Varcoe Corporation bases its budgets on the activity measure customers served. During September, the company planned to serve 34,500 customers, but actually served 29,500 customers. Revenue is $3.89 per customer served. Wages and salaries are $35,000 per month plus $1.29 per customer served. Supplies are $0.59 per customer served. Insurance is $9,200 per month. Miscellaneous expenses are $7,300 per month plus $0.29 per customer served.
Required:Prepare a report showing the company's activity variances for September. Indicate in each case whether the variance is favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).

Answer:

Varcoe Corporation

Report showing activity variances for September:

                                                  Budgeted       Actual     Variance

Number of customers served      34,500      29,500       5,000 U

Revenue per customer $3.89  $134,205    $114,755   $19,450 U

Expenses:

Wages and salaries ($35,000

plus $1.29 per customer)            79,505      73,055     $6,450 F

Supplies expense ($0.59 per

 customer served)                      20,355       17,405        2,950 F

Insurance per month                    9,200        9,200        0         N

Miscellaneous expense ($7,300

 plus $0.29 per customer)         17,305       15,855        1,450 F

Total expenses                       $126,365    $115,515   $10,850 F

Net income                                 $7,840        ($760)    $8,600 U

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                                  Budgeted       Actual

Number of customers served      34,500      29,500

Revenue per customer $3.89 per customer served

Expenses:

Wages and salaries ($35,000 plus $1.29 per customer)

Supplies expense ($0.59 per customer served)  

Insurance per month = $9,200

Miscellaneous expense ($7,300 plus $0.29 per customer)

Leslie's Unique Clothing Stores offers a common stock that pays an annual dividend of $3.00 a share. The company has promised to maintain a constant dividend. How much are you willing to pay for one share of this stock if you want to earn a return of 15.80 percent on your equity investments

Who is more likely to object to a proposed 1 percentage point increase in the city sales tax—the owner of a local liquor store or the owner of a local video rental store? Why?

Projects A and B are mutually exclusive. Project A has cash flows of −$10,000, $5,100, $3,400, and $4,500 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Project B has cash flows of −$10,000, $4,500, $3,400, and $5,100 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. What is the crossover rate for these two projects?Projects A and B are mutually exclusive. Project A has cash flows of −$10,000, $5,100, $3,400, and $4,500 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. Project B has cash flows of −$10,000, $4,500, $3,400, and $5,100 for Years 0 to 3, respectively. What is the crossover rate for these two projects?

Harvey Hotels has provided a defined benefit pension plan for its employees for several years. At the end of the most recent year, the following information was available with regard to the plan: service cost: $6.4 million, expected return on plan assets: $1.4 million, actual return on plan assets: $1.2 million, interest cost: $1.6 million, payments to retired employees: $2.2 million, and amortization of prior service cost (created when the pension plan was amended causing a drop in the projected benefit obligation): $1.3 million. What amount should Harvey Hotels report as pension expense in its income statement for the year

Windsor, Inc. just began business and made the following four inventory purchases in June:
June 1 129 units $890 June 10 172 units 1340 June 15 172 units 1440 June 28 129 units 1140 $4810
A physical count of merchandise inventory (rounded to whole dollar) on June 30 reveals that there are 180 units on hand. The inventory method which results in the highest gross profit for June is:_______.
a. the FIFO method.
b. the LIFO method.
c. the average cost method.
d. not determinable.

If a clothing manufacturer purchased a computerized sewing machine from an American company, then consumer spending and GDP both increase. investment and GDP both increase. consumer spending increases and GDP decreases. investment increases and GDP decreases. consumer spending and investment both increase.

Problem 8-15 Nonconstant Growth [LO1] Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a dividend of $15 per share 10 years from today and will increase the dividend by 6 percent per year thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 12 percent, what is the current share price

g An investment bank agrees to underwrite an issue of 5 million shares of stock for Longard Corp. (1). If the investment bank underwrites the stock on a firm commitment basis, it agrees to pay $15 per share to Longard Corp. for the 5 million shares of stock. It can then sell those shares to the public for $20 per share. How much money does Longard Corp. receive

the path a product takes from product to final user is called what?

Consider this data for Marston Manufacturing Company and use it to complete the table:
Selected Financial Data for
Marston Manufacturing Company
Average cash $57,813
Average accounts payable $320,000
Average accounts receivable $1,387,500
Average inventories $693,750
Average cash sales $4,625,000
Average credit sales $13,875,000
Average cost of goods sold $8,325,000
Average number of days per year 365 days
Inventory conversion period 30.42 days
Payables deferral period days
Receivables conversion period
Operating cycle 66.92 days
Cash conversion cycle 52.89 days

Piechocki Corporation manufactures and sells a single product. The company uses units as the measure of activity in its budgets and performance reports. During May, the company budgeted for 6,100 units, but its actual level of activity was 6,050 units. The company has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for May:

Data used in budgeting:

Fixed element per month Variable element per unit
Revenue - $32.60
Direct labor $0 $3.90
Direct materials 0 12.10
Manufacturing overhead 33,400 1.80
Selling and administrative expenses 28,300 0.40
Total expenses $61,700 $18.20
Actual results for May:


Revenue $200,564
Direct labor $22,786
Direct materials $73,824
Manufacturing overhead $43,922
Selling and administrative expenses $31,896

The direct labor in the planning budget for May would be closest to:_________

a. $23,010
b. $22,633
c. $22,786
d. $23,166

Assume that Amazon has a stock-option plan for top management. Each stock option represents the right to purchase a share of Amazon $1 par value common stock in the future at a price equal to the fair value of the stock at the date of the grant. Amazon has 4,900 stock options outstanding, which were granted at the beginning of 2020. The following data relate to the option grant. Exercise price for options $39 Market price at grant date (January 1, 2020) $39 Fair value of options at grant date (January 1, 2020) $6 Service period 5 years. The following data relate to the option grant.

Exercise price for options $38
Market price at grant date (January 1, 2017) $38
Fair value of options at grant date (January 1, 2017) $6
Service period 5 years

Required:
a. Prepare the journal entries for the first year of the stock-option plan.
b. Prepare the journal entries for the first year of the plan assuming that, rather than options, 700 shares of restricted stock were granted at the beginning of 2017.

Home Furnishings reports inventory using the lower of cost and net realizable value (NRV). Below is information for its year ended December 31, 2020. Inventory Quantity Unit Cost Unit NRV Furniture 200 $85 $100 Electronics 50 $400 $300 Calculate the value of Home Furnishings ending inventory using their methodology described above.

A privately owned summer camp for youngsters has the following data for a 12-week session: Charge per camper Fixed costs Variable cost per camper Capacity $480 per week $192,000 per session $320 per week 200campers (a) Develop the mathematical relationships for total cost and total revenue. (b) What is the total number of campers that will allow the camp to just break even

Statute of frauds is used as a defense to a lawsuit and not as an offense. For example, S owns a lot that B wishes to purchase. They enter into a verbal contract whereby B will deliver $6,000 at noon on Friday to S, and S will provide B with the deed to the property. If either party breaches the contract for the sale of the real estate lot and is sued by the other party, the defendant may raise statute of frauds as a defense, saying that there is nothing in writing or signed by the defendant.

Required:
What is the result?

Litton Company estimates that the factory overhead for the following year will be $1,250,000. The company has decided that the basis for applying factory overhead should be machine hours, which is estimated to be 40,000 hours. The machine hours for the month of April for all of the jobs were 4,780. If the actual factory overhead totaled $141,800, determine the over- or underapplied amount for the month.

Your employer, Pointer Media Group of Columbus, Ohio, has had an excellent year, and the CEO, Jeremy Pointer, would like to reward the troops for their hard work with a rustic yet plush winter retreat. The CEO wants his company to host a four-day combination conference/retreat/vacation for his 55 marketing and media professionals with their spouses or significant others at some spectacular winter resort.
One of the choices is Vail, Colorado, a famous ski resort town with steep slopes and dramatic mountain views. As you investigate the options in Vail, you are captivated by the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail, a five-star property with an outdoor pool, indoor and outdoor hot tubs, ski-in/ski-out access, a ski concierge, two acclaimed gourmet restaurants, and an amply equipped gym and fitness center. Other amenities include an on-site spa with massage and treatment rooms, a sauna, and facial and body treatments. Bathrooms feature separate bathtubs and showers, double sinks, and bathrobes. For business travelers, the hotel offers complimentary wired high-speed Internet access, complimentary wireless Internet access, and multiline phones as well as the use of two desktop computers.
The website of the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail is not very explicit on the subject of business and event facilities, so you decide to jot down a few key questions. You estimate that your company will require about 50 rooms. You will also need two conference rooms (to A/V equipment in the conference rooms, Internet access, and entertainment options for families. You have two periods that would possible: December 16-20 or January 13-17, You realize that both are peak times, but you wonder whether you can get a discounted accommodate 25 participants or more) for one and a half days. You want to know about room rates, conference facilities, You are interested in entertainment in Vail, and in tours to the nearby national parks. Eagle County Airport is 36 miles away rou and you would like to know whether the hotel operates a shuttle. Also, one evening the CEO will want to host a banquet for about 85 people. Mr. Pointer wants a report from you by September 13.
Your Task: Write a well-organized direct request letter or e-mail to Kiersten Dunn, Sales Manager, Four Seasons Resort and Resi dences Vail, One Vail Road, Vail, Co 81657.

Identify what type of unemployment each of the individuals faces.
1. James is an architect who has been laid off owing to a slump in the demand for property. He feels he will have to wait until the economy picks up before he can get a new job. James is facing Eric is an experienced project manager who lost his job at a tech start-up because the company's product failed to become popular. He is confident he can get a new job and has already rejected a number of offers.
2. Eric is facing Craig lost his job several months ago. He is having a hard time finding a job that pays him more than unemployment insurance does.
3. Craig is facing Sarah is a recent economics graduate who is entering a difficult labor market, due to a severe recession. She is continuing to look for work but is having a hard time getting interviews.
4. Sarah is facing Hamid has just graduated as a lawyer from an esteemed law school. He is confident of getting a job and has already refused a few lower‑paying jobs.
5. Hamid has just graduated as a lawyer from an esteemed law school. He confident of getting a job and has already refused a few lower paid jobs.

Find the sum of the series 2 + 5 + 8 + ... + 182
​

"Dan Druff Shampoo has 1,000,000 shares of common stock authorized with a par of $1 per share, of which 500,000 shares are outstanding. When the market value was $9 per share, Druff issued a stock dividend by which for each ten shares held, one share was issued as a stock dividend. The par per share did not change. What entry did Druff record for this transaction?"

A company produces a product with variable costs of $2.50 per unit. The product sells for $5.00 per unit. The company has fixed costs of $3,000 and desires a target income of $10,000. The sales level in dollars to achieve the desired target income is $ .

Managers need to understand how information flows within the organization, how their organization interacts with other organizations, and how the various parts of the organization interact with one another.


True

False

Hyde Boats purchased machinery on January 1 at a list price of $295,000, with credit terms 3/10, n/30. Payment was made within the discount period. Hyde Boats paid $17,700 sales tax on the machinery, and paid installation charges of $3,900. Hyde Boats also paid $15,900 to pour a concrete base that was necessary to place the machinery in service.
What is the total cost of the new machinery?
A. $332.500
B. $323.650
C. $307.750
D. $319.750

Information concerning a product produced by Ender Company appears here: Sales price per unit $ 164 Variable cost per unit $ 94 Total annual fixed manufacturing and operating costs $ 434,000 Required Determine the following: Contribution margin per unit. Number of units that Ender must sell to break even. Sales level in units that Ender must reach to earn a profit of $182,000. Determine the margin of safety in units, sales dollars, and as a percentage.

Describe good cash management practices involving inventory purchases. (Check all that apply.) Multiple select question. Buyers should take advantage of early payment discounts. Inventory should be purchased with cash whenever possible. Invoices should be paid on the last day of the discount period. Invoices should be paid on the first day of the discount period.

Practice Brief Exercise 02 Swifty Corporation has 44,000 shares of $10 par value common stock outstanding. It declares a 10% stock dividend on December 1 when the market price per share is $19. The dividend shares are issued on December 31. Prepare the entries for the declaration and issuance of the stock dividend.

On January 1, 2020, Castaway Corp. issued 5,000 shares of preferred stock ($15 par value) at $45 per share. Each share of preferred stock is redeemable at the option of the stockholder at $45 per share. On September 1, 2020, preferred shareholders holding 1,000 shares of preferred stock redeemed their stock.
The entry recorded by Castaway Corp. on September 1, 2020, would include the following:
A. No net change to stockholdersâ equity.
B. A decrease to retained earnings for $5,000.
C. A decrease to assets for $45,000.
D. No net change to preferred stock outstanding.

Curtiss Construction Company, Inc., entered into a fixed-price contract with Axelrod Associates on July 1, 2021, to construct a four-story office building. At that time, Curtiss estimated that it would take between two and three years to complete the project. The total contract price for construction of the building is $4,660,000. The building was completed on December 31, 2023. Estimated percentage of completion, accumulated contract costs incurred, estimated costs to complete the contract, and accumulated billings to Axelrod under the contract were as follows:


At 12-31-2021 At 12-31-2022 At 12-31-2023
Percentage of completion 10% 60% 100%
Costs incurred to date $370,000 $2,982,000 $5,031,000
Estimated costs to complete 3,330,000 1,988,000 0
Billings to Axelrod, to date 731,000 2,390,000 4,660,000

Required:
a. Compute gross profit or loss to be recognized as a result of this contract for each of the three years.
b. Assuming Curtiss recognizes revenue over time according to percentage of completion, compute gross profit or loss to be recognized in each of the three years.
c. Assuming Curtiss recognizes revenue over time according to percentage of completion, compute the amount to be shown in the balance sheet at the end of 2021 and 2022 as either cost in excess of billings or billings in excess of costs.

36) All of the following are true of the number of days' sales uncollected ratio except: A) Can be used for comparisons between current and prior periods. B) Reflects the liquidity of receivables. C) Is most effective in evaluating the cash sales of a company. D) Measures how much time is likely to pass before the current amount of accounts receivable is received in cash. E) Can be used for comparisons to other companies in the same industry.

What is a transition?
A. An animation that happens on a single slide
B. An outline format that uses roman numerals
C. An image file imported to a title slide
D. An effect that happens between slides