your thoughts about Proposition 15 on the California ballot this November 2020.
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In: Operations Management
1.
On January 1, 2020, Ginseng Inc. entered into a forward contract to purchase U.S. $6,000 for $6,336 Canadian in 30 days. On January 15, the fair value of the contract was $40 (reflecting the present value of the future cash flows under the contract). Assume that the company would like to update its records on January 15. (a) Prepare only the necessary journal entries on January 1 and 15, 2020.
2.
(Derivative Transaction) On April 1, 2020, Petey Ltd. paid $175 for a call to buy 700 shares of NorthernTel at a strike price of $27 per share any time during the next six months. The market price of NorthernTel's shares was $27 per share on April 1, 2020. On June 30, 2020, the market price for NorthernTel's stock was $38 per share, and the fair value of the option was $10,000.
Instructions
a. Prepare the journal entry to record the purchase of the call option on April 1, 2020.
b. Prepare the journal entry(ies) to recognize the change in the call option's fair value as at June 30, 2020.
c. Prepare the journal entry that would be required if Petey Ltd. exercised the call option and took delivery of the shares as soon as the market opened on July 1, 2020.
3.
(Issuance and Conversion of Bonds) The following are unrelated transactions.
Instructions
Present the required entry(ies) to record each of the above transactions. For transaction 4, prepare the journal entries if Tien Limited prepares its financial statements using IFRS and if it uses ASPE.
4.
(Issuance, Exercise, and Termination of Stock Options) On January 1, 2020, Waldorf Corporation granted 40,000 options to key executives. Each option allows the executive to purchase one share of Waldorf's common shares at a price of $30 per share. The options were exercisable within a two-year period beginning January 1, 2022, if the grantee was still employed by the company at the time of the exercise. On the grant date, Waldorf's shares were trading at $25 per share, and a fair value options pricing model determined total compensation to be $1,680,000. Management has assumed that there will be no forfeitures because they do not expect any of the key executives to leave.
On May 1, 2022, 12,000 options were exercised when the market price of Waldorf's shares was $34 per share. The remaining options lapsed in 2023 because executives decided not to exercise them. Management was indeed correct in their assumption regarding forfeitures in that all executives remained with the company. Assume that Waldorf follows IFRS.
Instructions
a. Prepare the necessary journal entries related to the stock option plan for the years ended December 31, 2020 through 2023.
b. What is the significance of the $25 market price of the Waldorf shares at the date of grant? Would the exercise price normally be higher or lower than the market price of the shares on the date of grant?
c. What is the significance of the $34 market price of the Waldorf shares at May 1, 2022, the date of the exercise of the stock options?
d. What likely happened to the market price of the shares in 2023?
5.
(Share Appreciation Rights) Parsons Limited established a share appreciation rights program that entitled its new president, Brandon Sutton, to receive cash for the difference between the shares' fair value and a pre-established price of $32 (also fair value on December 31, 2019), on 50,000 SARs. The date of grant is December 31, 2019, and the required employment (service) period is four years. The president exercised all of the SARs on December 31, 2024. The shares' fair value fluctuated as follows: December 31, 2020, $36; December 31, 2021, $39; December 31, 2022, $45; December 31, 2023, $36; and December 31, 2024, $48. The company recognizes the SARs in its financial statements. Assume that Parsons follows ASPE.
Instructions
a. show a five-year (2020 to 2024) schedule of compensation expense pertaining to the 50,000 SARs granted to Brandon Sutton.
b. Prepare the journal entry for compensation expense in 2020, 2023, and 2024 relative to the 50,000 SARs.
c. From the perspective of the employee, contrast the features of a share appreciation right to the features of a compensatory stock option.
In: Accounting
On January 1, 2020, Claudia, a single taxpayer who was age 67 at the time, began receiving monthly retirement benefits from her former employer's pension plan. Claudia did not receive any distributions before the annuity start date, and her investment in the plan is $35,000. There is no survivor beneficiary. I f Claudia receives a monthly benefit of $1,200, what amount will she recover tax-free in 2020?
In: Finance
government expenditure increased from 537,154,659,558 on 2019 to 559,740,919,125 on 2020, Assume Marginal Propensity to Consume is 0.80 (some studies show that MPC is between 0.7 to 0.95). Calculate:
a- Multiplier effect.
b- Increase in GDP due to increase on government expenditure from 2019 to 2020.
c- How does your answer on part b will be if there is crowding out effect? (you only need to say: increase, decrease, or it does not change)
In: Economics
Suppose the dividends for the Seger Corporation over the past six years were $3.08, $3.16, $3.25, $3.33, $3.43, and $3.48, respectively. Assume that the historical average growth rate will remain the same for 2020. Compute the expected share price at the end of 2020 using the perpetual growth method. Assume the market risk premium is 12.6 percent, Treasury bills yield 5.2 percent, and the projected beta of the firm is .81.
Share price:
In: Finance
Vanessa spent 45 days of 2020 in a nursing home. The cost of the services provided to her was $18,900. Medicare paid $7,900 toward the cost of her stay. Vanessa also received $9,100 of benefits under a long-term care insurance policy she purchased. The 2020 per diem rate is $380.
What is the effect on Vanessa’s gross income?
Her available exclusion is $, therefore, the amount included in her
gross income is $.
In: Accounting
Victoria's 2019 tax return was due on April 15, 2020, but she did not file it until June 12, 2020. Victoria did not file an extension. The tax due on the tax return when filed was $10,000. In 2019, Victoria paid in $16,500 through withholding. Her 2018 tax liability was $14,500. Victoria’s AGI for 2019 is less than $150,000. How much penalty will Victoria have to pay (disregard interest)?
In: Accounting
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Underlying Assumption:
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Torres Company accumulates the following summary data for the year ending December 31, 2020, for its Water Division, which it operates as a profit center: sales—$2,000,000 budget, $2,080,000 actual; variable costs—$1,000,000 budget, $1,050,000 actual; and controllable fixed costs—$300,000 budget, $305,000 actual. Prepare a responsibility report for the Water Division for the year ending December 31, 2020. Prepare a responsibility report for a profit center.
In: Accounting