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Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts 6th Edition Edmonds, Tsay, olds - Solutions
Outsourcing decision affected by opportunity costs Oakey Doors Company currently produces the doorknobs for the doors it makes and sells. The monthly cost of producing 5,000 doorknobs is as follows:Venice Company has offered to sell comparable doorknobs to Oakey for $3.80 each.Requireda. Should
Porter Fishing Tours, Inc., owns a boat that originally cost $120,000. Currently, the boat’s net book value is $36,000, and its expected remaining useful life is four years. Porter has an opportunity to purchase for $80,000 a replacement boat that is extremely fuel efficient. Fuel costs for the
Two years ago, Victor Baldwin bought a truck for $22,000 to offer delivery services. Victor earns $32,000 a year operating as an independent trucker. He has an opportunity to sell his truck for $15,000 and take a position as an instructor in a truck driving school. The instructor position pays
Evan Company operates three segments. Income statements for the segments imply that Evan could improve profitability if Segment X is eliminated.Requireda. Explain the effect on Evan's profitability if Segment X is eliminated.b. Prepare comparative income statements for the company as a whole under
Jevon Company divides its operations into six divisions. A recent income statement for the Heath Division follows:Requireda. Should Jevon eliminate the Heath Division? Support your answer by explaining how the division's elimination would affect the net income of the company as a whole. By how much
Norton Corporation is considering the elimination of one of its segments. The following fixed costs pertain to the segment. If the segment is eliminated, the building it uses will be sold.RequiredBased on this information, determine the amount of avoidable cost associated with the segment.
Quigley Electronics purchased a manufacturing plant four years ago for $7,000,000. The plant costs $1,800,000 per year to operate. Its current book value using straight-line depreciation is $5,000,000. Quigley could purchase a replacement plant for $14,000,000 that would have a useful life of 10
Fenwick Company is considering whether to replace some of its manufacturing equipment. Information pertaining to the existing equipment and the potential replacement equipment follows:RequiredBased on this information, recommend whether to replace the equipment. Support your recommendation with
Gilchrist Company, a Texas-based corporation, paid $57,000 to purchase an air conditioner on January 1, 2000. During 2010, surging energy costs prompted management to consider replacing the air conditioner with a more energy-efficient model. The new air conditioner would cost $80,000. Electricity
Annual versus cumulative data for replacement decision Because their three adult children have all at last left home, Paul and Cindy Bender recently moved to a smaller house. Paul owns a riding lawnmower he bought three years ago to take care of the former houses huge yard; it should
Quantum Technologies has the capacity to annually produce either 50,000 desktop computers or 28,000 laptop computers. Relevant data for each product follow:RequiredAssuming that Quantum can sell all it produces of either product, should the company produce the desktop computers or the laptop
Context-sensitive relevance RequiredRespond to each requirement independently.a. Describe two decision-making contexts, one in which unit-level labor costs are avoidable, and the other in which they are unavoidable.b. Describe two decision-making contexts, one in which batch-level shipping costs
Inman Machines Company is evaluating two customer orders from which it can accept only one because of capacity limitations. The data associated with each order follow.Requireda. Assume that Inman has decided to accept one of the two orders. Identify the information relevant to selecting one order
Effect of order quantity on special order decision Lang Company made 100,000 electric drills in batches of 1,000 units each during the prior accounting period. Normally, Lang markets its products through a variety of hardware stores. The following is the summarized cost to produce electric
Effects of the level of production on an outsourcing decision One of Yamamoto Company's major products is a fuel additive designed to improve fuel efficiency and keep engines clean. Yamamoto, a petrochemical firm, makes and sells 200,000 units of the fuel additive per year. Its management is
Outsourcing decision affected by equipment replacement During 2011, Vance Toy Company made 10,000 units of Model K, the costs of which follow.An independent contractor has offered to make the same product for Vance for $50 each. Additional Information:1. The manufacturing equipment originally cost
Dexier's Grocery Store has three departments, meat, canned food, and produce, each of which has its own manager. All departments are housed in a single store. Recently, the produce department has been suffering a net loss and is expected to continue doing so. Last year's income statements
Effect of activity level and opportunity cost on segment elimination decision Aquilar Company has three separate operating branches: Division X, which manufactures utensils; Division Y, which makes plates; and Division Z, which makes cooking pots. Each division operates its own facility. The
Comprehensive problem including special order, outsourcing, and segment elimination decisions Emerson Company's electronics division produces an MP3 player. The vice president in charge of the division is evaluating the income statement showing annual revenues and expenses associated with the
Minter Company makes two products, M and N. Product information follows.RequiredIdentify the product that should be produced or sold under each of the following constraints. Consider each constraint separately.a. One unit of Product M requires 3 hours of labor to produce, and one unit of Product N
Traywick Construction Components, Inc., purchased a machine on January 1, 2009, for $240,000. The chief engineer estimated the machine’s useful life to be six years and its salvage value to be zero. The operating cost of this machine is $120,000 per year. By January 1, 2011, a new machine that
Analyzing inventory reductions at Supervalu On January 12, 2010, Supervalu, Inc., announced it was planning to reduce the number of different items it carries in its inventory by as much as 25 percent. Supervalu is one of the largest grocery store companies in the United States. It operates more
Maccoa Soft, a division of Zayer Software Company, produces and distributes an automated payroll software system. A contribution margin format income statement for Maccoa Soft for the past year follows.a. Divide the class into groups and then organize the groups into three sections. Assign Task 1
On September 20, 2008, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Pfizer was going to discontinue efforts to develop drugs related to the treatment of heart disease, obesity, and bone health. Pfizer wanted to focus its resources on areas it thought would be more profitable (p. B-1). On January 17,
State law permits the State Department of Revenue to collect taxes for municipal governments that operate within the state’s jurisdiction and allows private companies to collect taxes for municipalities. To promote fairness and to ensure the financial well-being of the state, the law dictates
John Dillworth is in charge of buying property used as building sites for branch offices of the National Bank of Commerce. Mr. Dillworth recently paid $110,000 for a site located in a growing section of the city. Shortly after purchasing this lot, Mr. Dillworth had the opportunity to purchase a
Dorina Company makes cases of canned dog food in batches of 1,000 cases and sells each case for $15. The plant capacity is 50,000 cases; the company currently makes 40,000 cases. DoggieMart has offered to buy 1,500 cases for $12 per case. Because product-level and facility level costs are
Refer to Problem 6-31A.Requireda. Prepare a spreadsheet to solve Requirements α, b, and c in Problem 6-31A.b. While constructing formulas for Requirement α of Problem 6-31A, include a formula to calculate contribution margin per labor hour.c. While constructing formulas for Requirement b of
Use the same transaction data for Magnificent Modems, Inc., as was used in Chapter 1.Requireda. One of Magnificent Modems’ sales representatives receives a special offer to sell 1,000 modems at a price of $72 each. Should the offer be accepted?b. Magnificent Modems has the opportunity to purchase
Budgets are useful only for small companies that can estimate sales with accuracy. Do you agree with this statement?
Why does preparing the master budget require a committee?
What are the three levels of planning? Explain each briefly.
What is the primary factor that distinguishes the three different levels of planning from each other?
What is the advantage of using a perpetual budget instead of the traditional annual budget?
What are the advantages of budgeting?
How may budgets be used as a measure of performance?
Ken Shilov, manager of the marketing department, tells you that “budgeting simply does not work.” He says that he made budgets for his employees and when he reprimanded them for failing to accomplish budget goals, he got unfounded excuses. Suggest how Mr. Shilov could encourage employee
What is a master budget?
What is the normal starting point in developing the master budget?
How does the level of inventory affect the production budget? Why is it important to manage the level of inventory?
What are the components of the cash budget? Describe each.
The primary reason for preparing a cash budget is to determine the amount of cash to include on the budgeted balance sheet. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain.
What information does the pro forma income statement provide? How does its preparation depend on the operating budgets?
How does the pro forma statement of cash flows differ from the cash budget?
Sonya Huffman, the accountant, is a perfectionist. No one can do the job as well as she can. Indeed, she has found budget information provided by the various departments to be worthless. She must change everything they give her. She has to admit that her estimates have not always been accurate, but
Welch Company, which expects to start operations on January 1, 2011, will sell digital cameras in shopping malls. Welch has budgeted sales as indicated in the following table. The company expects a 10 percent increase in sales per month for February and March. The ratio of cash sales to
The budget director of Ginger's Florist has prepared the following sales budget. The company had $300,000 in accounts receivable on July1. Ginger's Florist normally collects 100 percent of accounts receivable in the month following the month of sale.Requireda. Complete the schedule of cash receipts
Preparing sales budgets with different assumptions Applebaum Corporation, which has three divisions, is preparing its sales budget. Each division expects a different growth rate because economic conditions vary in different regions of the country. The growth expectations per quarter are 4 percent
Determining cash receipts from accounts receivable Janice’s Dress Delivery operates a mail-order business that sells clothes designed for frequent travelers. It had sales of $560,000 in December. Because Janice’s Dress Delivery is in the mail order business, all sales are made on account. The
Using judgment in making a sales forecast Contrell Company operates a candy store located in a large shopping mall. RequiredWrite a brief memo describing the sales pattern that you would expect Contrell to experience during the year. In which months will sales likely be high? In which months will
Preparing an inventory purchases budget Naftel Company sells lamps and other lighting fixtures. The purchasing department manager prepared the following inventory purchases budget. Naftel's policy is to maintain an ending inventory balance equal to 10 percent of the following month's cost of goods
Preparing a schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases Sciara Books buys books and magazines directly from publishers and distributes them to grocery stores. The wholesaler expects to purchase the following inventory.Sciara Books' accountant prepared the following schedule of cash payments
Determining the amount of expected inventory purchases and cash payments Tobert Company, which sells electric razors, had $300,000 of cost of goods sold during the month of June. The company projects a 5 percent increase in cost of goods sold during July. The inventory balance as of June 30 is
Preparing a schedule of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses The budget director for Metro Cleaning Services prepared the following list of expected selling and administrative expenses. All expenses requiring cash payments are paid for in the month incurred except salary expense
Preparing inventory purchases budgets with different assumptions Executive officers of Dominick Company are wrestling with their budget for the next year. The following are two different sales estimates provided by two difference sources.Dominick's past experience indicates that cost of goods sold
Determining the amount of cash payments and pro forma statement data for selling and administrative expenses January budgeted selling and administrative expenses for the retail shoe store that Kathy Sibley plans to open on January 1, 2011, are as follows: sales commissions, $25,000; rent, $16,000;
The accountant for Teresa's Dress Shop prepared the following cash budget. Teresa's desires to maintain a cash cushion of $14,000 at the end of each month. Funds are assumed to be borrowed and repaid on the last day of each month. Interest is charged at the rate of 2 percent per month.Requireda.
Determining amount to borrow and pro forma statement balances Athena Sudsberry owns a small restaurant in New York City. Ms. Sudsberry provided her accountant with the following summary information regarding expectations for the month of June. The balance in accounts receivable as of May 31 is
Preparing pro forma income statements with different assumptions Norman Jelen, the controller of Wing Corporation, is trying to prepare a sales budget for the coming year. The income statements for the last four quarters follow.Historically, cost of goods sold is about 60 percent of sales revenue.
Preparing a sales budget and schedule of cash receipts McCarty Pointers Corporation expects to begin operations on January 1, 2012; it will operate as a specialty sales company that sells laser pointers over the Internet. McCarty expects sales in January 2012 to total $200,000 and to increase 10
Preparing an inventory purchases budget and schedule of cash payments Spratt, Inc., sells fireworks. The company's marketing director developed the following cost of goods sold budget for April, May, June, and July.Spratt had a beginning inventory balance of $3,600 on April 1 and a beginning
Preparing pro forma income statements with different assumptions Top executive officers of Zottoli Company, a merchandising firm, are preparing the next year's budget. The controller has provided everyone with the current year's projected income statement.Cost of goods sold is usually 70 percent of
Preparing a schedule of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses Prestia is a retail company specializing in men's hats. Its budget director prepared the list of expected operating expenses that follows. All items are paid when incurred except sales commissions and utilities, which are
Kinnion Medical Clinic has budgeted the following cash flows.Kinnion Medical had a cash balance of $8,000 on January 1. The company desires to maintain a cash cushion of $5,000. Funds are assumed to be borrowed, in increments of $1,000, and repaid on the last day of each month; the interest rate is
Preparing budgets with multiple products Hammond Fruits Corporation wholesales peaches and oranges. Lashanda King is working with the company's accountant to prepare next year's budget. Ms. King estimates that sales will increase 5 percent for peaches and 10 percent for oranges. The current year's
Preparing a master budget for retail company with no beginning account balances Patel Company is a retail company that specializes in selling outdoor camping equipment. The company is considering opening a new store on October 1, 2012. The company president formed a planning committee to prepare a
Shahid Corporation has three divisions, each operating as a responsibility center. To provide an incentive for divisional executive officers, the company gives divisional management a bonus equal to 15 percent of the excess of actual net income over budgeted net income. The following is Chaudhry
Budget responsibility Bennia Judson, the controller of Mullins Industries, is very popular. He is easygoing and does not offend anybody. To develop the company’s most recent budget, Mr. Judson first asked all department managers to prepare their own budgets. He then added together the totals from
Gardner Restaurant is opening for business in a new shopping center. Ed Rozell, the owner, is preparing a sales budget for the next three months. After consulting friends in the same business, Mr. Rozell estimated July revenues as shown in the following table. He expects revenues to increase 5
Brown Imports, Inc., sells goods imported from the Far East. Using the second quarter's sales budget, Mark Yao is trying to complete the schedule of cash receipts for the quarter. The company had accounts receivable of $310,000 on April 1. Brown Imports normally collects 100 percent of accounts
Preparing sales budgets with different assumptions Lagrave International Company has three subsidiaries, Moore Trading Company, Pickrell Medical Supplies Company, and Rice Shipping Company. Because the subsidiaries operate in different industries, Lagrave's corporate budget for the coming year must
Determining cash receipts from accounts receivable Hancock Corporation is about to start a business as an agricultural products distributor. Because its customers will all be retailers, Hancock will sell its products solely on account. The company expects to collect 50 percent of accounts
Using judgment in making a sales forecast Starr Greetings Corporation sells greeting cards for various occasions.RequiredWrite a brief memo describing the sales pattern that you would expect Starr Greetings to experience during the year. In which months will sales likely be high? Explain why.
Preparing an inventory purchases budget Young Drugstores, Inc., sells prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and some groceries. The purchasing manager prepared the following inventory purchases budget. For this year, Young expects an ending inventory balance equal to 16 percent of the
Preparing a schedule of cash payments for inventory purchases Waldrop Grocery buys and sells groceries in a community far from any major city. Cedric Waldrop, the owner, budgeted the store's purchases as follows:Waldrop's suppliers require that 70 percent of accounts payable be paid in the month
Determining the amount of inventory purchases and cash payments Bellaire Oil Corporation, which distributes gasoline products to independent gasoline stations, had $320,000 of cost of goods sold in January. The company expects a2.5 percent increase in cost of goods sold during February. The ending
Preparing a schedule of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses The controller for Robinson Laundry Services prepared the following list of expected selling and administrative expenses. All expenses requiring cash payments except salary expense and insurance are paid for in the month
Preparing inventory purchases budgets with different assumptions Rachel Khan has been at odds with her brother and business partner, David, since childhood. The sibling rivalry is not all bad, however; their garden shop, Khan Gardens and Gifts, has been very successful. When the partners met to
Determining the amount of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses JensiBerger, managing partner of Berger Business Consulting, is preparing a budget for January 2013, the first month of business operations. Jensiestimates the following monthly selling and administrative expenses:
Antonio Kinnard, the accounting manager of Sparks Antique Company, is preparing his company's cash budget for the next quarter. Sparks desires to maintain a cash cushion of $4,000 at the end of each month. As cash flows fluctuate, the company either borrows or repays funds at the end of a month. It
Determining amount to borrow and pro forma statement balances Kerry Norton, the president of Donnelly Corporation, has been working with his controller to manage the companys cash position. The controller provided Kerry the following data.The company typically collects 75 percent of
Preparing pro forma income statements with different assumptions Revell Corporation's budget planning meeting is like a zoo. Millard McFerrin, the credit manager, is naturally conservative and Dorothy Dester, the marketing manager, is the opposite. They have argued back and forth about the effect
Preparing a sales budget and schedule of cash receipts Cobb Corporation sells mail-order computers. In December 2011, it has generated $450,000 of sales revenue; the company expects a 20 percent increase in sales in January and 10 percent in February. All sales are on account. Cobb normally
Preparing an inventory purchases budget and schedule of cash payments Drennan Company's purchasing manager, Neil Grey, is preparing a purchases budget for the next quarter. At his request, Robert Chan, the manager of the sales department, forwarded him the following preliminary sales budget.For
Preparing pro forma income statements with different assumptions Drexel Morris, a successful entrepreneur, is reviewing the results of his first year in business. His accountant delivered the following income statement just five minutes ago.Mr. Morris would like net income to increase 20 percent in
Preparing a schedule of cash payments for selling and administrative expenses Redney's Travel Services has prepared its selling and administrative expenses budget for the next quarter. It pays all expenses when they are incurred except sales commissions, advertising expense, and telephone expense.
Pope Company has budgeted the following cash flows:Pope had a $36,000 cash balance on April 1. The company desires a $60,000 cash cushion before paying interest. Funds are assumed to be borrowed, in increments of $1,000, and repaid on the last day of each month; the interest rate is1.50 percent per
Preparing budgets with multiple products Lowden Enterprises, Inc., has two products, palm-size computers and programmable calculators. Pamela Mason, the chief executive officer, is working with her staff to prepare next year's budget. Ms. Mason estimates that sales will increase at an annual rate
Preparing a master budget for a retail company with no beginning account balances McGriff Gifts Corporation begins business today, December 31, 2010. Janet Novak, the president, is trying to prepare the company's master budget for the first three months (January, February, and March) of 2011. Since
Behavioral impact of budgeting Geraldin Rollin, the director of Diaz Corporation's Mail-Order Division, is preparing the division's budget proposal for next year. The company's president will review the proposal for approval. Ms. Rollin estimates the current year final operating results will be as
Preparing and using pro forma statements Nancy Pinedo and Justin Johnson recently graduated from the same university. After graduation they decided not to seek jobs at established organizations but, rather, to start their own small business hoping they could have more flexibility in their personal
Master budget and pro forma statements The following trial balance was drawn from the records of Havel Company as of October 1, 2011.Requireda. Divide the class into groups, each with 4 or 5 students. Organize the groups into three sections. Assign Task 1 to the first section, Task 2 to the second
Analyzing budget data for the United States government The annual budget of the United States is very complex, but this case requires that you analyze only a small portion of the historical tables that are presented as a part of each year’s budget. The fiscal year of the federal government ends
Continuous budgeting HON Company is the largest maker of mid-priced office furniture in the United States and Canada. Its management has expressed dissatisfaction with its annual budget system. Fierce competition requires businesses to be flexible and innovative. Unfortunately, building the effects
Bad budget system or unethical behavior? Clarence Cleaver is the budget director for the Harris County School District. Mr. Cleaver recently sent an urgent E-mail message to Sally Simmons, principal of West Harris County High. The message severely reprimanded Ms. Simmons for failing to spend the
The accountant for Nellys Dress Shop prepared the fourth quarter 2011 cash budget that appears on the following spreadsheet. Nellys has a policy to maintain a minimum cash balance of $14,000 before the interest payment at the end of each month. The shop borrows and repays
Spitzer Company has collected sales forecasts for next year from three people.They have estimated that the cost of goods sold is 70 percent of sales. The company tries to maintain 10 percent of next quarter's expected cost of goods sold as the current quarter's ending inventory. The ending
The management team of Magnificent Modems, Inc. (MMI), wants to investigate the effect of several different growth rates on sales and cash receipts. Cash sales for the month of January are expected to be $10,000. Credit sales for January are expected to be $50,000. MMI collects 100 percent of
What is the difference between a static budget and a flexible budget? When is each used?
When the operating costs for Bill Smith’s production department were released, he was sure that he would be getting a raise. His costs were $20,000 less than the planned cost in the master budget. His supervisor informed him that the results look good but that a more in-depth analysis is
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