International Network Solutions provides products and services related to remote access networking. The company has grown rapidly during its first 10 years of operations. As its segment of the industry has begun to mature, though, the fast growth of previous years has begun to slow. In fact, this year revenues and profits are roughly the same as last year. One morning, nine weeks before the close of the fiscal year, Rob Mashburn, CFO, and Jessica Lane, controller, were sharing coffee and ideas in Lane’s office. Lane: About the Board meeting Thursday. You may be right. This may be the time to suggest a share buyback program. Mashburn: To begin this year, you mean? Lane: Right! I know Barber will be lobbying to use the funds for our European expansion. She’s probably right about the best use of our funds, but we can always issue more notes next year. Right now, we need a quick fix for our EPS numbers. Mashburn: Our shareholders are accustomed to increases every year. Required: 1. How will a buyback of shares provide a “quick fix” for EPS? 2. Is the proposal ethical? 3. Who would be affected if the proposal is implemented
> Douglas McDonald Company’s balance sheet included the following shareholders’ equity accounts at December 31, 2020: On March 16, 2021, a 4% common stock dividend was declared and distributed. The market value of the co
> The shareholders’ equity of Core Technologies Company on June 30, 2020, included the following: Common stock, $1 par; authorized, 8 million shares; issued and outstanding, 3 million shares $ 3,000,000 Paid-in capital—excess of par 12,000,000 Retained ear
> The shareholders’ equity of ILP Industries includes the items shown below. The board of directors of ILP declared cash dividends of $8 million, $20 million, and $150 million in its first three years of operation—2021,
> Shown below in T-account format are the changes affecting the retained earnings of Brenner-Jude Corporation during 2021. At January 1, 2021, the corporation had outstanding 105 million common shares, $1 par per share. Required: 1. From the information pr
> In keeping with a modernization of corporate statutes in its home state, UMC Corporation decided in 2021 to discontinue accounting for reacquired shares as treasury stock. Instead, shares repurchased will be viewed as having been retired, reassuming the
> At December 31, 2020, the balance sheet of Meca International included the following shareholders’ equity accounts: Required: Assuming that Meca International views its share buybacks as treasury stock, record the appropriate journal en
> In 2021, Western Transport Company entered into the treasury stock transactions described below. In 2019, Western Transport had issued 140 million shares of its $1 par common stock at $17 per share. Required: Prepare the appropriate journal entry for eac
> In 2021, Borland Semiconductors entered into the transactions described below. In 2018, Borland had issued 170 million shares of its $1 par common stock at $34 per share. Required: Assuming that Borland retires shares it reacquires, record the appropriat
> Borner Communications’ articles of incorporation authorized the issuance of 130 million common shares. The transactions described below effected changes in Borner’s outstanding shares. Prior to the transactions, Borner
> Saar Associates sells two licenses to Kim & Company on September 1, 2021. First, in exchange for $100,000, Saar provides Kim with a copy of its proprietary investment management software, which Saar does not anticipate updating and which Kim can use perm
> The following is from the 2021 annual report of Kaufman Chemicals, Inc.: Kaufman reports accumulated other comprehensive income in its balance sheet as a component of shareholders’ equity as follows: Required: 1. What is comprehensive i
> How might your answer differ if we assume Sterling Properties prepares its financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)? The interest rate on high-grade corporate bonds is 6%. Data from E 17-8: Pension data for St
> Pension data for Sterling Properties include the following: Required: Determine pension expense for 2021.
> Frazier Refrigeration amended its defined benefit pension plan on December 31, 2021, to increase retirement benefits earned with each service year. The consulting actuary estimated the prior service cost incurred by making the amendment retroactive to pr
> Southeast Technology provides postretirement health care benefits to employees. On January 1, 2021, the following plan-related data were available: On January 1, 2021, Southeast amends the plan in response to spiraling health care costs. The amendment es
> Gorky-Park Corporation provides postretirement health care benefits to employees who provide at least 12 years of service and reach age 62 while in service. On January 1, 2021, the following plan related data were available: On January 1, 2021, Gorky-Par
> Cahal-Michael Company has a postretirement health care benefit plan. On January 1, 2021, the following plan-related data were available: ($ in thousands) Net loss—AOCI $ 336 Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation 2,800 Fair value of plan asset
> Data pertaining to the postretirement health care benefit plan of Sterling Properties include the following for 2021: ($ in thousands) Service cost $124 Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, January 1 700 Plan assets (fair value), Ja
> Lorin Management Services has an unfunded postretirement benefit plan. On December 31, 2021, the following data were available concerning changes in the plan’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligation with respect to one of Lorin&a
> The following data are available pertaining to Household Appliance Company’s retiree health care plan for 2021: Required: 1. What is the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at the beginning of 2021? 2. What is interest cost to
> On January 1, 2021, Hodge Beanery received $8,000 from the Kennedy Company in exchange for a coffee roaster that it will deliver to Kennedy on December 31, 2021. Assuming that Hodge views the time value of money to be a significant component of this tran
> Refer to the situation described in BE 5–2. Assume that the trip will cost $26,600. What interest rate, compounded annually, must Bill earn to accumulate enough to pay for the trip? Data from BE 5-2: Bill O’Brien would like to take his wife, Mary, on a
> The purpose of this case is to introduce you to the information available on the website of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Required: Access the FASB home page on the Internet. The web address is www.fasb.org. Answer the following questi
> A conceptual question in accounting for derivatives is this: Should gains and losses on a hedge instrument be recorded as they occur, or should they be recorded to coincide (match) with income effects of the item being hedged? ABI Wholesalers plans to is
> The following is an excerpt from a disclosure note of Johnson & Johnson: 6. Fair Value Measurements (in part) As of December 31, 2017, the balance of deferred net gains on derivatives included in accumulated other comprehensive income was $70 million aft
> “This one’s got me stumped,” you say to no one in particular. “First day on the job; I’d better get it right.” It’s the classification of notes payable in the statement of cash flows that has you in doubt. Having received an “A” in Intermediate Accountin
> Refer to the financial statements and related disclosure notes of The Kroger Company for the fiscal year ending January 30, 2018. You can locate the report online from “investor relations” at www.kroger.com. Notice that Kroger’s net income has declined o
> After graduating near the top of his class, Ben Naegle was hired by the local office of a Big 4 CPA firm in his hometown. Two years later, impressed with his technical skills and experience, Park Electronics, a large regional consumer electronics chain,
> Locate the financial statements and related disclosure notes of FedEx Corporation for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2017. You can locate the report online at www.fedex.com. Use the information provided in the statement of cash flows to respond to the que
> You are a loan officer for First Benevolent Bank. You have an uneasy feeling as you examine a loan application from Daring Corporation. The application included the following financial statements. It is not Daring’s profitability that w
> “Why can’t we pay our shareholders a dividend?” shouted your new boss. “This income statement you prepared for me says we earned $5 million in our first half-year!”
> Ray Solutions decided to make the following changes in its accounting policies on January 1, 2021: a. Changed from the cash to the accrual basis of accounting for recognizing revenue on its service contracts. b. Adopted straight-line depreciation for all
> On January 1, 2021, Wooten Technology Associates sold computer equipment to the Denison Company. Delivery was made on January 1, 2021, but payment for the equipment of $10,000 is not due until December 31, 2021. Assuming that Wooten views the time value
> DRS Corporation changed the way it depreciates its computers from the sum-of-the-year’s-digits method to the straight-line method beginning January 1, 2021. DRS also changed its estimated residual value used in computing depreciation for its office build
> It’s financial statements preparation time at Center Industries, where you have been assistant controller for two months. Ben Huddler, the controller, seems to be pleasant but unpredictable. Today, although your schedule is filled with meetings with inte
> Early one Wednesday afternoon, Ken and Larry studied in the dormitory room they shared at Fogelman College. Ken, an accounting major, was advising Larry, a management major, regarding a project for Larry’s Business Policy class. One asp
> Late in 2021, you and two other officers of Curbo Fabrications Corporation just returned from a meeting with officials of the City of Jackson. The meeting was unexpectedly favorable even though it culminated in a settlement with city authorities that you
> Late one Thursday afternoon, Joy Martin, a veteran audit manager with a regional CPA firm, was reviewing documents for a long-time client of the firm, AMT Transport. The year-end audit was scheduled to begin Monday. For three months, the economy had been
> Mayfair Department Stores operates over 30 retail stores in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to 2021, the company used the FIFO method to value its inventory. In 2021, Mayfair decided to switch to the dollar-value LIFO retail inventory method. One of your re
> Danville Bottlers is a wholesale beverage company. Danville uses the FIFO inventory method to determine the cost of its ending inventory. Ending inventory quantities are determined by a physical count. For the fiscal year-end June 30, 2021, ending invent
> Some inventory errors are said to be “self-correcting,” in that the error has the opposite financial statement effect in the period following the error, thereby “correcting,” the original account balance errors. Required: Despite this self-correcting fea
> Sometimes a business entity will change its method of accounting for certain items. The change may be classified as a change in accounting principle, a change in accounting estimate, or a change in reporting entity. Listed below are three independent, un
> Webster Products, Inc., adopted the dollar-value LIFO method of determining inventory costs for financial and income tax reporting on January 1, 2021. Webster continues to use the FIFO method for internal decision-making purposes. Webster’s FIFO inventor
> In January 2021, Continental Fund Services, Inc., enters into a one-year contract with a client to provide investment advisory services. The company will receive a management fee, prepaid at the beginning of the contract, that is calculated as 1% of the
> “I thought I understood earnings per share,” lamented Brad Dawson, “but you’re telling me we need to pretend our convertible bonds have been converted! Or maybe not?” Dawson, your boss, is the new manager of the Fabricating division of BVT Corporation. H
> Del Conte Construction Company has experienced generally steady growth since its inception in 1973. Management is proud of its record of having maintained or increased its earnings per share in each year of its existence. The economic downturn has led to
> “I guess I’ll win that bet!” you announced to no one in particular. “What bet?” Renee asked. Renee Patey was close enough to overhear you. “When I bought my REC stock last year Randy insisted it was a mistake, that they were going to collapse. I bet him
> The shareholders’ equity of Proactive Solutions, Inc., included the following at December 31, 2021: Common stock, $1 par Paid-in capital—excess of par on common stock 7% cumulative convertible preferred stock, $100 par value Paid-in capital—excess of par
> The 2018 annual report of Best Buy Co., Inc., reported profitable operations for the most recent six years. However, the company suffered a net loss in 2012. Best Buy reported the following for the twelve months ended March 3, 2012: Note: The calculation
> You are in your second year as an auditor with Dantly and Regis, a regional CPA firm. One of the firm’s longtime clients is Mayberry-Cleaver Industries, a national company involved in the manufacturing, marketing, and sales of hydraulic devices used in s
> You are assistant controller of Stamos & Company, a medium-size manufacturer of machine parts. On October 22, 2020, the board of directors approved a stock option plan for key executives. On January 1, 2021, a specific number of stock options were grante
> “Now what do I do?” moaned your colleague Matt. “This is a first for me,” he confided. You and Matt are recent hires in the Accounting Division of National Paper. A top executive in the company has been given share-based incentive instruments that permit
> While eating his Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes one January morning, Tony noticed the following article in his local paper: Kellogg Company Reports Fourth-Quarter 2017 Results and Provides Guidance For 2018 (in part) BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Feb. 8, 2018 /PRNewswi
> Aria Perfume, Inc., sold 3,210 boxes of white musk soap during January of 2021 at the price of $90 per box. The company offers a full refund to unsatisfied customers for any product returned within 30 days from the date of purchase. Based on historical e
> IGF Foods Company is a large, primarily domestic, consumer foods company involved in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a variety of food products. Industry averages are derived from Troy’s The Almanac of Business and Industrial
> Microsoft provides compensation to executives in the form of a variety of incentive compensation plans, including restricted stock award grants. The following is an excerpt from a disclosure note from Microsoft’s 2017 annual report: Not
> AGF Foods Company is a large, primarily domestic, consumer foods company involved in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a variety of food products. Industry averages are derived from Troy’s The Almanac of Business and Industrial
> Nike is the world’s leading designer, marketer, and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories. The following is a press release from the company: NIKE, INC. ANNOUNCES 11 PERCENT INCREASE IN QUARTERLY DIVIDEND BEAVERT
> Titan Networking became a public company through an IPO (initial public offering) two weeks ago. You are looking forward to the challenges of being assistant controller for a publicly owned corporation. One such challenge came in the form of a memo in th
> The shareholders’ equity portion of the balance sheet of Sessel’s Department Stores, Inc., a large regional specialty retailer. Disclosures elsewhere in Sessel’s annual report revealed the following changes in shareholders’ equity accounts for 2022, 2021
> Refer to the 2017 financial statements and related disclosure notes of FedEx Corporation. The financial statements can be found at the company’s website (www.fedex.com). Required: 1. Does FedEx sponsor defined benefit pension plans for its employees? Def
> You are in your third year as internal auditor with VXI International, manufacturer of parts and supplies for jet aircraft. VXI began a defined contribution pension plan three years ago. The plan is a so-called 401(k) plan (named after the Tax Code secti
> Refer to the financial statements and related disclosure notes of Microsoft Corporation (www.microsoft.com). Required: 1. What type of pension plan does Microsoft sponsor for its employees? Explain. 2. Who bears the “risk” of factors that might reduce re
> The focus of this case is question 1 in the previous case. Your instructor will divide the class into two to six groups, depending on the size of the class. The mission of your group is to assess the correctness of Barlow’s observation and to suggest the
> On January 1, 2021, Lego Construction Company signed a contract to build a custom garage for a customer and received $10,000 in advance for the job. The new garage will be built on the customer’s land. To complete this project, Lego must first build a co
> LGD Consulting is a medium-sized provider of environmental engineering services. The corporation sponsors a noncontributory, defined benefit pension plan. Alan Barlow, a new employee and participant in the pension plan, obtained a copy of the 2021 financ
> Stacy Persoff is the newly hired assistant controller of Kemp Industries, a regional supplier of hardwood derivative products. The company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan that covers its 420 employees. On reviewing last year’s financial statement
> Macy’s, Inc., operates about 700 Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s department stores and furniture galleries in 45 states and U.S. territories as well as Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores, macys.com, and bloomingdales.com. Refer to the financial statements for the ye
> The board of examiners of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is responsible for preparing the CPA examination. The boards of accountancy of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, a
> Kroger Co. is one of the largest retail food companies in the United States as measured by total annual sales. The Kroger Co. operates supermarkets, convenience stores, and manufactures and processes food that its supermarkets sell. Using EDGAR (sec.gov)
> Access the 2016 financial statements and related disclosure notes of Ford Motor Company from its website at corporate.ford.com. Required: 1. In Note 21, find Ford’s net deferred tax asset or liability. What is that number? 2. Does Ford show a valuation a
> The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) maintains an information site on the Internet that provides tax information and services. Among those services is a server for publications and forms which allows a visitor to download a variety of IRS forms and publica
> The income tax disclosure note accompanying the January 31, 2017, financial statements of Walmart is reproduced below: Required: 1. Focusing on only the first part of Note 9, relating current, deferred, and total provision for income taxes, prepare a sum
> The date is November 15, 2017. You are the new controller for Engineered Solutions. The company treasurer, Randy Patey, believes that as a result of pending legislation, the currently enacted 40% income tax rate may be decreased for 2018 to 25% and is un
> Williams-Santana Inc. is a manufacturer of high-tech industrial parts that was started in 2007 by two talented engineers with little business training. In 2021, the company was acquired by one of its major customers. As part of an internal audit, the fol
> Refer to the situation described in BE 6–33. Assume that the building was completed during the second year, and construction costs incurred during the second year were $10 million. How much revenue and gross profit or loss will the company recognize in t
> Russell-James Corporation is a diversified consumer products company. During 2021, Russell-James discontinued its line of cosmetics, which constituted discontinued operations for financial reporting purposes. As vice president of the food products divisi
> The following is a portion of the balance sheets of Macy’s, Inc. for the years ended January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016: Required: 1. What is Macy’s debt to equity ratio for the year ended January 28, 2017? 2. What
> Security Devices Inc. (SDI) needs additional office space to accommodate expansion. SDI wants to avoid income statement effects that would disrupt its attempts to “smooth” income over time. Required: 1. Which lease classification would management prefer?
> General Tools is seeking ways to maintain and improve cash balances. As company controller, you have proposed the sale and leaseback of much of the company’s equipment. As seller-lessee, General Tools would retain the right to essentially all of the rema
> Walmart Inc. is the world’s largest retailer. A large portion of the premises that the company occupies are leased. Its financial statements and disclosure notes revealed the following information: Required: 1. The net asset â
> Interstate Automobiles Corporation leased 40 vans to VIP Transport under a four-year noncancelable lease on January 1, 2021. Information concerning the lease and the vans follows: a. Equal annual lease payments of $300,000 are due on January 1, 2021, and
> “I don’t see that in my intermediate accounting text I saved from college,” you grumble to a colleague in the accounting division of Dowell Chemical Corporation. “This will take some research.” Your comments pertain to the appropriate accounting treatmen
> It is not unusual to issue long-term debt in conjunction with an arrangement under which lenders receive an option to buy common stock during all or a portion of the time the debt is outstanding. Sometimes the vehicle is convertible bonds; sometimes warr
> On August 31, 2018, Chickasaw Industries issued $25 million of its 30-year, 6% convertible bonds dated August 31, priced to yield 5%. The bonds are convertible at the option of the investors into 1,500,000 shares of Chickasaw’s common stock. Chickasaw re
> EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering. Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and
> Refer to the situation described in BE 6–33. Assume that, during the first year the company billed its customer $7 million, of which $5 million was collected before year-end. What would appear in the year-end balance sheet related to this contract? Data
> AGF Foods Company is a large, primarily domestic, consumer foods company involved in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of a variety of food products. Industry averages are derived from Troy’s The Almanac of Business and Industrial
> The Jaecke Group, Inc. manufactures various kinds of hydraulic pumps. In June 2021, the company signed a fouryear purchase agreement with one of its main parts suppliers, Hydraulics, Inc. Over the four-year period, Jaecke has agreed to purchase 100,000 u
> The following appeared in the October 15, 2021, issue of the Financial Smarts Journal: This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale or an offer to buy securities. New Issue: October 15, 2021 $750,000,000 CRAFT FOODS, INC. 7.75% Debentures Du
> In the March 2022 meeting of Valleck Corporation’s board of directors, a question arose as to the way a possible obligation should be disclosed in the forthcoming financial statements for the year ended December 31. A veteran board member brought to the
> “I see an all-nighter coming on,” Gayle grumbled. “Why did Mitch just now give us this assignment?” Your client, Western Manufacturing, is involved with several situations that possibly involve contingencies. The assignment Gayle refers to is to draft ap
> Domestic Transfer and Storage is a large trucking company headquartered in the Midwest. Rapid expansion in recent years has been financed in large part by debt in a variety of forms. In preparing the financial statements for 2018, questions have arisen r
> Outdoors R Us owns several membership-based campground resorts throughout the Southwest. The company sells campground sites to new members, usually during a get-acquainted visit and tour. The campgrounds offer a wider array of on-site facilities than mos
> IGF Foods Company is a large, primarily domestic, consumer foods company involved in the manufacture, distribution and sale of a variety of food products. Industry averages are derived from Troy’s The Almanac of Business and Industrial
> As a second-year financial analyst for A.J. Straub Investments, you are performing an initial analysis on Fizer Pharmaceuticals. A difficulty you’ve encountered in making comparisons with its chief rival is that Fizer uses U.S. GAAP and the competing com
> This was Joel Craig’s first visit to the controller’s corner office since being recruited for the senior accountant position in May. Because he’d been directed to bring with him his preliminary report on year-end adjustments, Craig presumed he’d done som
> Precision Equipment, Inc., specializes in designing and installing customized manufacturing equipment. On February 1, 2021, it signs a contract to design a fully automated wristwatch assembly line for $2 million, which will be settled in cash upon comple
> Morgan Stanley is a leading investment bank founded in 1935. The company’s fiscal year ends December 31, 2013, and it filed its financial statements with the SEC on February 25, 2014. On February 5, 2014, Bloomberg reported that Morgan Stanley would make
> Kevin Brantly is a new hire in the controller’s office of Fleming Home Products. Two events occurred in late 2021 that the company had not previously encountered. The events appear to affect two of the company’s liabil
