At the beginning of 2024, a company adopts the dollar-value LIFO inventory method for its one inventory pool. The pool’s value on that date was $1,400,000. The 2024 ending inventory valued at year-end costs was $1,664,000 and the year-end cost index was 1.04. Calculate the inventory value at the end of 2024 using the dollar-value LIFO method.
> National Food Services, Inc., borrowed $4 million from its local bank on January 1, 2024, and issued a four-year installment note to be paid in four equal payments at the end of each year. The payments include interest at the rate of 10%. Installment pay
> Refer to the data provided in E 21–27 for Red, Inc. Required: Prepare the statement of cash flows (direct method) for Red, Inc. Use the T-account method to assist in your analysis.
> Refer to the data provided in E 21–27 for Red, Inc. Required: Prepare the statement of cash flows for Red, Inc., using the indirect method to report operating activities.
> Most Solutions, Inc., issued 10% bonds, dated January 1, with a face amount of $640 million on January 1, 2024. The bonds mature in 2034 (10 years). For bonds of similar risk and maturity the market yield is 12%. Interest expense is recorded at the effec
> During 2024, its first year of operations, Hollis Industries recorded sales of $10,600,000 and experienced returns of $720,000. Cost of goods sold totaled $6,360,000 (60% of sales). The company estimates that 8% of all sales will be returned. Prepare the
> Access the FASB Accounting Standards Codification at the FASB website (www.fasb.org) and select Basic View for free access. Determine the specific eight-digit Codification citation (XXX-XX-XX-X) for accounting for each of the following items: 1. Disclosu
> The statement of cash flows (as well as the balance sheet) includes within cash the notion of cash equivalents. The FASB Accounting Standards Codification represents the single source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Requi
> Hutchison-Sun Corporation has a defined benefit pension plan. Hutchison-Sun’s policy is to fund the plan annually, cash payments being made at the end of each year. Data relating to the pension plan for 2024 are as follows: Required: R
> Comparative balance sheets for 2024 and 2023, a statement of income for 2024, and additional information from the accounting records of Red, Inc., are provided below. Additional information from the accounting records: a. During 2024, $230 million of equ
> Refer to the data provided in E 21–25 for Clear Transmissions Company. Required: Prepare the cash flows from operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for Clear Transmissions Company using the indirect method.
> Portions of the financial statements for Clear Transmissions Company are provided on the next page. Required: Prepare the cash flows from operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for Clear Transmissions Company using the direct method
> Refer to the data provided in E 21–23 for Myriad Products Company. Required: Prepare the cash flows from the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for Myriad Products Company using the indirect method.
> Portions of the financial statements for Myriad Products are provided below. Required: Prepare the cash flows from operating activities section of the statement of cash flows for Myriad Products Company using the direct method.
> The accounting records of Bad dour Company provided the data below. Prepare a reconciliation of net income to net cash flows from operating activities.
> The income statement and a schedule reconciling cash flows from operating activities to net income are provided below ($ in thousands) for Peach Computers. Required: 1. Calculate each of the following amounts for Peach Computers: a. Cash received from c
> Refer to the situation described in BE 7–4. Answer the questions assuming that Tri star uses the net method to account for sales discounts.
> Air France–KLM (AF), a Franco-Dutch company, prepares its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards. AF’s financial statements and disclosure notes for the year ended December 31, 2019, are available in Connect. This m
> Determine the amount of cash received from customers for each of the three independent situations below. All dollars are in millions.
> For financial reporting, Kumis Poultry Farms has used the declining-balance method of depreciation for conveyor equipment acquired at the beginning of 2021 for $2,560,000. Its useful life was estimated to be six years with a $160,000 residual value. At t
> Wolfgang Kitchens has always used the FIFO inventory costing method for both financial reporting and tax purposes. At the beginning of 2024, Wolfgang decided to change to the LIFO method. Net income in 2024 was correctly stated as $90 million. If the com
> Flay Foods has always used the FIFO inventory costing method for both financial reporting and tax purposes. At the beginning of 2024, Flay decided to change to the LIFO method. As a result of the change, net income in 2024 was $80 million. If the company
> Millington Materials is a leading supplier of building equipment, building products, materials, and timber for sale, with over 200 branches across the Mid-South. On January 1, 2024, management decided to change from the average inventory costing method t
> Access the FASB Accounting Standards Codification at the FASB website (www.fasb.org and select Basic View for free access). Determine the specific eight-digit Codification citation (XXX-XX-XX-X) for accounting for each of the following items: 1. Reportin
> The Hoyle Companies, Inc. has ownership interests in several public companies. At the beginning of 2024, the company’s ownership interest in the common stock of Paik Properties increased to the point that it became appropriate to begin using the equity m
> In keeping with a modernization of corporate statutes in its home state, UMC Corporation decided in 2024 to discontinue accounting for reacquired shares as treasury stock. Instead, shares repurchased will be viewed as having been retired, reassuming the
> Aquatic Equipment Corporation decided to switch from the LIFO method of costing inventories to the FIFO method at the beginning of 2024. The inventory as reported at the end of 2023 using LIFO would have been $60,000 higher using FIFO. Retained earnings
> For each of the following inventory errors occurring in 2024, determine the effect of the error on 2024’s cost of goods sold, net income, and retained earnings. Assume that the error is not discovered until 2025 and that a periodic inve
> On December 28, 2024, Tristar Communications sold 10 units of its new satellite uplink system to various customers for $25,000 each. The terms of each sale were 1/10, n/30. Tristar uses the gross method to account for sales discounts. In what year will i
> Below are three independent and unrelated errors. a. On December 31, 2023, Wolfe-Bache Corporation failed to accrue salaries expense of $1,800. In January 2024, when it paid employees for the December 27–January 2 workweek, Wolfe-Bache
> At the end of 2023, Martinez Furniture Company failed to accrue $61,000 of interest expense that accrued during the last five months of 2023 on bonds payable. The bonds mature in 2035. The discount on the bonds is amortized by the straight-line method. T
> Wilkins Food Products Inc. acquired a packaging machine from Lawrence Specialists Corporation. Lawrence completed construction of the machine on January 1, 2022. In payment for the machine Wilkins issued a three year installment note to be paid in three
> On December 12, 2024, an investment in equity securities costing $80,000 was sold for $100,000. The total of the sale proceeds was credited to the investment in equity securities account. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry to correct the error, assu
> During 2024, Lope and Lope Corporation discovered that its ending inventories reported on its financial statements were misstated by the following amounts: Lope and Lope uses the periodic inventory system and the FIFO cost method. Required: 1. Determine
> The Commonwealth of Virginia filed suit in October 2022 against Northern Timber Corporation, seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief for violations of environmental laws regulating forest conservation. When the financial statements were issued in 2
> S. J. Byland Engineering Group receives royalties on a technical manual written by two of its engineers and sold to William B. Irving Publishing, Inc. Royalties are 10% of net sales, receivable on October 1 for sales in January through June and on April
> The Canlas Milling Company purchased machinery on January 2, 2022, for $800,000. A five-year life was estimated and no residual value was anticipated. Canlas decided to use the straight-line depreciation method and recorded $160,000 in depreciation in 20
> During 2022 (its first year of operations) and 2023, Fiery Foods used the FIFO inventory costing method for both financial reporting and tax purposes. At the beginning of 2024, Fiery decided to change to the average method for both financial reporting an
> SSG Cycles manufactures and distributes motorcycle parts and supplies. Employees are offered a variety of share based compensation plans. Under its nonqualified stock option plan, SSG granted options to key officers on January 1, 2024. The options permit
> What is the main difference between a perpetual inventory system and a periodic inventory system? Which system is used more often by major companies?
> Martinez Audio Visual Inc. offers an incentive stock option plan to its regional managers. On January 1, 2024, options were granted for 40 million $1 par common shares. The exercise price is the market price on the grant date—$8 per share. Options cannot
> On January 1, 2024, Adams-Men eke Corporation granted 25 million incentive stock options to division managers, each permitting holders to purchase one share of the company’s $1 par common shares within the next six years, but not before December 31, 2026
> Heidi Software Corporation provides a variety of share-based compensation plans to its employees. Under its executive stock option plan, the company granted options on January 1, 2024, that permit executives to acquire 4 million of the company’s $1 par c
> On January 1, 2024, Vijay Communications granted restricted stock units (RSUs) representing 30 million of its $1 par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. After the recipients of the RSUs satis
> Magnetic-Optical Corporation offers a variety of share-based compensation plans to employees. Under its restricted stock unit plan, the company on January 1, 2024, granted restricted stock units (RSUs) representing 4 million of its $1 par common shares t
> FedEx Corporation included the following disclosure note in an annual report: Required: 1. Assuming a four-year vesting period, how much compensation expense did FedEx report in the year ended May 31, 2021, for the restricted stock granted during the y
> As part of its stock-based compensation package, on January 1, 2024, International Electronics granted restricted stock units (RSUs) representing 50 million $1 par common shares. At exercise, holders of the RSUs are entitled to receive cash or stock equa
> As part of its stock-based compensation package, International Electronics granted 24 million stock appreciation rights (SARs) to top officers on January 1, 2024. At exercise, holders of the SARs are entitled to receive cash or stock equal in value to th
> As part of its stock-based compensation package, International Electronics (IE) granted 24 million stock appreciation rights (SARs) to top officers on January 1, 2024. At exercise, holders of the SARs are entitled to receive stock equal in value to the e
> Access the FASB Accounting Standards Codification at the FASB website (www.fasb.org) and select Basic View for free access. Determine the specific seven-, eight-, or nine-digit Codification citation (XXX-XX-XX-X) for accounting for each of the following
> During 2024, its first year of operations, Kevin Berry Industries entered into the following transactions relating to shareholders’ equity. The corporation was authorized to issue 100 million common shares, $1 par per share. Net income
> Justin Short Foods granted 18 million of its no-par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. The common shares have a market price of $5 per share on January 1, 2023, the grant date. Required: 1.
> As part of its executive compensation plan, Vertovec Inc. granted 54,000 of its no-par common shares to executives, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. Vertovec’s common shares have a market price of $5 per share on Janu
> Information from the financial statements of Ames Fabricators, Inc., included the following: Ames’s net income for the year ended December 31, 2024, is $500,000. The income tax rate is 25%. Ames paid dividends of $5 per share on its pre
> Stanley Department Stores reported net income of $720,000 for the year ended December 31, 2024.Additional Information: Required: Compute Stanley’s basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2024.
> On January 1, 2024, True Fashions Corporation awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) representing 12 million of its $1 par common shares to key personnel, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within three years. After the recipients of the RS
> On December 31, 2023, Barclay Inc. had 200 million shares of common stock and 3 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2024, Barclay purchased 24 million shares of its common stock as treasury
> On December 31, 2023, Barclay Inc. had 200 million shares of common stock and 3 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2024, Barclay purchased 24 million shares of its common stock as treasury
> On December 31, 2023, Barclay Inc. had 200 million shares of common stock and 3 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2024, Barclay purchased 24 million shares of its common stock as treasury
> On December 31, 2023, Barclay Inc. had 200 million shares of common stock and 3 million shares of 9%, $100 par value cumulative preferred stock issued and outstanding. On March 1, 2024, Barclay purchased 24 million shares of its common stock as treasury
> Selected financial statement data for Schmitzer Inc. is shown below: Calculate the gross profit ratio and inventory turnover ratio in 2024.
> At December 31, 2023, Albrecht Corporation had outstanding 373,000 shares of common stock and 8,000 shares of 9.5%, $100 par value cumulative, nonconvertible preferred stock. On May 31, 2024, Albrecht sold for cash 12,000 shares of its common stock. No c
> Hardaway Fixtures’ balance sheet at December 31, 2023, included the following: On July 21, 2024, Hardaway issued a 25% stock dividend on its common stock. On December 12, it paid $50,000 cash dividends on the preferred stock. Net income
> The Li Group had 202,000 shares of common stock outstanding at January 1, 2024. The following activities affected common shares during the year. There are no potential common shares outstanding. Required: 1. Determine the 2024 EPS. 2. Determine the 2025
> For the year ended December 31, 2024, Nor star Industries reported net income of $655,000. At January 1, 2024, the company had 900,000 common shares outstanding. The following changes in the number of shares occurred during 2024: Required: Compute nor st
> Microsoft Corporation’s disclosure notes for the year ending June 30, 2020, included the following regarding its $0.00000625 par common stock: Required: Prepare the journal entry that summarizes Microsoft’s employee s
> In order to encourage employee ownership of the company’s $1 par common shares, Washington Distribution permits any of its employees to buy shares directly from the company through payroll deduction. There are no brokerage fees and shares can be purchase
> Allied Paper Products, Inc., offers a restricted stock award plan to its vice presidents. On January 1, 2024, the company granted 16 million of its $1 par common shares, subject to forfeiture if employment is terminated within two years. The common share
> A partially completed pension spreadsheet showing the relationships among the elements that comprise the defined benefit pension plan of Universal Products is given below. The actuary’s discount rate is 5%. At the end of 2022, the pensi
> Luciana Fashions calculated pension expense for its underfunded pension plan as follows: Required: Which elements of Luciana’s balance sheet are affected by the components of pension expense? What are the specific changes in these acco
> Hicks Cable Company has a defined benefit pension plan. Three alternative possibilities for pension-related data at January 1, 2024, are shown below: Required: 1. For each independent case, calculate any amortization of the net loss or gain that should
> Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., reported inventories of $9,451 million and $9,333 million in its August 31, 2020, and August 31, 2019, balance sheets, respectively. Cost of goods sold for the year ended August 31, 2020, was $111,520 million. The company
> Clark Industries has a defined benefit pension plan that specifies annual, year-end retirement benefits equal to 1.2% × Service years × Final year’s salary Stanley Mills was hired by Clark at the beginning of 2005. Mills is expected to retire at the end
> Pension data for Barry Financial Services Inc. include the following: Required: 1. Determine pension expense for 2024. 2. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains and losses (if any), (c) funding, and (d) retiree benefits for
> Abbott and Abbott has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. At December 31, 2024, Abbott and Abbott received the following information: The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 10%. There was no prior service cost and a negligi
> Refer to the situation described in E 17–8. Required: How might your answer differ if we assume Sterling Properties prepares its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? The interest rate on high-grade corpor
> Access the FASB Accounting Standards Codification at the FASB website (www.fasb.org). Determine the specific eight-digit Codification citation (XXX-XX-XX-X) for accounting for each of the following items: 1. The disclosure required in the notes to the fi
> Frazier Refrigeration amended its defined benefit pension plan on December 31, 2024, to increase retirement benefits earned with each service year. The consulting actuary estimated the prior service cost incurred by making the amendment retroactive to pr
> Southeast Technology provides postretirement health care benefits to employees. On January 1, 2024, the following plan-related data were available: On January 1, 2024, Southeast amends the plan in response to spiraling health care costs. The amendment es
> Gorky-Park Corporation provides postretirement health care benefits to employees who provide at least 12 years of service and reach age 62 while in service. On January 1, 2024, the following plan-related data were available: On January 1, 2024, Gorky-Par
> Tsai-Ming Company has a postretirement health care benefit plan. On January 1, 2024, the following plan related data were available: The rate of return on plan assets during 2024 was 10%, although it was expected to be 9%. The actuary revised assumptions
> Pension data for Sterling Properties include the following Required: Determine pension expense for 2024.
> Refer to the situation described in BE 8–17. Now assume the FIFO ending inventory is only $45,000 greater than LIFO ending inventory. Record the year-end adjusting entry for the LIFO reserve.
> Data pertaining to the postretirement health care benefit plan of Sterling Properties include the following for 2024: Required: 1. Determine the postretirement benefit expense for 2024. 2. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the (a) postret
> Loran Management Services has an unfunded postretirement benefit plan. On December 31, 2024, the following data were available concerning changes in the plan’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligation with respect to one of Loran&a
> The following data are available pertaining to Household Appliance Company’s retiree health care plan for 2024: Required: 1. What is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of 2024? 2. What is interest cost to
> Classified Electronics has an unfunded retiree health care plan. Each of the company’s three employees has been with the firm since its inception at the beginning of 2023. As of the end of 2024, the actuary estimates the total net cost of providing healt
> Refer to the situation described in E 17–21. Required: How might your solution differ if Lacy Construction prepares its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? Assume the actuary’s discount rate is the rate
> Lacy Construction has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. At December 31, 2024, Lacy received the following information: The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 10%. There were no AOCI balances related to pensions on January
> Refer to the data provided in E 17–19. Required: Prepare a pension spreadsheet to show the relationship among the PBO, plan assets, prior service cost, the net gain, pension expense, and the net pension asset.
> Beale Management has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. On December 31, 2024 (the end of Beale’s fiscal year), the following pension-related data were available: Required: 1. Prepare the 2024 journal entry to record pensi
> Patel Industries has a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. Since the inception of the plan, the actuary has used as the discount rate the rate on high-quality corporate bonds, which recently has been 7%. During 2024, changing economic conditio
> Actuary and trustee reports indicate the following changes in the PBO and plan assets of MA homes Industries during 2024: Required: 1. Determine the company’s pension expense for 2024, and prepare the appropriate journal entry to recor
> King Supply maintains its internal inventory records using perpetual FIFO, but for financial reporting purposes, reports ending inventory and cost of goods sold using periodic LIFO. At the beginning of the year, the company had a balance of $60,000 in it
> On January 1, 2024, Retch Corporation’s projected benefit obligation was $30 million. During 2024, pension benefits paid by the trustee were $4 million. Service cost for 2024 is $12 million. Pension plan assets (at fair value) increased during 2024 by $6
> Southern Atlantic Distributors began operations in January 2024 and purchased a delivery truck for $40,000. Southern Atlantic plans to use straight-line depreciation over a four-year expected useful life for financial reporting purposes. For tax purposes
> At the end of 2023, Payne Industries had a deferred tax asset account with a balance of $25 million attributable to a temporary book-tax difference of $100 million in a liability for estimated expenses. At the end of 2024, the temporary difference is $64
> At the end of 2023, Payne Industries had a deferred tax asset account with a balance of $25 million attributable to a temporary book-tax difference of $100 million in a liability for estimated expenses. At the end of 2024, the temporary difference is $64
> Lance Lawn Services reports warranty expense by estimating the amount that eventually will be paid to satisfy warranties on its product sales. For tax purposes, the expense is deducted when the warranty work is completed. At December 31, 2024, Lance has
> In 2024, DFS Medical Supply collected rent revenue for 2025 tenant occupancy. For income tax reporting, the rent is taxed when collected. For financial statement reporting, the rent is recorded as deferred revenue and then recognized as revenue in the pe
> Ayres Services acquired an asset for $80 million in 2024. The asset is depreciated for financial reporting purposes over four years on a straight-line basis (no residual value). Ayers deducted 100% of the asset’s cost for income tax rep
