Due to erratic sales of its sole product—a high-capacity battery for laptop computers—PEM, Inc., has been experiencing difficulty for some time. The company’s contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below:
Sales (13,200 units × $40 per unit) $528,000
Variable expenses 316,800
Contribution margin 211,200
Fixed expenses 235,200
Net operating loss $(24,000)
1. Compute the company’s CM ratio and its break-even point in both unit sales and dollar sales.
2. The president believes that a $6,800 increase in the monthly advertising budget, combined with an intensified effort by the sales staff, will result in an $89,000 increase in monthly sales. If the president is right, what will be the effect on the company’s monthly net operating income or loss?
3. Refer to the original data. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with an increase of $31,000 in the monthly advertising budget, will double unit sales. What will the new contribution format income statement look like if these changes are adopted?
4. Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would help sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by $0.60 cents per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units would have to be sold each month to earn a profit of $4,100?
5. Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase by $55,000 each month.
A. Compute the new CM ratio and the new break-even point in both unit sales and dollar sales.
CM ratio 45%
Break-even points in units 183
Break-even points in dollars 7,305

B. Assume that the company expects to sell 20,700 units next month. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one assuming that operations are not automated and one assuming that they are.
C. Would you recommend that the company automate its operations?
1. Yes
2. No

Answer:

1. Compute the company’s CM ratio and its break-even point in both unit sales and dollar sales.

CM ratio = 211,200 / 528,000 = 39.96%

break even point in $ = 235,200 / 39.96% = $588,588

break even point in units = 588,588 / 40 = 14,714.7 ≈ 14,715 units

2. The president believes that a $6,800 increase in the monthly advertising budget, combined with an intensified effort by the sales staff, will result in an $89,000 increase in monthly sales. If the president is right, what will be the effect on the company’s monthly net operating income or loss?

total revenue = $617,000

variable expenses = $617,000 x 60.04% = $370,446.80

contribution margin = $246,553.20

fixed expenses = $242,000

operating profit = $4,553.20

3. Refer to the original data. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with an increase of $31,000 in the monthly advertising budget, will double unit sales. What will the new contribution format income statement look like if these changes are adopted?

total revenue = $950,400

variable expenses = 26,400 x $24.016 = $634,022.40

contribution margin = $316,377.60

fixed expenses = $266,200

operating profit = $50,177.60

4. Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would help sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by $0.60 cents per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units would have to be sold each month to earn a profit of $4,100?

variable expenses per unit = $24.016 + $0.60 = $24.616

contribution margin per unit = $40 - $24.616 = $15.384

break even point + $4,100 gains = 239,300 / 15.384 = 15,555.122 ≈ 15,556 units

5. Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase by $55,000 each month.

a) contribution margin per unit = $18.984

break even point = 290,200 / 18.984 = 15,286.56 ≈ 15,287 units

break even point in $ = 15,287 x $40 = $611,480

b)                                           not automated                   automated

sales revenue                           $828,000                       $828,000

variable costs                           $497,131.20                    $435,031.20      

contribution margin                $330,868.80                  $392,968.80

fixed costs                                  $235,200                      $290,200

operating income                     $95,668.80                   $102,768.80

c) 2. No

In order for the automation process to be profitable, the number of sales units must increase a lot, and since the company is struggling to sell enough units, I doubt it will work.

1. CM ratio = 211,200 / 528,000 = 39.96%

break even point in $ = 235,200 / 39.96% = $588,588

break even point in units = 588,588 / 40 = 14,714.7 ≈ 14,715 units

2. The total revenue = $617,000

variable expenses = $617,000 x 60.04% = $370,446.80

contribution margin = $246,553.20

fixed expenses = $242,000

operating profit = $4,553.20

3.The entire revenue = $950,400

variable expenses = 26,400 x $24.016 = $634,022.40

contribution margin = $316,377.60

fixed expenses = $266,200

operating profit = $50,177.60

4. variable expenses per unit = $24.016 + $0.60 = $24.616

contribution margin per unit = $40 - $24.616 = $15.384

break even point + $4,100 gains = 239,300 / 15.384 = 15,555.122 ≈ 15,556 units

5. a) contribution margin per unit = $18.984

break even point = 290,200 / 18.984 = 15,286.56 ≈ 15,287 units

break even point in $ = 15,287 x $40 = $611,480

b)                                           not automated                   automated

sales revenue                           $828,000                       $828,000

variable costs                           $497,131.20                    $435,031.20      

contribution margin                $330,868.80                  $392,968.80

fixed costs                                  $235,200                      $290,200

operating income                     $95,668.80                   $102,768.80

c) answer is 2. No

When the automation process to be profitable, the amount of sales units must increase plenty, also since the corporate is struggling to sell enough units.

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For each of the procedures described in the table below, identify the audit procedure per­ formed and classification of the audit procedure using the following:

Audit Procedures: Classification of Audit Procedure
(I) Analytical procedure (9) Substantive procedures
(2) Confirmation (I0) Test of controls
(3) Inquiry
(4) Inspection of recordsordocuments
(5) Inspection of tangible assets
(6) Observation
(7) Recalculation
(8) Reperformance

Procedure Audit Procedure Classification of Audit Procedure

a. Requested responses directly from customers as to amounts due.
b. Compared total bad debts this year with the totals for the previous two years.
c. Questioned management about likely total uncollectible accounts.
d. Watched the accounting clerk record the daily deposit of cash receipts.
e. Examined invoice to obtain evidence in support of the ending recorded balance of a customer.
f. Compared a sample of sales invoices to credit files to determine whether the customers were on the approved customer list.
g. Examined a sample of sales invoices to see if they were initialized by the credit manager indicating credit approval.

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Marketing by the Numbers: Pricey Sheets
Many luxury sheets cost less than $200 to make but sell for more than $500 in retail stores. Some cost even more consumers pay almost $3,000 for Frett'e "Tangeri Pizzo king-size luxury linens. The creators of a new brand of luxury linens, called Boll & Branch, have entered this market and are determining the price at which to sell their sheets directly to consumers online. They want to price their sheets lower than most brands but still want to earn an adequate margin on sales. The sheets come in a luxurious box that can be reused to store lingerie, jewelry, or other keepsakes. The Boll & Branch brand touts fair trade practices when sourcing its high-grade long staple organic cotton from India. Given the cost information below, refer to Appendix 2: Marketing by the Numbers to answer the following questions.
Cost/King-size Set
Raw Cotton $28.00
Spinning/Weaving/Dyeing $12,00
Cut/Sew/Finishing $10,00
Material Transportation $3,00
Factory Fee $16,00
Inspection and Import Fees $14,00
Ocean Freight/Insurance $5,00
Warehousing $8,00
Packaging $15,00
Promotion $30,00
Customer Shipping $15,00
10-13 Given the cost per king-size sheet set above, and assuming the manufacturer has total fixed costs of $500,000 and estimates first year sales will be 50,000 sets, determine the price to consumers if the company desires a 40 percent margin on sales.
10-14 If the company decides to sell through retailers instead of directly to consumers online, to maintain the consumer price you calculated in the previous question, at what price must it sell the product to a wholesaler who then sells it to retailers? Assume wholesalers desire a 10 percent margin and retailers get a 20 percent margin, both based on their respective selling prices.

f Europe has a real GDP growth rate of 5%, and the United States has a real GDP growth rate of 6%, while money growth in Europe is 7%, and money growth in the United States is 5%, what would the monetary exchange rate model predict for exchange rates in the long run

Consider the experiments. Experiment 1: A study is done to determine which of two fuel mixtures allows a rocket to travel farther over a period of time. Rocket A, which requires additional equipment to keep it stable, is used to test one fuel mixture, and rocket B is used to test the other. Both rockets are identical aside from their mass. The results indicate that rocket B traveled farther than rocket A over the same period of time. Experiment 2: A double-blind experiment is performed to test whether a new drug is effective in lowering blood pressure. A random sample of subjects with high blood pressure is assigned to two groups. One group receives the new drug and the other group does not. Neither group is permitted to take any other medications during the experiment or to change their lifestyles in any way. The results of the experiment show that the drug is effective in lowering blood pressure.

Identify the experiment in which confounding occurs and the reason for its occurrence.

a. Neither experiment has a confounding variable.
b. Experiment 1 has a confounding variable related to the fuel mixtures. Varying the fuel mixture could skew the results of the study and should be kept constant.
c. Experiment 2 has a confounding variable related to the type of experiment. A double-blind experiment may increase the risk of the placebo effect and possibly skew the results.
d. Experiment 1 has a confounding variable related to the mass of the rockets. Any variation in mass may cause a discrepancy in the distance traveled.
e. Experiment 2 has a confounding variable related to the subjects used. Choosing a sample of subjects with high blood pressure instead of individuals with different blood pressure levels may confuse the results.

The following transactions relate to the General Fund of the City of Buffalo Falls for the year ended December 31, 2020:

a. Beginning balances were: Cash, $98,000; Taxes Receivable, $197,000; Accounts Payable, $56,000; and Fund Balance, $239,000.
b. The budget was passed. Estimated revenues amounted to $1,280,000 and appropriations totaled $1,276,400. All expenditures are classified as General Government.
c. Property taxes were levied in the amount of $940,000. All of the taxes are expected to be collected before February 2021.
d. Cash receipts totaled $910,000 for property taxes and $310,000 from other revenue.
e. Contracts were issued for contracted services in the amount of $104,000.
f. Contracted services were performed relating to $93,000 of the contracts with invoices amounting to $90,400.
g. Other expenditures amounted to $986,000.
h. Accounts payable were paid in the amount of $1,130,000.
i. The books were closed.

Required:
a. Prepare journal entries for the above transactions.
b. Prepare a Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the General Fund.
c. Prepare a Balance Sheet for the General Fund assuming there are no restricted or assigned net resources and outstanding encumbrances are committed by contractual obligation.

Use the information from the balance sheet and income statement below to calculate the following ratios:

a. Current Ratio
b. Acid-test ratio
c. Times interest earned
d. Inventory turnover
e. Total asset turnover
f. Operating profit margin
g. Days in receivables
h. Operating return on assets
i. Debt ratio
j. Fixed asset turnover
k. Return on equity

Balance Sheet ASSETS

Cash $100,000
Accounts receivable 30,000
Inventory 50,000
Prepaid expenses 10,000
Total current assets $190,000
Gross plant and equipment 401,000
Accumulated depreciation (66,000)
Total assets $525,000

LIABILITIES AND OWNERS' EQUITY

Accounts payable $90,000
Accrued liabilities 63,000
Total current liabilities $153,000
Long-term debt 120,000
Common stock 205,000
Retained earnings 47,000
Total liabilities and equity $525,000
Income Statement Sales* $210,000
Cost of goods sold (90,000)
Gross profit $120,000
Selling, general, and
administrative expenses (29,000)
Depreciation expenses (26,000)
Operating profits $65,000
Interest expense (8,000)
Earnings before taxes $57,000
Taxes (11,970)
Net income $45,030

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Which section of a CAR Residential Purchase Agreement is a provision divided into three sections: mediation, arbitration of disputes, and additional terms?

Calloway Company recorded a right-of-use asset of $790,000 in a 10-year finance lease. The interest rate charged by the lessor was 10%. The balance in the right-of-use asset after two years will be:

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O Operator

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On January 1, 2021, Taco King leased retail space from Fogelman Properties. The 10-year finance lease requires quarterly variable lease payments equal to 3% of Taco King's sales revenue, with a quarterly sales minimum of $600,000. Payments at the beginning of each quarter are based on previous quarter sales. During the previous 5-year period, Taco King has generated quarterly sales of over $750,000. Fogelman's interest rate, known by Taco King, was 4%. (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:
1. Prepare the journal entries for Taco King at the beginning of the lease at January 1, 2021.
2. Prepare the journal entries for Taco King at April 1, 2021. First quarter sales were $760,000. Amortization is recorded quarterly.

Consider an economy that produces only chocolate bars. In year 1, the quantity produced is 3 bars and the price is $2. In year 2, the quantity produced is 5 bars and the price is $4. In year 3, the quantity produced is 7 bars and the price is $6.

Required:
Using year 1 as the base year, compute nominal GDP, real GDP, and the GDP deflator for each year.

Robert G. Flanders Jr., the state-appointed receiver for Central Falls, RI, said his city's declaration of bankruptcy had proved invaluable in helping it cut costs. Before the city declared bankruptcy, he said, he had found it impossible to wring meaningful concessions out of the city's unions and retirees, who were being asked to give up roughly half of the pensions they had earned as the city ran out of cash.
True or False

Managers must be able to determine whether their workers are doing an effective and efficient job, with a minimum of errors and disruptions. They do so by using a performance appraisal, an evaluation that measures employee performance against established standards in order to make decisions about promotions, compensation, training, or termination. Managing effectively means getting results through top performance. That's what performance appraisals at all levels of the organization are for—including at the top, where managers benefit from review by their subordinates. In the 360-degree review, management gathers opinions from all around the employee, including those under, above, and on the same level, to get an accurate, comprehensive idea of the worker's abilities.

a. True
b. False

Darby Company, operating at full capacity, sold 500,000 units at a price of $94 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:
Sales $47,000,000
Cost of goods sold 25,000,000
Gross profit $22,000,000
Expenses:
Selling expenses $4,000,000
Administrative expenses 3,000,000
Total expenses 7,000,000
Income from operations $15,000,000
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:
Variable Fixed
Cost of goods sold 70% 30%
Selling expenses 75% 25%
Administrative expenses50% 50%
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $3,760,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $1,800,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.
Required:
1. Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.
Total variable costs $_____
Total fixed costs $_____
2. Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.
Unit variable cost $_____
Unit contribution margin $_____
3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year.
4. Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year.
5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $15,000,000 of income from operations that were earned in the current year.
6. Determine the maximum income from operations possible with the expanded plant.
7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the income or loss from operations be for the following year?
8. Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?
a. In favor of the proposal because of the reduction in break-even point.
b. In favor of the proposal because of the possibility of increasing income from operations.
c. In favor of the proposal because of the increase in break-even point.
d. Reject the proposal because if future sales remain at the current level, the income from operations will increase.
e. Reject the proposal because the sales necessary to maintain the current income from operations would be below the current year sales.

At the end of 2020, Payne Industries had a deferred tax asset account with a balance of $25 million attributable to a temporary book-tax difference of $100 million in a liability for estimated expenses. At the end of 2021, the temporary difference is $64 million. Payne has no other temporary differences. Taxable income for 2021 is $180 million and the tax rate is 25%. Payne has a valuation allowance of $10 million for the deferred tax asset at the beginning of 2021.

Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry(s) to record Payne’s income taxes for 2021, assuming it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized in full.
b. Prepare the journal entry(s) to record Payne’s income taxes for 2021, assuming it is more likely than not that only one-fourth of the deferred tax asset ultimately will be realized.

The following trial balance of Blues Traveler Corporation does not balance.

Blues Traveler Corporation Trial Balance April 30, 2020

Debit Credit
Cash $5,912
Accounts Receivable 5,240
Supplies 2,967
Equipment 6,100
Accounts Payable $7,044
Common Stock 8,000
Retained Earnings 2,000
Service Revenue 5,200
Office Expense 4,320 00000
$24,539 $22,244

An examination of the ledger shows these errors.

1. Cash received from a customer on account was recorded (both debit and credit) as $1,380 instead of $1,830.
2. The purchase on account of a computer costing $3,200 was recorded as a debit to Office Expense and a credit to Accounts Payable.
3. Services were performed on account for a client, $2,250, for which Accounts Receivable was debited $2,250 and Service Revenue was credited $225.
4. A payment of $95 for telephone charges was entered as a debit to Office Expense and a debit to Cash.
5. The Service Revenue account was totaled at $5,200 instead of $5,280.

Required:
From this information prepare a corrected trial balance.

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Aside from distributing investments and savings, the primary tasks of the financial service system

are (Select all that apply.)

U providing avenues to borrow money

growing the country's economy

aiding in the creation of capital formation

U managing and mitigating the risks

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Deferral adjustments are needed when the business:

a. Pays cash after the expense has been incurred.
b. Unanswered pays cash before the expense has been incurred.
c. Unanswered receives cash after the revenue has been generated.
d. Unanswered receives cash before the revenue has been generated.

Julie Brown is a single woman in her late 20s. She is renting an apartment in the fashionable part of town for $1,000 a month. After much thought, she's seriously considering buying a condominium for $175,000. She intends to put 20 percent down and expects that closing costs will amount to another $5,000; a commercial bank has agreed to lend her money at the fixed rate of 6 percent on a 15-year mortgage. Julie would have to pay an annual condominium owner's insurance premium of $560 and property taxes of $1,000 a year (she's now paying renter's insurance of $550 per year). In addition, she estimates that annual maintenance expenses will be about 0.5 percent of the price of the condo (which includes a $30 monthly fee to the property owners' association). Julie's income puts her in the 25 percent tax bracket (she itemizes her deductions on her tax returns), and she earns an after-tax rate of return on her investments of around 4 percent.

Required:
a. Evaluate and compare Julie’s alternatives of remaining in the apartment or purchasing the condo.
b. Working with a friend who is a realtor, Julie has learned that condos like the one that she’s thinking of buying are appreciating in value at the rate of 3.5 percent a year and are expected to continue doing so. Would such information affect the rent-or-buy decision made in a?
c. Discuss any other factors that should be considered when making a rent-or-buy decision.
d. Which alternative would you recommend for Julie in light of your analysis?

The following model is a simplified version of the multiple regression model used by Biddle and Hamermesh (1990) to study the tradeoff between time spent sleeping and working and to look at other factors affecting sleep:

sleep = β0 + β1totwrk + β2educ + β3age + u,

where sleep and totwrk (total work) are measured in minutes per week and educ and age are measured in years. (See also Computer Exercise.)

(i) If adults trade off sleep for work, what is the sign of β1?

(ii) What signs do you think β2 and β3 will have?

(iii) Using the data in SLEEP75.RAW, the estimated equation is

= 3,638.25 - .148 totwrk - 11.13 educ + 2.20 age n = 706, R2 = .113.

If someone works five more hours per week, by how many minutes is sleep predicted to fall? Is this a large tradeoff?

(iv) Discuss the sign and magnitude of the estimated coefficient on educ.

(v) Would you say totwrk, educ, and age explain much of the variation in sleep? What other factors might affect the time spent sleeping? Are these likely to be correlated with totwrk?

Use the data in SLEEP75.RAW from Biddle and Hamermesh (1990) to study whether there is a tradeoff between the time spent sleeping per week and the time spent in paid work. We could use either variable as the dependent variable. For concreteness, estimate the model

sleep =β0+ β1totwrk+u, where sleep is minutes spent sleeping at night per week and totwrk is total minutes worked during the week.

(i) Report your results in equation form along with the number of observations and R2. What does the intercept in this equation mean?

(ii) If totwrk increases by 2 hours, by how much is sleep estimated to fall? Do you find this to be a large effect?

Deal Leasing leased equipment to Hand Company on January 1, 2021. The leased equipment's book value is $420,000 with no estimated residual value at the end of its useful life. The remaining useful life of the leased equipment is 15 years. The lease payments were calculated to provide the lessor a 10% return. Ten annual lease payments of $60,000 are due at the beginning of each year beginning January 1, 2021. Both companies use the straight-line method in depreciation/amortization their assets.

Wholemark is an Internet order business that sells one popular New Year greeting card once a year. The cost of the paper on which the card is printed is $0.40 per card, and the cost of printing is $0.10 per card. The company receives $3.75 per card sold. Since the cards have the current year printed on them, unsold cards have no salvage value. Their customers are from the four areas: Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, and Pasadena. Based on past data, the number of customers from each of the four regions is normally distributed with mean 2,300 and standard deviation 200. (Assume these four are independent.)
What is the optimal production quantity for the card?

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of owning versus outsourcing for each of these components (staff, computer servers, software licensing, and data storage)?

Bird Corp.'s trademark was licensed to Brian Co. for royalties of 15% of the sales of the trademarked items. Royalties are payable semiannually on March 15 for sales in July through December of the prior year, and on September 15 for sales in January through June of the same year. Bird received the following royalties from Brian:
March 15 September 15
20X4 $5,000 $7,500
20X5 6,000 8,500
Brian estimated that the sales of the trademarked items would total $30,000 for July through December 20X5. In Bird's 20X5 Income Statement, the royalty revenue should be:______.
a. $13,000.
b. $14,500.
c. $19,000.
d. $20,500.

The following summary transactions occurred during 2021 for Bluebonnet Bakers:
Cash Received from:
Collections from customers $490,000
Interest on notes receivable 11,500
Collection of notes receivable 54,000
Sale of investments 34,000
Issuance of notes payable 175,000
Cash Paid for:
Purchase of inventory 235,000
Interest on notes payable 7,500
Purchase of equipment 90,000
Salaries to employees 95,000
Payment of notes payable 40,000
Dividends to shareholders 35,000
The balance of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of 2021 was $26,000.
Required:
Prepare a statement of cash flows for 2021 for Bluebonnet Bakers. Use the direct method for reporting operating activities

Read the following paragraph and copy and paste the sentence which contains the central idea:

The strength in global growth is broad-based across countries that growth has recently exceeded its post-crisis average across almost all major DM and EM countries. Among advanced economies, the three-month moving average of the CAI has been particularly strong in the Euro area and Sweden (around 2pp above their post-crisis average), Japan (1.3pp) and the US (1.1pp). A number of EM economies have recently outpaced their post-crisis average, although growth is likely still below potential in a number of emerging economies.

g you are eligible for a 30 year fixed rate home mortgage with 3.6% interest rate what is the maximum loan you can get