Use the information in Exercise 1-18 to prepare a December statement of owner’s equity for Ernst Consulting. Hint: J. Ernst, Capital, on December 1 was $0.
> A jeans maker is designing a new line of jeans called Slams. Slams will sell for $205 per unit and cost $164 per unit in variable costs to make. Fixed costs total $60,000. 1. Compute the contribution margin per unit. 2. Compute the contribution margin ra
> Refer to the information from Exercise 21-5. Use spreadsheet software to use ordinary least squares regression to estimate the cost equation, including fixed and variable cost amounts.
> Felix & Co. reports the following information. (1) Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed and variable components of total costs. (2) Estimate total costs if 3,000 units are produced.
> Classify each of the following costs as either variable, fixed, or mixed. Costs are from a manufacturer of portable basketball hoops.
> Following are four series of costs measured at various volume levels. Identify each series as either fixed, variable, mixed, or step-wise. Hint: It can help to graph each cost series.
> A manufacturer reports the information below for three recent years. Compute income for each of the three years using absorption costing.
> Match each of the cost classifications a through e with its definition.
> Over the years, Apple and Google have evolved into large corporations. Today it is difficult to imagine them as fledgling start-ups. Research each company’s history online. Required 1. In what year was each company first organized/started as a business?
> Apple offers extended service contracts that provide repair coverage for its products. Assume its repair division reports the following annual results. Required 1. Compute the repair division’s degree of operating leverage. 2. Compute
> Information for two companies follows. (1) Compute the degree of operating leverage (DOL) for each company. (2) Which company is expected to produce a greater percent increase in income from a 20% increase in sales?
> A manufacturer’s contribution margin income statement for the year follows. Prepare contribution margin income statements for each of the three separate cases below. 1. The 10,000 units sold and produced increases to 10,400 units and fi
> Refer to the information in Exercise 21-11. The company is considering buying a new machine that will increase its fixed costs by $40,500 per year and decrease its variable costs by $9 per unit. Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the next
> Refer to the information in Exercise 21-11. If the company raises its selling price to $240 per unit, compute its (1) contribution margin per unit, (2) contribution margin ratio, (3) break-even point in units, and (4) break-even point in sales dollars.
> Refer to the information in Exercise 21-11. The marketing manager believes that increasing advertising costs by $81,000 will increase the company’s sales volume to 11,000 units. Prepare a contribution margin income statement for the next year assuming th
> Harrison Co. expects to sell 200,000 units of its product next year, which would generate total sales of $17,000,000. Management predicts that income for next year will be $1,250,000 and that the contribution margin per unit will be $25. Use this informa
> Sunn Co. manufactures a single product that sells for $180 per unit and whose variable costs are $135 per unit. The company’s annual fixed costs are $562,500. The sales manager predicts that next year’s annual sales of the company’s product will be 40,00
> Sunn Co. manufactures a single product that sells for $180 per unit and whose variable costs are $135 per unit. The company’s annual fixed costs are $562,500. Management targets an annual income of $1,012,500. Compute the (1) unit sales to earn the targe
> Refer to the information in Exercise 21-11. 1. Assume Hudson has a target income of $162,000. What amount of sales dollars is needed to produce this target income? 2. If Hudson achieves its target income, what is its margin of safety (in percent)?
> Sunn Co. manufactures a single product that sells for $180 per unit and whose variable costs are $135 per unit. The company’s annual fixed costs are $562,500. 1. Prepare a contribution margin income statement at the break-even point. 2. If the company’s
> Key figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute times interest earned for the three years’ data shown for each company. 2. In the current year, and using times interest earned, which company appears better able to pay inter
> Following are four graphs representing various cost behaviors. 1. Identify whether the cost behavior in each graph is mixed, step-wise, fixed, or variable. 2. Identify the graph (I, II, III, or IV) that best illustrates the cost behavior for each of the
> College Life produces sweatshirts for college organizations and uses hybrid costing. It reports the following for its fabrication process. Customers choose screen-printed or embroidered logos. a. Compute the cost per unit for both the screen-printed and
> RSTN Co. produces its product in two sequential processing departments. During October, the first process finished and transferred 150,000 units of its product to the second process. Of these units, 30,000 were in process at the beginning of the month an
> Pro Power makes a protein powder in several processes. Packaging, the last department in the company’s production process, reports the following. 1. Compute the cost per completed unit for both the current month and the prior month. 2.
> Prepare journal entries to record the following production activities. 1. Transferred completed goods from the Assembly department to finished goods inventory. The goods cost $135,600. 2. Sold $315,000 of goods on credit. Their cost is $175,000.
> Refer to the information in Exercise 20-24. Prepare journal entries dated June 30 to record (a) raw materials purchases, (b) direct materials used, (c) indirect materials used, (d) direct labor used, (e) indirect labor used, ( f ) other actual overhead c
> Re-Tire produces bagged mulch from recycled tires. Production involves shredding tires and packaging the pieces in the Bagging department. All direct materials enter in the Shredding process. A predetermined overhead rate of 175% of direct labor costs is
> Sharpe Co. makes organic salsa in two production departments, Cooking and Bottling. Direct materials costs are added at the beginning of each process, and conversion costs are added evenly throughout each process. The company reports the following for a
> Blue Sky Soda estimates total factory overhead costs of $4,200,000 and total direct labor costs of $2,800,000 for its first year of operations. During January, the company used $80,000 of direct labor cost in its Blending department and $60,000 of direct
> Prepare journal entries to record the following production activities. 1. Paid other actual overhead costs of $40,000 in cash. 2. Applied overhead at 110% of direct labor costs. Direct labor costs were $42,000 in the Roasting department and $33,000 in th
> Comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute total asset turnover for the most recent two years for Apple and Google using the data shown. 2. in the current year, which company is more efficient in generating net sales given total
> Prepare journal entries to record the following production activities. 1. Incurred $42,000 of direct labor in the Roasting department and $33,000 of direct labor in the Blending department .Credit Factory Wages Payable. 2. Incurred $20,000 of indirect la
> Oslo Company produces large quantities of a standardized product. The following information is available for the first production department for May. Prepare a production cost report for this process using the weighted average method.
> Elliott Company produces large quantities of a standardized product. The following information is available for its first production department for March. Prepare a production cost report for this department using the weighted average method.
> Refer to the information in Exercise 20-14. Prepare a production cost report using the FIFO method.
> The following data reports on the July production activities of the Molding department at Ash Company. Prepare the Molding department’s production cost report using the weighted average method.
> Midway Metal produces wire baskets in two departments, Bending and Painting. The Work in Process Inventory T-account for the Bending department is shown below. The 2,000 units in beginning work in process inventory had direct materials costs of $2,400 an
> Hi-T Company uses the weighted average method of process costing. Information for the company’s first production process follows. All direct materials are added at the beginning of this process, and conversion costs are added uniformly
> Refer to the information in Exercise 20-9. (a) Calculate the costs per equivalent unit of production for both direct materials and conversion for the department. (b) Assign costs to the department’s output—specifically, to the units transferred out and t
> Refer to the information in Exercise 20-8. (a) Compute the number of units started and completed this period for the first production department. (b) Compute the number of equivalent units of production for both direct materials and conversion for the fi
> 1. Prepare general journal entries for the following transactions of Valdez Services. a. B. Valdez invested $20,000 cash in the company. b. The company provided services to a client and immediately received $900 cash. c. The company received $10,000 cash
> Comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute the accounts receivable turnover for the two most recent years for (a) Apple and (b) Google. 2. Which company more quickly collects its accounts receivable in the current year?
> 1. Prepare general journal entries for the following transactions of Valdez Services. a. The company paid $2,000 cash for payment on a 6-month-old account payable for office supplies. b. The company paid $1,200 cash for the just-completed two-week salary
> After recording the transactions of Exercise 2-13 in T-accounts and calculating the balance of each account, prepare a trial balance. Use May 31 as its report date.
> Use the information in Exercise 2-9 to open these T-accounts: Cash; Supplies; Prepaid Insurance; Equipment; M. Harris, Capital; Services Revenue; and Utilities Expense. (1) Post the general journal entries to these T-accounts (which will serve as the led
> Swiss Group reports net income of $40,000 for the year. At the beginning of the year, Swiss Group had $200,000 in assets. By the end of the year, assets had grown to $300,000. What is Swiss Group’s return on assets for the current year? Did Swiss Group p
> MA homes Co. reported the following data at the end of its first year of operations on December 31. (a) Prepare its year-end statement of owner’s equity. (b) Prepare its year-end balance sheet using owner’s capital c
> Use the information in Exercise 1-18 to prepare a December statement of cash flows for Ernst Consulting. Assume the following additional information. a. The owner’s initial investment consists of $38,000 cash and $46,000 in land. b. The company’s $18,000
> Use the information in Exercise 1-18 to prepare a December 31 balance sheet for Ernst Consulting. Hint: The solution to Exercise 1-19 can help.
> Ming Chen started a business and had the following transactions in June. Create the following table similar to Exhibit 1.9 and use additions and subtractions to show the dollar effects of the transactions on individual items of the accounting equation. S
> Answer the following questions. Hint: Use the accounting equation. a. On January 1, Lumia Company’s liabilities are $60,000 and its equity is $40,000. On January 3, Lumia purchases and installs solar panel assets costing $10,000. For the panels, Lumia pa
> Key comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute days’ sales uncollected (rounded to one decimal) for the current year and the prior year for (a) Apple and (b) Google. 2. Which company had more success collecting
> Answer the following questions. Hint: Use the accounting equation. a. At the beginning of the year, Addison Company’s assets are $300,000 and its equity is $100,000. During the year, assets increase $80,000 and liabilities increase $50,000. What is the e
> Sofia Gomez runs a mobile pet grooming service. She charges $35 direct labor per grooming hour. She applies overhead to jobs on the basis of grooming hours. She predicts 800 grooming hours for the year. Her estimated overhead costs for the year follow. 1
> At the beginning of the year, Miramax set its predetermined overhead rate for movies produced during the year by using the following estimates: overhead costs, $1,680,000, and direct labor costs, $480,000. At year-end, the company’s actual overhead costs
> At the beginning of the year, Custom Mfg. set its predetermined overhead rate using the following estimates: overhead costs, $750,000, and direct materials costs, $625,000. At year-end, the company reports that actual overhead costs for the year are $758
> A manufacturing company reports the following for the period. 1. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured. 2. Compute gross profit.
> A manufacturer reports the following information at June 30. 1. Compute Work in Process Inventory at June 30. 2. Compute Finished Goods Inventory at June 30. 3. Compute cost of goods sold for June.
> Following are simplified job cost sheets for three custom jobs at the end of June for Custom Patios. All jobs were started in June. Overhead is applied with a predetermined rate based on direct labor cost. Jobs 102 and 103 were finished in June, and Job
> A manufacturer began operations on April 1 and reports the information below. All jobs are sold for 20% above cost. 1. Compute the May 31 balance in (a) Work in Process Inventory and (b) Finished Goods Inventory. 2. Compute gross profit for May.
> Tyler Corp. reports the following results for its first month of operations ended December 31. Overhead is applied using a predetermined overhead rate of 80% of direct materials cost. 1. Prepare an income statement for the month ended December 31. 2. Det
> Tasty Bakery applies overhead based on direct labor costs. The company reports the following costs for the year: direct materials, $650,000; direct labor, $3,000,000; and overhead applied, $1,800,000. 1. Determine the company’s predetermined overhead rat
> Key figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute days’ payable outstanding for each company for the most recent two years. 2. For the current year, which company took more time to pay its suppliers?
> Lorenzo Company applies overhead to jobs on the basis of direct materials cost. At year-end, the Work in Process Inventory account shows the following. 1. Determine the predetermined overhead rate used (based on direct materials cost). 2. Only one job re
> Prepare journal entries to record transactions a through h. a. Raw materials purchased on credit, $90,000. b. Direct materials used, $36,500. Indirect materials used, $19,200. c. Direct labor used, $38,000. Indirect labor used, $12,000. (Record using Fac
> Shire Company’s predetermined overhead rate is based on direct labor cost. Management estimates the company will incur $747,500 of overhead costs and $575,000 of direct labor cost for the period. During March, Shire began and completed
> Telstar uses job order costing. The T-accounts below summarize its production activity for the year. 1. Compute the amount for each of the following. a. Direct materials used d. indirect labor used f. Cost of goods sold (before closing b. Indi
> Use information in Exercise 19-12 to prepare journal entries for the following events for the period. 1. Incurred other actual overhead costs (all paid in Cash). 2. Applied overhead to work in process.
> Use information in Exercise 19-12 to prepare journal entries for the following events for the period. 1. Direct labor used (recorded as factory wages payable). 2. Indirect labor used (recorded as factory wages payable).
> Use information in Exercise 19-12 to prepare journal entries for the following events for the period. 1. Raw materials purchases for cash. 3. Indirect materials used. 2. Direct materials used.
> Match each of the terms with the best definition a through d. 1. Cost accounting system 2. Target cost 3. Job 4. Process operation a. Production activities for a custom product. b. Mass production in a continuous flow of steps. c. A system that records m
> Use the following selected account balances of Delray Mfg. to prepare its schedule of cost of goods manufactured for the year ended December 31.
> For each of the following accounts for a manufacturing company, place a ✓ in the column indicating that it is included in selling expenses, general and administrative expenses, or the calculation of cost of goods manufactured. An accoun
> Comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute inventory turnover for each company for the most recent two years shown. 2. Compute days’ sales in inventory for each company for the three years shown. 3. Did the cur
> Refer to the data in Exercise 18-7. For each company, compute the total (1) prime costs and (2) conversion costs.
> Refer to the data in Exercise 18-7. For each company, prepare (1) an income statement and (2) the current assets section of the balance sheet.
> Using the following data from both Garcon Company and Pepper Company for the year ended December 31 to compute (1) the cost of goods manufactured and (2) the cost of goods sold for each company. Hint: Not all information is needed for the solution.
> Listed below are costs of services provided by an airline company. Consider the cost object to be a flight. Flight attendants and pilots are paid based on hours of flight time. Classify each cost as direct, indirect, selling, or general and administrativ
> Tech Pro offers instructional courses in website design. The company holds classes in a building that it owns. The cost object is an individual class. Classify each of Tech Pro’s costs below as direct or indirect. 1. Depreciation on classroom building 2
> Listed here are product costs for production of soccer balls. Classify each cost as either direct or indirect.
> In a recent annual report and related Global Responsibility Report, Starbucks provides information on company performance on several dimensions. Indicate whether the following items best fit into the financial (label your answer “Profit”), social (label
> Determine the missing amount for each separate situation involving manufacturing cost flows.
> The following chart shows how costs flow through a business as a product is manufactured. All boxes in the chart show cost amounts. Compute the cost amounts for the boxes that contain question marks.
> Refer to the information in Exercise 18-13 to prepare an income statement for Delray Mfg. (a manufacturer). Assume that its cost of goods manufactured is $534,300
> Key comparative figures for Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute the amount of gross margin and the gross margin ratio for the two years shown for each of these companies. 2. Which company earns more in gross margin for each dollar of net sales
> Indicate whether each decision is most likely to be made using managerial accounting information or financial accounting information.
> Use the financial data for Ronda Merchandising Inc. in Exercise 17-17A to prepare its December 31 yearend income statement. Ignore the earnings per share section.
> Refer to Simon Company’s financial information in Exercises 17-6 and 17-8. Additional information about the company follows. For both the current year and one year ago, compute the following ratios: (1) return on equityâ€
> Refer to Simon Company’s financial information in Exercises 17-6 and 17-8. For both the current year and one year ago, compute the following ratios: (1) profit margin ratio—percent rounded to one decimal; did profit margin improve or worsen in the curren
> Refer to the Simon Company information in Exercise 17-6. The company’s income statements for the current year and one year ago follow. Assume that all sales are on credit and then compute (1) days’ sales uncollected, (
> Refer to Simon Company’s balance sheets in Exercise 17-6. (1) Compute the current ratio for each of the three years. Did the current ratio improve or worsen over the three-year period? (2) Compute the acid-test ratio for each of the three years. Did the
> Simon Company’s year-end balance sheets follow. (1) Express the balance sheets in common-size percent’s. Round percent’s to one decimal. (2) Assuming annual sales have not changed in the last three ye
> Compute trend percent’s for the following accounts using 2017 as the base year. For each of the three accounts, state whether the situation as revealed by the trend percent’s appears to be favorable or unfavorable.
> Refer to information in Exercise 16-4. Use the direct method to prepare the operating activities section of Son ad’s statement of cash flows.
> Refer to the information in Exercise 16-12. Using the direct method, prepare the statement of cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2021. Hint: Prepaid Expenses and Wages Payable relate to Operating Expenses on the income statement.
> Key figures for the recent two years of both Apple and Google follow. Required 1. Compute current ratios for (a) Apple and (b) Google for the two years reported above. 2. In the current year, which company has the better ability to pay short-term obligat
> Complete the following spreadsheet in preparation of the statement of cash flows. (The statement of cash flows is not required.) Prepare the spreadsheet as in Exhibit 16A.1 under the indirect method. Identify the debits and credits in the Analysis of Cha
> A company reported average total assets of $1,240,000 in Year 1 and $1,510,000 in Year 2. Its net operating cash flow was $102,920 in Year 1 and $138,920 in Year 2. (1) Calculate its cash flow on total assets ratio for both years. (2) Did its cash flow o
> Use the following information to prepare a statement of cash flows for the current year using the indirect method.
> The following financial statements and additional information are reported. (1) Prepare a statement of cash flows using the indirect method for the year ended June 30, 2021. (2) Compute the company’s cash flow on total assets ratio for
