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Estella Osage publishes an online travel magazine. In need ofcash, the business applies for a loan with National Bank. The bank requires borrowers to submit financial statements. With little knowledge of accounting, Estella Osage, the owner, does not know how to proceed.The explanations for how to prepare each statementRequirements:1. What are the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare?2. Is there a specific order in which the financial statements must be prepared?3. Explain how to prepare each statement.Requirements 1, 2, and 3. What are the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare? Is there a specific order in which the financial statements must beprepared? Explain how to prepare each statementIn the first column, select the four financial statements that the business will need to prepare. In the second column, select the number corresponding with the order the financial statements must be prepared. If there is no specific order, select "n/a" for each statement. In the third column, select the letter grouping that corresponds with the proper explanations for how to prepare each statement.1. Financial statement 2. Order 3. How to preparea. Each asset account is listed separately and then totaled. Cash is always listed first.b. Each dollar amount is calculated by evaluating the cash column on the transaction detail.c. Each expense account is listed separately from largest to smallest and then subtotaled if necessary.d. Financing activities include cash contributions by the owner and owner withdrawals of cash.e. Investing activities include the purchase and sale of land and equipment.f. Liabilities are listed separately and then totaled. Liabilities that are to be paid first are listed first.g. Net income is calculated as total revenues minus total expenses.h. Operating activities involve cash receipts for services provided and cash payments for expenses paid.i. The beginning capital is listed first and will always be the ending capital from the previous time period.j. The ending cash balance must match the cash balance on the balance sheet.k. The header includes the name of the business, the title of thestatement, and the date, listed as a period of time.l. The header includes the name of the business, the title of thestatement, and the date, listed as a specific date.m. The owner's contribution and net income are added to the beginning capital.n. The owner's equity is taken directly from the statement ofowner's equity.o. The owner's withdrawals are subtracted from capital. If there had been a netloss, this would also be subtracted.p. The revenue accounts are always listed first and then subtotaled if necessary.q. This statement must always balance. Assets = Liabilities + Equity
In this exercise, decisions will be made in ethically ambiguous situations and then analyzed. As in the real world, all the background information on each situation will not be available, and assumptions will need to be made.It is recommended that the exercise be completed before reading the following mat e rial, and then revisited after you have completed the chapter.Name:Date:Part ISTEP 1Make decisions in the following situations. You will not have all the background information about each situation; instead you should make whatever assumptions you feel you would make if you were actually confronted with the decision choices described. Select the decision choice that most closely represents the decision you feel you would make personally. You should choose decision choices even though you can envision other creative solutions that were not included in the exercise.Situation 1. You are taking a very difficult chemistry course, which you must pass to maintain your scholarship and to avoid damaging your application for graduate school. Chemistry is not your strong suit, and because of a just-below-failing average in the course, you must receive a grade of 90 or better in the final examination, which is 2 days away. A janitor who is aware of your plight informs you that he found the master copy of the chemistry final in a trash barrel and saved it. He will make it available to you for a price, which is high, but which you could afford. What would you do?(a) I would tell the janitor thanks, but no thanks.(b) I would report the janitor to the proper officials.(c) I would buy the examination and keep it to myself.(d) I would not buy the examination myself, but I would let some of my friends, who are also flunking the course, know that it is available.Situation 2. You have been working on some complex analytical data for 2 days now. It seems that each time you think you have them completed, your boss shows up with a new assumption or another "what if" question. If you only had a copy of a new software program for your personal computer, you could plug in the new assumptions and revise the estimates with ease.Then a colleague offers to let you make a copy of some software that is copyrighted. What would you do?(a) I would readily accept my friends generous offer and make a copy of the software.(b) I would decline to copy it and plug away manually on the numbers.(c) I would decide to go buy a copy of the software myself for $300 and hope I would be reimbursed by the company in a month or two.(d) I would request another extension on an already overdue project date.Situation 3. Your small manufacturing company is in serious financial difficulty. A large order of your products is ready to be delivered to a key customer, when you discover that the product is simply not right. It will not meet all performance specifications, will cause problems for your customer, and will require rework in the field; but this, you know, will not become evident until after the customer has received and paid for the order. If you do not ship the order and receive the payment as expected, your business may be forced into bankruptcy. And if you delay the shipment or inform the customer of these problems, you may lose the order and also go bankrupt. What would you do?(a) I would not ship the order and place my firm in voluntary bankruptcy.(b) I would inform the customer and declare voluntary bankruptcy.(c) I would ship the order and inform the customer after I received payment.(d) I would ship the order and not inform the customer.
The December 31, 2015, balance sheet of Schism, Inc., showed long-term debt of $1,405,000, $141,000 in the common stock account, and $2,660,000 in the additional paid-in surplus account. The December 31, 2016, balance sheet showed long-term debt of $1,590,000, $151,000 in the common stock account, and $2,960,000 in the additional paid-in surplus account. The 2016 income statement showed an interest expense of $94,500 and the company paid out $146,000 in cash dividends during 2016. The firms net capital spending for 2016 was $970,000, and the firm reduced its net working capital investment by $126,000.What was the firm's 2016 operating cash flow, or OCF? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)
A relocation of a short stretch of rural highway feeding into Route 390 northwest of Dallas is to be made to accommodate new growth. The existing road is now unsafe, and improving it is not an alternative. Alternate new route locations are designated as East and West. The initial investment by government highway agencies will be $3, 950,000 for East and $5, 500,000 for West. Annual highway maintenance costs will be $120,000 for East and 590,000 for the shorter location West. Relevant annual road user costs, considering vehicle operation, time end route, fuel, safety, mileage, and so on, are estimated as $880,000 for East and only $690,000 for West. Assume a 20 year service life and i = 7 %. C 1. What is the present worth of the benefits and costs of route West over route East? PW benefits of route West over route East: $ PW costs of route West over route East: $ Carry all interim calculations to 5 decimal places and then round your Final answer to the nearest dollar. The tolerance is plusminus 50. Using incremental D/C ratio analysis, which alternative should be selected? 2. Compute the appropriate B/C ratio(s) and decide whether East or West should be constructed.
The ultimate goal of operations management is to provide high-quality goods and services instantaneously in response to customer demand. Over the years, low cost often came at the expense of quality and flexibility. Furthermore, suppliers didn't always deliver when they said they would, so manufacturers had to carry large inventories of raw materials and components to keep producing. Such inefficiencies made U.S. companies vulnerable to foreign competitors who were using more advanced production techniques As a result of new global competition, companies have had to make a wide variety of high-quality custom-designed products at a very low cost. Something had to change on the production floor to make that possible. Several major developments have made U.S.companies more competitive: (1) computer-aided design and manufacturing (2) flexible manufacturing, (3) lean manufacturing, and (4) mass customization, (5) CAD(6) CAMMatch the company or role with the most appropriate manufacturing technique. Dress designer: In addition to helping in the design of products, the use of this system allows designers to work in three dimensions Shoe designer: The manufacturer programs the computer to make a simple design change, and then that change is readily Incorporated into production Purse designer: Software programs unite these two computer-aided support systems. While the software is expensive, it cuts as much as 80 percent of the time needed to program machines to make parts. Motor starters: Orders come in daily and, within 24 hours, the company's machines and robots manufacture, test, and package the starters-which are untouched by human hands. This system is so efficient it can even accommodate a special order (even a single item) in the assembly without slowing down the process. Toyota corporation: This company utilizes the strategy of using half the human effort, halving the defects in the finished product, using one-third of the normal engineering effort, using half the floor space, and carrying 90 percent less inventoryDell computers: Dell has set up its manufacturing process so that all its computers can be quickly assembled to individual customer orders.
Case ScenarioOver the past four years, the LSS organization, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, has become renowned nationally for its Camp Noah project. Following floods, tornadoes or other weather emergencies, children lose their daily routine, their schools and oftentimes their homes. Parents are often stressed and unavailable during emergencies, and children have few resources to help them understand their situation. In Camp Noah, volunteers with skills in child psychology and counseling meet in a two day support group environment with children in flood ravaged areas. They encourage the children to share their stories and develop important resiliency skills and learn how to cope emotionally with the disaster.Due to the need for such services, LSS has developed a training system that lets them partner with resource organizations located near flood or tornado areas. They have partnered with many local organizations around the U.S. to train, equip and empower volunteers to staff local camps attended by children during their summer vacation. LSS also provides pre-packaged Camp Noah supplies that range from workbooks, crayons and puppets to a quilt for each child.Recently, powerful rainstorms in southeastern France triggered flash flooding that displaced more than 1000 families, and left 200,000 people without electricity for more than two weeks. City officials in France called the LSS Director of Camp Noah Services, Chris Walker, and asked if she could provide training and equip 20 volunteers in southeastern France to deliver the Camp Noah curriculum to up to 500 children. The French officials have asked that a decision to proceed be made within 2 weeks, and that the training and they want the equipment be delivered 6 weeks after the decision is made. Chris Walker wants to help but isnt sure how to start. Currently, Camp Noah supplies are all written in English, and the counselor training documents are only written in English as well. The floods occurred in an area of France that has few English speakers.You are a contract employee who has been engaged to help LSS because you speak French fluently and because you are an expert, experienced project manager with great interpersonal skills. Your job is to assist the director, Chris Walker, during project initiation. If the project is approved, you may be asked to lead the remainder of the project as well. You and Chris have been in meetings together all day discussing the opportunity for a French Camp Noah. Youve been listening very carefully and asking dozens of questions about the potential effort. Now, youre ready to get started and put your considerable project management skills and knowledge to work.Questions based on above scenario and answer need to be 1/2 page long:1. Is this (or will this be) a project or operations? Justify your choice.2. What process group is this project currently in? How do you know?3. As an experienced project manager, you are aware that analyzing the environment in which a project operates is critically important. Select two (2) OPA and two (2) EEF that you believe are important to understand for this project. Apply these to the case scenario and justify why the four items you selected are important. 4. Once the decision is made to proceed with the project, Chris Walker, the director, will need to select a project manager. You know that LSS is a strong-matrix org. What does this mean in terms of how the project will be conducted and the role of the project manager? (5. You and Chris Walker, the director, will work on trying to define what project success will look like as you define the project objectives. What should you keep in mind about the process of writing objectives? Why are good statements of project objectives important to project success?
Lane Stevens is to retire from the partnership of Stevens and Associates as of March 31, the end of the current fiscal year. After closing the accounts, the capital balances of the partners are as follows: Lane Stevens, $150,000; Cherrie Ford, $70,000; and LaMarcus Rollins, $60,000. They have shared net income and net losses in the ratio of 3:2:2. The partners agree that the merchandise inventory should be increased by $22,300 and the allowance for doubtful accounts should be increased by $1,300. Stevens agrees to accept a note for $100,000 in partial settlement of his ownership equity. The remainder of his claim is to be paid in cash. Ford and Rollins are to share equally in the net income or net loss of the new partnership.a. Journalize the entry to record the adjustment of the assets to bring them into agreement with current market prices. b. Journalize the entry to record the withdrawal of Stevens from the partnership.
Fort Corporation had the following transactions during its first month of operations 1. Purchased raw materials on account, $85,000. 2. Raw Materials of $30,000 were requisitioned to the factory. 3. An analysis of the materials requisition slips indicated that $6,000 was classified as indirect materials labor costs incurred were $175,000 of which $145,000 pertained to factory wages payable and $30,000 pertained to employer payrol 4. Time tickets indicated that $145,000 was direct labor and $30,000 was indirect labor. 5. Overhead costs incurred on account were $198,000 6. Manufacturing overhead was applied at the rate of 150% of direct labor cost. 7. Goods costing $115,000 are still incomplete at the end of the month; the other goods were completed and transferred to finished goods 8. Finished goods costing $100,000 to manufacture were sold on account for $130,000. Journalize the above transactions for Fort Corporation. (Record journal entries in the order presented in the problem.
Harper Chicken Corporation processes and packages chicken for grocery stores. It purchases chickens from farmers and processes them into two different products: chicken drumsticks and chicken steak. From a standard batch of 25,000 pounds of raw chicken that costs $17,500, the company produces two parts: 4,400 pounds of drumsticks and 6,200 pounds of breast for a processing cost of $3,648. The chicken breast is further processed into 5,400 pounds of steak for a processing cost of $3,400. The market price of drumsticks per pound is $1.85 and the market price per pound of chicken steak is $5.40. If Harper decided to sell chicken breast instead of chicken steak, the price per pound would be $2.70. Required: a-1. Allocate the joint cost to the joint products, drumsticks and breasts, using weight as the allocation base. a-2. Calculate the gross margin for each product. a-3. If the drumsticks are producing a loss, should that product line be eliminated? b-1. Reallocate the joint cost to the joint products, drumsticks and breasts, using relative market values as the allocation base. b-2. Calculate the gross margin for each product. c-1. Should Martin further process chicken breasts into chicken steak? (Use the assumption made in requirement b-1). c-2. How would the profit be affected by your answer in c-1?
Danner Company expects to have a cash balance of $58,050 on January 1, 2017. Relevant monthly budget data for the first 2 months of 2017 are as follows.Collections from customers: January $109,650, February $193,500.Payments for direct materials: January $64,500, February $96,750.Direct labor: January $38,700, February $58,050. Wages are paid in the month they are incurred.Manufacturing overhead: January $27,090, February $32,250. These costs include depreciation of $1,935 per month. All other overhead costs are paid as incurred.Selling and administrative expenses: January $19,350, February $25,800. These costs are exclusive of depreciation. They are paid as incurred.Sales of marketable securities in January are expected to realize $15,480 in cash. Danner Company has a line of credit at a local bank that enables it to borrow up to $32,250. The company wants to maintain a minimum monthly cash balance of $25,800.Prepare a cash budget for January and February.
At the beginning of the current season on April 1, the ledger of Granite Hills Pro Shop showed Cash $ 3,360: inventory $ 3,500: and Common Stock $ 6,860. The following transactions were completed during April 2017.Apr. 5Purchased golf bags, clubs, and balls on account from Arnie Co. $ 1,500, terms 3/10, n/60.7Paid freight on Arnie purchase $ 80.9Received credit from Arnie Co. for merchandise returned $700.10Sold merchandise on account to members $1,420, terms n/30. The merchandise sold had a cost of $ 770.12Purchased golf shoes, sweaters, and other accessories on account from Woods Sportswear $ 1,060, terms 2/10, n30.14Paid Arnie Co. in full.17Received a credit from Woods Sportswear for merchandise returned $60.20Made sales on account to members $ 820, terms n/30. The cost of the merchandise sold was $550.21Paid Woods Sportswear in full.27Granted an allowance to members for clothing that did not fit properly $70.30Received payments on account from members $1,370.1. Journalize the April transactions using a perpetual inventory system.2. Prepare an income statement through gross profit for the month of April 2017.
Rosenthal Company manufactures bowling balls through two processes: Molding and Packaging. In the Molding Department, the urethane, rubber, plastics, and other materials are molded into bowling balls. In the Packaging Department, the balls are placed in cartons and sent to the finished goods warehouse. All materials are entered at the beginning of each process. Labor and manufacturing overhead are incurred uniformly throughout each process. Production and cost data for the Molding Department during June 2020 are presented below.Production Data JuneBeginning work in process units 0 Units started into production 22,660 Ending work in process units 2,060 Percent completeending inventory 40 %Cost Data Materials $203,940Labor 55,208Overhead 116,184 Total $375,332 Prepare a schedule showing physical units of production.
A comparative balance sheet for Sarasota Corporation is presented as follows.December 31Assets 2020 2019Cash $ 72,680 $ 22,000 Accounts receivable 84,360 68,680 Inventory 182,360 191,680 Land 73,360 112,680 Equipment 262,360 202,680 Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment (71,360 ) (44,680 ) Total $603,760 $553,040 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable $ 36,360 $ 49,680 Bonds payable 150,000 200,000 Common stock ($1 par) 214,000 164,000 Retained earnings 203,400 139,360 Total $603,760 $553,040 Additional information:1. Net income for 2020 was $129,720. No gains or losses were recorded in 2020.2. Cash dividends of $65,680 were declared and paid.3. Bonds payable amounting to $50,000 were retired through issuance of common stock.Prepare a statement of cash flows for 2020 for Sarasota Corporation. (Show amounts that decrease cash flow with either a - sign e.g. -15,000 or in parenthesis e.g. (15,000).)Determine Sarasota Corporations current cash debt coverage, cash debt coverage, and free cash flow.