The Rosa model of Mohave Corp. is currently manufactured as a very plain umbrella with no decoration. The company is considering changing this product to a much more decorative model by adding a silk-screened design and embellishments. A summary of the expected costs and revenues for Mohave's two options follows:
Rosa Umbrella Decorated Umbrella
Estimated demand 22,000 units 22,000 units
Estimated sales price $24.00 $34.00
Estimated manufacturing cost per unit
Direct materials $14.50 $16.50
Direct labor 3.50 6.00
Variable manufacturing overhead 2.50 4.50
Fixed manufacturing overhead 5.00 5.00
Unit manufacturing cost $25.50 $32.00
Additional development cost $10,000
Required:
1. Determine the increase or decrease in profit if Mohave sells the Rosa Umbrella with the additional decorations.
2. Should Mohave add decorations to the Rosa umbrella?
3-a. Suppose that the higher price of the decorated umbrella is expected to reduce estimated demand for this product to 20,000 units. Determine the increase or decrease in profit if Mohave sells the Rosa Umbrella with the additional decorations.
3-b. Should Mohave add decorations to the Rosa umbrella?

Answer:

Mohave Corp.

1. The increase in profit if Mohave sells the Rosa Umbrella with the additional decorations is:

= $67,000.

2. Mohave should add the decorations to the Rosa Umbrella.  It makes some profits unlike when the Umbrella is without decorations.

3a. The increase in profit if Mohave sells the Rosa Umbrella with the additional decorations is:

= $63,000.

3b. Mohave should still add the decorations to the Rosa Umbrella.  It makes some profits unlike when the Umbrella is without decorations.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

                                               Rosa Umbrella   Decorated Umbrella

Estimated demand                       22,000 units          22,000 units

Estimated sales price                   $24.00                   $34.00

Estimated manufacturing cost per unit

Direct materials                             $14.50                   $16.50

Direct labor                                       3.50                       6.00

Variable manufacturing overhead  2.50                       4.50

Fixed manufacturing overhead       5.00                      5.00

Unit manufacturing cost             $25.50                  $32.00

Additional development cost                                  $10,000

Total revenue                         $528,000             $748,000

Total manufacturing cost         561,000                704,000

Additional development costs                                 10,000

Operating profit                      ($33,000)              $34,000

Increase in profit = $67,000 = ($33,000) - $34,000

Decreased Demand to 20,000:

Total revenue                         $528,000             $680,000

Total manufacturing cost         561,000                640,000

Additional development costs                                 10,000

Operating profit                      ($33,000)              $30,000

Increase in profit = $63,000 = ($33,000) - $30,000

Bramble Corporation purchased machinery on January 1, 2022, at a cost of $300,000. The estimated useful life of the machinery is 4 years, with an estimated salvage value at the end of that period of $35,000. The company is considering different depreciation methods that could be used for financial reporting purposes.

Required:
Prepare separate depreciation schedules for the machinery using the straight-line method, and the declining-balance method using double the straight-line rate.

The following data pertain to an investment proposal (Ignore income taxes.): Cost of the investment $ 56,000 Annual cost savings $ 16,000 Estimated salvage value $ 6,000 Life of the project 5 years Discount rate 10 % Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit 7B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided. The net present value of the proposed investment is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.) Multiple Choice $34,000 $4,656 $3,726 $8,382

Hugo Inc., a calendar year taxpayer, sold two operating assets this year. The first sale generated a $38,700 Section 1231 gain, and the second sale generated a $59,400 Section 1231 loss. As a result of these sales, Hugo should recognize: Multiple Choice $20,700 ordinary loss $38,700 Section 1231 gain treated as capital gain and $59,400 ordinary loss $20,700 capital loss None of these choices are correct

Synovec Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a rate of 10.5 percent for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 5.4 percent thereafter. If the required return is 10.6 percent and the company just paid a dividend of $5.00, what is the current share price

During 2020, Vaughn Furniture Company purchases a carload of wicker chairs. The manufacturer sells the chairs to Vaughn for a lump sum of $131,670 because it is discontinuing manufacturing operations and wishes to dispose of its entire stock. Three types of chairs are included in the carload. The three types and the estimated selling price for each are listed below.
Type No. of Chairs Estimated Selling
Price Each
Lounge chairs 880 $90
Armchairs 660 80
Straight chairs 1,540 50
During 2020, Sarasota sells 440 lounge chairs, 220 armchairs, and 264 straight chairs.
What is the amount of gross profit realized during 2020? What is the amount of inventory of unsold straight chairs on December 31, 2020?

Here is a linear demand function: Q = 10 -0.5P. Find its price function by inverting the demand function. Then find its total revenue function by multiplying through by Q. The linear demand function Q = 400 -250P inverts into the price function P = 1.6 -0.004Q. Multiplying this by Q gives its total revenue function TR = 1.6Q -0.004. Evaluate the following expression.

Y = 5(2X + 3)2 -2X2

A company's flexible budget for the range of 35,000 units to 45,000 units of production showed variable overhead costs of $3.80 per unit and fixed overhead costs of $74,000. The company incurred total overhead costs of $209,800 while operating at a volume of 40,000 units. The total controllable cost variance is:Multiple Choice$16,200 unfavorable.$10,000 favorable.$2,800 unfavorable.$2,800 favorable.$16,200 favorable.

I Love My Chocolate Company makes dark chocolate and light chocolate. Both products require cocoa and sugar. The following planning information has been made available: Standard Amount per Case Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Standard Price per Pound Cocoa 12 lbs. 8 lbs. $7.25 Sugar 10 lbs. 14 lbs. 1.40 Standard labor time 0.50 hr. 0.60 hr. Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Planned production 4,700 cases 11,000 cases Standard labor rate $15.50 per hr. $15.50 per hr. I Love My Chocolate Company does not expect there to be any beginning or ending inventories of cocoa or sugar. At the end of the budget year, I Love My Chocolate Company had the following actual results: Dark Chocolate Light Chocolate Actual production (cases) 5,000 10,000 Actual Price per Pound Actual Pounds Purchased and Used Cocoa $7.33 140,300 Sugar 1.35 188,000 Actual Labor Rate Actual Labor Hours Used Dark chocolate $15.25 per hr. 2,360 Light chocolate 15.80 per hr. 6,120
Required:
1. Prepare the following variance analyses for both chocolates and the total, based on the actual results and production levels at the end of the budget year. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
a. Direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total variance.
b. Direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total variance.
2. The variance analyses should be based on the amounts at volumes. The budget must flex with the volume changes. If the volume is different from the planned volume, as it was in this case, then the budget used for performance evaluation should reflect the change in direct materials and direct labor that will be required for the production. In this way, spending from volume changes can be separated from efficiency and price variances.

Kesselring Corporation makes one product and has provided the following information to help prepare the master budget for the next three months of operations: Budgeted unit sales (all on credit): July8,400 August8,800 September12,200 Raw materials requirement per unit of output 4pounds Raw materials cost$3.00per pound Direct labor requirement per unit of output 2.8direct labor-hours Direct labor wage rate$18.00per direct labor-hour Predetermined overhead rate (all variable)$11.00per direct labor-hour The ending finished goods inventory should equal 40% of the following month's sales. The budgeted finished goods inventory balance at the end of August is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.) Select one: A. $454,816 B. $358,192 C. $304,512 D. $150,304

Which of the following statements is not accurate descriptions of the business market? Mrs. Phillip, a retail buyer for Bloomingdale's, does all the shopping for her family at the same store. Wal-Mart has a contractual relationship with P&G to serve its customers efficiently. Goodyear tires deals globally with various suppliers of steel to make tires. Costco is a wholesale establishment that deals with various manufacturers.

Step 1:
Enter the following entries for the month of August. A. Purchased raw materials on account: $3,100. B. Selling and Administrative expenses incurred and paid: $1,200. C. Used direct materials: $3,900. D. Used indirect materials: $300. E. Manufacturing wages incurred totaled $4,000, of which 90% was direct labor and 10% was indirect labor. F. Incurred other actual factory overhead on account: $1,300. G. Factory Overhead was allocated to Work in Process Inventory at a predetermined overhead allocation rate of 60% of Direct Labor costs incurred during August. H. The cost of product completed: $10,000. I. Sales on account: $17,500. The cost of the units sold was $9,500.
Step 2:
Adjust for over or underallocated overhead.
Once you have entered the journal entries in Step 1 above, prepare and enter the necessary adjusting entry to correct for the overallocated or underallocated Factory Overhead. This entry should be dated "August 31, 2017." For the "Description," enter "Journal Entry J."

Wildhorse Company produces golf discs which it normally sells to retailers for $7 each. The cost of manufacturing 24,200 golf discs is:
Materials $ 12,342
Labor 36,542
Variable overhead 25,894
Fixed overhead 47,916
Total $122,694
Wildhorse also incurs 5% sales commission ($0.35) on each disc sold.
McGee Corporation offers Wildhorse $4.80 per disc for 4,800 discs. McGee would sell the discs under its own brand name in foreign markets not yet served by Wildhorse. If Wildhorse accepts the offer, its fixed overhead will increase from $47,916 to $53,006 due to the purchase of a new imprinting machine. No sales commission will result from the special order.
(a) Prepare an incremental analysis for the special order. (Enter negative amounts using either a negative sign preceding the number e.g. -45 or parentheses e.g. (45).)
Reject
Order Accept
Order Net Income
Increase
(Decrease)
Revenues $ $ $
Materials
Labor
Variable overhead
Fixed overhead
Sales commissions
Net income $ $ $
(b) Should Wildhorse accept the special order?
Wildhorse should
reject/accept
the special order .

Zintendo, Inc., produces and sells a single product, the Zintendo Stitch gaming console, whose selling price is $400.00 per gaming console and whose variable costs are $224.00 per gaming console. The company's fixed costs are $5,935,750 per year. The current sales volume for the year ended 12/31/2020 is 36,300 gaming consoles.

Required:
a. Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the year ended 12/31/2020 at the current sales volume.
b. Determine the break-even point for the year.
c. What is the company's margin of safety for the year?

The gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States is defined as the __________all _____________ in a given period of time.

Based on this definition, indicate which of the following transactions will be included in (that is, directly increase) the GDP of the United States in 2018

a. Rotato, a U.S. tire company, produces a set of tires at a plant in Michigan on September 13, 2018. It sells the set of tires to Speedmaster for use in the production of a two-door coupe that will be made in the United States in 2018.
b. Zippycar, a U.S. automobile company, produces a convertible at a manufacturing plant in Minneapolis on January 21, 2018. It sells the car at a dealership in Houston on February 10, 2018.
c. Sofaland, a Swedish furniture company, produces a table at a plant in Virginia on December 5, 2018. It sells the table to a college student on December 24.
d. You chop down a cherry tree on your property in California and make a dining room table in 2018. A similar table sells for $800 in a local furniture store.

In wintry conditions, highway safety is improved by treating road services with substances that will provide traction and/or melt snow and ice. Sand and rock salt are two widely used substances. Recently, a combination of beet juice and rocksalt is being used in some parts of the country to treat road surfaces. Suppose you have been asked to provide a list of factors to consider for a switch from rocksalt alone to using a combination of beet juice and rocksalt. Name the major considerations you would take into account in making a decision in the following categories: cost considerations, environmental considerations, both positive and negative, and other considerations.

Identify which economic indicator should be used to track each of the following. a. The overall size of the economy the unemployment rate real GDP nominal GDP real GDP growth b. Labor market performance inflation business confidence the unemployment rate consumer confidence c. The future trajectory of economic activity the employment cost index real GDP inflation annual growth of the S&P 500 d. Wages and benefits business confidence real GDP the employment cost index consumer confidence

Kingston Manufacturing has 27,000 labor hours available for producing X and Y. Consider the following information:
Product X Product Y
Required labor time per unit (hours) 2 3
Maximum demand (units) 6,000 8,000
Contribution margin per unit $5 $6
Contribution margin per labor hour $2.50 $2
If Kingston follows proper managerial accounting practices, which of the following production schedules should the company set?
Product A Product B
A. 0 units 8,000 units
B. 1,500 units 8,000 units
C. 6,000 units 0 units
D. 6,000 units 5,000 units
E. 6,000 units 8,000 units
A. Option A.
B. Option B.
C. Option C.
D. Option D.
E. Option E.
The following costs are relevant to the decision situation cited except:____.
a. the cost of hiring a full-time staff attorney, in a decision to establish an in-house legal department or retain the services of a prominent law firm.
b. the remodeling cost of existing office space, in a firm's decision to stay at its current location or move to a new building.
c. the long-term salary costs demanded by Joe Torrez (a superstar) and Rip Moran (an average player) in baseball contract negotiations, in a decision that determines the amounts by which ticket prices must be raised.
d. the cost to enhance an airline's Web site, in a decision to expand existing service to either Salt Lake City or Phoenix.
e. the commissions that could be earned by a salesperson, in a decision that involves salesperson compensation methods (i.e., commissions or flat monthly salaries).

Mutual Company enters into a contract to employ Neil as an investment manager for two years. During the first year, Neil is often absent without explanation and when present fails to adequately monitor and manage Mutual’s investments.
Q1. Refer to Fact Pattern 17-A1. With respect to Mutual’s duties, Neil’s performance most likely
a. discharges Mutual from the contract.
b. has no effect on Mutual’s performance.
c. increases Mutual’s duties under the contract.
d. suspends Mutual’s duty to perform.
Q2. Refer to Fact Pattern 17-A1. Neil’s performance is most likely
a. a material breach.
b. a minor breach.
c. Mutual’s breach.
d. no breach.

The selection of delegates to the national convention produces _____.

At the end of the video, Keith Reinhard says that advertisers have the ability not only to lift up the brands they work for but also to lift up the human spirit. Do you think this is true? Is it their responsibility? Explain.

How loss on sale of sports material is entered in Income and Expenditure Account? If sports material book value is $120 but sold at $50?​

On January 14, at the end of the second week of the year, the totals of Castle Company's payroll register showed that its store employees' wages amounted to $33,482 and that's warehouse wages amounted to $13,560. Withholdings consisted of federal income taxes, $5,110, employer's Social Security taxes at the rate of 6.2 percent, and employees' Social Security taxes at a rate of 6.2 percent. Both the employer's and employees' Social Security taxes are based on the first $118,500, and no employee has reached the limit. Additional withholdings were Medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45 percent on all earnings and charitable contributions withheld, $845.

Required:
a. Calculate the amount of Social Security and Medicare taxes to be withheld and write the general journal entry to record the payroll. Round answers to two decimal places.
b. Write the general journal entry to record the employer's payroll taxes assuming that the federal unemployment tax is 0.6 percent of the first $7,000, that the state unemployment tax is 5.4 percent of the same base, and that no employee has surpassed the $7,000 limit.

"Ayres Services acquired an asset for $80 million in 2021. The asset is depreciated for financial reporting purposes over four years on a straight-line basis (no residual value). For tax purposes the asset’s cost is depreciated by MACRS. The enacted tax rate is 25%. Amounts for pretax accounting income, depreciation, and taxable income in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 are as follows: ($ in millions) 2021 2022 2023 2024 Pretax accounting income $ 330 $ 350 $ 365 $ 400 Depreciation on the income statement 20 20 20 20 Depreciation on the tax return (25 ) (33 ) (15 ) (7 ) Taxable income $ 325 $ 337 $ 370 $ 413 Required: For December 31 of each year, determine (a) the cumulative temporary book-tax difference for the depreciable asset and (b) the balance to be reported in the deferred tax liability account. (Leave no cell blank, enter "0" wherever applicable. Enter your answers in millions rounded to 2 decimal places (i.e., 5,500,000 should be entered as 5.50).)"

The Neal Company wants to estimate next year's return on equity (ROE) under different financial leverage ratios. Neal's total capital is $20 million, it currently uses only common equity, it has no future plans to use preferred stock in its capital structure, and its federal-plus-state tax rate is 25%. The CFO has estimated next year's EBIT for three possible states of the world: $5.5 million with a 0.2 probability, $2.6 million with a 0.5 probability, and $600,000 with a 0.3 probability.

Required:
Calculate Neal's expected ROE, standard deviation, and coefficient of variation.

On June 30, Petrov Co. has $140,800 of accounts receivable.

July 4 Sold $8,075 of merchandise (that had cost $5,168) to customers on credit, terms n/30.
9 Sold $20,398 of accounts receivable to Main Bank. Main charges a 8% factoring fee.
17 Received $4,441 cash from customers in payment on their accounts.
27 Borrowed $11,656 cash from Main Bank, pledging $15,153 of accounts receivable as security for the loan.

Required:
Prepare journal entries to record the above selected July transactions.

You purchased five August 13 futures contracts on soybeans at a price quote of 1056′6. Each contract is for 5,000 bushels with the price quoted in cents and 1/8 ths of a cent per bushel. Assume the contract price is 1061′4 when you close out your contract six weeks from now. What will be your total profit or loss on this investment? A) $6,480.75 B) $1,187.50 C) $950.25 D) $24,000.00 E) $16,200.50

When bonds are issued at a discount and the effective interest method is used for amortization, at each subsequent interest payment date, the cash paid is:

Explain the role of secondary data in gaining customer insights
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Raphael lives in Detroit and runs a business that sells boats. In an average year, he receives $793,000 from selling boats. Of this sales revenue, he must pay the manufacturer a wholesale cost of $430,000; he also pays wages and utility bills totaling $301,000. He owns his showroom; if he chooses to rent it out, he will receive $15,000 in rent per year. Assume that the value of this showroom does not depreciate over the year. Also, if Raphael does not operate this boat business, he can work as a financial advisor, receive an annual salary of $50,000 with no additional monetary costs, and rent out his showroom at the $15,000 per year rate. No other costs are incurred in running this boat business.

Identify each of Manuel's costs in the following tab/e as either an implicit cost or an explicit cost of selling pianos.

a. The salary Manuel could earn if he worked as a financial advisor
b. The rental income Manuel could receive if he chose to rent out his showroom
c. The wholesale cost for the pianos that Manuel pays the manufacturer
d. The wages and utility bills that Manuel pays

Presented below is information for Marin Company.

1. Beginning-of-the-year Accounts Receivable balance was $23,100.
2. Net sales (all on account) for the year were $104,700. Marin does not offer cash discounts.
3. Collections on accounts receivable during the year were $85,400.

Marin is planning to factor some accounts receivable at the end of the year. Accounts totaling $13,900 will be transferred to Credit Factors, Inc. with recourse. Credit Factors will retain 6% of the balances for probable adjustments and assesses a finance charge of 5%. The fair value of the recourse obligation is $1,075.

Required:
Prepare (summary) journal entries to record the items noted above.