• Q : Journal entries to record the investment....
    Accounting Basics :

    Prepare on Pioneer Company's books journal entries to record the investment related activities for 2014.

  • Q : Calculate the projects return on investment....
    Accounting Basics :

    Consider the following information about a potential project: a) Calculate the project's return on investment. b) Based solely on ROI, is this project in the firm's best interests? Why or why not?

  • Q : Ownership in his solely owned apartment....
    Accounting Basics :

    An individual, pursuant to a divorce decree, transfers ownership in his solely owned apartment building to his wife. The FMV of the property is $350,000, with an associated debt of $50,000. He purch

  • Q : What is the aftertax cash flow....
    Accounting Basics :

    Hunter's Paradise purchased $568,000 of equipment 4 years ago. The equipment is 7-year MACRS property. The firm is selling this equipment today for $199,500. What is the aftertax cash flow from this

  • Q : Compute the tax consequences to both parties....
    Accounting Basics :

    As part of the transaction, party 1 will transfer to the partnership the real property, plus the associated debt, for the partnership's real property plus $50,000 in cash. Please describe and comput

  • Q : How much cost is acceptable to incur in order to test....
    Accounting Basics :

    How might the senior audit manager or partner on a particular engagement determine how much cost is acceptable to incur in order to test a particular area? Can you think of any lower cost alternativ

  • Q : Random error resulting from manual processing....
    Accounting Basics :

    What's the difference between random error resulting from manual processing and systematic error resulting from IT processing?

  • Q : Exchange lacked commercial substance....
    Accounting Basics :

    A machine cost $140,000, has annual depreciation expense of $28,000, and has accumulated depreciation of $70,000 on December 31, 2012. On April 1, 2013, when the machine has a fair value of $56,000,

  • Q : What value should be assigned to the ending inventory....
    Accounting Basics :

    (a) What value should be assigned to the ending inventory using FIFO? (b) What value should be assigned to cost of goods sold using LIFO?

  • Q : Determine the depreciation expense....
    Accounting Basics :

    Calculate depreciation expense for 2012 and 2013 by each of the following methods, showing the figures used.

  • Q : Companies needed to prepare a statement of cash flows....
    Accounting Basics :

    Why are companies required to prepare a statement of cash flows? Why is the statement of cash flows divided into three sections? What does each section tell you about the operations of a company?

  • Q : Preparation of a consolidated statements problem....
    Accounting Basics :

    Prepared, in general journal form, all eliminating entries for the preparation of a consolidated statements workpaper on December 31, 2014.

  • Q : Calculate the volume of sales in units....
    Accounting Basics :

    Snider company produces and sells two products: A & B in the ratio of 3A to 5B. Selling prices for for A & B are, respectively, $1200 & $240; respective variable costs are $480 & $16

  • Q : Difference in income reported by the company....
    Accounting Basics :

    The difference in income reported by the company can be $12,500, depending on the method used to determine cost of goods sold and final inventory values. Why? Please explain in the space provided.

  • Q : Accounting and reporting requirements....
    Accounting Basics :

    Write a 7 page paper compare and contrast the accounting and reporting requirements between federal government, colleges, universities, and health care organizations. Be sure to include the limitati

  • Q : Differences between nfp and for-profit environments....
    Accounting Basics :

    Explore the start-up of a NFP organization. Also discuss the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) followed in preparing the required financial statements, and the differences between NFP

  • Q : Cost of purchases move during the period....
    Accounting Basics :

    Quayle Corporation's inventory cost on its balance sheet was lower using first-in, first-out than it would have been using last-in, first-out. Assuming no beginning inventory, in what direction did

  • Q : Network systems compare with the risks associated....
    Accounting Basics :

    How do the risks associated with network systems compare with the risks associated with centralized IT functions?

  • Q : What is rafael basis for the truck....
    Accounting Basics :

    Rafael recently purchased a piece of land, a buildng and a truck for a lump sum of $600,000. The fair market value of the land was $180,000, the fair market value of the building was 500,000, and th

  • Q : Co-insurance clause in insurance policy....
    Accounting Basics :

    Joyce uses $310,000 to purchase additional inventory and invests the remaining $50,000 in short-term certificates of deposit. She received only $360,000 because of a co-insurance clause in her insur

  • Q : Difficulties associated with accounting for land....
    Accounting Basics :

    Land transactions are very common in consolidated groups. Explain the difficulties associated with accounting for land transactions between related/consolidated groups. What procedure should we foll

  • Q : Cattle-feeding partnership problem....
    Accounting Basics :

    In 2012, Shera invested $20,000 in a cattle-feeding partnership that used nonrecourse notes to purchase $100,000 of feed, which was used to feed the cattle and expensed. If Shera's share of the exp

  • Q : Opportunity cost enter to the make or buy decision....
    Accounting Basics :

    How does opportunity cost enter into the make or buy decision? What would be an example of a decision that you might make in your personal life that would involve an opportunity cost? What decision

  • Q : Increment of sales within the relevant range....
    Accounting Basics :

    Complete the monthly flexible budget for each $10,000 increment of sales within the relevant range for the year ending December 31, 2010.

  • Q : History-current status-adoption implications of finance....
    Accounting Basics :

    Describe the history, current status, and adoption implications of a Financial Accounting Standards Board ongoing project.

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