• Q : What circumstances is it appropriate....
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    Under what circumstances is it appropriate to record goodwill in the accounts? How should goodwill, properly recorded on the books, be written off in order to conform with GAAP, in your opinion?

  • Q : Determined that the fair value....
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    On July 31, 2012, Mexico Company paid $3,000,000 to acquire all of the common stock of Conchita Inc., which became a division of Mexico. Conchita reported the following balance sheet at the time of

  • Q : What would be the accumulated depreciation....
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    Dasher Company acquired a truck for use in its business for $25,500 in a cash transaction. The truck is expected to be used over a five-year period, will be driven approximately 18,000 miles per yea

  • Q : How much would gardener report....
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    Gardener Company has $30,000 of ending finished goods inventory as of December 31, 2008. If beginning finished goods inventory was $25,000 and cost of goods sold was $40,000, how much would Gardener

  • Q : Checks cleared the bank....
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    Greneer Company had checks outstanding totaling $10,800 on its June bank reconciliation. In July, Greneer Company issued checks totaling $77,800.

  • Q : Discuss the print admissions brochures featuring....
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    Wilmet College recently purchased new computing equipment for its library. The following information refers to the purchase and installation of this equipment:

  • Q : Sales in the two divisions totaling....
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    Devlin company has 2 divisions, C and D. The overall company contribution margin ratio is 30%, with sales in the two divisions totaling $500,000.

  • Q : Percent increase in sales....
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    Don's Game Store sells computer and other electronic games. The store has budgeted sales for January as indicated in the following table. The company expects an 8 percent increase in sales for the m

  • Q : Prepare journal entries to record each of the disposal....
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    Feb. 10 Office equipment costing $26,000 was given to a scrap dealer at no charge. At the date of disposal, accumulated depreciation on the office equipment amounted to $25,800.

  • Q : The investment center....
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    For 2012, an investment center of Lawson Company reported operating income of $420,000 on total operating assets of $2,600,000. The company has established a target ROI of 14% for the investment cen

  • Q : Why the useful life was decided prior to recording annual....
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    Swindall Industries uses straight-line depreciation on all of its depreciable assets. The company records annual depreciation expense at the end of each calendar year.

  • Q : Should hart outsource the component....
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    Hart Company currently produces a component that it uses in making some of its products. Hart has calculated the following costs for making the part.

  • Q : Prepare the journal entries to record....
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    Colaw Company exchanges equipment with Eaton Company and Mantle Company exchanges equipment with Fiero Company. The following information pertains to the exchanges.

  • Q : Calculate the optimal product mix that would maximize....
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    Imagine your company has 3 products: TVs, Stereos and Speakers. The profit is $100 per TV, $30 per Stereo and $30 per Speaker. Each of these products uses the same 5 parts (but in different amounts)

  • Q : What equation use....
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    Select appropriate cost drivers for the indirect costs and allocate these costs to departments M and N. Salary of Vice Pres. $180,000, General factory utilities $36000.

  • Q : The bank statement shows a debit memorandum....
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    Laymon Boat Company's bank statement for the month of September showed a balance per bank of $7,000. The company's Cash account in the general ledger had a balance of $5,459 at September 30. Other i

  • Q : Explain the demand in chicago....
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    Your company in the Midwest has corn and grain warehouses in Kansas City, Omaha and Des Moine. You ship commodities to your food mills in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.

  • Q : Which price would the state government prefer....
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    Evaluate Transfer Pricing System Seattle Transit Ltd. operates a local mass transit system. The transit authority is a state governmental agency.

  • Q : What would be an employee''s net pay for the year....
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    Assuming a FICA tax rate of 8% on the first $100,000 in wages, and a federal income tax rate of 20% on all wages, what would be an employee's net pay for the year if he earned $120,000 for the year

  • Q : What would the new amount....
    Accounting Basics :

    Apply Transfer Pricing Rules Best Practices, Inc., is a management consulting firm. Its Corporate Division advises private firms on the adoption and use of cost management systems.

  • Q : Explain how to contruct an unadjusted....
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    Explain how to contruct an unadjusted trial balance and provide an example of the application of the debit/ credit rules in the development of the trial balance?

  • Q : Prepare the entries to record the issuance....
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    On January 1, 2010, Fabian Enterprises issued 9%, 10-year bonds with a face amount of $900,000 at 96. Interest is payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31.

  • Q : What is drake free cash flow....
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    Suppose that Drake Corporation produced and sold 5,000 laptop computers during 2010. It reported $270,000 cash provided by operating activities.

  • Q : Determine the number of common shares....
    Accounting Basics :

    The 2008 annual report for Fortune Brands, the seller of Pinnacle golf balls and MasterLock padlocks,disclosed that 750 million shares of common stock have been authorized.

  • Q : Purchase the rights to mine....
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    Endor has lots of coal. You purchase the rights to mine the Far-Moon-of-Endor from the Endorian government for $100,000,000. At the time you expected to generate $30,000,000 from mining the coal eac

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