The Miller Manufacturing Company has two divisions. The Cutting Division prepares timber at its sawmills. The Assembly Division prepares the cut lumber into finished wood for the furniture industry. No inventories exist in either division at the beginning of 2019. During the year, the Cutting Division prepared 60,000 cords of wood at a cost of $660,000. All the lumber was transferred to the Assembly Division, where additional operating costs of $6 per cord were incurred. The 600,000 boardfeet of finished wood were sold for $2,500,000. Required: Determine the operating income for each division if the transfer price is $9 per cord.

Answer and Explanation:

The computation of the operating income in the case when the transfer price is $9 per cord

Particular                         Cutting                     Assembly

Revenue                      $540,000                    $2,500,000

                        (60,000 × $9)

Cost of service

Incurred                      $660,000                     $360,000

                                                                     (60,000 × $6)

Transfered in                  $0                              $540,000

Total                           $660,000                      $900,000

Operating income      -$120,000                     $1,600,000

Bridgeport Company is constructing a building. Construction began on February 1 and was completed on December 31. Expenditures were $1,836,000 on March 1, $1,236,000 on June 1, and $3,038,370 on December 31. Bridgeport Company borrowed $1,112,250 on March 1 on a 5-year, 12% note to help finance construction of the building. In addition, the company had outstanding all year a 9%, 5-year, $2,342,100 note payable and an 10%, 4-year, $3,467,800 note payable. Compute the weighted-average interest rate used for interest capitalization purposes.

Coffee Klatch is an espresso stand in a downtown office building. The average selling price of a cup of coffee is $1.49 and the average variable expense per cup is $0.36. The average fixed expense per month is $1,300. Use the formula method to determine how many cups of coffee would have to be sold to attain target profits of $3,000 per month.

A companies gross profit or gross margin was $83,750 and its net sales were $347,800 it’s gross margin ratio is

Two years ago Angle Company starting using dollar-value LIFO for costing its inventory. The first year the ending inventory in end-of-year dollars was $180,000 with a price index of 1.0. The second year the inventory was $270,000 and the index was 1.2. The current inventory at end of year prices is $387,000 and the price index is 1.25. Given this information, the ending inventory using dollar-value LIFO is

Do airlines practice price discrimination LOADING... ​? Explain. Airlines A. engage in price discrimination by charging business travelers and leisure travelers different prices . B. do not engage in price discrimination because they charge lower prices to passengers who will stay at their destination over a Saturday night. C. engage in price discrimination by maintaining the same price on seats even if seats will not be sold . D. do not engage in price discrimination because the marginal cost of flying one additional passenger is low . E. do not engage in price discrimination because their passengers have similar demands.

Piedmont Company purchased merchandise on account from a supplier for $45000, terms 1/10, n/30. Piedmont Company returned $7000 of the merchandise and received full credit.If Piedmont Company pays the invoice within the discount period, what is the amount of cash required for the payment

“Employers should be concerned with helping employees cope with both job-related stress and off-the-job stress.” Do you agree or disagree? Discuss.

(Present value) What is the present value of the following future amounts? a. $800 to be received 10 years from now discounted back to the present at 10 percent b. $300 to be received 5 years from now discounted back to the present at 5 percent c. $1,000 to be received 8 years from now discounted back to the present at 3 percent d. $1,000 to be received 8 years from now discounted back to the present at 20 percent

All of the following are true about the basic EOQ model except One half the order size equals the average inventory level. The average dollar value of inventory equals unit price multiplied by order quantity. Annual demand divided by EOQ will give the optimal number of orders per year. The reorder point equals daily demand multiplied by the lead time in days, excluding safety stock.

Assume that you have entered into a fixed for fixed currency swap agreement under which every 6 months you agree to pay 3% on a notional of 110M USD and receive 4% on a notional of 100M EUR. On the date you signed the contract the spot exchange rate is 1.1 USD/EUR. Six months later the spot exchange rate is 1.05 USD/EUR. Your actual payment net of what you receive at the first payment date equals to :__________

Membo just paid a dividend of $4.6 per share. Dividends are expected to grow at 5%, 4%, and 3% for the next three years respectively. After that the dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 2% indefinitely. Stockholders require a return of 7 percent to invest in Membo’s common stock. Compute the value of Membo’s common stock today.

You may file a complaint with OSHA if you believe a violation of any of the following situations exist in your workplace.
Safe conditions
Job Hazard Analysis
Imminent Danger
• No Hazards

Bailey, Inc., is considering buying a new gang punch that would allow them to produce circuit boards more efficiently. The punch has a first cost of $100,000 and a useful life of 15 years. At the end of its useful life, the punch has no salvage value. Labor costs would increase $1,500 per year using the gang punch, but raw material costs would decrease $9,500 per year. MARR is 5%/year. Part a What is the internal rate of return of this investment

Thomas Company has a sales budget for next month of $1,000,000. Cost of goods sold is expected to be 25 percent of sales. All goods are paid for in the month following purchase. The beginning inventory of merchandise is $50,000, and an ending inventory of $64,000 is desired. Beginning accounts payable is $160,000. For Thomas Company, the ending accounts payable should be:

What is the proper order to eliminate debt?

In a culture with strong business and family ties which of the following is NOT true:
a) Several members of a family may work in the same business.
b) Family members are usually promoted first in a family-owned business.
c) Protecting a family member is sometimes more important than a good business
d) decision.
Families and their businesses are very mobile.

Mona is opening a new business selling fake fur coats. She organizes the company as a limited liability company called Fake-It, LLC and borrows $100,000 from a local bank in Fake-It's name. She also signs a personal guarantee at the bank promising to pay the debt of Fake-It. A friend of hers, Tanner, a second-year law student, advises her not to worry about the personal guarantee, because under the law of limited liability companies, it would be illegal for anyone to attempt to hold her liable for debts of the company. Is Tanner right?

Khalid, who is single, reports the following items for 2020: Salary $40,000 Interest income on U.S. Treasury bonds 8,000 Loss on theft of securities (60,000) Interest income on New York state bonds 12,000 What is Khalid's NOL for 2020

Suppose an American business owner purchases chocolates from Belgium in order to sell them in her shops. This would be entered as a ____________ item under the ___________________ section of the U.S. current account. Consider the goods and services balance. According to the table, the United States is running a trade ____________ .
The current account balance suggests that U.S. current account transactions (exports and imports of goods and services, as well as inflow and outflow of investment income and transfers) created outpayments of foreign currencies from the United States that were __________________the inpayments of foreign currencies to the United States.

Any surplus or deficit in one account must be offset by deficits or surpluses in other balance-of-payments accounts. Because the current account is in ____________ , the excess of foreign currency held by Americans must either be loaned to foreigners or used to buy foreign stocks or bonds. All of these transactions are then recorded in the _______________account. Since any imbalance in one account automatically leads to an equal, but opposite, imbalance in the other, the balance of payments is always _____________

Activity-Based Product Costing
Sweet Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:
Activity Budgeted Activity Cost
Production $471,200
Setup 310,800
Inspection 81,000
Shipping 156,000
Customer service 65,500
Total $1,084,500
The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:
Activity Activity Base
Production Machine hours
Setup Number of setups
Inspection Number of inspections
Shipping Number of customer orders
Customer service Number of customer service requests
The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:
Machine Hours Number of
Setups Number of
Inspections Number of
Customer Orders Customer
Service
Requests Units
White sugar 3,340 180 200 780 50 8,350
Brown sugar 2,130 270 300 2,150 320 5,325
Powdered sugar 2,130 250 500 970 130 5,325
Total 7,600 700 1,000 3,900 500 19,000
Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit.
Required:
If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.
1. Determine the activity rate for each activity.
Production $ per machine hour
Setup $ per setup
Inspection $ per move
Shipping $ per cust. ord.
Customer service $ per customer service request
2. Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.
Total Activity Cost Activity Cost Per Unit
White sugar $ $
Brown sugar
Powdered sugar
3. Why aren’t the activity unit costs equal across all three products since they require the same machine time per unit?
The unit costs are different because the products consume many activities in ratios different from the .

PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP), the parent company of Frito-LayTM snack foods and Pepsi beverages, had the following current assets and current liabilities at the end of two recent years: Year 2 (in millions) Year 1 (in millions) Cash and cash equivalents $ 9,096 $ 6,134 Short-term investments, at cost 2,913 2,592 Accounts and notes receivable, net 6,437 6,651 Inventories 2,720 3,143 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,865 2,143 Short-term obligations (liabilities) 4,071 5,076 Accounts payable and other current liabilities 13,507 13,016 a. Determine the (1) current ratio and (2) quick ratio for both years. Round to one decimal place.

Product A is normally sold for $9.60 per unit. A special price of $7.20 is offered for the export market. The variable production cost is $5.00 per unit. An additional export tariff of 15% of revenue must be paid for all export products. Assume there is sufficient capacity for the special order.
Required:
A. Prepare a differential analysis dated March 16 on whether to reject (Alternative 1) or accept (Alternative 2) the special order.
B. Should the special order be rejected (Alternative 1) or accepted (Alternative 2)?
2) Product B has revenue of $39,500, variable cost of goods sold of $25,500, variable selling expenses of $16,500, and fixed costs of $15,000, creating a loss from operations of $17,500.
Required:
A. Prepare a differential analysis as of May 9 to determine if Product B should be continued (Alternative 1) or discontinued (Alternative 2), assuming fixed costs are unaffected by the decision.
B. Determine if Product B should be continued (Alternative 1) or discontinued (Alternative 2).

Suppose that a worker in Radioland can produce either 5 radios or 1 television per year, and a worker in Teeveeland can produce either 1 radios or 5 televisions per year. Each nation has 100 workers. Also, suppose that each country completely specializes in producing the good in which it has a comparative advantage. If Radioland trades 50 radios to Teeveeland in exchange for 50 televisions each year, then each country's maximum consumption of new radios and televisions per year will be

The following items are taken from the financial statements of the Postal Service for the year ending December 31, 2015: Accounts payable $ 18,000 Accounts receivable 11,000 Accumulated depreciation – equipment 28,000 Advertising expense 21,000 Cash 15,000 Common stock 42,000 Dividends 14,000 Depreciation expense 12,000 Insurance expense 3,000 Note payable, due 6/30/16 70,000 Prepaid insurance (12-month policy) 6,000 Rent expense 17,000 Retained earnings (1/1/15) 60,000 Salaries and wages expense 32,000 Service revenue 133,000 Supplies 4,000 Supplies expense 6,000 Equipment 210,000 What is the amount that would be reported for stockholders’ equity at December 31, 2015?

ABG
Question 14
Some fast-food restaurants sell only chicken, others sell only tacos and burritos, and still others sell only hamburgers. This is an example of the economic concept of
investment
А
B
business cycles
C
specialization
D
elasticity

You decide to buy a 60 unit apartment complex in Austin for $15,000,000. You have $6,000,000 to use as a down payment and have applied for a $9,000,000 mortgage loan from Bank of the Ozarks. The loan will have a 25 year term, be fully amortizing, and have fixed interest rate of 6.24% per annum. What is your monthly payment on the loan?
a. $54,731.69
b. $59,314.62
c. $65,731.09
d. $98,857.71

Suppose that the U.S. government decides to charge cola consumers a tax. Before the tax, 25 billion cases of cola were sold every year at a price of $5 per case. After the tax, 18 billion cases of cola are sold every year; consumers pay $6 per case (including the tax), and producers receive $3 per case.

The amount of the tax on a case of cola is ___________ $ per case. Of this amount, the burden that falls on consumers is __________$ per case, and the burden that falls on producers is ____________$ per case.

The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been larger if the tax had been levied on consumers.

a. True
b. False

Assume that Cane normally produces and sells 62,000 Betas and 82,000 Alphas per year. If Cane discontinues the Beta product line, its sales representatives could increase sales of Alpha by 17,000 units. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the Beta product line

What types of decision need to be made by groups?

Income Statement; Net Loss The following revenue and expense account balances were taken from the ledger of Acorn Health Services Co. after the accounts had been adjusted on January 31, 20Y7, the end of the fiscal year: Depreciation Expense $16,900 Insurance Expense 8,280 Miscellaneous Expense 6,590 Rent Expense 68,300 Service Revenue 324,500 Supplies Expense 4,060 Utilities Expense 26,030 Wages Expense 255,200 Prepare an income statement. Acorn Health Services Co. Income Statement For the Year Ended January 31, 20Y7