Questions from Financial Accounting


Q: Toying With Nature wants to take advantage of children’s fascination with dinosaurs

Toying With Nature wants to take advantage of children’s fascination with dinosaurs by adding several scale-model dinosaurs to its existing product line. Annual sales of the dinosaur...

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Q: You are the assistant controller for a public company. Wall Street

You are the assistant controller for a public company. Wall Street stock analysts are projecting an earnings per share figure of $0.25 for your company. On December 29, a large customer returns a very...

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Q: Easy Money, Inc., has the following capital structure.

Easy Money, Inc., has the following capital structure. The number of issued and outstanding shares of both preferred and common stock have been the same for the last two years. Dividends on preferred...

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Q: The accounts receivable subsidiary ledger for Ravalli’s Lawn Care has the following

The accounts receivable subsidiary ledger for Ravalli’s Lawn Care has the following customer accounts and balances at the end of the current year. What should be the Accounts Receiva...

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Q: Alberto & Sons, Inc., a retailer of antique figurines,

Alberto & Sons, Inc., a retailer of antique figurines, engages in the following transactions during October of the current year.

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Q: Home Sweet Home Inc. is a retailer of home accessories.

Home Sweet Home Inc. is a retailer of home accessories. The company’s inventory balance at the beginning of the year was $720,000; Home Sweet Home purchased $600,000 of goods during January, and sales...

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Q: An executive of a large American steel company put the blame for

An executive of a large American steel company put the blame for lower net income for a recent fiscal period on the “shift in product mix to a higher proportion of export sales.” Sales for the period...

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Q: Murphy Co. is a high-end retailer of fine fashions

Murphy Co. is a high-end retailer of fine fashions for men. Murphy’s inventory balance at the beginning of the year is $300,000, and Murphy purchases $600,000 of goods during the year. Its inventory b...

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Q: Yang & Min Inc. is a retailer of contemporary furniture.

Yang & Min Inc. is a retailer of contemporary furniture. You are told that Yang & Min’s ending inventory is $200,000 and its cost of goods sold is $500,000. Yang & Min had $100,000 of inventory at the...

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Q: Fun Land Inc. is a retailer of toys and games.

Fun Land Inc. is a retailer of toys and games. Fun Land’s beginning inventory is $192,000 and its purchases during the year are $600,000. Its ending inventory is $72,000. Make the closing entries nece...

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