EZ-Tax is a tax accounting practice with partners and staff members. Each billable hour of partner time has a $560 budgeted price and $280 budgeted variable cost. Each billable hour of staff time has a budgeted price of $140 and a budgeted variable cost of $80. For the most recent year, the partnership budget called for 8,700 billable partner-hours and 35,600 staff-hours. Actual results were as follows:

Required:

a. Compute the sales price variance. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)

b. Compute the total sales activity variance. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)

c. Compute the total sales mix variance. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)

d. Compute the total sales quantity variance. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, or "U" for unfavorable. If there is no effect, do not select either option.)

On January 1, 2021, Ithaca Corp. purchases Cortland Inc. bonds that have a face value of $330,000. The Cortland bonds have a stated interest rate of 5%. Interest is paid semiannually on June 30 and December 31, and the bonds mature in 10 years. For bonds of similar risk and maturity, the market yield on particular dates is as follows: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.):

Required:

1A - Bond fair value :
1. Calculate the price Ithaca would have paid for the Cortland bonds on January 1, 2021 (ignoring brokerage fees), and prepare a journal entry to record the purchase.
2. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the bond investment during 2021, assuming Ithaca accounts for the bonds as a held-to-maturity investment. Ithaca calculates interest revenue at the effective interest rate as of the date it purchased the bonds.
3. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the bond investment during 2021, assuming that Ithaca chose the fair value option when the bonds were purchased, and that Ithaca determines fair value of the bonds semiannually. Ithaca calculates interest revenue at the effective interest rate as of the date it purchased the bonds.

Green Advertising Services

Adjusted Trial Balance

December 31, 2018

Balance

Account Title

Debit

Credit

Cash

$14,000

Accounts Receivable

15,800

Office Supplies

6,500

Land

18,400

Building

47,900

Accumulated Depreciation—Building

$36,100

Furniture

19,600

Accumulated Depreciation—Furniture

14,100

Accounts Payable

10,600

Salaries Payable

7,200

Unearned Revenue

16,000

Common Stock

30,000

Retained Earnings

31,400

Dividends

18,300

Service Revenue

49,800

Salaries Expense

28,600

Supplies Expense

8,400

Depreciation Expense—Building

2,900

Depreciation Expense—Furniture

1,300

Advertising Expense

13,500

Total

$195,200

$195,200

Requirement 2. Prepare the statement of retained earnings for the year ending December 31,2018.

​(Use a minus sign or parentheses to show a net​ loss.)

Requirement 3. Prepare the classified balance sheet as of December31,2018.

Use the account form.

Begin by preparing the asset section of the balance sheet and then prepare the liabilities and​ stockholders' equity sections. ​(If a box is not used in the balance​ sheet, leave the box​ empty; do not select a label or enter a zero. Abbreviation​ used: Accum.​ = Accumulated.)

Use the following information to prepare a multi-step income statement and a balance sheet for Sherman Equipment Co. for Year 2. (Hint: Some of the items will not appear on either statement, and ending retained earnings must be calculated.) (Balance Sheet only: Items to be deducted must be indicated with a minus sign.)

AirQual Test Corporation provides on-site air quality testing services. The company has provided the following cost formulas and actual results for the month of February: Fixed Component per Month Variable Component per Job Actual Total for February Revenue $ 277 $ 36,030 Technician wages $ 8,500 $ 8,350 Mobile lab operating expenses $ 4,700 $ 31 $ 8,880 Office expenses $ 2,700 $ 3 $ 2,970 Advertising expenses $ 1,560 $ 1,630 Insurance $ 2,860 $ 2,860 Miscellaneous expenses $ 950 $ 1 $ 395 The company uses the number of jobs as its measure of activity. For example, mobile lab operating expenses should be $4,700 plus $31 per job, and the actual mobile lab operating expenses for February were $8,880. The company expected to work 140 jobs in February, but actually worked 144 jobs. Required: Prepare a flexible budget performance report showing AirQual Test Corporation’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for February. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.) This is the last question in the assignment. To submit, use Alt + S. To access other questions, proceed to the question map button.Next Visit question mapQuestion 8 of 8 Total

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a) Enlightened Ltd is investigating the introduction of a new advanced solar light. Forecast revenue from the new light is $1,250,000 per year and variable costs $450, 000 per year. The revenue and variable costs are expected to stay constant for the four years. The new light will require a new production line that will have an initial cost of $2,000,000. For tax purposes you can depreciate the full cost down to zero over the four year life of the project. At the end of four years you expect to be able to sell the production machinery for $350,000. Selling the new fixtures will require additional working capital of $25,000 starting immediately. You expect to recover the working capital investment at the end of the four year project. You have already spent $50,000 in research and development costs to invent the new light. Assume the tax rate is 30% and the required return is 10% APR (compounded annually).

i) What is the annual depreciation of the new production line?

ii) What is the annual Operating Cash Flow for the project?

iii) What are the Project Cash Flows for the project?

iv) What is the NPV for the project? What information does the NPV provide?

v) What is the payback period for the project? What information does the payback period provide?

vi) Should Enlightened Ltd proceed with the new solar light project? Justify your answer.

b) What is sensitivity analysis and how is it used in project evaluation?

Maria's Food Service provides meals that nonprofit organizations distribute to handicapped and elderly people. Here is her forecasted income statement for April, when she expects to produce and sell 3,200 meals:

Amount Per Unit Sales revenue $ 19,840 $ 6.20

Costs of meals produced 14,720 4.60

Gross profit $ 5,120 $ 1.60

Administrative costs 2,240 0.70

Operating profit $ 2,880 $ 0.90

Fixed costs included in this income statement are $5,120 for meal production and $640 for administrative costs. Maria has received a special request from an organization sponsoring a picnic to raise funds for the Special Olympics. This organization is willing to pay $3.60 per meal for 300 meals on April 10. Maria has sufficient idle capacity to fill this special order.

These meals will incur all of the variable costs of meals produced, but variable administrative costs and total fixed costs will not be affected. Required: a. What impact would accepting this special order have on operating profit? (Select option "higher" or "lower", keeping Status Quo as the base. Select "none" if there is no effect.)

From an operating profit perspective for April, should Maria accept the order? Yes No

The Gourmand Cooking School runs short cooking courses at its small campus. Management has identified two cost drivers it uses in its budgeting and performance reports—the number of courses and the total number of students. For example, the school might run two courses in a month and have a total of 62 students enrolled in those two courses. Data concerning the company’s cost formulas appear below:

For example, administrative expenses should be $3,700 per month plus $40 per course plus $5 per student. The company’s sales should average $880 per student.

The company planned to run four courses with a total of 62 students; however, it actually ran four courses with a total of only 52 students. The actual operating results for September appear below:

Required:

1. Prepare the company’s planning budget for September.

2. Prepare the company’s flexible budget for September.

3. Calculate the revenue and spending variances for September.

NEED PARAGRAPH NUMBERS!!!!!! This problem requires you to access PCAOB Auditing Standards (pcaobus.org) to answer each of the following questions. You can access those standards by viewing content found under the link “Standards.” For each answer, document the paragraph(s) in the relevant standard supporting your answer. Review PCAOB auditing standards related to the auditor’s consideration of fraud in a financial statement audit, to answer questions in parts a. through d. Review PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 12, Identifying and Assessing Risks of Material Misstatement, to answer parts e. and f. a. You have determined that there is a fraud risk related to the existence and accuracy of inventory. Review the guidance in PCAOB auditing standards to provide examples of auditor responses involving changes to the nature, timing, and extent of audit procedures related to this assessed fraud risk for inventory. b. What do PCAOB auditing standards say about how the auditor should assess risk related to revenue recognition? c. What examples of auditor responses to fraud risk related to revenue recognition are provided in PCAOB auditing standards? d. What kind of documentation is required for the auditor’s consideration of fraud? e. What kinds of inquiries about fraud risks are required by PCAOB Standard No. 12? f. How does PCAOB Standard No. 12 define “fraud risk factors”? Do all conditions have to be present for fraud risk to exist?