• Q : Explain the direct material price variance for august....
    Accounting Basics :

    During August the company produced 6,000 units of product. 10,000 pounds of direct material which cost $6.50 per pound were used in the production process. Compute the direct material price variance

  • Q : Contains both variable and fixed cost elements....
    Accounting Basics :

    St. Mark's Hospital contains 450 beds. The average occupancy rate is 80% per month. In other words, on average, 80% of the hospital's beds are occupied by patients.

  • Q : Calculate the depreciation account for three years....
    Accounting Basics :

    Store equipment is purchased on January 1, 2002 at a cost of $14,000 and $1,000 was spent on its installation. The depreciation is written-off at 10% on the original cost every year. The books are c

  • Q : Explain units-of-production depreciation....
    Accounting Basics :

    Calculate the amount of depreciation to report during the year ended December 31,2010, for equipment that was purchased at a cost of $33,000 on September 1,2010.

  • Q : What is pecan companys expected cash balance on april....
    Accounting Basics :

    Pecan Company had March sales and purchases of $63,000 and $47,000 respectively. The company expects April sales to increase 12% above, and purchases to stay consistent with March amounts.

  • Q : Shares of stock outstanding remained....
    Accounting Basics :

    For 2008, orchard corp reported after-tax net income of $5800000. During the year, the number of shares of stock outstanding remained constant at 10,000 at $100 par, 9% preferred stock and 400000 sh

  • Q : Why the corporation authorize the purchase of the land....
    Accounting Basics :

    Grandiose secured an option to purchase a tract of land for $100,000. He then organized Dunbar Corporation and subscribed to 51% of the shares of stock of the corporation for $100,000, which was iss

  • Q : Why the company spent heavily on research and development....
    Accounting Basics :

    PharmGen, a pharmaceutical company, was founded two years ago. Like most pharmaceutical companies, PharGen did not make any profits in its first two years of operations since the company spent heavi

  • Q : What effect would the purchase of the new machine have....
    Accounting Basics :

    Mueller Corp. manufactures compact discs that sell for $5.00. Fixed costs are $28,000 and variable costs are $3.60 per unit. Mueller can buy a newer production machine that will increase fixed costs

  • Q : Discuss the job order cost accounting system....
    Accounting Basics :

    A manufacturing company uses a job order cost accounting system. Overhead is applied using pounds of direct materials used as an allocation base. Total costs for a particular job were $5,720.

  • Q : Explain the goods in process inventory account....
    Accounting Basics :

    The Filtering Department started the current month with beginning goods in process inventory of $55,000. During the month, it was assigned the following costs: direct materials, $77,000; direct labo

  • Q : What are the steps to prepare a cash flow....
    Accounting Basics :

    What are the steps to prepare a cash flow summary analysis using a consolidated statement of cash flows? How do you recognize what transactions are inflows and which are outflows?

  • Q : What is the companys warranty expense....
    Accounting Basics :

    A company sells computers at a selling price of $1,800 each. Each computer has a 2-year warranty that covers replacement of defective parts. It is estimated that 2% of all computers sold will be ret

  • Q : Discuss how the pressure to perform on wall street....
    Accounting Basics :

    Discuss how the pressure to perform on Wall Street (short-term performance) may influence an organization deciion to misstate its financial performance.

  • Q : Calculate mirr for each project....
    Accounting Basics :

    A firm with a 13% WACC is evaluating two projects for this year's capital budget. After-tax cash flows, including depreciation, are as follows:

  • Q : Amount of interest expense should grant report....
    Accounting Basics :

    The lease stipulated annual payments of $40,000 starting at the end of the first year, with title passing to Grant at the expiration of the lease.

  • Q : Jodie company leased equipment....
    Accounting Basics :

    Jodie Company leased equipment from Kim Company on July 1, 2004, for an eight-year period expiring June 30, 2012. Equal annual payments under the lease are $200,000.  

  • Q : Find the crossover rate....
    Accounting Basics :

    An oil drilling company must choose between two mutually exclusive extraction projects, and each costs $11 million. Under Plan A, all the oil would be extracted in 1 year, producing a cash flow at t

  • Q : How many circuit boards must be produced....
    Accounting Basics :

    A manufacturer considers two methods for producing a circuit board.The board can be hand-wired at a $0.98 per unit and annual fixed cost of $1,000.

  • Q : What is the amount of the factory overhead controllable....
    Accounting Basics :

    The standard factory overhead rate is $10 per direct labor hour ($8 for variable factory overhead and $2 for fixed factory overhead) based on 100% capacity of 30,000 direct labor hours.

  • Q : Find the payout period for sprinkler system....
    Accounting Basics :

    An office building and its equipment are insured to $710,000.The present annual insurance premium is $0.85 per $100 of coverage.A sprinkler system with life of 20 years and no salvage value can be i

  • Q : Journalize the business transaction....
    Accounting Basics :

    On May16, the cash register tape shows that cash sales are $2,080 and sales tax is $104 for total sales of $2,184. The actual cash in the cash register drawer, after subtracting the amount of change

  • Q : Explain a manufacturer of stereo systems....
    Accounting Basics :

    Copa Company, a manufacturer of stereo systems, started its production in October 2008. For the preceding 3 years Copa had been a retailer of stereo systems.

  • Q : International management accounting conference....
    Accounting Basics :

    Assume the comments were recently overheard at an international management accounting conference. For each group of comments below, state whether or not you agree with each set of comments, and prov

  • Q : Explain the crossover rate to the nearest percent....
    Accounting Basics :

    A company is considering two mutually exclusive expansion plans. Plan A requires a $39 million expenditure on a large-scale integrated plant that would provide expected cash flows of $6.23 million p

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