8. If the cost of goods sold is $100,000, sales are $200,000, merchandise purchases are $37,000, and ending merchandise inventory is $10,000, then the beginning merchandise inventory must be:
9.
A merchandiser plans to sell 14,600 units next month at a selling price of $110 per unit. It also gathered the following cost estimates for next month:
| Cost | Cost Formula | ||
| Cost of goods sold | $60 per unit sold | ||
| Advertising expense | $150,000 per month | ||
| Depreciation expense | $70,000 per month | ||
| Shipping expense | $100,000 per month + $10 per unit sold | ||
| Administrative salaries | $50,000 per month | ||
| Sales commissions | 5% of sales | ||
| Insurance expense | $15,000 per month | ||
What is the estimated net operating income for next month?
10. if the net operating income is $10,000, the contribution margin is $40,000, and the variable expenses are $31,000, then the sales must be:
11. If the conversion costs are $70,000, manufacturing overhead costs are $21,500, and direct material costs are $37,000, then the prime costs must be:
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Periodic Inventory by Three Methods; Cost of Merchandise Sold
The units of an item available for sale during the year were as follows:
| Jan. 1 | Inventory | 50 units @ $112 |
| Mar. 10 | Purchase | 60 units @ $120 |
| Aug. 30 | Purchase | 30 units @ $126 |
| Dec. 12 | Purchase | 60 units @ $132 |
There are 80 units of the item in the physical inventory at December 31. The periodic inventory system is used.
Determine the inventory cost and the cost of merchandise sold by three methods. Round interim calculations to one decimal and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.
| Cost of Merchandise Inventory and Cost of Merchandise Sold | ||
| Inventory Method | Merchandise Inventory | Merchandise Sold |
| First-in, first-out (FIFO) | $ | $ |
| Last-in, first-out (LIFO) | ||
| Weighted average cost | ||
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8. Project R has a cost of $ 10,000 and in expected to produce cash flows per year of $ 4,000 for 3 years. Project S has a cost of $20,000 and in expected to produce cash flows of $ 7,000 per year for 4 years. Calculate the 2 projects' NPVs, IRRs, MIRRs, and PIs, assuming a cost of capital of 11%. Which project should be selected ?
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1. What is an opportunity cost? How does the idea relate to the definition of economics? Which of the following decisions would entail the greater opportunity cost: Allocating a square block in the heart of New York City for a surface parking lot or allocating a square block at the edge of a typical suburb for such a lot? Explain.
2. Cite three examples of recent decisions that you made in which you, at least implicitly, weighed marginal cost and marginal benefit.
3. What is meant by the term “utility” and how does the idea relate to purposeful behavior?
In: Economics
Equipment acquired on January 8 at a cost of $101,300 has an estimated useful life of 13 years, has an estimated residual value of $9,000, and is depreciated by the straight-line method.
a. What was the book value of the equipment at
December 31 the end of the fourth year?
$
b. Assume that the equipment was sold on April 1 of the fifth year for $64,700.
1. Journalize the entry to record depreciation for the three months until the sale date. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar if required.
2. Journalize the entry to record the sale of the equipment. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Do not round intermediate calculations.
In: Accounting
You are analyzing the cost of debt for a firm. You know that the firm’s 14-year maturity, 6.6 percent coupon bonds are selling at a price of $964.67. The bonds pay interest semiannually. If these bonds are the only debt outstanding for the firm, answer the following questions. What is the current YTM of the bonds? What is the after-tax cost of debt for this firm if it has a marginal tax rate?
In: Finance
1) Which of the following statements is true?
A. A common cost can be easily traced to a cost object. B. Some of the prime costs are period costs. C. Discretionary fixed costs may not be altered in the short term by current managerial decisions. D. All sunk costs should be ignored in making a decision. E. None of the product costs are fixed costs.
2)
Basil company produces special raincoats. Their manufacturing overhead costs are all fixed. The cost structure of all expenses are inflexible, except sales force cost. The company has no sales force of its own; at the moment, it relies completely on independent sales agents to market its products.
Starting in 2018, Basil is considering employing its own sales force. In their plan, salespersons will be paid a small fixed salary and a commission lower than the current. Compared with year 2017, such a plan will increase the fixed marketing expenses but reduce commissions as follows:
| 2018 | 2017 | ||
| Commission rate | 11% | 19% | of sales |
| Total fixed marketing expense $ | 2260 | 1060 | |
| The statement of year 2017 follows: | |||
| Heron Company | |||
| Income Statement 12/31/2017 | |||
| Sales | 20250 | ||
| Prime cost | 6075 | ||
| Indirect manufacturing costs | 2940 | ||
| Net operating income | 6327.5 | ||
Determine the 2018 sales at which net income would be equal regardless of whether Basil Company sells through agents (at the 2017 commission rate) or employs its own sales force (as the 2018 plan suggested). Choose the closest answer.
a)51,750 b) 15,000 c) 28,250 d) 20,250 e)19,538
Show work
Dudek Industries uses a job order costing system and applies Manufacturing Overhead (MOH) based on Direct Labor Hours (DLHs) at a predetermined overhead rate of $8.55 per DLH. The company provided the following information for the most recent month of operations:
|
Direct materials purchased |
$ |
49,400 |
|||
|
Estimated DLHs for the period |
1,975 |
DLHs |
|||
|
Actual DLHs worked in the period |
2,200 |
DLHs |
|||
|
Actual Direct Labor cost |
$ |
10.00 |
per DLH |
||
|
Actual MOH |
19,100 |
||||
|
Beg Balance |
End Balance |
||||
|
Raw Materials (all Direct) |
$ |
4,200 |
$ |
3,600 |
|
|
Work in Process |
$ |
20,000 |
$ |
10,000 |
|
|
Finished Goods |
$ |
16,000 |
$ |
15,275 |
|
Before closing any over- or under-applied MOH, the unadjusted Cost of Goods Sold balance for the month would be closest to:
|
A. |
$ |
100,935 |
|
B. |
$ |
101,535 |
|
C. |
$ |
99,611 |
|
D. |
$ |
101,825 |
None of the above
Rosemary Corporation uses direct labor-hours to allocate their manufactuing overhead cost with capacity-based method. At the end of year, they attribute the under/over-applied manufacuturing overhead entirely to cost of goods sold. They find that they need to credit cost of goods sold by $25650 for this adjustment.
|
Actual direct labor hours |
12000 |
||
|
Estimate direct labor hours |
13000 |
||
|
Estimated direct labor hours at capacity |
13200 |
||
|
Actual manufacturing overhead |
$276,750 |
||
|
The estimated manufacturing overhead at capacity must have been: |
|||
|
A. |
$ |
276,210 |
|
|
B. |
$ |
332,640 |
|
|
C. |
$ |
327,600 |
|
|
D. |
$ |
272,025 |
|
None of the above
In: Accounting
Bob owns 1,000 shares of IBM that he acquired in 2012 for a cost of $35,000. Bob buys 10 of the IBM calls (IBM 75 July 20, 2018 @$4). Chang sells 10 IBM calls (IBM 75 July 20, 2018 @$4). Chang also owns 1,000 shares of IBM that she purchased in 2016 for $27,000. On July 20, IBM is trading for $80 per share so all of the options are exercised. What are the taxable results to both Bob and Chang?
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Western Industrial Products is considering a project with a five-year life and an initial cost of $110,000. The discount rate for the project is 13 percent. The firm expects to sell 2,400 units a year. The cash flow per unit is $25. The firm will have the option to abandon this project at the end of year three (after year three's sales) at which time the project's assets could be sold for an estimated $55,000. The firm should abandon the project at the end of year three if the expected level of annual sales, starting with year 4, falls to _____ units or less. Ignore taxes.
1,443 units
2,230 units
928 units
375 units
1,319 units
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Entries for Sale of Fixed Asset
Equipment acquired on January 8 at a cost of $160,090, has an estimated useful life of 18 years, has an estimated residual value of $7,450, and is depreciated by the straight-line method.
a.
What was the book value of the equipment at December 31 the end of
the fourth year?
$
b. Assuming that the equipment was sold on April 1 of the fifth year for 118,680.
1. Journalize the entry to record depreciation for the three months until the sale date. Round your answers to the nerest whole dollar if required.
2. Journalize the entry to record the sale of the equipment. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Do not round intermediate calculations.
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