For each separate case below, follow the 3-step process for adjusting the accrued expense account: Step 1: Determine what the current account balance equals. Step 2: Determine what the current account balance should equal. Step 3: Record an adjusting entry to get from step 1 to step 2. Assume no other adjusting entries are made during the year.

a. Salaries Payable. At year-end, salaries expense of $18,000 has been incurred by the company, but is not yet paid to employees.
b. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company owes $375 of interest on a line-of-credit loan. That interest will not be paid until sometime in January of the next year.
c. Interest Payable. At its December 31 year-end, the company holds a mortgage payable that has incurred $1,000 in annual interest that is neither recorded nor paid. The company intends to pay the interest on January 7 of the next year.

Answer:

a. Salaries expense (Dr.) $18,000

Salaries Payable (Cr.) $18,000

b. Interest Receivable (Dr.) $375

Interest Earned (Cr.) $375

c. Interest Expense (Dr.) $1,000

Interest Payable (Cr.) $1,000

Explanation:

The adjusting entries will be made once the expenses are paid. For now these expense are recorded as current liability because the payment needs to be made for the expenses that has already incurred. The salaries expense is recorded in contra account of salaries payable, once these salaries are paid then the expense will recorded as cash outflow.

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?

How have technological Innovations Increased risks in business organizations!

The Lawrence Company records its trade accounts payable net of any cash discounts. At the end of 2016, Lawrence had a balance of $300,000 in its trade accounts payable account before any adjustments related to the following items: 1. Goods shipped to Lawrence FOB shipping point were in transit on December 31. The invoice price of the goods was $50,000, with a 2% discount allowed for prompt payment. 2. Goods shipped to Lawrence FOB destination on December 29 arrived on January 2, 2017. The invoice price of the goods was $9,000, with a 4% discount allowed for payment within 20 days. 3. On December 10, Lawrence had recorded a shipment received. The recorded invoice price was $24,750, net, with a 1% discount allowed for payment within 14 days. At the end of the year, payment had not been made. At what amount should Lawrence report trade accounts payable on its December 31, 2016 balance sheet

Problem 5-13 Qualified Retirement Plans Including Section 401(K) Plans (LO 5.4) During 2020, Jill, age 39, participated in a Section 401(k) plan which provides for maximum employee contributions of 12%. Jill's salary was $80,000 for the year. Jill elects to make the maximum contribution. What is Jill's maximum tax-deferred contribution to the plan for the year

Lonergan Company occasionally uses its accounts receivable to obtain immediate cash. At the end of June 2021, the company had accounts receivable of $920,000. Lonergan needs approximately $570,000 to capitalize on a unique investment opportunity. On July 1, 2021, a local bank offers Lonergan the following two alternatives:
A. Borrow $570,000, sign a note payable, and assign the entire receivable balance as collateral. At the end of each month, a remittance will be made to the bank that equals the amount of receivables collected plus 10% interest on the unpaid balance of the note at the beginning of the period.
B. Transfer $620,000 of specific receivables to the bank without recourse. The bank will charge a 3% factoring fee on the amount of receivables transferred. The bank will collect the receivables directly from customers. The sale criteria are met.
Required:
1. Prepare the journal entries that would be recorded on July 1 for:
a. alternative a.
b. alternative b.
2. Assuming that 70% of all June 30 receivables are collected during July, prepare the necessary journal entries to record the collection and the remittance to the bank for:____.
a. alternative a.
b. alternative b.

Nadine Chelesvig has patented her invention. She is offering a patent manufacturer two contracts for the exclusive right to manufacture and market her product. Plan A calls for an immediate single lump payment to her of $35,000. Plan B calls for an annual payment of $1,200 plus a royalty of $0.40 per unit sold. The remaining life of the patent is 10 years. Nadine uses a MARR of 7 %/year.
a. What must be the uniform annual sales volume of the product for Nadine to be indifferent between the contracts, based on a present worth analysis?
b. If the sales volume is below the volume determined in (a), which contract would the manufacturer prefer?

What are the benefits of multiple marketing channels? Are there any disadvantages?

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

Suppose two factors are identified for the U.S. economy: the growth rate of industrial production, IP, and the inflation rate, IR. IP is expected to be 4% and IR 6%. A stock with a beta of 1 on IP and 0.7 on IT currently is expected to provide a rate of return of 12%. If industrial production actually grows by 5%, while the inflation rate turns out to be 8%, what will be your expected rate of return on the stock, given the new information about the industrial production rate and the inflation rate

When auditing the existence assertion for an asset, auditors proceed from the: Multiple Choice General ledger back to the supporting original transaction documents. Financial statement amounts back to the potentially unrecorded items. Potentially unrecorded items forward to the financial statement amounts. Supporting original transaction documents to the general ledger.

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

Genesis Scents has two divisions: the Cologne Division and the Bottle Division. The Bottle Division produces containers that can be used by the Cologne Division. The Bottle Division's variable manufacturing cost is $2, shipping cost is $0.10, and the external sales price is $3. No shipping costs are incurred on sales to the Cologne Division, and the Cologne Division can purchase similar containers in the external market for $2.60. The Bottle Division has sufficient capacity to meet all external market demands in addition to meeting the demands of the Cologne Division. Using the general rule, the transfer price from the Bottle Division to the Cologne Division would be:

Answer the below case problem, giving the legal issue, the governing law and the rationale in support of your conclusion.
Arthur Jensen, Inc., was a corporation engaged in the housing construction business.
Arthur Jensen set up and was the sole owner and president of the corporation. Alaska Valuation Service [AVS] conducted housing appraisals for Jensen on numerous occasions over the years. When AVS took the orders for appraisals, it was not aware that it was dealing with a corporation. It believed that it was dealing directly with Jensen [i.e., as a sole proprietor]. Jensen never specifically informed AVS of his status as the president of Arthur Jensen, Inc. When AVS was not paid for appraisal services that it had performed, AVS sued Arthur Jensen, attempting to hold him personally liable for the unpaid appraisals.
Arthur Jensen argued that he could not be personally liable because he had acted on behalf of his corporation.
1. Decide the case based on the above stated facts.
2. Assuming Arthur Jensen could be held personally liable, how could Arthur
Jensen have better protected himself? [we discussed this in class]

LUVFINANCE, Inc. is estimating its WACC. It is operating at its optimal capital structure. Its outstanding bonds have a 12 percent coupon, paid semiannually, a current maturity of 17 years, and sell for $1,162. It has 100,000 bonds outstanding. The firm can issue new 20-year maturity semiannual bonds at par but will incur flotation costs of $50 per bond. The firm could sell, at par, $100 preferred stock that pays a 12 percent annual dividend that is currently selling for $120. The firm currently has 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding. Rollins' beta is 0.94, the risk-free rate is 3.72 percent, and the market risk premium is 6 percent. The common stock currently sells for $100 a share and there are 5,000,000 shares outstanding. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent.

Required:
What is the WACC?

Question 7 (4 points)
Saved
Which of the following inestments would be considered the most liquid?

Question 7 options:

Real Estate


A one year CD


A standard savings account


A 401k

If the efficient market hypothesis is correct, then a. index funds should typically beat managed funds, and usually do. b. index fund should typically beat managed funds, but usually do not. c. mutual funds should typically beat index funds, and usually do. d. mutual funds should typically beat index funds, but usually do no

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

Income Statement Wayne Corporation had the following revenue and expense account balances (in millions) for a recent year ending May 31:
Depreciation Expense $925
Fuel Expense 3,228
Maintenance and Repairs Expense 1,573
Other Expense 4,995
Provision for Income Taxes 805
Purchased Transportation 1,203
Rentals and Landing Fees 1,748
Revenues 24,698
Salaries and Employee Benefits 8,815
Prepare an income statement.

The stockholders' equity accounts of Bramble Corp. on January 1, 2022, were as follows.
Preferred Stock (7%, $100 par noncumulative, 4,500 shares authorized) 270000
Common Stock ($4 stated value, 270,000 shares authorized) 900000
Paid-in Capital In Excess of Par Value-Preferred Stock 13500
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Stated Value-Common Stock 432000
Retained Earnings 619200
Treasury Stock (4,500 common shares) 36000
During 2022, the corporation had the following transactions and events pertaining to its stockholders' equity.
Feb. 1 Issued 4,500 shares of common stock for $27,000.
Mar. 20 Purchased 900 additional shares of common treasury stock at $7 per share.
Oct. 1 Declared a 7% cash dividend on preferred stock, payable November 1.
Nov. 1 Paid the dividend declared on October 1.
Dec. 1 Declared a $0.50 per share cash dividend to common stockholders of record on December 15, payable December 31, 2022.
Dec. 31 Determined that net income for the year was $252,000. Paid the dividend declared on December 1.
Required:
1. Journalize the transactions. (Include entries to close net income and dividends to Retained Earnings).
2. Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2017.
3. Calculate the payout ratio, earnings per share, and return on common stockholders' equity.

An environmental consultant is considering the installation of a water storage tank for a client. The tank is estimated to have an initial cost of $309,000, and annual maintenance costs are estimated to be $7,100 per year. As an alternative, a holding pond can be provided a short distance away at an initial cost of $225,000 for the pond plus $90,000 for pumps and piping. Annual operating and maintenance costs for the pumps and holding pond are estimated to be $16,000. The planning horizon is 20 years, and at that time, neither alternative has any salvage value.

Required:
Determine the preferred alternative based on a present worth analysis with a MARR of 20 percent/year.

Bob is a farmer and is required to use the accrual method. At the beginning of the year, Bob has inventory, including livestock held for resale, amounting to $10,000. During the year, Bob purchased livestock totaling $3,000. Bob's ending inventory was $4,000. Bob's net sales for the year totaled $17,000. What is Bob's gross profit for the current year

On March 1, 2019, Rasheed Company assigns $825,000 of its accounts receivable to the Third National Bank as collateral for a $600,000 loan due April 1, 2019. The assignment agreement calls for Rasheed Company to continue to collect the receivables. Third National Bank assesses a finance charge of 2.5% of the accounts receivable, and interest on the loan is 8% (a realistic rate of interest for a note of this type).

Required:
a. Prepare the March 1, 2019, journal entry for Rasheed Company.
b. Prepare the journal entry for Rasheed's collection of $750,000 (need to factor out discounts and sales returns) of the accounts receivable during March of 2019. Sales discounts of $8,000 apply, as well as $22,000 of sales returns.
c. On April 1, 2019, Rasheed paid Third National all that was due from the loan it secured on March 1, 2019. Prepare the journal entry to record this payment.

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.

describe the role of the public sector​

These financial conglomerates provide a range of services, such as investment banking, commercial banking, and financial advising. They are owned by members so that members can share funds among themselves. Members who save deposit the funds. These funds are then loaned to members who need the funds. With the use of advanced investment techniques, these largely unregulated portfolios are invested in securities. The investment objective is to offset potential losses by investing in counterbalancing securities. They are open to only a select class of investors.

Consider the assembly line of a laptop computer. The line consists of 9 stations and operates at a cycle time of 2.50 minutes/unit. Their most error-prone operation is step 3. There is no inventory between the stations, because this is a machine-paced line. Final inspection happens at station 9.

Required:
What would be the information turnaround time for a defect made at station 2?

Find the following values. Compounding/discounting occurs annually. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to the nearest cent. a. An initial $400 compounded for 10 years at 5%. $ b. An initial $400 compounded for 10 years at 10%. $ c. The present value of $400 due in 10 years at 5%. $ d. The present value of $2,515 due in 10 years at 10% and 5%. Present value at 10%: $ Present value at 5%: $

Miao Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During July, the clinic budgeted for 3,000 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 2,980 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for July: Data used in budgeting: Fixed element per month Variable element per client-visit Revenue − $39.80 Personnel expenses $26,500 $12.30 Medical supplies 1,400 8.20 Occupancy expenses 8,200 1.00 Administrative expenses 5,300 0.40 Total expenses $41,400 $21.90 Actual results for July: Revenue $114,494 Personnel expenses $60,564 Medical supplies $26,936 Occupancy expenses $10,980 Administrative expenses $6,192 The administrative expenses in the planning budget for July would be closest to:

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?

QS 8-7 Computing revised depreciation LO C2 On January 1, the Matthews Band pays $65,200 for sound equipment. The band estimates it will use this equipment for five years and after five years it can sell the equipment for $2,000. Matthews Band uses straight-line depreciation but realizes at the start of the second year that this equipment will last only a total of three years. The salvage value is not changed. Compute the revised depreciation for both the second and third years.