Questions from General Accounting


Q: The following changes took place last year in Pavolik Company’s balance sheet

The following changes took place last year in Pavolik Company’s balance sheet accounts: Long-term investments that cost the company $6 were sold during the year for $16 and land th...

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Q: Below are several transactions that took place in Seneca Company last year

Below are several transactions that took place in Seneca Company last year: a. Paid suppliers for inventory purchases. b. Bought equipment for cash. c. Paid cash to repurchase its own stock. d. Collec...

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Q: Lasser Company plans to produce 10,000 units next period at

Lasser Company plans to produce 10,000 units next period at a denominator activity of 30,000 direct labor-hours. The direct labor wage rate is $12 per hour. The company’s standards a...

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Q: Refer to the financial statements for Castile Products, Inc., in

Refer to the financial statements for Castile Products, Inc., in Exercise 15–8. Assets at the beginning of the year totaled $280,000, and the stockholders’ equity totaled $161,600. Data given in Exer...

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Q: Haas Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains

Haas Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains to each of the company’s first three years of operations: Variable costs per unit: Manufacturing: Direct materials...

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Q: During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption

During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows The company’s $18 unit product cost is comput...

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Q: Toxaway Company is a merchandiser that segments its business into two divisions

Toxaway Company is a merchandiser that segments its business into two divisions—Commercial and Residential. The company’s accounting intern was asked to prepare seg...

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Q: Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc., makes two types of industrial

Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc., makes two types of industrial component parts—the B300 and the T500. An absorption costing income statement for the most recent period is shown: Hi-Tek Manufacturin...

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Q: Refer to the data for Minden Company. The company is considering

Refer to the data for Minden Company. The company is considering making the following changes to the assumptions underlying its master budget: 1.Sales are budgeted for $220,000 for May. 2.Each month’s...

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Q: Springfield Corporation operates on a calendar-year basis. It begins

Springfield Corporation operates on a calendar-year basis. It begins the annual budgeting process in late August, when the president establishes targets for total sales dollars and net operating incom...

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