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> Dwight Donovan, the president of Donovan Enterprises, is considering two investment opportunities. Because of limited resources, he will be able to invest in only one of them. Project A is to purchase a machine that will enable factory automation; the ma

> Brett Collins is reviewing his company’s investment in a cement plant. The company paid $12,000,000 five years ago to acquire the plant. Now top management is considering an opportunity to sell it. The president wants to know whether th

> Antonio Melton, the chief executive officer of Melton Corporation, has assembled his top advisers to evaluate an investment opportunity. The advisers expect the company to pay $500,000 cash at the beginning of the investment and the cash inflow for each

> Swift Delivery is a small company that transports business packages between New York and Chicago. It operates a fleet of small vans that moves packages to and from a central depot within each city and uses a common carrier to deliver the packages between

> The manager of the Cranston Division of Wynn Manufacturing Corporation is currently producing a 20 percent return on invested capital. Wynn’s desired rate of return is 16 percent. The Cranston Division has $6,000,000 of capital invested in operating asse

> Helena Corporation operates three investment centers. The following financial statements apply to the investment center named Bowman Division. BOWMAN DIVISION Income Statement For the Year Ended December 31, 2018 Sales revenue ……………………………………………………………..$

> Sorrento Corporation’s balance sheet indicates that the company has $500,000 invested in operating assets. During 2018, Sorrento earned operating income of $50,000 on $1,000,000 of sales. Required: a. Compute Sorrento’s profit margin for 2018. b. Comput

> Use the standard price and cost data supplied in Problem 15-20. Assume that Narcisco actually produced and sold 32,000 books. The actual sales price and costs incurred follow. Actual price and variable costs Sales price………………………………

> Narcisco Publications established the following standard price and costs for a hardcover picture book that the company produces. Standard price and variable costs Sales price…………………………………………………………………………$90.00 Materials cost………………

> Howard Cooper, the president of Glacier Computer Services, needs your help. He wonders about the potential effects on the firm’s net income if he changes the service rate that the firm charges its customers. The following basic data pertain to fiscal yea

> Kemp Tables, Inc. (KTI) makes picnic tables of 2 × 4 planks of treated pine. It sells the tables to large retail discount stores such as Walmart. After reviewing the following data generated by KTI’s chief accountant, the c

> Yalaha National Bank is a large municipal bank with several branch offices. The bank’s computer department handles all data processing for bank operations. In addition, the bank sells the computer department’s expertise in systems development and excess

> Camden Company is a retail company that specializes in selling outdoor camping equipment. The company is considering opening a new store on October 1, 2019. The company president formed a planning committee to prepare a master budget for the first three

> Jasper Fruits Corporation wholesales peaches and oranges. Barbara Jasper is working with the company’s accountant to prepare next year’s budget. Ms. Jasper estimates that sales will increase 5 percent for peaches and 1

> Top executive officers of Tildon Company, a merchandising firm, are preparing the next year’s budget. The controller has provided everyone with the current year’s projected income statement.

> Fayette Medical Clinic has budgeted the following cash flows: Fayette Medical had a cash balance of $16,000 on January 1. The company desires to maintain a cash cushion of $10,000. Funds are assumed to be borrowed, in increments of $2,000, and repaid o

> Malcolm is a retail company specializing in men’s hats. Its budget director prepared the list of expected operating expenses that follows. All items are paid when incurred except sales commissions and utilities, which are paid in the mo

> Humboldt, Inc. sells fireworks. The company’s marketing director developed the following cost of goods sold budget for April, May, June, and July. Humboldt had a beginning inventory balance of $1,800 on April 1 and a beginning balance

> Spalding Pointers Corporation expects to begin operations on January 1, 2019; it will operate as a specialty sales company that sells laser pointers over the Internet. Spalding expects sales in January 2019 to total $120,000 and to increase 5 percent per

> Amherst Corporation has three divisions, each operating as a responsibility center. To provide an incentive for divisional executive officers, the company gives divisional management a bonus equal to 15 percent of the excess of actual net income over bud

> Sturdy Bike Company makes the frames used to build its bicycles. During 2018, Sturdy made 20,000 frames; the costs incurred follow. Unit-level materials costs (20,000 units × $35.00)……………….$ 700,000 Unit-level labor costs (20,000 units × $42.50)…………………

> David Catrow is the manufacturing production supervisor for Faraday Motor Works (FMW), a company that manufactures electrical motors for industrial applications. Trying to explain why he did not get the year-end bonus that he had expected, he told his wi

> Bain Corporation makes and sells state-of-the-art electronics products. One of its segments produces The Math Machine, an inexpensive calculator. The company’s chief accountant recently prepared the following income statement showing annual revenues and

> Lenox Manufacturing Co. produces and sells specialized equipment used in the petroleum industry. The company is organized into three separate operating branches: Division A, which manufactures and sells heavy equipment; Division B, which manufactures and

> Western Boot Co. sells men’s, women’s, and children’s boots. For each type of boot sold, it operates a separate department that has its own manager. The manager of the men’s departme

> Townsend Chemical Company makes a variety of cosmetic products, one of which is a skin cream designed to reduce the signs of aging. Townsend produces a relatively small amount (15,000 units) of the cream and is considering the purchase of the product fro

> Dalton Quilting Company makes blankets that it markets through a variety of department stores. It makes the blankets in batches of 1,000 units. Dalton made 20,000 blankets during the prior accounting period. The cost of producing the blankets is summariz

> Continent Construction Company is a building contractor specializing in small commercial buildings. The company has the opportunity to accept one of two jobs; it cannot accept both because they must be performed at the same time and Continent does not ha

> Respond to each requirement independently. a. Describe two decision-making contexts, one in which unit-level materials costs are avoidable, and the other in which they are unavoidable. b. Describe two decision-making contexts, one in which batch-level se

> Clement Manufacturing Company uses two departments to make its products. Department I is a cutting department that is machine intensive and uses very few employees. Machines cut and form parts and then place the finished parts on a conveyor belt that car

> Hannah Ortega is considering expanding her business. She plans to hire a salesperson to cover trade shows. Because of compensation, travel expenses, and booth rental, fixed costs for a trade show are expected to be $7,500. The booth will be open 30 hours

> Velez Corporation estimated its overhead costs would be $50,000 per month except for January when it pays the $30,000 annual insurance premium on the manufacturing facility. Accordingly, the January overhead costs were expected to be $80,000 ($30,000 + $

> John Dillworth is in charge of buying property used as building sites for branch offices of the National Bank of Commerce. Mr. Dillworth recently paid $110,000 for a site located in a growing section of the city. Shortly after purchasing this lot, Mr. Di

> Camp Manufacturing Company makes tents that it sells directly to camping enthusiasts through a mail order marketing program. The company pays a quality control expert $80,000 per year to inspect completed tents before they are shipped to customers. Assum

> Eagle Airlines is a small airline that occasionally carries overload shipments for the overnight delivery company Never-Fail, Inc. Never-Fail is a multimillion-dollar company started by Wes Never immediately after he failed to finish his first accounting

> The Huffman School of Vocational Technology has organized the school training programs into three departments. Each department provides training in a different area as follows: nursing assistant, dental hygiene, and office technology. The schoolâ&#

> Yalland Manufacturing Company makes two different products, M and N. The company’s two departments are named after the products; for example, Product M is made in Department M. Yalland’s Financial data Salary of vice presiden

> Hampton Company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. The company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. Relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each

> Gletchen Cough Drops operates two divisions. The following information pertains to each division for 2018. Required: a. Compute each division’s residual income. b. Which division increased the company’s profitability

> Climax Corporation has a desired rate of return of 7.50 percent. William Tobin is in charge of one of Climax’s three investment centers. His center controlled operating assets of $4,000,000 that were used to earn $480,000 of operating income. Required:

> An investment center of Tribune Corporation shows an operating income of $7,500 on total operating assets of $125,000. Required: Compute the return on investment. Round the computation to two decimal points.

> Garrison Rentals can purchase a van that costs $54,000; it has an expected useful life of three years and no salvage value. Garrison uses straight-line depreciation. Expected revenue is $36,000 per year. Assume that depreciation is the only expense assoc

> Rainbow Painting Company is considering whether to purchase a new spray paint machine that costs $16,000. The machine is expected to save labor, increasing net income by $1,200 per year. The effective life of the machine is 15 years according to the manu

> State law permits the State Department of Revenue to collect taxes for municipal governments that operate within the state’s jurisdiction and allows private companies to collect taxes for municipalities. To promote fairness and to ensure the financial we

> The Monarch Division of Allgood Corporation has a current ROI of 12 percent. The company target ROI is 8 percent. The Monarch Division has an opportunity to invest $4,800,000 at 10 percent but is reluctant to do so because its ROI will fall to 11.25 perc

> Supply the missing information in the following table for Unify Company. Sales………………………………………………….$605,000 ROI………………………………………………………………..? Operating assets……………………………………………..? Operating income……………………………………………? Turnover…………………………………………………….2.2 Residual i

> Eastevan Company calculated its return on investment as 10 percent. Sales are now $300,000, and the amount of total operating assets is $320,000. Required: a. If expenses are reduced by $28,000 and sales remain unchanged, what return on investment will

> Secor Educational Services had budgeted its training service charge at $120 per hour. The company planned to provide 30,000 hours of training services during 2019. By lowering the service charge to $114 per hour, the company was able to increase the actu

> Muskrat Medical Equipment Company makes a blood pressure measuring kit. Jason McCoy is the production manager. The production department’s static budget and actual results for 2019 follow. Required: a. Convert the static budget into a

> Nunn Company, which sells electric razors, had $200,000 of cost of goods sold during the month of June. The company projects a 5 percent increase in cost of goods sold during July. The inventory balance as of June 30 is $15,000, and the desired ending in

> Dickey Books buys books and magazines directly from publishers and distributes them to grocery stores. The wholesaler expects to purchase the following inventory. Dickey Books s accountant prepared the following schedule of cash payments for inventory

> Lumpkin Company sells lamps and other lighting fixtures. The purchasing department manager prepared the following inventory purchases budget. Lumpkin’s policy is to maintain an ending inventory balance equal to 10 percent of the followi

> Ozark Company operates a candy store located in a large shopping mall. Required: Write a brief memo describing the sales pattern that you would expect Ozark to experience during the year. In which months will sales likely be high? In which months will s

> In recent years, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has experienced declining revenues, largely due to the increase in digital communications such as e-mail. These declining revenues have led the USPS to experience financial losses. On February 16,

> Carmen’s Dress Delivery operates a mail-order business that sells clothes designed for frequent travelers. It had sales of $400,000 in December. Because Carmen’s Dress Delivery is in the mail-order business, all sales are made on account. The company exp

> Axon Corporation, which has three divisions, is preparing its sales budget. Each division expects a different growth rate because economic conditions vary in different regions of the country. The growth expectations per quarter are 4 percent for Cummings

> The budget director of Heather’s Florist has prepared the following sales budget. The company had $50,000 in accounts receivable on July 1. Heather’s Florist normally collects 100 percent of accounts receivable in the

> Parliament Company, which expects to start operations on January 1, 2018, will sell digital cameras in shopping malls. Parliament has budgeted sales as indicated in the following table. The company expects a 10 percent increase in sales per month for Feb

> Jacob Long, the controller of Arvada Corporation, is trying to prepare a sales budget for the coming year. The income statements for the last four quarters follow. Historically, cost of goods sold is about 60 percent of sales revenue. Selling and admin

> Lois Bragg owns a small restaurant in Boston. Ms. Bragg provided her accountant with the following summary information regarding expectations for the month of June. The balance in accounts receivable as of May 31 is $40,000. Budgeted cash and credit sale

> The accountant for Jean’s Dress Shop prepared the following cash budget. Jean’s desires to maintain a cash cushion of $10,000 at the end of each month. Funds are assumed to be borrowed and repaid on the last day of eac

> January budgeted selling and administrative expenses for the retail shoe store that Craig Shea plans to open on January 1, 2018, are as follows: sales commissions, $50,000; rent, $30,000; utilities, $10,000; depreciation, $5,000; and miscellaneous, $2,50

> The budget director for Kanosh Cleaning Services prepared the following list of expected selling and administrative expenses. All expenses requiring cash payments are paid for in the month incurred except salary expense and insurance. Salary is paid in t

> Executive officers of Stoneham Company are wrestling with their budget for the next year. The following are two different sales estimates provided by two difference sources. Stoneham’s past experience indicates that cost of goods sold

> Prepare revised product-line earnings statements based on the elimination of Sugar-Bits. Revenue (12,000 units × $1,200)…………………………………………………………….$14,400,000 Unit-level variable costs Product materials cost (12,000 × $60)………………………………………….……………..(720

> Teresa Flanagan, the accountant, is a perfectionist. No one can do the job as well as she can. Indeed, she has found budget information provided by the various departments to be worthless. She must change everything they give her. She has to admit that h

> Production workers for Essa Manufacturing Company provided 300 hours of labor in January and 600 hours in February. Essa expects to use 5,000 hours of labor during the year. The rental fee for the manufacturing facility is $6,000 per month. Required: Ex

> Fanya Construction Company expects to build three new homes during a specific accounting period. The estimated direct materials and labor costs are as follows. Assume Fanya needs to allocate two major overhead costs ($80,000 of employee fringe benefits

> Willey Company makes three products in its factory: plastic cups, plastic tablecloths, and plastic bottles. The expected overhead costs for the next fiscal year include the following: Factory manager’s salary……………………………………$210,000 Factory utility cost……

> Tyson Hats Corporation manufactures three different models of hats: Vogue, Beauty, and Glamour. Tyson expects to incur $480,000 of overhead cost during the next fiscal year. Other budget information follows: Required: a. Use direct labor hours as the c

> Russell Department Stores, Inc. has three departments: women’s, men’s, and children’s. The following are the indirect costs related to its operations. Vacation pay Sewer bill Staples Natural gas bill Pens Ink cartridges Payroll taxes Paper rolls for cash

> Ware Manufacturing Company produced 2,000 units of inventory in January 2018. It expects to produce an additional 14,000 units during the remaining 11 months of the year. In other words, total production for 2018 is estimated to be 16,000 units. Direct m

> Rasmussen Corporation expects to incur indirect overhead costs of $80,000 per month and direct manufacturing costs of $12 per unit. The expected production activity for the first four months of 2017 is as follows. Required: a. Calculate a predetermined

> Beasley Services Company (BSC) has 50 employees, 28 of whom are assigned to Division A and 22 to Division B. BSC incurred $450,000 of fringe benefits cost during 2018. Required: Determine the amount of the fringe benefits cost to be allocated to Divis

> Miriana Clinics provides medical care in three departments: internal medicine (IM), pediatrics (PD), and obstetrics gynecology (OB). The estimated costs to run each department follow: Miriana expects to incur $450,000 of indirect (overhead) costs in th

> Real-world companies often reduce the complexity of their operations in an attempt to increase profits. In late 2014 and early 2015 McDonald’s Corporation announced a series of restructuring efforts it planned to undertake t

> Competitive Markets Concepts. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false, and explain why. a In long-run equilibrium, every firm in a perfectly competitive industry earns zero profit. b. Perfect competition exists in a market wh

> Dynamic Competitive Equilibrium. Wal-Mart and other movie DVD retailers, including online vendors like amazon.com, employ a two-step pricing policy. During the first six months following a theatrical release, movie DVD buyers are wiling to pay a premiu

> Competitive Market Equilibrium. Dozens of Internet web sites offer quality auto parts for the replacement market. Their appeal is obvious. Price-conscious shoppers can often obtain up to 80% discounts from the prices charged by original equi

> Long-run Competitive Firm Supply. The Hair Stylist, Ltd., is a popular-priced hairstyling salon in College Park, Maryland. Given the large number of competitors, the fact that stylists routinely tailor services to meet customer needs, and the lack o

> The Heritage Club at Harbor Town offers elegant accommodations for discriminating vacationers on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Like many vacation resorts, Heritage Club has discovered the advantages of offering its services on an annual membership

> The idea of using the difference between the market value of the firm and accounting book values as an indicator of market power and/or valuable intangible assets stems from the pioneering work of Nobel laureate James Tobin. Tobin introduced the so-calle

> Coach Industries, Inc., is a leading manufacturer of recreational vehicle products. Its products include travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers (towed behind pick-up trucks), and van campers, as well as parts and accessories. Coach offers its fifth-wheel

> The General Eclectic Company manufactures an electric toaster. Sales of the toaster have increased steadily during the previous five years, and, because of a recently completed expansion program, annual capacity is now 500,000 units. Production and sales

> Hathaway-Ross Instruments, Inc., manufactures an innovative piece of diagnostic equipment used in medical laboratories and hospitals. OSHA has determined that additional safety precautions are necessary to bring radioactive leakage occurring during use o

> Coal-fired electricity-generating plants emit substantial amounts of sulfur dioxide and particulate pollution into the atmosphere. Concerned citizens are appalled at the aesthetic and environmental implications of such pollution, as well as the potential

> Short-run Market Supply. New England Textiles, Inc., is a medium-sized manufacturer of blue denim that sells in a perfectly competitive market. Given $25,000 in fixed costs, the total cost function for this product is described by: TC = $25,000 + $1Q +

> Short-run Firm Supply. Farm Fresh, Inc., supplies sweet peas to canneries located throughout the Mississippi River Valley. Like many grain and commodity markets, the market for sweet peas is perfectly competitive. With $250,000 in fixed costs, the compa

> Short-run Firm Supply. Florida is the biggest sugar-producing state, but Michigan and Minnesota are home to thousands of sugar beet growers. Sugar prices in the United States average about 20¢ per pound, or more than double the world-wide average of le

> Controller Elliot Reid has asked you to review the pricing practices of Hollywood Medical, Inc. Use the following data to calculate the relevant markup on cost and markup on price for the following disposable items: Marginal Cost Markup оn Cost (%)

> Each ton of ore mined from the Baby Doe Mine in Leadville, Colorado, produces one ounce of silver and one pound of lead in a fixed 1:1 ratio. Marginal costs are $10 per ton of ore mined. The demand and marginal revenue curves for silver are PS = $11 - $0

> Textbook publishers evaluate market size, the degree of competition, expected revenues, and costs for each prospective new title. With these data in mind, they estimate the probability that a given book will reach or exceed the breakeven point. If the pu

> Angelica Pickles is manager of a Quick Copy franchise in White Plains, New York. Pickles projects that by reducing copy charges from 5¢ to 4¢ each, Quick Copy's $600-per-week profit contribution will increase by one-third. a. If average variable costs ar

> Three graduate business students are considering operating a fruit smoothie stand in the Harbour Springs, Michigan, resort area during their summer break. This is an alternative to summer employment with a local firm, where they would each earn $6,000 ov

> South Park Software, Inc. produces innovative interior decorating software that it sells to design studios, home furnishing stores, and so on. The yearly volume of output is 15,000 units. Selling price and costs per unit are as follows:

> While net income is an obviously useful indicator of a firm’s profit-generating ability, it has equally obvious limitations. Net income will grow with a simple increase in the scale of the operation. A 2% savings account will display growing interest inc

> Indicate whether each of the following involves an upward or downward shift in the long-run average cost curve or, instead, involves a leftward or rightward movement along a given curve. Also indicate whether each will have an increasing, decreasing, or

> Untouchable Package Service (UPS) offers overnight package delivery to Canadian business customers. UPS has recently decided to expand its facilities to better satisfy current and projected demand. Current volume totals two million packages per week at

> The U.S. Bureau of the Census publishes employment statistics and demand forecasts for various occupations. a. Using a spreadsheet or hand-held calculator, calculate the ten-year growth rate forecast using the constant growth model with annual compoundi

> Appalachia Beverage Company, Inc. is considering alternative proposals for expansion into the Midwest. Alternative 1: Construct a single plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, with a monthly production capacity of 300,000 cases, a monthly fixed cost of $262,500