Questions from General Accounting


Q: Grossman Corporation is considering a new project requiring a $30,

Grossman Corporation is considering a new project requiring a $30,000 investment in an asset having no salvage value. The project would produce $12,000 of pretax income before depreciation at the end...

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Q: Windmire Company manufactures and sells to local wholesalers approximately 300,000

Windmire Company manufactures and sells to local wholesalers approximately 300,000 units per month at a sales price of $4 per unit. Monthly costs for the production and sale of this quantity follow....

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Q: Sung Company is able to produce two products, R and T

Sung Company is able to produce two products, R and T, with the same machine in its factory. The following information is available. The company presently operates the machine for a single eight-hou...

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Q: Esme Company’s management is trying to decide whether to eliminate Department Z

Esme Company’s management is trying to decide whether to eliminate Department Z, which has produced low profits or losses for several years. The company’s 2015 depa...

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Q: Refer to the information in QS C-2. Compute the

Refer to the information in QS C-2. Compute the overhead activity rate for each activity, assuming the company uses activity-based costing. Information from QS C-2: Chan Company identified the follow...

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Q: A company has two products: standard and deluxe. The company

A company has two products: standard and deluxe. The company expects to produce 34,300 standard units and 69,550 deluxe units. It uses activity-based costing and has prepared the following analysis sh...

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Q: The following is taken from Mortan Co.’s internal records of

The following is taken from Mortan Co.’s internal records of its factory with two operating departments. The cost driver for indirect labor and supplies is direct labor costs, and th...

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Q: After reading an article about activity-based costing in a trade

After reading an article about activity-based costing in a trade journal for the furniture industry, Santana Rey wondered if it was time to critically analyze overhead costs at Business Solutions. In...

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Q: Santana Rey expects second-quarter 2016 sales of her new line

Santana Rey expects second-quarter 2016 sales of her new line of computer furniture to be the same as the first quarter’s sales (reported below) without any changes in strategy. Mont...

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Q: Santana Rey’s two departments, computer consulting services and computer workstation furniture

Santana Rey’s two departments, computer consulting services and computer workstation furniture manufacturing, have each been profitable. Santana has heard of the balanced scorecard and wants you to pr...

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