Question: For each of the following independent cases,

> NIKE, Inc., is the best-known sports shoe, apparel, and equipment company in the world because of its association with athletes such as LeBron James, Roger Federer, and Madison Keys. Some of the items included in its recent statement of cash flows presen

> On January 1, 2018, you deposited $8,000 in a savings account. The account will earn 8 percent annual compound interest, which will be added to the fund balance at the end of each year. Required (round to the nearest dollar): 1. What will be the balance

> Shaylee Corp has $2 million to invest in new projects. The company’s managers have presented a number of possible options that the board must prioritize. Information about the projects follows: Required: 1. Is Shaylee able to invest in

> Your friend Harold is trying to decide whether to buy or lease his next vehicle. He has gathered information about each option but is not sure how to compare the alternatives. Purchasing a new vehicle will cost $26,500, and Harold expects to spend about

> After hearing a knock at your front door, you are surprised to see the Prize Patrol from a large, well-known magazine subscription company. It has arrived with the good news that you are the big winner, having won $20 million. You have three options: a.

> Consider the relationship between a project’s net present value (NPV), its internal rate of return (IRR), and a company’s cost of capital. For each scenario that follows, indicate the relative value of the unknown. If

> Linda’s Luxury Travel (LLT) is considering the purchase of two Hummer limousines. Various information about the proposed investment follows: Required: Help LLT evaluate this project by calculating each of the following: 1. Accounting ra

> Merrill Corp. has the following information available about a potential capital investment: Required: 1. Calculate the project’s net present value. 2. Without making any calculations, determine whether the internal rate of return (IRR)

> Pental Manufacturing Company incurred the following transactions during the year: a. Purchased raw materials on account, $50,500. b. Requisitioned raw materials of $32,000 to the factory, which included $8,300 of indirect materials. c. Accrued factory la

> Bartlett Car Wash Co. is considering the purchase of a new facility. It would allow Bartlett to increase its net income by $53,000 per year. Other information about this proposed project follows: Required: Calculate and evaluate the following for Bartlet

> The following table contains information about four potential investment projects that Castle Corporation is considering. Required: 1. Rank the four projects in order of preference by using: a. Accounting rate of return. b. Payback period. c. Net present

> Robertson Resorts is considering whether to expand their Pagosa Springs Lodge. The expansion will create 24 additional rooms for rent. The following estimates are available: Robertson uses straight-line depreciation and the lodge expansion will have a re

> Traditionally, Granite Company has accepted a proposal only if the payback period is less than 50 percent of the asset’s useful life. Peggy Casteel is the new accounting manager. She suggested to management that capital budgeting decisions should not be

> Jill Harrington, a manager at Jennings Company, is considering several potential capital investment projects. Data on these projects follow: Required: 1. Compute the payback period for each project and rank order them based on this criterion. 2. Compute

> Tulsa Company is considering investing in new bottling equipment and has two options: Option A has a lower initial cost but would require a significant expenditure to rebuild the machine after four years; Option B has higher maintenance costs, but also h

> You are saving for a Porsche Carrera Cabriolet, which currently sells for nearly half a million dollars. Your plan is to deposit $15,000 at the end of each year for the next 10 years. You expect to earn 8 percent each year. Required: 1. Determine how muc

> Harwell Printing Co. is considering the purchase of new electronic printing equipment. It would allow Harwell to increase its net income by $45,000 per year. Other information about this proposed project follows: Required: Calculate and evaluate the foll

> Luke Company has three divisions: Peak, View, and Grand. The company has a hurdle rate of 6 percent. Selected operating data for the three divisions follow: Required: 1. Compute the return on investment for each division. 2. Compute the residual income f

> Orange Corp. has two divisions: Fruit and Flower. The following information for the past year is available for each division: Orange has established a hurdle rate of 12 percent. Required: 1. Compute each division’s return on investment

> StorSmart Company makes plastic organizing bins. The company has the following inventory balances at the beginning and end of March: Additional information for the month of March follows: Required: Based on this information, prepare the following for Sto

> Kaler Company has sales of $1,210,000, cost of goods sold of $735,000, other operating expenses of $148,000, average invested assets of $3,400,000, and a hurdle rate of 12 percent. Required: 1. Determine Kaler’s return on investment (ROI), investment tur

> Solano Company has sales of $500,000, cost of goods sold of $370,000, other operating expenses of $50,000, average invested assets of $1,600,000, and a hurdle rate of 6 percent. Required: 1. Determine Solano’s return on investment (ROI), investment turno

> Krall Company recently had a computer malfunction and lost a portion of its accounting records. The company has reconstructed some of its financial performance measurements including components of the return-on-investment calculations. Required: Help Kra

> Fleetwood Company recently had a computer malfunction and lost a portion of its accounting records. The company has reconstructed some of its financial performance measurements, including components of the return-on-investment calculations. Required: Hel

> Match the most likely type of responsibility center classification to each of the following positions. You may use a classification once, more than once, or not at all. Employment Positions: - Sales manager - Regional manager - Company president - Purcha

> Identify which perspective(s) of the balanced scorecard each of the following critical success factors relates to by placing an X in the appropriate cell. Each success factor could relate to more than one category.

> Tulip Company is made up of two divisions: A and B. Division A produces a widget that Division B uses in the production of its product. Variable cost per widget is $0.75; full cost is $1.00. Comparable widgets sell on the open market for $1.50 each. Divi

> Assume you are the vice president of operations for a local company. Your company is in the process of converting from a small, centralized organization in which its president makes all decisions to a larger, geographically dispersed one with decentraliz

> Shaw is a lumber company that also manufactures custom cabinetry. It is made up of two divisions: Lumber and Cabinetry. The Lumber Division is responsible for harvesting and preparing lumber for use; the Cabinetry Division produces custom-ordered cabinet

> The following is a list of various metrics used to measure performance. For each metric, identify the correct balanced scorecard perspective with which the metric is associated. For Learning and Growth, use LG; for Customer, use C; for Financial, use F;

> For each of the following independent cases (1 to 4), compute the missing values. Note: Complete the missing items in alphabetical order.

> Refer to the information presented in E10–15. Assume that the Molding Division has excess capacity, but the Assembly Division requires the casing to be made from a specific blend of plastics. This would raise the variable cost per unit to $20. Required:

> Refer to the information presented in E10–15. Assume that the Molding Division has enough excess capacity to accommodate the request. Required: 1. Explain whether the Molding Division should accept the $18 transfer price proposed by management. 2. Calcul

> The Molding Division of Cotwold Company manufactures a plastic casing used by the Assembly Division. This casing is also sold to external customers for $25 per unit. Variable costs for the casing are $12 per unit and fixed cost is $3 per unit. Cotwold ex

> The University of Dental Health (UDH) is a state-run university focusing on the education and training of dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, and other dental professionals. UDH has just hired a new controller who wants to organize UDH by res

> Refer to E10–12. Suppose Fred’s plant manufactures a component used by another division of the organization. He has approached you for help in understanding why everyone seems to be making such a big deal about the transfer price that he plans to charge

> Your brother-in-law, Fred Miles, has just taken a new position as the plant manager of a local production facility. He has been told that the company uses a balanced scorecard approach to evaluate its managers. Fred is not familiar with this approach bec

> Poseidon Corporation manufactures a variety of gear for water sports. Poseidon has three divisions: Lake, River, and Ocean. Each division is managed as an investment center. During the current year, the Ocean division experienced the following transactio

> Choose a company with which you regularly do business. Assume you have been hired as a consultant to help overhaul its performance evaluation system. Required: 1. Briefly outline a balanced scorecard approach that could be used to evaluate the performanc

> Match each of the terms by inserting the appropriate definition letter in the space provided. Not all definitions will be used. 1. Balanced Scorecard 2. Centralized Organization 3. DuPont Method 4. Hurdle Rate 5. Investment Center 6. Profit Center 7. Cos

> Refer to the information presented in E9–8 for Parker Plastic. Required: Calculate Parker Plastic’s direct labor rate and efficiency variances. Data from E9-8: Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use wi

> Reyes Manufacturing Company uses a job order cost system. At the beginning of January, the company had one job in process (Job 201) and one job completed but not yet sold (Job 200). Job 202 was started during January. Other select account balances follow

> Refer to E1-1. Suppose that, after a thorough investigation, Books on Wheels decided to go forward with the new product aimed at university students. The product, The Campus Cart, has gone into production, and the first units have already been delivered

> Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year follows: Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past year: Required: Calculate Parker Plasticâ€&#15

> Betty’s Bakery has the following standard cost sheet for one unit of its most popular cake: During the month of May, the company made 600 cakes and incurred the following actual costs: Direct materials purchased and used (900 pounds), $

> Crystal Charm Company makes handcrafted silver charms that attach to jewelry such as a necklace or bracelet. Each charm is adorned with two crystals of various colors. Standard costs follow: During the month of January, Crystal Charm made 1,800 charms. T

> Suds & Cuts is a local pet grooming shop owned by Collin Bark. Collin has prepared the following standard cost card for each dog bath given: During the month of July, Collin’s employees gave 360 baths. The actual results were 725 ou

> Perfect Pet Collar Company makes custom leather pet collars. The company expects each collar to require 1.5 feet of leather and predicts leather will cost $2.50 per foot. Suppose Perfect Pet made 60 collars during February. For these 60 collars, the comp

> Gleason Guitars produces acoustic guitars. The table below contains budget and actual information for the month of June: Required: Complete the table.

> Olive Company makes silver belt buckles. The company’s master budget appears in the first column of the table. Required: Complete the table by preparing Olive’s flexible budget for 4,000, 6,000, and 7,000 units.

> Haives Manufacturing Company (HMC) bases its fixed overhead rate on practical capacity of 80,000 units per year. Budgeted and actual results for the most recent year follow: Required: Calculate the following for HMC: 1. Fixed overhead rate based on pract

> See Clear Company calculates a fixed overhead rate based on budgeted fixed overhead of $192,000 and budgeted production of 600,000 units. Actual results were as follows: Required: Calculate the following for See Clear: 1. Fixed overhead rate based on bud

> Refer to the information presented in E2–18 for Verizox Company. Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry to apply manufacturing overhead to Work in Process Inventory. 2. Prepare the journal entry to record actual manufacturing overhead c

> See Clear Company manufactures clear plastic CD cases. It applies variable overhead based on the number of machine hours used. Information regarding See Clear’s overhead for the month of December follows: During December, See Clear had

> Haines Manufacturing Company (HMC) bases its fixed overhead rate on practical capacity of 30,000 units per year. Budgeted and actual results for the most recent year follow: Required: Calculate the following for HMC: 1. Fixed overhead rate based on pract

> Amber Company produces iron table and chair sets. During October, Amber’s costs were as follows: Required: 1. Calculate the total cost of purchases for October. 2. Compute the direct materials price variance based on quantity purchased.

> Lamp Light Limited (LLL) calculates a fixed overhead rate based on budgeted fixed overhead of $32,400 and budgeted production of 24,000 units. Actual results were as follows: Required: Calculate the following for LLL: 1. Fixed overhead rate based on budg

> Lamp Light Limited (LLL) manufactures lampshades. It applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor hours. Information from LLL’s standard cost card follows: During August, LLL had the following actual results: Required: Compute

> Refer to the information presented in E9–8 for Parker Plastic. Required: Prepare the journal entry to record the following for Parker Plastic: 1. Direct materials costs and related variances. Assume the company purchases raw materials a

> Refer to the information presented in E9–8 for Parker Plastic. Required: Calculate Parker Plastic’s fixed overhead spending and volume variances and its over- or underapplied fixed overhead. Data from E9-8: Parker Pla

> Refer to the information presented in E9–8 for Parker Plastic. Required: Calculate Parker Plastic’s variable overhead rate and efficiency variances and its over- or underapplied variable overhead. Data from E9-8: Park

> Ironwood Company manufactures cast-iron barbeque cookware. During a recent windstorm, I lost some of its cost accounting records. Ironwood has managed to reconstruct portions of its standard cost system database but is still missing a few pieces of infor

> In addition to the information in E8–5 through E8–8 regarding Shadee Corp., the following data are available: ∙ Selling costs are expected to be 6 percent of sales. ∙ Fixed administrative expenses per month total $1,200. Required: Prepare Shadee’s sellin

> Verizox Company uses a job order cost system with manufacturing overhead applied to products based on direct labor hours. At the beginning of the most recent year, the company estimated its manufacturing overhead cost at $300,000. Estimated direct labor

> Refer to E8–5 through E8–7 for Shadee Corp. Use the information and solutions presented to complete the requirements. Required: 1. Determine Shadee’s budgeted manufacturing cost per visor. (Note: Assume that fixed overhead per unit is $2.) 2. Prepare Sha

> Refer to the information in E8–5 for Shadee Corp. Suppose that each visor takes 0.30 direct labor hours to produce and Shadee pays its workers $9 per hour. Required: Prepare Shadee’s direct labor budget for May and June. Data from E8-5: Shadee Corp. exp

> Refer to the information in E8–5 for Shadee Corp. Each visor requires a total of $4.00 in direct materials that includes an adjustable closure that the company purchases from a supplier at a cost of $1.50 each. Shadee wants to have 30 closures on hand on

> Shadee Corp. expects to sell 600 sun visors in May and 800 in June. Each visor sells for $18. Shadee’s beginning and ending finished goods inventories for May are 75 and 50 units, respectively. Ending finished goods inventory for June will be 60 units. R

> Complete the following table:

> Organize the following budgets in order of preparation by placing the number before it. Indicate how each budget would be affected by a sales forecast that is overstated. Cash budget. Selling and administrative expense budget. Manufacturing overhead budg

> Paul’s Pool Service provides pool cleaning, chemical application, and pool repairs for residential customers. Clients are billed weekly for services provided and usually pay 60 percent of their fees in the month the service is provided. In the month foll

> Refer to the information in E8–21 through E8–22 for Galactic Inc. Use the information and solutions presented to complete the requirements. Required: 1. Determine Galactic’s budgeted manufacturing cost per drone. (Note: assume that fixed overhead per uni

> Refer to the information in E8–21 for Galactic Inc. Each unit requires 3 direct labor hours and Galactic’s hourly labor rate is $15 per hour. The company’s variable overhead is $4.00 per unit produced and its fixed overhead is $5,500 per month. Required

> Galactic Inc. manufactures flying drone toys. Sales units for January, February, March, April and May were 300, 280, 352, 312, and 380 respectively. Required: 1. The company’s policy for ending finished goods is 25 percent of next month’s sales. Prepare

> Donna is a cost accountant for Northwind Corp. She is very efficient and hard-working; however, she occasionally transposes numbers when recording transactions. While working late recently, Donna accidentally recorded $19,000 of advertising cost instead

> Citrus Girl Company (CGC) purchases quality citrus produce from local growers and sells the produce via the Internet across the United States. To keep costs down, CGC maintains a warehouse, but no showroom or retail sales outlets. CGC has the following i

> Use the following terms to complete the sentences that follow. Terms may be used once, more than once, or not at all: Capital expenditures budget Participative Budgetary slack Operating budgets Control Planning Sales forecast Budgeted income statement Bu

> Shamrock Shades operates in mall kiosks throughout the southwestern United States. Shamrock purchases sunglasses from bulk discounters and sells the sunglasses in the mall kiosks. Shamrock is in the process of budgeting for the coming year and has projec

> Martin Clothing Company is a retail company that sells hiking and other outdoor gear specially made for the desert heat. It sells to individuals as well as local companies that coordinate adventure getaways in the desert for tourists. The following infor

> McFarland Company makes 60 percent of its sales in cash. Credit sales are collected as follows: 60 percent in the month of sale and 40 percent in the month following the sale. McFarland’s budgeted sales for upcoming months follow: Requi

> Walter Company has the following information for the month of March: Walter pays wages and other cash expenses in the month incurred. Manufacturing overhead includes $1,200 for machinery depreciation, but the amount for selling and administrative expense

> Ceder Company has compiled the following data for the upcoming year: ∙ Sales are expected to be 15,000 units at $41.00 each. ∙ Each unit requires 2 pounds of direct materials at $2.00 per pound. ∙ Each unit requires 1.5 hours of direct labor at $15.00 pe

> The following information is available for Pioneer Company: ∙ Sales price per unit is $95. ∙ November and December, sales were budgeted at 3,100 and 3,600 units, respectively. ∙ Variable costs are 11 percent of sales (6 percent commission, 2 percent adve

> Alleyway Corp. manufactures two styles of leather bowling bag, the Strike and Turkey. Budgeted production levels for October follow: Two departments, Cutting and Sewing, produce the bowling bags. Direct labor hours needed for each style are as follows: H

> Croy Inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: Croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. Direct materials cost $3.10

> Manufacturing costs can be classified into three categories—direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. Over the years, manufacturing companies have changed significantly with advances in technology and the automation of many manufacturin

> Refer to information in E8–5 for Shadee Corp. It expects the following unit sales for the third quarter: Sixty percent of Shadee’s sales are cash. Of the credit sales, 50 percent is collected in the month of the sale,

> Use the information and solutions from E8–5 through E8–9 for Shadee Corp. Required: Prepare Shadee’s budgeted income statement for the months of May and June. Data from E8-9: In addition to the information in E8–5 through E8–8 regarding Shadee Corp., th

> Samantha is the production manager for Wentworth Company. Each year, she is involved in the company’s budgeting process. Company President Leslie has asked Samantha to submit the facility’s budgeted production for the upcoming year. Leslie’s typical proc

> MSI’s educational products are currently sold without any supplemental materials. The company is considering the inclusion of instructional materials such as an overhead slide presentation, potential test questions, and classroom bullet

> MSI is considering eliminating a product from its ToddleTown Tours collection. This collection is aimed at children one to three years of age and includes “tours” of a hypothetical town. Two products, The Pet Store Par

> MSI is considering outsourcing the production of the handheld control module used with some of its products. The company has received a bid from Monte Legend Co. (MLC) to produce 10,000 units of the module per year for $16 each. The following information

> MSI has been approached by a fourth-grade teacher from Portland about the possibility of creating a specially designed game that would be customized for her classroom and environment. The teacher would like an educational game to correspond to her classr

> The following are a number of statements concerning relevant versus irrelevant costs and benefits. Complete each statement by providing the missing term or phrase. 1. _____ are costs that have already been incurred and are not relevant to future decisio

> Maria Turner has just graduated from college with a degree in accounting. She had planned to enroll immediately in the master’s program at her university but has been offered a lucrative job at a well-known company. The job is exactly w

> Assume you need to buy a new vehicle. The junker that you paid $5,000 for two years ago has a current value of $1,500. You have narrowed the choice down to a used 2008 Jeep Cherokee with a blue book value of $8,000 and a new Hyundai Elantra with a sticke

> For each of the following independent cases (A–E), compute the missing values in the table:

> Listed below are a number of statements concerning management’s decision-making process. Identify whether each statement is correct or incorrect. For all incorrect statements, indicate how to correct the statement. 1. The final step in management’s decis

> The following is a list of decisions and an associated cost or benefit that may or may not be relevant to the decision. For each situation, state whether the associated cost or benefit is relevant to the related decision. If a cost or benefit is irreleva

> Cordova’s marketing department has determined the following demand for its products: Required: Given the company’s limited resource and expected demand, compute how many units of each product Cordova should produce to