Question: Refer to the information regarding Hannah Company

> Pool Corporation, Inc., is the world’s largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and equipment. Assume Pool Corporation purchased for cash new loading equipment for the warehouse on January 1 of Year 1, at an invoice price of $72,000. It al

> Keurig Dr Pepper, is a leading worldwide integrated brand owner, bottler, and distributor of non-alcoholic beverages. Key brands include Dr Pepper, Snapple, 7-UP, Mott’s juices, A&W root beer, Canada Dry ginger ale, Bai antioxidant

> Brothers Herm and Steve Hargenrater began operations of their tool and die shop (H & H Tool) on January 1, 1987, in Meadville, PA. The annual reporting period ends December 31. Assume that the trial balance on January 1, 2023, was as follows: Transac

> Aubrae and Tylor Williamson began operations of their furniture repair shop (Furniture Refinishers, Inc.) on January 1, 2019. The annual reporting period ends December 31. The trial balance on January 1, 2024, was as follows: Transactions during 2024 fol

> Using Financial Reports: Identifying and Correcting Deficiencies in an Income Statement and Balance Sheet Precision Corporation was organized on January 1, 2021. At the end of 2021, the company had not yet employed an accountant; however, an employee who

> Refer to the information regarding Bill’s Catering Company in AP4-3. Required: 1. Indicate whether each transaction relates to a deferred revenue, deferred expense, accrued revenue, or accrued expense. 2. Using the following headings, i

> Broadening Financial Research Skills: Locating Financial Information on the SEC’s Database The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates companies that issue stock on the stock market. It receives financial reports from public companies electron

> Comparing Companies within an Industry Refer to the following: • Target Corporation in Appendix B, • Walmart Inc. in Appendix C, and the • Industry Ratio Report in Appendix D at the end of this book.

> Refer to the financial statements of Walmart given in Appendix C at the end of this book. At the bottom of each statement, the company warns readers that “The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.” The following questions

> Refer to the financial statements of Target Corporation in Appendix B at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions. 1. Did the company accrue more or pay more for wages and benefits in the most recent fiscal year and by how much? a. Target

> Refer to the financial statements and footnotes of Walmart given in Appendix C at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions. Round your answers to two decimal places. For calculations that require net income, use the “Consolidated net inco

> Refer to the financial statements and footnotes of Target given in Appendix B at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions. Round your answers to two decimal places. Required: 1. For the most recent fiscal year, compute the return on equit

> Refer to the financial statements of Target (Appendix B) and Walmart (Appendix C), and the Industry Ratio Report (Appendix D) at the end of this book. Required: 1. Compute the quality of income ratio for both companies for the most recent reporting year.

> Refer to the financial statements of Walmart given in Appendix C at the end of this book. Required: 1. On the statement of cash flows, what was the largest item (in absolute value) listed under “Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cas

> Refer to the financial statements of Target given in Appendix B at the end of this book. Required: 1. Does Target, use the direct or indirect method to report cash flows from operating activities? How did you know? a. Direct because it lists the individu

> A recent annual report for Apple Inc. contained the following information (dollars in millions): In 2020, Apple declared dividends equal to $0.795 per share. Assume all of the dividends were paid with cash by year end. Approximately how much cash in tota

> South Bend Repair Service Co. keeps its records without the help of an accountant. After much effort, an outside accountant prepared the following unadjusted trial balance as of the end of the annual accounting period on December 31: Data not yet recorde

> Refer to the financial statements of Target (Appendix B) and Walmart (Appendix C) and the Industry Ratio Report (Appendix D) at the end of this book. Required: 1. Compare basic earnings per share for Target and Walmart. 2. How would repurchasing treasury

> Refer to the financial statements of Target (Appendix B) and Walmart (Appendix C) and the Industry Ratio Report (Appendix D) at the end of this book. Required: 1. Compute the debt-to-equity ratio for both companies for the most recent fiscal year. (Round

> Refer to the financial statements and footnotes of Walmart given in Appendix C at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions. Required: 1. What is the amount of cash Walmart paid for interest during the most recent fiscal year?____________

> Refer to the financial statements and footnotes of Target given in Appendix B at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions. Required: 1. Where does Target report the amount of cash paid for interest during the most recent fiscal year? a. S

> Refer to the financial statements of Target (Appendix B) and Walmart (Appendix C) and the Industry Ratio Report (Appendix D) at the end of this book. Required: 1. Compute the accounts payable turnover ratio for both companies for the most recent fiscal y

> Refer to the financial statements and footnotes of Walmart given in Appendix C at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions. 1. What is the amount of accrued wages and benefits at the end of the most recent fiscal year?_________________ 2.

> You are a financial analyst charged with evaluating the asset efficiency of companies in the hotel industry. Recent financial statements for Marriott International include the following note: Required: 1. Assume that Marriott followed this policy for a m

> As stated in its recent annual report, “Sysco Corporation . . . is the largest global distributor of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. We provide products and related services to ove

> Refer to the following: • Target Corporation in Appendix B, • Walmart Inc. in Appendix C, and the • Industry Ratio Report in Appendix D at the end of this book. All dollar amounts are in millions of d

> An annual report for International Paper Company included the following note: The last-in, first-out inventory method is used to value most of International Paper’s U.S. inventories . . . If the first-in, first-out method had been used, it would have inc

> Taos Company is completing the information processing cycle at the end of its fiscal year on December 31. Following are the correct balances at December 31 of the current year for the accounts both before and after the adjusting entries for the current y

> Refer to the financial statements of Target (Appendix B) and Walmart (Appendix C) and the Industry Ratio Report (Appendix D) at the end of this book. Required: 1. Compute the inventory turnover ratio for both companies for the current year. 2. What do yo

> Refer to the financial statements of Walmart, given in Appendix C at the end of this book. Required: 1. The company uses LIFO to account for its “Walmart U.S. inventory” and FIFO to account for its “Walmart International inventory.” Is there anything spe

> Refer to the financial statements of Target given in Appendix B at the end of this book. All dollar amounts in the statements and answers are in millions. Required: 1. How much inventory does the company hold at the end of the most recent year? a. $44,94

> Cripple Creek Company has one trusted employee who, as the owner said, “handles all of the bookkeeping and paperwork for the company.” This employee is responsible for counting, verifying, and recording cash receipts and payments; making the weekly bank

> Symbol Technologies, Inc., was a fast-growing maker of bar-code scanners. According to the federal charges, Tomo Razmilovic, the CEO at Symbol, was obsessed with meeting the stock market’s expectation for continued growth. His executive team responded by

> Refer to the financial statements of Walmart given in Appendix C at the end of this book. All dollar amounts in the statements are in millions. Required: 1. (a) How much cash and cash equivalents does the company report at the end of the current year? (E

> Refer to the financial statements of Target given in Appendix B at the end of this book. Required: 1. What does the company include in its category of cash and cash equivalents? How close do you think the disclosed amount is to actual fair market value?

> Megan Company (not a corporation) was careless about its financial records during its first year of operations, the current year. It is December 31 of the current year the end of the annual accounting period. An outside CPA has examined the records and d

> Zoltar Moving Co. has been in operation for over 30 years providing moving services for local households and businesses. It is now December 31, 2024, the end of the annual accounting period. Assume that the company has not done well financially during th

> Carey Land Company, a closely held corporation, invests in commercial rental properties. Carey’s annual accounting period ends on December 31. At the end of each year, numerous adjusting entries must be made because many transactions completed during cur

> Kiwi, Inc., headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, designs, manufactures, and markets headphones and other audio components. The following is Kiwi’s (simplified) balance sheet from a recent fiscal year ending on June 30. Assume that th

> You are the regional sales manager for Jackie Branco News Company. Jackie is making adjusting entries for the year ended March 31, 2024. On September 1, 2023, customers in your region paid $36,000 cash for three-year magazine subscriptions beginning on t

> Evaluating an Ethical Dilemma: Analyzing Management Incentives On December 5, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two top executives of Celadon Group, Inc., an Indiana-based trucking company, for their participation in an accountin

> Lisa Knight owns and operates Lisa’s Day Spa and Salon, Inc. She has decided to sell the business and retire, and is in discussions with Helen Bailey, the owner of a regional chain of day spas. The discussions are at the complex stage o

> Using Financial Reports: Analyzing the Balance Sheet Recent balance sheets are provided for Twitter, Inc., a global platform for real-time public self-expression and conversation. Show your answers in thousands of dollars. Required: 1. Is Twitter a corpo

> Using Financial Reports: Evaluating the Reliability of a Balance Sheet Frances Sabatier asked a local bank for a $50,000 loan to expand her small company. The bank asked Frances to submit a financial statement of the business to supplement the loan appli

> The financial statements for Lainey’s Famous Pizza are below. Lainey’s operates more than 250 locations in 30 states and 11 countries. Required 1. Compute the following ratios for Year 3 using information from the comp

> Wolf Company uses the LIFO method to account for inventory and Tiger Company uses the FIFO method. The two companies are exactly alike except for the difference in inventory cost flow assumptions. Costs of inventory items for both companies have been ris

> Tabor Company has just prepared the following comparative annual financial statements for the current year: Required: 1. Using average balances for balance sheet accounts and year-end balances for all income statement accounts, compute the following rati

> Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are well-known international beverage and snack companies. Compare the two companies as a potential investment based on the following ratios:

> Murray Company is developing its annual financial statements at December 31, current year. The statements are complete except for the statement of cash flows. The completed comparative balance sheets and income statement are summarized as follows: Additi

> Golden Deer Company is developing its annual financial statements at December 31, current year. The statements are complete except for the statement of cash flows. The completed comparative balance sheets and income statement are summarized below: Additi

> Athena Company’s accountants have just completed the income statement and balance sheet for the year and have provided the following information (dollars in thousands): The company issued $50,000, 9 percent bonds payable at par during t

> Alonzo and Mika, two students in a financial statement analysis class, were reviewing financial statements for Facebook, one of the world’s largest social-media companies. Alonzo noted that the company did not report any dividends in the financing activi

> Kainen Company reported the following information at the end of the year: The board of directors is considering the distribution of a cash dividend to the two groups of stockholders. No dividends were declared during the previous two years. Assume the th

> The following was in the financial press pertaining to Zoom Video Communications: Zoom’s (ZM) stock was sold for $65 per share during its opening day of trading. Zoom sold 21 million shares at its IPO. Required: 1. Record the issuance of stock, assuming

> Salish Corporation received its charter during January of this year. The charter authorized the following stock: Preferred stock: 10 percent, $10 par value, 31,000 shares authorized Common stock: $8 par value, 60,000 shares authorized During the year, th

> Assume for each of the following independent cases that the annual accounting period ends on December 31. Revenues for the year were $288,000. Expenses for the year were $328,000. Case A: Assume that Weather Company is a sole proprietorship owned by Mrs.

> Chukanut Company completed the following transactions during Year 1. Chukanut’s fiscal year ends on December 31. Jan. 20 Paid cash for office supplies (held as office supplies inventory). The invoice amount was $17,900. Apr. 1 Borrowed $458,000 from Roya

> Sabre Company has just completed a physical inventory count at year-end, December 31 of the current year. Only the items on the shelves, in storage, and in the receiving area were counted and costed on a FIFO basis. The inventory amounted to $96,000. Dur

> Required: Using the events (a) through (h) in AP2-3, indicate whether each transaction is an investing (I) or financing (F) activity for the quarter and the direction and amount of the effect on cash flows (+ for increase and − for decrease). If there is

> Assume that Witz and Steenhoven, Inc. uses the aging approach to estimate bad debt expense at the end of each accounting year. Credit sales occur frequently on terms n/45. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of four time periods a

> V.F. Corporation is a global leader in the design, production, procurement, marketing and distribution of branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and related products. Their largest brands are Vans®, The North Face®, TimberlandÂ&r

> The following data were selected from the records of Sharkim Company for the year ended December 31, current year. In the following order, except for cash sales, the company sold merchandise and made collections on credit terms 2/10, n/30 (assume a unit

> What do liquidity ratios focus on? What is an example of a liquidity ratio and how is it computed?

> What do turnover ratios focus on? What is an example of a turnover ratio and how is it computed?

> What is ratio analysis? Why is it useful?

> Complete the following:

> Just prior to the end of the fiscal year, Climate Corporation reported the following information: Required: Complete the table below for each of the three following independent cases: Case 1: The board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.04 per s

> How does product differentiation differ from cost differentiation?

> When considering an investment in stock, investors should evaluate the company’s future income and growth potential on the basis of what three factors?

> What do market ratios focus on? What is an example of a market ratio and how is it computed?

> What do solvency ratios focus on? What is an example of a solvency ratio and how is it computed?

> Who are the primary users of a company’s financial statements?

> Tungsten Company, Inc., sells heavy construction equipment. There are 10,000 shares of capital stock outstanding. The annual fiscal period ends on December 31. The following condensed trial balance was taken from the general ledger on December 31, curren

> Blue Skies Equipment Company uses the aging approach to estimate bad debt expense at the end of each accounting year. Credit sales occur frequently on terms n/60. The balance of each account receivable is aged on the basis of three time periods as follow

> Use the data presented in P6-1, which were selected from the records of Sykes Company for the year ended December 31, current year. Required: 1. Give the journal entries for these transactions, including the write-off of the uncollectible account and the

> General Mills, Inc., is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods sold through retail stores. It recently disclosed the following information concerning the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts on its Form 10-K Annual Report submitt

> Jordan Sales Company (organized as a corporation on April 1, 2021) has completed the accounting cycle for the second year, ended March 31, 2023. Jordan also has completed a correct trial balance as follows: Required: Complete the financial statements as

> The following information was extracted from the records of Olympic Company at the end of the fiscal year after all adjusting entries were completed: Required: 1. Prepare the stockholders’ equity section of the balance sheet at the end

> Identifying Effects of Transactions on the Statement of Cash Flows (AP2-4) Refer to P2-3. Required: Using events (a) through (i) in P2-3, indicate whether each is an investing (I) or financing (F) activity for the year and the direction of the effect on

> Mellor Towing Company provides hauling and delivery services for other businesses. It is at the end of its accounting year ending December 31. The following data that must be considered were developed from the company’s records and related documents: a.

> All of the current year’s entries for Zimmerman Company have been made, except the following adjusting entries. The company’s annual accounting year ends on December 31. a. On September 1 of the current year, Zimmerman collected six months’ rent of $9,60

> The price/earnings ratio provides important information concerning the stock market’s assessment of the growth potential of a business. The following are price/earnings ratios for selected companies. Match the company with its ratio and

> Assume for each of the following independent cases that the annual accounting period ends on December 31. Revenues for the year were $144,000. Expenses for the year were $164,000. Case A: Assume that RiseUp Company is a sole proprietorship owned by Mrs.

> Use the data from Problem P9-4 to complete this problem. Required: For each transaction (including adjusting entries) listed in Problem P9-4, indicate the effects (e.g., Cash + or −) using the format below. You do not need to include am

> Use the data from Problem P9-2 to complete this problem. Required: For each transaction (including adjusting entries) listed in Problem P9-2, indicate the effects (e.g., Cash + or −) using the format below. You do not need to include am

> For each transaction in M2-6 (including the sample), write the journal entry in the proper form. M2-6: For each of the following transactions of JonesSpa Corporation for the month of January, indicate the accounts, the amounts, and the direction of the

> Using the following categories, indicate the effects of the following transactions. Use + for increase and − for decrease and indicate the accounts affected and the amounts. a. At the end of the period, bad debt expense is estimated to

> For each of the transactions in M4-6, indicate the amounts and the direction of effects of the adjusting entry on the elements of the balance sheet and income statement. Using the following format, indicate + for increase, − for decreas

> Makani Corporation is planning to issue bonds with a face value of $800,000 and a coupon rate of 4 percent. The bonds mature in two years and pay interest semiannually every June 30 and December 31. All of the bonds were sold on January 1 of this year. M

> Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is a leading interior design company and manufacturer and retailer of home furnishings in the United States and abroad. The following is adapted from Ethan Allen’s recent annual financial statements for fiscal year ending on Ju

> Prepare journal entries for each transaction listed. a. During the period, bad debts are written off in the amount of $14,500. b. At the end of the period, bad debt expense is estimated to be $16,000.

> Matching Definitions with Terms Match each definition with its related term by entering the appropriate letter in the space provided.

> Preparing a Trial Balance Nash Company has the following adjusted accounts and balances at year-end (June 30): Prepare an adjusted trial balance in good form for the Nash Company at June 30.

> Zion Company earned $6.50 per share and paid dividends of $3.50 per share. The company reported a dividend yield of 5 percent. What was the price of the stock?

> For each of the following events, which ones result in an exchange transaction for Dittman Company (Y for yes and N for no)? (1) Six investors in Dittman Company sold their stock to another investor. (2) The founding owner, Megan Dittman, purchased addit

> In the current year, Salmon Company reported sales of $1,420,000, interest expense of $12,000, income tax expense of $13,000, and net income of $52,000. What is Salmon’s times interest earned ratio?

> Compute the return on asset ratio for Year 2 given the following data:

> Skykomish Corporation purchased 20,000 shares of its own stock from investors for $45 per share. The next year, the company resold 5,000 of the repurchased shares for $50 per share, and the following year it resold 10,000 of the repurchased shares for $3

> Wapato Company sold bonds with a face value of $850,000 for $909,701. The bonds have a coupon rate of 8 percent, mature in 10 years, and pay interest annually every December 31. All of the bonds were sold on January 1 of this year. Using a premium accoun

> Oak Corporation’s financial statements for the current year showed the following: Compute Oak’s times interest earned ratio.