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Cornerstones of Financial and Managerial Accounting 1st Edition Rich Jones, Mowen, Hansen, Heitger - Solutions
What basis underlies the computation of depletion?
Multiple-Choice questions1. Anniston Company purchased equipment and incurred the following costs:Purchase price ......$40,000Cost of trial runs ..... 800Installation costs ..... 200Sales tax .......... 2,000What is the cost of the equipment?a. $40,000b. $42,000c. $42,900d. $43,0002. The cost
Multiple-Choice questions1. Normal repair and maintenance of an asset is an example of what?a. Revenue expenditureb. Capital expenditurec. An expenditure that will be depreciatedd. An expenditure that should be avoided2. Murnane Company purchased a machine on February 1, 2005, for $100,000. In
Cox Company recently purchased a machine by paying $10,000 cash and signing a six month, 10% note for $10,000. In addition to the purchase price, Cox incurred the following costs related to the machine: freight charges $800; interest charges $500; special foundation for machine $400; installation
Irons Delivery, Inc., purchased a new delivery truck for $42,000 on January 1, 2009. The truck is expected to have a $2,000 residual value at the end of its five-year useful life. Irons uses the straight-line method of depreciation.Required:Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation expense
Use the same information in Cornerstone Exercise 7-17, except that Irons uses the double-declining-balance method of depreciation.Required:Prepare the journal entry to record depreciation expense for 2009 and 2010.
Use the same information in Cornerstone Exercise 7-17, except that Irons uses the units-of-production method of depreciation. Irons expects the truck to run for 150,000 miles. The actual miles driven in 2009 and 2010 were 40,000 and 36,000, respectively.Required:Prepare the journal entry to record
Brown Industries had two machines that it believes may be impaired. Information on the machines is shown below.Required:For each machine, determine if the machine is impaired. If so, calculate the amount of the impairmentloss.
On August 30, Williams Manufacturing Company decided to sell one of its fabricating machines that was 15 years old for $4,000. The machine, which originally cost $100,000, had accumulated depreciation of $97,500.Required:Prepare the journal entry to record the disposal of the machine.
At December 31, 2009, Clark Corporation reported beginning net fixed assets of $84,365, ending net fixed assets of $103,548, accumulated depreciation of $48,753, net sales of $212,722, and depreciation expense of $12,315.Required:Compute Clark Corporation's fixed asset turnover ratio and the
Advanced Technological Devices, Inc., acquired a patent for $130,000. It spent an additional $20,000 defending the patent in legal proceedings.Required:Determine the cost of the patent.
Using the same information in Cornerstone Exercise 7-23, assume that Advanced Technological Devices amortizes the patent on a straight-line basis over its remaining economic life of 12 years.Required:Prepare the journal entry to record the amortization expense related to the patent.
Brandon Oil Company recently purchased oil and natural gas reserves in a remote part of Alaska for $800,000. Brandon spent $10,000,000 preparing the oil for extraction from the ground. Brandon estimates that 120,000,000 barrels of oil will be extracted from the ground. The land has a residual value
Listed below are items that may appear on a classified balance sheet.1. Land2. Amounts due from customers3. Office building4. Truck5. Goods held for resale6. Amounts owed to others7. Patent8. Timberland9. Land held as investment10. GoodwillRequired:Indicate whether each item is included as an
Flying High Airlines, a small commuter airline, has the following items on its balance sheet-airplane, fuel truck, trademark, baggage handling machine, building, airplane fuel.Required:Indicate the proper balance sheet classification of each item.
Listed below are items that may relate to property, plant, and equipment.1. Purchase price of a machine2. Delinquent property taxes3. Interest on debt used to purchase equipment4. Sales taxes paid on purchase of equipment5. Costs to install a machine6. Ordinary repairs to equipment7. Cost to
Laurel Cleaners purchased an automatic dry cleaning machine for $135,000 from TGF Corporation on April 1, 2009. Laurel paid $35,000 in cash and signed a five-year, 10 percent note for $100,000. Laurel will pay interest on the note each year on March 31, beginning in 2010. Transportation charges of
Colson Photography Service purchased a new digital imaging machine on April 15 for $13,400. During installation Colson incurred and paid in cash the following costs:Rental of drill ........ $150Electrical contractor...... 400Plumbing contractor...... 190Colson also paid $160 to replace a
Mooney Sounds, a local stereo retailer, needed a new store because it had outgrown the leased space it had used for several years. Mooney acquired and remodeled a former grocery store. As a part of the acquisition, Mooney incurred the following costs:Cost of grocery store
On January 1, 2009, Quick Stop, a convenience store, purchased a new soft-drink cooler. Quick Stop paid $23,000 cash for the cooler. Quick Stop also paid $730 to have the cooler shipped to its location. After the new cooler arrived, Quick Stop paid $2,410 to have the old cooler dismantled and
Below is a common list of depreciation methods and characteristics related to depreciation?DEPRECIATION METHODSa. Straight-line depreciation methodb. Declining-balance depreciation methodc. Units-of-production depreciation method when actual units produced increases over the life of the
Berkshire Corporation purchased a copying machine for $9,800 on January 1, 2009. The machine's residual value was $1,175 and its expected life was five years or 2,000,000 copies. Actual usage was 480,000 copies the first year and 440,000 the second year.Required:1. Compute depreciation expense for
Clearcopy, a printing company, acquired a new press on January 1, 2009. The press cost$171,600 and had an expected life of eight years or 4,500,000 pages and an expected residual value of $15,000. Clearcopy printed 675,000 pages in 2009.Required:1. Compute 2009 depreciation expense using the:a.
Quick-as-Lightning, a delivery service, purchased a new delivery truck for $40,000 on January 1, 2009. The truck is expected to have a useful life of ten years or 150,000 miles and an expected residual value of $3,000. The truck was driven 15,000 miles in 2009 and 13,000 miles in 2010.Required:1.
Walnut Ridge Production, Inc., purchased a new computerized video editing machine at a cost of $370,000. The system has a residual value of $55,000 and an expected life of five years.Required:1. Compute depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and book value for the first three years of the
On January 1, 2007, Blizzards-R-Us purchased a snow-blowing machine for $85,000. The machine was expected to have a residual value of $5,000 at the end of its five-year useful life. On January 1, 2009, Blizzards-R-Us concluded that the machine would have a remaining useful life of six years with a
WarrickWater Company, a privately owned business, supplies water to several communities. Warrick has just performed an extensive overhaul on one of its water pumps. The overhaul is expected to extend the life of the pump by 10 years. The residual value of the pump is unchanged. You have been asked
The following expenditures were incurred during the year:1. Paid $4,000 for an overhaul of an automobile engine.2. Paid $20,000 to add capacity to a cellular phone company’s wireless network.3. Paid $200 for routine maintenance of a manufacturing machine.4. Paid $10,000 to remodel an office
Roanoke Manufacturing placed a robotic arm on a large assembly machine on January 1,2009. The assembly machine was acquired on January 1, 2002 and was expected to last another three years. The following information is available concerning the assembly machine.Cost, assembly machine
Eastern National Bank installed a wireless encryption device in January 2005. The device cost $120,000. At the time the device was installed, Eastern estimated that it would have an expected life of eight years and a residual value of $10,000. By 2008 the bank's business had expanded and
On January 1, 2002, the Key West Company acquired a pie-making machine for $50,000. The machine was expected to have a useful life of 10 years with no residual value. Key West uses the straight-line depreciation method. On January 1, 2009, due to technological changes in the bakery industry, Key
Perfect Auto Rentals sold one of its cars on January 1, 2009. Perfect had acquired the car on January 1, 2007, for $13,500. At acquisition Perfect assumed that the car would have an estimated life of three years and a residual value of $3,000. Assume that Perfect has recorded straight-line
Pacifica Manufacturing retired a computerized metal stamping machine on December 31, 2009. Pacifica sold the machine to another company and did not replace it. The following data are available for the machine:Cost (installed), 1/1/2004 .........$920,000Residual value expected on 1/1/2004 .....
Tabor Industries is a technology company that operates in a highly competitive environment.In 2006, management had significantly curtailed its capital expenditures due to cash flow problems. Tabor reported the following information for 2009:. Net fixed assets (beginning of year) $489,000. Net fixed
TLM Technologies had these transactions related to intangible assets during 2009.Jan. 2 Purchased a patent from Luna Industries for $200,000. The remaining legal life of the patent is 15 years and TLMexpects the patent to be useful for 8 years.5 Paid legal fees in a successful legal defense of the
On January 1, 2009, Boulder Investments, Inc., acquired a franchise to operate a BurgerDoodle restaurant. Boulder paid $160,000 for a 10-year franchise and incurred organization costs of $12,000.Required:1. Prepare the journal entry to record the cash payment for the franchise fee and the
Oxford Quarries purchased 45 acres of land for $225,000. The land contained stone that Oxford will remove from the ground, finish, and then sell as facing material for buildings.Oxford spent $435,000 preparing the quarry for operation. Oxford estimates that the quarry contains 55,000 tons of usable
Bedford Ridge Development purchased a 5,000-acre tract of forested land in southern Georgia. The tract contained about 1,500,000 pine trees that, when mature, can be used for utility poles. Bedford paid $900 per acre for the timberland. The land has a residual value of $180 per acre when all the
The following information relates to the assets of Westfield Semiconductor as of December 31, 2009. Westfield uses the straight-line method for depreciation and amortization.Required:Use the information above to prepare the property, plant, and equipment and intangible assets portions of a
Olympic Acquisitions, Inc., prepared the following post-closing trial balance at December 31, 2009:Required:Prepare a classified balance sheet for Olympic Acquisitions at December 31, 2009. Olympic reports the three categories of operating assets in separate subsections ofassets.
Mist City Car Wash purchased a new brushless car-washing machine for one of its bays.The machine cost $31,800. Mist City borrowed the purchase price from its bank on a one-year, 12 percent note payable. Mist City paid $500 to have the machine transported to its place of business and an additional
Hansen Supermarkets purchased a radio frequency identification (RFID) system for one of its stores at a cost of $150,000. Hansen determined that the system had an expected life of seven years (or 50,000,000 items scanned) and an expected residual value of $7,200.Required:1. Determine the amount of
Wendt Corporation acquired a new depreciable asset for $80,000. The asset has a four-year expected life and a residual value of zero.Required:1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for all four years of the asset's expected life using the straight-line depreciation method.2. Prepare a depreciation
Pasta, a restaurant specializing in fresh pasta, installed a pasta cooker in early 2007 at a cost of $11,800. The cooker had an expected life of five years and a residual value of $600 when installed. As the restaurant's business increased, it became apparent that renovations would be necessary so
Clermont Transit operates a summer ferry service to islands in the Ohio River. Farmers use the ferry to move farming equipment to and from the islands. Clermont's ferry is in need of repair. A new engine and steering assembly must be installed, or the Coast Guard will not permit the ferry to be
In order to provide capital for new hotel construction in other locations, Wilton Hotel Corporation has decided to sell its hotel in Pierre, South Dakota. Wilton auctions the hotel and its contents on October 1, 2009, with the following results:Land ............ $600,000Building ..........
McLeansboro Oil Company acquired an operating oil well during a recent year. The following assets were acquired for $1,350,000 cash.Required:1. Write the entry to record this acquisition in McLeansboro's journal.2. If McLeansboro pumps and sells 11,000 barrels of oil in one year, compute the amount
On January 1, 2003, Technocraft, Inc., acquired a patent that was used for manufacturing semiconductor-based electronic circuitry. The patent was originally recorded in Technocraft's ledger at its cost of $1,796,000. Technocraft has been amortizing the patent over an expected economic life of 10
Athens, Inc., prepared the following post-closing trial balance at December 31, 2009:Required:Prepare a classified balance sheet for Athens Inc. at December 31, 2009. Athens reports the three categories of operating assets in separate subsections ofassets.
Metropolis Country Club purchased a new tractor to be used for golf course maintenance.The machine cost $53,200. Metropolis borrowed the purchase price from its bank on a one-year, 10 percent note payable. Metropolis incurred the following costs:Shipping costs ......... $300Shipping insurance
Graphic Design Inc. purchased a state-of-the-art laser engraving machine for $90,000. Parker determined that the system had an expected life of 10 years (or 2,000,000 items engraved) and an expected residual value of $5,400.Required:1. Determine the amount of depreciation expense for the first and
Dunn Corporation acquired a new depreciable asset for $150,000. The asset has a five-year expected life and a residual value of zero.Required:1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for all five years of the asset's expected life using the straight-line depreciation method.2. Prepare a depreciation
Murray's Fish Market, a store that specializes in providing fresh fish to the Nashville, Tennessee area, installed a new refrigeration unit in early 2007 at a cost of $21,500. The refrigeration unit has an expected life of eight years and a residual value of $500 when installed. As the fish
Ferinni Company operates a travel agency out of a historic building in Smalltown. Ferinni's CEO believes that the building needs to be remodeled in order to reach a wider customer base. The CEO proposes building a new entry that would be adjacent to Main Street in order to attract more foot
Salva Pest Control disposed of four assets recently. Salvas accounting records provided the following information about the assets at the time of their disposal:The truck was sold for $2,000 cash, and the chemical testing apparatus was donated to the local high school. Because the pump
In 2002, the Mudcat Gas Company purchased a natural gas field in Oklahoma for $158,000,000. The fair value of the land was $1,500,000 and the fair value of the natural gas reserves was $156,217,500. At that time, estimated recoverable gas was 104,145,000 cubic feet.Required:1. Write the entry to
Blackford and Medford Publishing Company own the copyright on many top authors. In 2010, Blackford and Medford acquired the copyright on the literary works of Susan Monroe, an underground novelist in the 1960s, for $800,000 cash. Due to a recent resurgence of interest in the 1960s, the copyright
James Sage, an assistant controller in a large company, has a friend and former classmate, Henry Cactus, who sells computers. Sage agrees to help Cactus get part of the business that has been going to a large national computer manufacturer for many years. Sage knows that the controller would not
Great Basin Enterprises, a large holding company, acquired North Spruce Manufacturing, a medium-sized manufacturing business, from its founder, who wishes to retire.Despite great potential for development, North Spruce's income has been dropping in recent years. Great Basin installs a new
Hattiesburg Manufacturing purchased a new computer-integrated system to manufacture a group of fabricated metal and plastic products. The equipment was purchased from Bessemer Systems at a cost of $630,000. As a basis for determining annual depreciation expense, Hattiesburg's controller requests
Obtain Verizon Communications, Inc.'s most current annual report either through the ''Investor Relations'' portion of their website (do a web search for Verizon Communications investor relations) or go to www.sec.gov and click ''search for company filings'' under ''Filings & Forms
Refer to the financial statements of Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale that are supplied with this text.Required:1. With regard to depreciation methods:a. What depreciation method does Abercrombie & Fitch use? What depreciation method does Aeropostale use?b. What are the typical useful
What does stockholders’ equity represent?
What are the benefits which common stockholders may receive?
How do common stock and preferred stock differ?
Why would the number of shares issued be different from the number of shares outstanding?
Why is preferred stock sometimes regarded as being similar to debt?
How is a preferred stock dividend calculated?
Why do corporations utilize different forms of equity?
On what balance sheet accounts does the issuance of common stock have an effect?
How would the purchase of treasury stock affect a corporation’s balance sheet?
What is a stock dividend? How does it differ from a stock split?
Compare and contrast cash dividends and liquidating dividends.
What are retained earnings?
How may a corporation’s retained earnings be restricted?
Distinguish between retained earnings and accumulated other comprehensive income.
How are dividend payout and profitability ratios useful to investors?
What is the difference between a privately-and publicly-held corporation?
What is a stock warrant? How are they used by corporations?
Give four reasons why a company might purchase treasury stock.
What entries are made (if any) at the declaration date, date of record, and date of payment for cash dividends?
What is the effect of a stock split on stockholders’ equity account balances?
Describe the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity.
When are prior period adjustments used?
Describe two ways corporations make payouts to stockholders.
Explain each of the following preferred stock dividend preferences: (l) Current dividend preference, (2) Cumulative dividend preference, (3) Participating dividend preference.
Are dividends in arrears reported among the liabilities of the dividend-paying firm? If not, how are they reported, and why?
Multiple-Choice Questions1. Which of the following is not a direct nor indirect component of stockholders' equity?a. Dividends payableb. Loss on sale of equipmentc. Retained earningsd. Net income2. Which of the following statements is true with regard to contributed capital?a. Preferred stock is
Multiple-Choice Questions1. A company would repurchase its own stock for all of the following reasons except:a. It needs the stock for employee bonuses.b. It wishes to make an investment in its own stock.c. It wishes to prevent unwanted takeover attempts.d. It wishes to improve the company's
Multiple-Choice Questions1. As a result of a stock split,a. An entry must be made showing the effect on stockholders' equity.b. The market price of the outstanding stock is increasing because a split is evidence of a profitable company.c. The par value of the stock is changed in the reverse
Stahl Company was incorporated as a new business on January 1, 2007. The company is authorized to issue 20,000 shares of $5 par value common stock and 10,000 shares of 6 percent, $10 par value, cumulative, participating preferred stock. On January 1, 2007, the company issued 8,000 shares of
Refer to the information provided in Cornerstone Exercise 10-23.Required:Prepare the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet for Stahl Company.
Corporations issue two general types of capital stock-common and preferred.Required:Describe the major differences between common and preferred stock.
Donahue Corporation is authorized by its charter from the state of Illinois to issue 750 shares of preferred stock with a 7 percent dividend rate and a par value of $50 per share and 22,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share. On January 1, 2009, Donahue Corporation issues
Des Peres Company issues 450 shares of common stock (par value $0.01) for $32 per share on June 30, 2009.Required:Provide the necessary journal entry to record this transaction.
Owners invest in corporations through the purchase of stock.Required:Describe two ways that corporations distribute assets to stockholders. Discuss their relative advantages and disadvantages.
On February 1, 2009, Wild Bill Corporation repurchases 650 shares of its outstanding common stock for $9 per share. On March 1, 2009, Wild Bill sells 150 shares of treasury stock for $12 per share. On May 10, 2009, Wild Bill sells the remaining 500 shares of its treasury stock for $6 per
On January 1, 2009, Tommyboy Corporation repurchases 12,000 shares of its outstanding common stock for $26 per share. On May 1, 2009, Tommyboy sells 9,500 shares of treasury stock for $17 per share. On October 1, 2009, Tommyboy sells 1,500 shares of its treasury stock for $44 per
Refer to the information in Cornerstone Exercise 10-31.Required:What is the appropriate journal entry to record the transaction?
King Tut Corporation has issued 7,000 shares of common stock, all of the same class; 3,800 shares are outstanding and 3,200 shares are held as treasury stock. On December 1, 2009, King Tut's board of directors declares a cash dividend of $1.75 per share payable on December 15, 2009, to stockholders
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