020, Tamarisk Company started a construction job with a contract price of $1,620,000. The job...

During 2020, Tamarisk Company started a construction job with a contract price of $1,620,000. The job was completed in 2022. The following information is available.

2020

2021

2022

Costs incurred to date

$373,700 $749,360 $1,070,000

Estimated costs to complete

636,300 352,640 –0–

Billings to date

302,000 907,000 1,620,000

Collections to date

268,000 815,000 1,425,000

Compute the amount of gross profit to be recognized each year, assuming the percentage-of-completion method is used.

Gross profit recognized in 2020

225,700

Gross profit recognized in 2021

126,540

Gross profit recognized in 2022

197,760

Prepare all necessary journal entries for 2021. (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. For costs incurred use account Materials, Cash, Payables.)

Account Titles and Explanation

Debit

Credit

enter an account title to record cost of construction

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

enter an account title to record cost of construction

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

(To record cost of construction.)

enter an account title to record progress billings

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

enter an account title to record progress billings

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

(To record progress billings.)

enter an account title to record collections

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

enter an account title to record collections

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

(To record collections.)

enter an account title to recognize revenue

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

enter an account title to recognize revenue

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

enter an account title to recognize revenue

enter a debit amount

enter a credit amount

(To recognize revenue.)

In: Accounting

Bell Company, a manufacturer of audio systems, started its production in October 2020. For the preceding...

Bell Company, a manufacturer of audio systems, started its production in October 2020. For the preceding 3 years, Bell had been a retailer of audio systems. After a thorough survey of audio system markets, Bell decided to turn its retail store into an audio equipment factory.

Raw material costs for an audio system will total $75 per unit. Workers on the production lines are on average paid $14 per hour. An audio system usually takes 5 hours to complete. In addition, the rent on the equipment used to assemble audio systems amounts to $5,300 per month. Indirect materials cost $7 per system. A supervisor was hired to oversee production; her monthly salary is $3,700.

Factory janitorial costs are $1,600 monthly. Advertising costs for the audio system will be $9,100 per month. The factory building depreciation expense is $6,000 per year. Property taxes on the factory building will be $8,400 per year.

Assuming that Bell manufactures, on average, 1,000 audio systems per month, enter each cost item on your answer sheet, placing the dollar amount per month under the appropriate headings. Total the dollar amounts in each of the columns.

Compute the cost to produce one audio system

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6. Make revenue forecast for Pacific Shoes for 2020 based on historical data if the company...

6. Make revenue forecast for Pacific Shoes for 2020 based on historical data if the company generated the following revenues for the last five years. Calculate the forecast error, draw a graph with the actual and forecasted revenue by year, and show the forecast error on the graph.

Year.                      2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Revenue (Million $) 23 27    27        32.     30

In: Economics

1. It is January 1 2020 and you have recently started a new company, GreenDrone, that...

1. It is January 1 2020 and you have recently started a new company, GreenDrone, that produces flying drones for garden maintenance. You are still at the product development stage but would like to evaluate the financial feasibility of the project. Here are some information about the company: - R&D expenditures. In order to develop the drones, you need to hire an engineer for 5 years at an annual salary of $96,000. The salary is paid monthly at the end of the month in equal amounts, i.e. 96,000/12 per month for the first year. To stay competitive, you expect you will have to grow the annual salary at a rate of 3%, starting the next year. The engineer contract starts today, i.e., on January 1 2020. - Production cost. Once the product is developed in 5 years (January 1 2025), you will start the production of your drones. Each product is expected to cost $265 to produce. The cost is to be paid to the supplier at the beginning of a month. - Pricing and sales. You plan to sell the drones for $325 a unit over the next three years, i.e., until January 1 2028. All sales for products produced in a month are collected at the end of the month. The appropriate discount rate r is 5%, annually compounded. Denoting the quantity of drones sold in a month by Q. How many drones do you need to sell per month to make this project profitable (i.e., generate a positive NPV)?

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It is January 1 2020 and you have recently started a new company, Green- Drone, that...

It is January 1 2020 and you have recently started a new company, Green- Drone, that produces flying drones for garden maintenance. You are stillat the product development stage but would like to evaluate the financial feasibility of the project. Here are some information about the company:


- R&D expenditures. In order to develop the drones, you need to hire an engineer for 5 years at an annual salary of $96,000. The salary is paid monthly at the end of the month in equal amounts, i.e. 96,000/12 per month for the rst year. To stay competitive, you expect you will have to grow the annual salary at a rate of 3%, starting the next year. The engineer contract starts today, i.e., onJanuary 1 2020.
- Production cost. Once the product is developed in 5 years (January 1 2025), you will start the production of your drones. Each product is expected to cost $265 to produce. The cost is to be paid to the supplier at the beginning of a month.
- Pricing and sales. You plan to sell the drones for $325 a unit over the next three years, i.e., until January 1 2028. All sales for products produced in a month are collected at the end of the month. The appropriate discount rate r is 5%, annually compounded. Denoting the quantity of drones sold in a month by Q. How many drones do you need to sell per month to make this project protable (i.e., generate a positive NPV)?

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It is January 1 2020 and you have recently started a new company, Green- Drone, that...

It is January 1 2020 and you have recently started a new company, Green- Drone, that produces flying drones for garden maintenance. You are still at the product development stage but would like to evaluate the financial feasibility of the project. Here are some information about the company:

  • - R&D expenditures. In order to develop the drones, you need to hire an engineer for 5 years at an annual salary of $96,000. The salary is paid monthly at the end of the month in equal amounts, i.e. 96,000/12 per month for the first year. To stay competitive, you expect you will have to grow the annual salary at a rate of 3%, starting the next year. The engineer contract starts today, i.e., on January 1 2020.

  • - Production cost. Once the product is developed in 5 years (Jan- uary 1 2025), you will start the production of your drones. Each product is expected to cost $265 to produce. The cost is to be paid to the supplier at the beginning of a month.

  • - Pricing and sales. You plan to sell the drones for $325 a unit over the next three years, i.e., until January 1 2028. All sales for products produced in a month are collected at the end of the month.

    The appropriate discount rate r is 5%, annually compounded. Denoting the quantity of drones sold in a month by Q. How many drones do you need to sell per month to make this project profitable (i.e., generate a positive NPV)?

In: Finance

A famous analyst once said it is not important what financial statement shows us- it’s what...

A famous analyst once said it is not important what financial statement shows us- it’s what they hide that counts. What does the analyst mean by this statement? How would a company hide information inside financial statements? What is a pro forma financial statement and how is this used in the financial markets?

In: Accounting

Thomas Railroad Company organizes its three divisions, the North (N), South (S), and West (W) regions,...

Thomas Railroad Company organizes its three divisions, the North (N), South (S), and West (W) regions, as profit centers. The chief executive officer (CEO) evaluates divisional performance, using operating income as a percent of revenues. The following quarterly income and expense accounts were provided from the trial balance as of December 31:

Revenues—N Region $1,013,100
Revenues—S Region 1,210,800
Revenues—W Region 2,084,700
Operating Expenses—N Region 642,000
Operating Expenses—S Region 720,600
Operating Expenses—W Region 1,260,700
Corporate Expenses—Dispatching 456,000
Corporate Expenses—Equipment Management 285,200
Corporate Expenses—Treasurer’s 154,100
General Corporate Officers’ Salaries 340,300

The company operates three support departments: the Dispatching Department, the Equipment Management Department, and the Treasurer’s Department. The Dispatching Department manages the scheduling and releasing of completed trains. The Equipment Management Department manages the railroad cars inventories. It makes sure the right freight cars are at the right place at the right time. The Treasurer’s Department conducts a variety of services for the company as a whole. The following additional information has been gathered:

   North    South    West
Number of scheduled trains 5,700 6,800 10,300
Number of railroad cars in inventory 1,200 1,800 1,600

Required:

1. Prepare quarterly income statements showing operating income for the three regions. Use three column headings: North, South, and West. Do not round your interim calculations.

Thomas Railroad Company
Divisional Income Statements
For the Quarter Ended December 31
North South West
Revenues $ $ $
Operating expenses
Operating income before support department allocations $ $ $
Support department allocations:
Dispatching $ $ $
Equipment Management
Total support department allocations $ $ $
Operating income $ $ $

2. What is the profit margin of each region? Round to one decimal place.

Region Profit Margin
North Region %
South Region %
West Region %

Identify the most successful region according to the profit margin.

3. What would you include in a recommendation to the CEO for a better method for evaluating the performance of the regions?

  1. The method used to evaluate the performance of the regions should be reevaluated.
  2. A better regional performance measure would be the return on investment (operating income divided by regional assets).
  3. A better regional performance measure would be the residual income (operating income less a minimal return on regional assets).
  4. None of these choices would be included.
  5. All of these choices (a, b & c) would be included.

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Suppose the initial Brazilian real to US dollar exchange rate is 4 reals (or “reais”) to...

Suppose the initial Brazilian real to US dollar exchange rate is 4 reals (or “reais”) to 1 US dollar. The cost to buy a specified market basket of same quality products is $500,000 in the U.S. and R$1,400,000 in Brazil. Valued in U.S. dollar terms, the market basket in Brazil costs $350,000. (This market basket cost represents the combined price of thousands of products, and so also indicates an average price for those products.)

(a) Product prices in the U.S. and Brazil have changed. Using the prices in domestic currencies

for the two countries, does the ratio of move toward or away from the initial nominal exchange rate?

· For (e and j), use the (Brazilian price/US price) ratio so as to match the (Brazilian reals/US dollar) ratio.

(b) There has been a change in the amount of imports that Brazilian firms (wholesalers, retailers etc.) buy. With this change in the buying of foreign products, what happens to the supply of Brazilian reals in foreign exchange markets? (Compared to the previous period, for example.)

(c) What happens to the price (strength, value) of the Brazilian real?

(d) There has been a change in the amount of imports that American firms (wholesalers, retailers etc.) buy. With this change in the buying of foreign products, what happens to the supply of American dollars in foreign exchange markets? (Compared to the previous period, for example.)

(e) What happens to the price (strength, value) of the US dollar?

(f) Does the nominal exchange rate move toward or away from the initial ratio for,

?

In: Economics

Santana Rey, owner of Business Solutions, decides to prepare a statement of cash flows for her...

Santana Rey, owner of Business Solutions, decides to prepare a statement of cash flows for her business using the following financial data.
  

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Income Statement
For Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
Computer services revenue $ 25,107
Net sales 17,793
Total revenue 42,900
Cost of goods sold $ 14,152
Depreciation expense—Office equipment 330
Depreciation expense—Computer equipment 1,240
Wages expense 2,450
Insurance expense 525
Rent expense 2,275
Computer supplies expense 1,235
Advertising expense 520
Mileage expense 270
Repairs expense—Computer 950
Total expenses 23,947
Net income $ 18,953
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Comparative Balance Sheets
December 31, 2019, and March 31, 2020
Mar. 31, 2020 Dec. 31, 2019
Assets
Cash $ 71,257 $ 51,752
Accounts receivable 24,067 4,868
Inventory 664 0
Computer supplies 2,025 510
Prepaid insurance 1,110 1,615
Prepaid rent 805 805
Total current assets 99,928 59,550
Office equipment 7,300 7,300
Accumulated depreciation—Office equipment (660 ) (330 )
Computer equipment 19,300 19,300
Accumulated depreciation—Computer equipment (2,480 ) (1,240 )
Total assets $ 123,388 $ 84,580
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable $ 0 $ 1,160
Wages payable 975 560
Unearned computer service revenue 0 1,500
Total current liabilities 975 3,220
Equity
Common stock 99,000 73,000
Retained earnings 23,413 8,360
Total liabilities and equity $ 123,388 $ 84,580


Required:
Prepare a statement of cash flows for Business Solutions using the indirect method for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Owner Santana Rey contributed $26,000 to the business in exchange for additional stock in the first quarter of 2020 and has received $3,900 in cash dividends. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Statement of Cash Flows (Indirect)
For Quarter Ended March 31, 2020
Cash flows from operating activities
  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
$0
Cash flows from investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
0
$0
Cash balance at December 31, 2019
Cash balance at March 31, 2020 $0

In: Accounting