Answer:
1. Provisions that prohibit reducing the firm’s liquidity ratio below specified levels.
2. Provisions that prohibit the borrower from increasing debt ratios above specified levels.
Explanation:
A bond refers to a fixed income instrument that signifies the indebtedness of the borrower to the bond issuer (investor or creditor). Basically, they are loans that are given to government or large corporations.
This simply means that, when a bondholder or creditor purchases a bond, an agreed amount of money is being borrowed to the bond issuer as a loan. As a result of the loan being borrowed, the bond issuer is required to pay an interest with a return of principal at maturity to the bondholder (investor or creditor).
A bond covenant can be defined as a standard and legally binding agreement between an investor or creditor (bondholder) and the issuer of a bond (bond issuer) in order to protect their respective interests. The bond covenant is classified into two (2) categories;
1. Positive or affirmative covenants: which states certain requirements that must be met by the bond issuer.
2. Negative or restrictive covenants: which states certain actions that are forbidden to the bond issuer.
The following are restrictive covenants often used to protect the firm’s bond value and bondholder wealth;
1. Provisions that prohibit reducing the firm’s liquidity ratio below specified levels.
2. Provisions that prohibit the borrower from increasing debt ratios above specified levels.
The restrictive covenants are written directly in the trust indenture or bond deed. Also note, the more the restrictive covenants that exists in a bond, the lower its interest rate because it makes the bond appear safer.
Assume that you are 30 years old today, and that you are planning on retirement at age 65. You expect your salary to be $42,000 one year from now and you also expect your salary to increase at a rate of 5% per year as long as you work. To save for your retirement, you plan on making annual contributions to a retirement account. Your first contribution will be made on your 31st birthday and will be 8% of this year's salary. Likewise, you expect to deposit 8% of your salary each year until you reach age 65. Assume that the rate of interest is 9%. The present value (PV) (at age 30) of your retirement savings is closest to
Answer:
$50,855.62
Explanation:
I prepared an excel spreadsheet to determine the yearly contributions to the plan and their future value.
once you reach 65 years, your retirement account should have $1,038,165. Now we need to determine the present value = $1,038,165 / (1 + 9%)³⁵ = $50,855.62
Your firm (an Australian firm) makes a sale to a Japanese customer. The sale price is 200 million Japanese Yen payable in exactly three months from today. The current exchange rate is AUD/JPY = 90 (i.e., 1 Australian Dollar (AUD) is worth 90 Japanese Yen (JPY)). The current interest rates in Australia and Japan are 3% p.a. and 0.5% p.a., respectively.Given this information, please answer the following questions. Please label your answers according to parts.(a) Given that Australian Dollar is the domestic currency, what is the direct quote of the exchange rate between Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen ? Please round the final answer to five decimal places.(b) What is the theoretical current forward exchange rate quoted directly in terms of Australian Dollar (i.e. JPY/AUD) for delivery three months from today ? Show your input to the formula to arrive at the final answer. Please round the final answer to five decimal places.(c) How can the firm take advantage of any decreases in the exchange rate and also ensure that it receives at least Australian $2 million ? (Hint: Which derivative instrument can be used to achieve this objective?(d) Ignoring the cost of the derivative instrument to be used in part (c), what would be the outcome from hedging if the spot exchange rate in 3 month’s time is (i) AUD/JPY=150 and (ii) AUD/JPY = 50?
Answer:
An Australian Firm Selling to a Japanese Customer
a) Direct Quote of the Exchange Rate between Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen:
A$ 1 = ¥90
Meaning 1 Australian Dollar = 90 Japanese Yen.
Therefore, the price of the goods would be A$ 2,222,222.22222 (¥200 million)/ ¥90
b)Theoretical Current Forward Exchange Rate, quoted in terms of JPY/AUD for delivery in three months:
= Spot Rate x (1 + Japanese Interest Rate) / (1 + Australian Interest Rate) x 360/90
= ¥90 x (1 +0.005) / (1 +0.03) x 360/90 = ¥90 x 1.005/1.03 x 360/90
= ¥351.26214 =A$1
c) The Australian firm can take advantage of any decreases in the exchange rate and also ensure that it receives at least Australian $2 million by entering into a Currency Forwards Contract.
d) If the spot exchange rate in 3 month's time is:
(i) AUD/JPY=150, the outcome of the hedging with a Currency Forwards Contract to get at least A$ 2 million would be the gain of:
Forward Exchange outcome in Australian Dollars = ¥200 million/ ¥150 =
A$ 1,333,333.33333
Hedging outcome minus Forward Exchange outcome
A$2 million - A$ 1,333,333.33333 = A$666,666.66667
(ii) AUD/JPY = 50, the outcome of the hedging with a Currency Forwards Contract to get at least A$ 2 million would be the loss of:
Forward Exchange outcome = in Australian Dollars = ¥200 million/ ¥50 =
A$4 million
Hedging outcome minus Forward Exchange outcome
A$2 million - $4 million = -A$2million
Explanation:
a) Currency forwards contracts and future contracts are used to hedge the currency risk. For example, a company expecting to receive ¥200 million in 90 days, can enter into a forward contract to deliver the ¥200 million and receive equivalent Australian dollars in 90 days at an exchange rate specified today.
b) If A$ 1 = ¥90
Therefore, the price of the goods would be A$ 2,222,222.22222 (¥200 million)/ ¥90 in Australian Dollars.
3. Problems and Applications Q3 This chapter discusses companies that are oligopolists in the market for the goods they sell. Many of the same ideas apply to companies that are oligopolists in the market for the inputs they buy. If sellers who are oligopolists try to increase the price of goods they sell, the goal of buyers who are oligopolists is to try to decrease the prices of goods they buy. Major league baseball team owners have an oligopoly in the market for baseball players. The owners' goal is to keep players' salaries . True or False: This goal is difficult to achieve because teams can attract better players with higher salaries. True False Baseball players went on strike in 1994 because they would not accept the salary cap that the owners wanted to impose. True or False: The owners felt the need for a salary cap to dissolve collusive behavior over salaries. True False
Answer:
Oligopolistic Companies:
a) The owners' goal is to keep players' salaries capped. TRUE
b) Goal is difficult to achieve: TRUE
c) 1994 Baseball players' strike: TRUE
d) Owners needed salary cap to dissolve collusive behavior over salaries: TRUE.
Explanation:
a) According to the Economist, Oligopoly is "a market situation in which each of a few producers affects but does not control the market. Each producer must consider the effect of a price change on the actions of the other producers." There is little competition among the players as each tries to control the market with price cuts and quantity reductions. For example, a cut in price by one may lead to an equal reduction by the others, with the result that each firm will retain approximately the same share of the market as before but at a lowered profit level.
b) According to wikipedia.com, "The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in baseball history, as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage in 22 years. Due to the strike, both the 1994 and 1995 seasons were not played to a complete 162 games; the strike was called after most teams had played at least 113 games in 1994." The strike ended the next April, after 232 days, when the players had successfully resisted the salary cap.
Determine the missing 2022 change percentages for (a) Intangible assets and (b) Total assets in the horizontal analysis for Mort Company
Answer:
The information that the question is referring to is this:
Assets 2017 2016 Amount Percent
Current Assets $900,000 $800,000 $100,000 12.50%
Plant Assets $475,000 $550,000 ($75,000) (13.6%)
Intangible Assets $300,000 $225,000 $75,000
Total Assets $1,675,000 $1,575,000 $100,000
Explanation:
Change in intangible assets
75,000 x 100 / 225,000 = 33.3%
Change in total assets
100,000 x 100 / 1,575,000 = 6.3%
Trade Mart has recently had lackluster sales. The rate of inventory turnover has? dropped, and the merchandise is gathering dust. At the same time, competition has forced AquariumAquarium's suppliers to lower the prices that Aquarium will pay when it replaces its inventory. It is now December 31, 2016, and the current replacement cost Aquarium's ending inventory is $75,000 below what Aquarium actually paid for the goods, which was $200,000.
Before any adjustments at the end of the? period, the Cost of Goods Sold account has a balance of $$820,000.
Requirements:
a. What accounting action should Aquarium take in this situation?
b. Give any journal entry required.
c. At what amount should Aquarium report Inventory on the balance? sheet?
d. At what amount should the company report Cost of Goods Sold on the income? statement?
e. Discuss the accounting principle or concept that is most relevant to this situation.
Answer:
a. What accounting action should Aquarium take in this situation?
the balance of inventory account should decrease to match the replacement cost.
b. Give any journal entry required.
Dr Cost of goods sold 75,000
Cr Inventory 75,000
c. At what amount should Aquarium report Inventory on the balance? sheet?
Inventory = $200,000 - $75,000 = $125,000
d. At what amount should the company report Cost of Goods Sold on the income statement?
Cost of goods sold = $820,000 + $75,000 = $895,000
e. Discuss the accounting principle or concept that is most relevant to this situation.
US GAAP states that companies must use the lower of cost or market rule, which means that inventory must be recognized at the lowest cost either original purchase cost or market value.
Examine the equal opportunity laws of another country, not the United States. Are the laws in other countries as much a concern for HRM specialists as they are in the United States?
Answer:
The equal opportunity laws of another country, not the United States is discussed below in details.
Explanation:
An equal opportunity system is a certificate that declares what measures a company takes to eliminate and stop discrimination in the workplace.
The United Kingdom employment equality law is an organization of law that legislates against prejudice-based activities in the workplace.
The prime legislation is the Equality Act 2010, which condemns discrimination in passage to education, government services, private services, and goods, or assumptions in addition to employment.
The table below shows the values for several different components of GDP.
Component Value (billions of dollars)
Consumer durables $1,329.0
Consumer nondurables 2,679.0
Services 8,112.3
Business fixed investment 2,850.0
Residential fixed investment 578.0
Inventories 93.3
Exports 2,352.3
Imports 2,901.5
Government purchases 3,189.3
Requried:
What is the value of total gross investment?
Answer:
$3,521.30
Explanation:
The computation of value of total gross investment is shown below:-
Total gross investment = Business fixed investment + Residential fixed investment + Inventories
= $2,850.0 + $578.0 + $93.3
= $3,521.30
Therefore for computing the total gross investment we simply applied the above formula and ignore all other values as they are not relevant.
Gold standard required countries to A. keep the supply of foreign exchange less than their domestic money supply. B. restrict the demand for foreign goods. C. keep the supply of their domestic money constant. D. keep the supply of their domestic money fixed in proportion to their gold holdings.
Answer:
D.) Keep the supply of there domestic money fixed in proportion to their gold holdings.
Explanation:
The Gold Standard was a monetary system under which countries fixed the value of their money in terms of a specified amount of gold. With the gold standard, countries agreed to convert the paper money into a fixed amount of gold.
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Reporting Net Sales with Credit Sales, Sales Discounts, and Credit Card Sales
The following transactions were selected from the records of Ocean View Company:
July 12 Sold merchandise to Customer R, who charge d the $3,000 purchase on his
Visa creditCard. Visa charges OceanView a 2 percent credit card fee.
15. Sold merchandise to Customer S at an invoice price of $9,000; terms 3/10, n/30.
20. Sold merchandise to Customer T at an invoice price of $4,000; terms 3/10, n/30.
23 Collected payment from Customer S from July 15sale.
Aug. 25 Collected payment from Customer T from July 20 sale.
Required:
Assuming that Sales Discounts und Credit Card Discount s arc treated as contra-
revenues. compute net sales for the two months ended August 31.
Answer:
Net sales $15,670
Explanation:
Computation of thenet sales for the two months ended August 31.
Sales revenue:
Sales Revenue
July 12 Merchandise Sold to Customer R $3,000
July 20 Merchandise Sold to Customer S $4,000
July 15 Merchandise Sold to Customer T $9,000
Total ($3,000+$4,000+$9,000) $16,000
Less:Sales discounts (270)
($9,000 collected from S x 3%)
Credit card fee ($60)
($3,000 from R x 2%)
Net sales $15,670
Therefore the net sales for the two months ended August 31 will be $15,670
When the end-of-period spreadsheet is complete, the adjustment columns should have:_________. a) total debits greater than total credits if a net income was earned b) total debits greater than total credits if a net loss was incurred c) total debits are equal to total credits d) total credits greater than total debits if a net income was earned
Answer:
C. Total debits are equal to total credits
Explanation:
When the end-of-period spreadsheet is complete, the adjustment columns should have:
Total debits equal to total credits.
When this happens, the trial balance is considered to be balanced.
If revenues are greater than expenses, then income statement will give a credit balance. If expenses are bigger than revenues, your income statement will show a debit balance.
On October 1, Vaughn's Carpet Service borrows $349000 from First National Bank on a 4-month, $349000, 9% note. What entry must Vaughn's Carpet Service make on December 31 before financial statements are prepared
Answer:
Dr Notes Payable 349,000
Dr Interest Payable 10,470
Cr Cash 359,470
Explanation:
Preparation of Vaughn's Carpet Service Journal entry
Since we were told that Vaughn's Carpet Service borrows the amount of $349,000 on 1st October from First National Bank based on a 4-month, $349,000, 9% note the transaction will be recorded as :
Dr Notes Payable 349,000
Dr Interest Payable 10,470
Cr Cash 359,470
$349,000 +($349,000 *.09* 4/12)
=$349,000+10,470
=$359,,470
3. If a balance sheet were prepared for Pala Medical Co. on June 30, 20Y1, what amount should be reported as cash?
Complete Question:
The cash account for Pala Medical Co. at June 30, 20Y1, indicated a balance of $166,436. The bank statement indicated a balance of $195,688 on June 30, 20Y1. Comparing the bank statement and the accompanying canceled checks and memos with the records revealed the following reconciling items:
a. Checks outstanding totaled $19,427.
b. A deposit of $12,300, representing receipts of June 30, had been made too late to appear on the bank statement.
c. The bank collected $26,500 on a $25,000 note, including interest of $1,500.
d. A check for $4,000 returned with the statement had been incorrectly recorded by Pala Medical Co. as $400. The check was for the payment of an obligation to Skyline Supply Co. for a purchase on account.
e. A check drawn for $195 had been erroneously charged by the bank as $915.
f. Bank service charges for June amounted to $55.
Answer:
Pala Medical Co.
Cash amount in the balance sheet = $189,281
Explanation:
a) Calculations:
Adjusted Cash balance at June 30, 20Y1
Cash balance $166,436
c) Note received by bank 25,000
c) Interest on the note 1,500
d) Returned check (3,600)
e) Bank charges (55)
Adjusted cash balance $189,281
b) Balance as per bank statement = $195,688
a. Checks outstanding totaled ($19,427)
b. A deposit of $12,300
e. Overstated cheque 720
Adjusted bank statement balance $189,281
c) Preparing a bank reconciliation helps to identify discrepancies between the cash book balance of Pala Medical Co and the company's bank statement balance. After the necessary adjustments, the two balances always agree and the adjusted figure is taken to the balance sheet.
Dansko Integrated Balance Sheet As of January 24, 2020 (amounts in thousands) Cash 9,900 Accounts Payable 2,700 Accounts Receivable 4,500 Debt 3,500 Inventory 3,800 Other Liabilities 1,000 Property Plant & Equipment 16,800 Total Liabilities 7,200 Other Assets 1,600 Paid-In Capital 8,000 Retained Earnings 21,400 Total Equity 29,400 Total Assets 36,600 Total Liabilities & Equity 36,600 Record the transactions in a journal, transfer the journal entries to T-accounts, compute closing amounts for the T-accounts, and construct a balance sheet to answer the question. Jan 25. Pay $4,000 owed to a supplier Jan 26. Issue $90,000 in stock Jan 27. Buy $16,000 worth of manufacturing supplies on credit Jan 28. Purchase equipment for $49,000 in cash Jan 29. Borrow $65,000 from a bank What is the final amount in Total Equity?
Answer:
What is the final amount in Total Equity?
$119,400Explanation:
January's balance:
Paid-In Capital 8,000
Retained Earnings 21,400
Total Equity 29,400
Jan 25. Pay $4,000 owed to a supplier
Dr Accounts payable 4,000
Cr Cash 4,000
Jan 26. Issue $90,000 in stock
Dr Cash 90,000
Cr Paid in capital 90,000
Jan 27. Buy $16,000 worth of manufacturing supplies on credit
Dr Inventory 16,000
Cr Accounts payable 16,000
Jan 28. Purchase equipment for $49,000 in cash
Dr Equipment 49,000
Cr Cash 49,000
Jan 29. Borrow $65,000 from a bank
Dr Cash 65,000
Cr Debt 65,000
Dansko Integrated
Balance Sheet
For the Month Ended January 31, 202x
Assets:
Cash $111,900
Accounts Receivable $4,500
Inventory $19,800
Property Plant & Equipment $65,800
Other Assets $1,600
Total Assets $203,600
Liabilities and equity:
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable $14,700
Debt $68,500
Other Liabilities $1,000
Total Liabilities $84,200
Equity:
Paid-In Capital $98,000
Retained Earnings $21,400
Total Equity $119,400
Total Liabilities & Equity $203,600
On October 10, the stockholders’ equity of Sherman Systems appears as follows. Common stock–$10 par value, 74,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding $ 740,000 Paid-in capital in excess of par value, common stock 226,000 Retained earnings 880,000 Total stockholders’ equity $ 1,846,000 1. Prepare journal entries to record the following transactions for Sherman Systems. Purchased 5,200 shares of its own common stock at $27 per share on October 11. Sold 1,050 treasury shares on November 1 for $33 cash per share. Sold all remaining treasury shares on November 25 for $22 cash per share. 2. Prepare the stockholders' equity section after the October 11 treasury stock purchase.
Answer:
1, Journal entries
Date Account and explanation Debi$ Credit$
Treasury stock (5200*27) 140,400
Cash 140,400
(To record purchase treasury stock)
Cash (1,050*33) 34,650
Paid in capital from sale of treasury stock 6,300
Treasury stock (1,050*27) 28,350
(To record sale of treasury stock)
Cash (4,150*22) 91,300
Paid in capital from sale of 6,300
treasury stock
Retained earnings 14,450
Treasury stock (4,150*27) 112,050
(To record sale of treasury stock)
2. Revised equity section
Contributed capital
Common Stock 740,000
Paid in capital in excess of 226,000
par value-Common Stock
Total paid in capital 966,000
Retained earnings 880,000
Total 1,846,000
Less: Treasury stock (140,400)
Total Stockholder's equity $1,705,600
On June 1, Carla Vista Co. Ltd. borrows $108,000 from Acme Bank on a 6-month, $108,000, 4% note. The note matures on December 1.
1. Prepare the entry on June 1.
2. Prepare the adjusting entry on June 30.
3. Prepare the entry at maturity (December 10)
4. What was the total fancing (interest expence)?
Answer:
a) Journal entry
Date Account and explanation Debit Credit
June 1 Cash $108,000
Notes payable $108,000
b) Adjusting entry
Date Account and explanation Debit Credit
June 30 Interest expense $360
(108,000*4%*1/12)
Interest payable $360
c) Journal entry
Date Account and explanation Debit Credit
Dec 10 Notes payable $108,000
Interest payable (360*6) $2,160
Cash $110,160
d) Total (interest expenses)
Interest payable = $360 * 6
= $2160
True or false: The plantwide overhead rate method uses multiple rates to allocate overhead costs to products.
Answer:
Flase.
Explanation:
The plantwide overhead rate method uses multiple rates to allocate overhead costs to products.
False.
As the name indicates, the plantwide overhead rate uses a single rate to allocate overhead. When the predetermined overhead rate is calculated using the activity base method, you have as many predetermined rates as activities.
To calculate a plant-wide overhead rate, you need to use the following formula:
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base
Formaggio Vecchio announced its regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share. Currently there are one million shares outstanding.
Declaration date: October 24, 2006
Ex-dividend date: November 20, 2006
Record date: November 22, 2006
Payment date: December 15, 2006
On ____ will the stock price change to reflect the value of the dividend;
Formaggioâs stock price at the end of November is expected to be $20. The dividend yield is ____;
Suppose that the marginal tax rate on dividend is 15% and the marginal tax rate on capital gain is 10%, the stock price will fall by _____ after the ex-dividend date;
Suppose that the company decides to use the same amount of cash to buy back shares rather than to issue cash dividends. The company will buy back shares at the market price at the end of November. You currently hold 10000 shares, and you decide to sell 1000 shares during the repurchase. The percentage ownership after the repurchase is ____ ;
Suppose that the company decides to issue a 10% stock dividend instead of a cash dividend. The stock price will fall by ___ due to the dilution
Answer:
A.On Ex-dividend date: November 20, 2006
B.1%
C.$0.19
D. $1.82
Explanation:
1.On Ex-dividend date: November 20, 2006
will the stock price change to reflect the value of the dividend
b. Calculation for Formaggio’s dividend yield
Using this formula
Dividend yield = dividend/share price
Let plug in the formula
= .20/20 = 1%
c. Calculation of how much the stock price is likely to fall
0.20*(1 – 15%) = P*(1 – 10%)
Solve for P = $0.19
d. Calculation of How much is the stock price likely to fall Suppose that the company decides to issue a 10% stock dividend instead of a cash dividend.
$1,000,000 + (1,000,000 * 10%)
$1,000,00+$100,000
= 1,100,000 total shares
Hence,
$20,000,000 / 1,100,000 = $18.18 per share
$20 – 18.18 = $1.82 fall
If a small electric automobile manufacturer is able to gain the social return generated by its electric motor, its demand for financial capital would
Answer: shift to the left
Explanation:
The social return helps in comparing the value of benefits and the costs to achieving the benefits. The social return is the ratio of net present value of the benefits in comparison to the net present value of the investment or the costs to getting the benefits.
In this case, if a small electric automobile manufacturer is able to gain the social return generated by its electric motor, it would decrease the demand for financial capital which simply means that the demand for financial capital will shift to the left. This shift to the left is as a result of the gain in its social return gotten by the electric motor.
The following data relate to direct labor costs for the current period: Standard costs 7,000 hours at $11.40 Actual costs 6,400 hours at $10.10 What is the direct labor rate variance
Answer:
Direct labor rate variance= $8,320 favorable
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Standard costs 7,000 hours at $11.40 Actual costs 6,400 hours at $10.10
To calculate the direct labor rate variance, we need to use the following formula:
Direct labor rate variance= (Standard Rate - Actual Rate)*Actual Quantity
Direct labor rate variance= (11.4 - 10.1)*6,400
Direct labor rate variance= $8,320 favorable
Power Company issued a $ 1,000,000, 5 %, 10-year bond payable at at face value on January 1, 2016. Requirements
1. Journalize the issuance of the bond payable on January 1, 2016.
2. Journalize the payment of semiannual interest on July 1, 2016. (Record debits first, then credits. Select explanations on the last line of the journal entry.)
Answer and Explanation:
The journal entries are shown below:
1. Cash Dr $1,000,000
To Bond payable $1,000,000
(Being the issuance of the bond is recorded)
For recording this we debited the cash as it increased the assets and credited the bond payable as it also increased the liabilities
2. Interest Expense Dr ($1,000,000 × 5% × 1 ÷ 2) $25,000
To Cash $25,000
(Being the interest expense is recorded)
For recording this we debited the interest expense as it increased the expense and credited the cash as it decreased the asset
Firm L has debt with a market value of $200,000 and a yield of 9%. The firm's equity has a market value of $300,000, its earnings are growing at a rate of 5%, and its tax rate is 40%. A similar firm with no debt has a cost of equity of 12%. Under the MM extension with growth, what is Firm L's cost of equity?
Answer:
Firm L's cost of equity is 13.2%
Explanation:
In order to calculate Firm L's cost of equity we would have to calculate the following formula:
Firm L's cost of equity=Unlevered cost of equity+D/E*( Unlevered cost of equity-cost of debt)*(1-tax rate)
D/E = debt/equity
D/E = $200,000/$300,000
D/E=0.6666
Therefore, Firm L's cost of equity= 12%+0.6666*(12%-9%)*(1-0.4)
Firm L's cost of equity=13.2%
Firm L's cost of equity is 13.2%
Altoona Corporation has two divisions, Hinges and Doors, which are both organized as profit centers; the Hinge Division produces and sells hinges to the Door Division and to outside customers. The Hinge Division has total costs of $43, $26 of which are variable. The Hinge Division is operating significantly below capacity and sells the hinges for $58.The Door Division has received an offer from an outsider vendor to supply all the hinges it needs (32,000 hinges) at a cost of $53. The manager of the Door Division is considering the offer but wants to approach the Hinge Division first.What would be the profit impact to Altoona Corporation as a whole if the Door Division purchased the 32,000 hinges it needs from the outside vendor for $53?a. No change in profit to Altoona.b. $160,000 increase in profits.c. $160,000 decrease in profits.d. $864,000 decrease in profits.
Answer:
d. $864,000 decrease in profits.
Explanation:
Hinge Division's total cost per unit:
variable $26
fixed $17
total $43
sales price $58
contribution margin $32
profit margin $15
Alternative A Alternative B Differential
intercompany outside amount
money paid to $0 $1,696,000 ($1,696,000)
outside vendor
variable costs $832,000 $0 $832,000
fixed costs $544,000 $544,000 $0
total costs $1,376,000 $2,240,000 ($864,000)
If the hinges are purchased form an outside vendor, the corporation's total profits will decrease by $864,000.
Julie Whiteweiler made $930 this week. Only social security (fully taxable) and federal income taxes attach to her pay. Whiteweiler contributes $100 each week to her company's 401(k) plan and has $25 put into her health savings account (nonqualified) each week. Her employer matches this $25 each week.
Required:
Determine Whiteweiler's take-home pay if she is single and claims 4 allowances (use the wage-bracket method).
Answer:
Step 1: Calculate FICA (OASDI & HI):
Total wage subjected to FICA is $930. Why? Contributions to 401K is only exempted from Fed. Income Tax Withholding (FIT) not FICA. As for HSA contrib., it is exempted for both FICA and FIT. However, the plan is non-qualified, which means that $25 contributed by employee is taxable for both. The $25 matching from employer for HSA is excluded from income and income taxes.
OASDI RATE 2012: 4.2% of $930; therefore, $39.06
HI RATE 2012: 1.45% of $930; therefore, $13.49
TOTAL FICA TAX: $52.55
STEP 2: Calculate FIT:
Total earnings subjected to FIT is ($930-100)= $830. Why? $100 contributions to 401k is exempted from FIT. HSA contrib. is unqualified.; therefore, contributions from employee is taxable. Using Wage Bracket Method 2012, the FIT is $89.
STEP 3: Getting the Take-Home Pay answer:
($930-100(401k))-25(HSA:Employee)-$52.55(FICA)-89(FIT)=$663.45
Explanation:
True or False: If a firm changes its credit policy and allows customers to pay in 90 days instead of 60 days, and everything else remains the same, the net cash flow in the next quarter is likely to decrease.
Answer:
True
Explanation:
by increasing the time customers can pay to 90 days, the amount of cash inflows is likely to reduce. thus, the net cash flow in the next quarter is likely to decrease.
Assume you are holding a business meeting with five people, each from a different continent (North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia), you being one of them. Which steps would you take to ensure that everyone is comfortable and that communication is good between everyone?
Explanation:
Holding a meeting with people from different cultures can be a big challenge, so it is necessary to organize the meeting to ensure that the different approaches and needs of each person are taken into account by the leader who will conduct the business meeting.
It is necessary to think of ideas, decisions and conduct that make all participants comfortable and are not a factor that interferes with the positive flow of the meeting. It is therefore important to develop cultural intelligence, which is an essential skill for leaders of large companies who wish to operate in the globalized market.
Cultural intelligence can be defined as the ability of a person to relate and work between different cultures, adapting and increasingly developing that intelligence (cultural quotient) in motivational, behavioral and metacognitive aspects. Through cultural intelligence it is possible for the individual to get involved efficiently in any environment, in business it is an essential skill for survival in the global market.
Explain how the Federal Reserve Board can increase or decrease the money supply using each of the following tools: reserve requirements, open-market activities, and discount rates
Answer:
Reserve requirements – Reserve requirement increases to decrease the money supply or vice versa.
Open-market activities – the Fed sell the securities to reduce money supply or purchase it to increase the money supply.
Discount rates – Decrease the discount rate to increase the money supply or vice versa.
Explanation:
The Federal Reserve increases or decreases the money supply by using various tools. So in the case of the reserve requirement, the bank increases the percentage of reserve requirement if the Fed wants to decrease the money supply and to increase the money supply it reduces the reserve requirements. In the case of open market operations, the Fed sells securities and bonds in the market in order to reduce the supply of money or to decrease the supply of money it buys the securities from the market.
In the case of a discount rate, the Fed reduces the discount rate to increase the money supply because reducing the discount rate will induce the banks to give more loans. But to decrease the money supply, the Fed increases the discount rate because an increase in the discount rate reduces the ability of banks to give loans.
As an economist working at the International Monetary Fund, you are given the following data for Burundi: observed per capita GDP, relative to the United States, is 0.01; predicted per capita GDP, given by , is 0.18. What is total factor productivity
Answer: 0.056
Explanation:
Total factor productivity is the ratio of the aggregate that is, the total output to the aggregate inputs. Total factor productivity is used to measure economic efficiency of a country.
From the question, we are informed that Burundi's observed per capita GDP, relative to the United States, is 0.01 and the predicted per capita GDP is 0.18. Then, the total factor productivity will be:
= 0.01/0.18
= 0.056
If the factory overhead is underapplied, then the adjusting journal entry to close the factory overhead account includes a: (Check all that apply.)\
Answer:
Debit to cost of goods sold and credit to factory overhead
Explanation:
Here we are interested in knowing the appropriate journal entry when the factory overhead is under applied.
What happens to the factory overhead journal in this case is that the we should have an adjusting journal entry.
The adjusting journal entry here is that we debit cost of goods sold and credit factory overhead
Parent Company holds 75 percent of Surrogate Company’s voting common shares. On December 31, 20X8, Parent recorded a loss of $20,000 on the sale of equipment to Surrogate. At the time of the sale, the equipment’s estimated remaining economic life was eight years. Required: a. Will consolidated net income be increased or decreased when consolidation entries associated with the sale of equipment are made at December 31, 20X8? By what amount?
Answer:
Net Increase in Net Income will be $18,125
Explanation:
In simple words, when we consolidate accounts we NEVER take account of inter-company transactions which leads to profits OR losses.
So now we will eliminate the effect of the loss recognized by the parent company and the entry would be as under:
Dr Depreciation for the year At Parent percentage XX
Dr Retained Earnings (Balancing figure) XX
Cr Loss from sale of Equipment XX
The debit balance of depreciation at the parent percentage shows that the equipment is still 75% owned by the parent company. Hence the 75% of the per year depreciation must be recognized for the year.
Increase as the loss is added back to Net Income = $20,000
Less Depreciation for the year At Parent percentage = $20,000/8 * 75%
= ($1,875)
Net Increase in Net Income = $20,000 - $1,875 = $18,125
And Double Entry is as under:
Dr Depreciation for the year At Parent percentage $1,875
Dr Retained Earnings (Balancing Earnings) $18,125
Cr Loss from sale of Equipment $20,000
The depreciation and the loss will be settle in the Cost of Goods Sold in the consolidated income statement.
Since 2003, Walmart has been a proponent of RFID technology, and the company wanted all of its suppliers to make use of RFID technology.The most likely reason that Walmart is supporting this technology is to help them:
Answer:
Explanation:
The most likely reason for Walmart to support this technology is that it will allow them to track and process items from their suppliers at a much more efficient rate. Since RFID technology uses radio waves to read and capture information stored on a tag attached to an object, providing a unique identifier for an object. These unique tags allow each individual item to be tracked throughout the whole process from supplier to warehouse to client. Thus preventing losses and reducing costs.