Identifying Cost Drivers in an ABC system
Patterson makes electronic components for handheld games and has identified several activities as components of manufacturing overhead: factory rent, factory utilities, quality inspections, materials handling, machine setup, employee training, machine maintenance, inventory security costs, and supervisor salaries. For each activity that Patterson has identified, choose a cost driver to allocate that cost. Explain your reasoning.

Answer:

Factory Rent : No of days worked

Factory Utilities: Units of utility consumed

Quality Inspection : Hours of inspection on production run

Material Handling :  No of orders received

Machine Setup : Machine hours

Employee Training : Hours worked

Machine Maintenance : Machine hours used

Inventory Security Costs : Finished goods units

Supervisor Salary : No of workers

Explanation:

A cost driver is unit of activity on which cost is allocated. Cost driver is considered as a direct cause of the cost. In ABC costing cost are allocated to the goods based on the cost drivers.

Which of the following reports, which generally are shared only between the organizations that are doing business with one another, are used by auditors to assess the ICFR at one entity that does business with another entity
A. SOC-1
B. SOC-2
C. SOC-3

a) Depreciation on the company's equipment for 2017 is computed to be $16,000.

b) The Prepaid Insurance account had a $9,000 debit balance at December 31, 2017, before adjusting for the costs of any expired coverage. An analysis of the company’s insurance policies showed that $900 of unexpired insurance coverage remains.

c) The Office Supplies account had a $540 debit balance on December 31, 2016; and $2,680 of office supplies were purchased during the year. The December 31, 2017, physical count showed $637 of supplies available.

d) One-fourth of the work related to $11,000 of cash received in advance was performed this period.

e) The Prepaid Insurance account had a $5,100 debit balance at December 31, 2017, before adjusting for the costs of any expired coverage. An analysis of insurance policies showed that $4,200 of coverage had expired.

f) Wage expenses of $5,000 have been incurred but are not paid as of December 31, 2017.


Prepare adjusting journal entries for the year ended (date of) December 31, 2017, for each of these separate situations.

Nate is a partner in a partnership that received $5,000 of interest income this year. Nate's share of the interest is $1,000, and he should report this income on his individual return as:

Suppose your employer offers you a choice between a $ 4 comma 600 bonus and 200 shares of the company stock. Whichever one you choose will be awarded today. The stock is currently trading for $ 64 per share. Ignore transaction costs. a. Suppose that if you receive the stock​ bonus, you are free to trade it. Which form of the bonus should you​ choose? What is its​ value? b. Suppose that if you receive the stock​ bonus, you are required to hold it for at least one year. What can you say about the value of the stock bonus​ now? What will your decision depend​ on?

Chocolates R' Us, Inc is owned equally by Desi and his wife Lucy, each of whom hold 550 shares in the company. Lucy plans to reduce her ownership in the company, with the company planning to redeem 475 of her shares for $10,000 per share on December 31 of this year. Assume Desi and Lucy are not getting along and have separated due to marital discord, but are not legally separated. Because they no longer talk to each other, they communicate only through their accountant. Lucy wants to argue that she should not be treated as owning any of Desi's stock in Chocolates because of their hostility toward each other. Can family hostility be used as an argument to voice the family attribution rules?

Kat Outfitting currently has $22,500 in cash. The company owes $49,500 to suppliers for merchandise and $52,500 to the bank for a long-term loan. Customers owe the company $41,000 for their purchases. The inventory has a book value of $76,800 and an estimated market value of $72,000. If the store compiled a balance sheet as of today, what would be the book value of the current assets?

The current sections of Birmingham Inc.’s balance sheets at December 31, 2019 and 2020, are presented here. Birmingham’s net income for 2020 was $193,000. The income statement included depreciation expense, $25,000, amortization expense, $10,000, and a gain on disposal of equipment, $7,000. The equipment was sold for $47,000. Birmingham also issued bonds for $60,000. 2020 2019Current assets Cash $417,000 $ 99,000 Accounts receivable 120,000 93,000Inventory 159,000 176,000Prepaid expenses 29,000 24,000Total current assets $725,000 $392,000 Current liabilities Accrued expenses payable $ 17,000 $ 6,000 Accounts payable 88,000 94,000Total current liabilities $105,000 $100,000 InstructionsPrepare the net cash provided by operating activities section of the company’s statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020 using the indirect method.

An investor is deciding whether to build a retail store. If she invests in the store and it is successful, she expects a return of $100,000 in the first year. If the store is not successful, she will suffer a loss of $80,000. She guesses that the probability that the store will be a success is 0.6. To remove some of the uncertainty from this decision, the investor tries to establish more information, but this market research will cost $20,000. If she spends this money, she will have more confidence in her investment. There is a 0.6 probability that this information will be favorable; if it is, the likelihood that the store will be a success increases to 0.9. If the information is not favorable, the likelihood that the store will be a success reduces to only 0.2. Of course, she can elect to do nothing.
A) Draw the associated decision tree.
B) What do you recommend?
C) How much is the information worth?
Replace all the monetary values with the following utilities
Monetary Value Utility
$100,000 1.00
$80,000 0.40
$0 0.20
-$20,000 0.10
-$80,000 0.05
-$100,000 0.00
A) What do you recommend, based on expected utility?
B) Is the investor a risk soeker or a risk avoider?

CommercialServices Corporation provides business-to-business services on the Internet. Data concerning the most recent year appear below: Sales $ 3,000,000 Net operating income $ 150,000 Average operating assets $ 750,000 The following questions are to be considered independently. Garrison 16e Rechecks 2019-01-10 Required: 1. Compute the company's return on investment (ROI).

The first year after you retire you want to be able to withdraw $100,000 from your savings account. Every year after that you want to increase your withdrawals by 2%. You expect that the account will earn 6% annual interest. How much money must you have in your savings account when you retire to make sure that your money lasts for 25 years

Maquoketa Services was formed on May 1, 2017. The following transactions took place during the first month.
Transactions on May 1:
1. Jay BradFord invested $40,000 cash in the company, as its sole owner.
2. Hired two employees to work in the warehouse. They will each be paid a salary of $3,050 per month.
3. Signed a 2-year rental agreement on a warehouse; paid $24,000 cash in advance for the first year.
4. Purchased furniture and equipment costing $30,000. A cash payment of $10,000 was made immediately; the remainder will be paid in 6 months.
5. Paid $1,800 cash for a one-year insurance policy on the furniture and equipment.
Transactions during the remainder of the month:
6. Purchased basic office supplies for $420 cash.
7. Purchased more office supplies for $1,500 on account.
8. Total revenues earned were $20,000—$8,000 cash and $12,000 on account.
9. Paid $400 to suppliers for accounts payable due.
10. Received $3,000 from customers in payment of accounts receivable.
11. Received utility bills in the amount of $380, to be paid next month.
12. Paid the monthly salaries of the two employees, totaling $6,100.
Prepare journal entries to record each of the events listed. (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.)

1. Investment in the business= $17,010
2. Borrow cash= $7620
3. Purchase equipment= the list price was $8700 but the final price was $8300
4. Revenues earned = $298,600, the cash has been collected from the customers for all revenue earned
5. Expenses incurred= total $210,900 during the same year, all expenses paid in cash
6. Dividens= end of each quarter, the company distributed cash to stockholders, the sum of those quarterly distributions was $15,000
Consider the following transactions for Thomas Company and their effect ont he accounting equation. Determine the new balance for each component of the accounting equation from the transactioon. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
Transaction Assets =Liabilities Stockholders' Equity
Beginning $0 $0 $0
1. Investment in the business $17,160 17160
2. Borrow cash $7940 7940 7940
3. Purchase equipment 8600 7940 660
4. Revenues earned 29860 0 29860
5. Expenses incurred 210800 103660
6. Dividends 14200 88460

Dave and Ellen are newly married and living in their first house. The yearly premium on their homeowner’s insurance policy is $600 for the coverage they need. Their insurance company offers a discount of 8 percent if they install dead-bolt locks on all exterior doors. The couple can also receive a discount of 5 percent if they install smoke detectors on each floor. They have contacted a locksmith, who will provide and install dead-bolt locks on the two exterior doors for $105 each. At the local hardware store, smoke detectors cost $28 each, and the new house has two floors. Dave and Ellen can install them themselves.
a. What discount will Dave and Ellen receive if they install the dead-bolt locks?b. What discount will Dave and Ellen receive if they install smoke detectors?

Assume that apples cost $0.50 in 2002 and $1 in 2009, whereas oranges cost $1 in 2002 and $1.50 in 2009. If 4 apples were produced in 2002 and 5 in 2009, whereas 3 oranges were produced in 2002 and 5 in 2009, then the GDP deflator in 2009, using a base year of 2002, was approximately:________.
A) 1.5.
B) 1.7.
C) 1.9.
D) 2.0.

Presented below is an aging schedule for Bryan Company. Number of Days Past Due Customer Total Not Yet Due 1-30 31-60 61-90 Over 90 Aneesh $ 24,000 $ 9,000 $15,000 Bird 30,000 $ 30,000 Cope 50,000 5,000 5,000 $40,000 DeSpears 38,000 $38,000 Others 120,000 72,000 35,000 13,000 $262,000 $107,000 $49,000 $28,000 $40,000 $38,000 Estimated percentage uncollectible 3% 7% 12% 24% 60% Total estimated bad debts $ 42,400 $ 3,210 $3,430 $3,360 $ 9,600 $22,800 At December 31, 2016, the unadjusted balance in Allowance for Doubtful Accounts is a credit of $8,000.Journalize the adjusting of bad debit at December 31 2016.

what are the 8 core subject areas that employer expect all employees to know

Belltone Company made the following expenditures related to its 10-year-old manufacturing facility:

1. The heating system was replaced at a cost of $185,000. The cost of the old system was not known. The company accounts for improvements as reductions of accumulated depreciation.
2. A new wing was added at a cost of $740,000. The new wing substantially increases the productive capacity of the plant.
3. Annual building maintenance was performed at a cost of $22,000.
4. All of the equipment on the assembly line in the plant was rearranged at a cost of $34,000. The rearrangement clearly increases the productive capacity of the plant.

Required:
Prepare journal entries to record each of the above expenditures.

Should the home country be "large" relative to the world, its imposition of a tariff on imports would lead to an increase in domestic welfare if the terms-of-trade effect exceeds the sum of the:_________

a. revenue effect plus redistribution effect.
b. protective effect plus revenue effect.
c. consumption effect plus redistribution effect.
d. production distortion effect plus consumption distortion effect.
e. None of the above.

Karim Corp. requires a minimum $8,000 cash balance. Loans taken to meet this requirement cost 1% interest per month (paid monthly). Any excess cash is used to repay loans at month-end. The cash balance on July 1 is $8,400, and the company has no outstanding loans. Forecasted cash receipts (other than for loans received) and forecasted cash payments (other than for loan or interest payments) follow.

July August September
Cash receipts $20,000 $26,000 $40,000
Cash payments 28,000 30,000 22,000

Required:
Prepare a cash budget for July, August, and September.

Orange Corporation acquired new office furniture on August 15, 2018, for $130,000. Orange does not elect immediate expensing under § 179. Orange claims any available additional first-year depreciation. If required, round your answer to the nearest dollar.
a. Determine Orange's cost recovery for 2018
The office furniture is classified as a seven-year class of property for MACRS. If bonus depreciation is elected, Orange's deduction is
b. Determine Orange's cost recovery for 2018 if Orange decided to only use $52,000 of bonus depreciation and normal MACRS on the balance of the acquisition cost.

Jose Reyes surrendered an endowment policy and received $50,000 from the ABC Insurance Company. Over time Jose had paid $35,000 in premiums. In addition, over time Jose had collected $5,000 of dividends on the policy. How much gain (loss), if any, must Jose recognize from surrendering the endowment policy

Ecominus Eliminator Manufacturing produces a chemical pesticide and uses process costing. There are three processing departmentslong dash​Mixing, ​Refining, and Packaging. On January​ 1, the first departmentlong dashMixinglong dashhad no beginning inventory. During​ January, 48 comma 000 fl. oz. of chemicals were started in production. Of​ these, 38 comma 000 fl. oz. were​ completed, and 10 comma 000 fl. oz. remained in process. In the Mixing​ Department, all direct materials are added at the beginning of the production​ process, and conversion costs are applied evenly throughout the process. The weightedminusaverage method is used.
At the end of January, the equivalent unit data for the Mixing Department were as follows:
WHOLE UNITS Equivalent Units Equivalent Units
Units to be accounted for Direct Materials Cost Conversion Costs
Completed and transferred out 38,000 38,000 38,000
Ending work-in-process 10,000 10,000 44,00
48,000 48,000 42,400
Percent complete for conversion costs: 44%
In addition to the above, the costs per equivalent unit were $1.35 for direct m conversion costs. Using this data, calculate the full cost of the ending WIP balance in the Mixing Department. The weighted-average method is used.
A) $36,380
B) $13,500
C) $64,800
D) $42,400

Selected account balances from the adjusted trial balance for Olinda Corporation as of its calendar year-end December 31 follow. Debit Credit a. Interest revenue $ 14,500 b. Depreciation expense—Equipment $ 34,500 c. Loss on sale of equipment 26,350 d. Accounts payable 44,500 e. Other operating expenses 106,900 f. Accumulated depreciation—Equipment 72,100 g. Gain from settlement of lawsuit 44,500 h. Accumulated depreciation—Buildings 175,500 i. Loss from operating a discontinued segment (pretax) 18,750 j. Gain on insurance recovery of tornado damage 29,620 k. Net sales 1,003,500 l. Depreciation expense—Buildings 52,500 m. Correction of overstatement of prior year’s sales (pretax) 16,500 n. Gain on sale of discontinued segment’s assets (pretax) 36,500 o. Loss from settlement of lawsuit 24,250 p. Income tax expense ? q. Cost of goods sold 487,500 Assume that the company’s income tax rate is 40% for all items. Compute the tax effects and after-tax amounts of the three items labeled pretax. 2a. What is the amount of income from continuing operations before income taxes? 2b. What is the amount of the income tax expense? 2c. What is the amount of income from continuing operations?

Hopewell Corporation Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2019 (amounts in thousands) Cash 21,000 Liabilities 20,000 Other Assets 26,000 Equity 27,000 Total Assets 47,000 Total Liabilities & Equity 47,000 Hopewell Corporation Income Statement January 1 to March 31, 2020 (amounts in thousands) Revenue 5,500 Expenses 2,600 Net Income 2,900 Between January 1 and March 31, 2020: 1. Cash decreases by $100,000 2. Liabilities decrease by $300,000 3. Paid-In Capital does not change 4. Dividends paid of $300,000 What is the value for Other Assets on March 31, 2020?

As a toy company produces more toys the average total cost of each toy produced decreases. This is because: total fixed costs are decreasing as more toys are produced. average variable cost is decreasing as more toys are produced. total variable cost is decreasing as more toys are produced. None of the above.

Omaha Beef Co. purchased a delivery truck for $50,000. The residual value at the end of an estimated eight-year service life is expected to be $10,000. The company uses straight-line depreciation for the first six years. In the seventh year, the company now believes the truck will be useful for a total of 10 years (four more years), and the residual value will remain at $10,000. Calculate depreciation expense for the seventh year.

Describe other options teachers and their union have in resolving the impasse before opting for a strike? For each point illustrate your discussion with examples from Pacific island countries (PICs)

Listed below are a few events and transactions of Kim Company. Year 1 Jan. 2 Purchased 95,000 shares of Grey Co. common stock for $501,000 cash. Grey has 285,000 shares of common stock outstanding, and its activities will be significantly influenced by Kim. Sept. 1 Grey declared and paid a cash dividend of $2.00 per share. Dec. 31 Grey announced that net income for the year is $500,400. Year 2 June 1 Grey declared and paid a cash dividend of $2.00 per share. Dec. 31 Grey announced that net income for the year is $722,900. Dec. 31 Kim sold 10,000 shares of Grey for $126,500 cash. Prepare journal entries to record the above transactions and events of Kim Company. (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answers to the nearest dollar amount.)

Shawn and Harry signed a contract for Shawn to build a house for Harry according to the specifications provided by Harry. The contract stated that Shawn would be paid $125,000. Shawn unintentionally deviated from the specifications in several minor respects. The house was soundly constructed, and Shawn completed the work within the promised time. Harry refused to pay Shawn any of the $125,000, arguing that the house did not conform to the specifications. In this case,
A) Harry will get a decree of specific performance.
B) Shawn has no right to be paid for any of his work because he breached the contract.
C) if the court finds that Shawn has substantially performed, he will be able to recover the contract price less any damages caused by his failure to perform as promised.
D) if the court finds that Shawn has substantially performed, he will be able to recover the contract price less any damages caused to him because of the delay in payment.

The new growth theory states that A. technological advances are the responsibility of the government. B. the subsistence level income leads to technological advances. C. technological advances are the result of discoveries and choices. D. it is impossible to replicate production activities. E. technological advances are the result of random chance.