Ch 6. Questions for Review and Discussion
6. How should governments report their capital projects and debt service activities in their government-wide statements?
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Monday, April 18, 2016
Lane & Goble Bookstore has a liberal return policy
E8-13 – Identifying and correcting an internal control weakness
Lane & Goble Bookstore has a liberal return policy. A customer can return any product for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. When a customer returns merchandise, Lane & Goble policy specifies:
• Store clerk issues a prenumbered return slip and refunds cash from the cash register. Keep a copy of the return slip for review by the manager.
• Store clerk places the returned goods back on the shelf as soon as possible. Lane & Goble uses a perpetual inventory system.
1. How can a dishonest store clerk steal from Lane & Goble? What part of company policy enables the store clerk to steal without getting caught?
2. How can Lane & Goble improve its internal controls to prevent this theft?
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Lane & Goble Bookstore has a liberal return policy. A customer can return any product for a full refund within 30 days of purchase. When a customer returns merchandise, Lane & Goble policy specifies:
• Store clerk issues a prenumbered return slip and refunds cash from the cash register. Keep a copy of the return slip for review by the manager.
• Store clerk places the returned goods back on the shelf as soon as possible. Lane & Goble uses a perpetual inventory system.
1. How can a dishonest store clerk steal from Lane & Goble? What part of company policy enables the store clerk to steal without getting caught?
2. How can Lane & Goble improve its internal controls to prevent this theft?
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William County opted to account for its duplication service center in an internal service fund
Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting
E. 9-3 Internal service funds are accounted for similarly to businesses
William County opted to account for its duplication service center in an internal service fund. Previously the center had been accounted for in the county’s general fund. During the first month in which it was accounted for as an internal service fund the center engaged in the following transactions:
1. Five copiers were transferred to the internal service fund from the government’s general capital assets. At the time of transfer the copiers had a book value (net of accumulated depreciation) of $70,000.
2. The general fund made an initial cash contribution of $35,000 to the internal service fund.
3. The center borrowed $270,000 from a local bank to finance the purchase of additional equipment and renovation of its facilities. It issued a three-year note.
4. It purchased equipment for $160,000 and paid contractors $100,000 for improvements to its facilities.
5. It billed the county clerk’s office $5,000 for printing services, of which the office remitted $2,500.
6. It incurred, and paid in cash, various operating expenses of $9,000.
7. The fund recognized depreciation of $1,500 on its equipment and $900 on the improvements to its facilities.
a. Prepare journal entries in the internal service fund to record the transactions.
b. Comment on the main differences resulting from the shift from the general fund to an internal service fund in how the center's assets and liabilities would be accounted for and reported
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E. 9-3 Internal service funds are accounted for similarly to businesses
William County opted to account for its duplication service center in an internal service fund. Previously the center had been accounted for in the county’s general fund. During the first month in which it was accounted for as an internal service fund the center engaged in the following transactions:
1. Five copiers were transferred to the internal service fund from the government’s general capital assets. At the time of transfer the copiers had a book value (net of accumulated depreciation) of $70,000.
2. The general fund made an initial cash contribution of $35,000 to the internal service fund.
3. The center borrowed $270,000 from a local bank to finance the purchase of additional equipment and renovation of its facilities. It issued a three-year note.
4. It purchased equipment for $160,000 and paid contractors $100,000 for improvements to its facilities.
5. It billed the county clerk’s office $5,000 for printing services, of which the office remitted $2,500.
6. It incurred, and paid in cash, various operating expenses of $9,000.
7. The fund recognized depreciation of $1,500 on its equipment and $900 on the improvements to its facilities.
a. Prepare journal entries in the internal service fund to record the transactions.
b. Comment on the main differences resulting from the shift from the general fund to an internal service fund in how the center's assets and liabilities would be accounted for and reported
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Robert Buey became Chief Executive Officer of Phelps Manufacturing two years ago
BYP 9-6 Robert Buey became Chief Executive Officer of Phelps Manufacturing two years ago. At the time, the company was reporting lagging profits, and Robert was brought in to "stir thing up." The company has three divisions, electronics, fiber optics, and plumbing supplies. Robert has no interest in plumbing supplies, and one of the first fixed costs away from the other two divisions to the plumbing division. This had the effect of causing the plumbing division to report losses during the last two years; in the past it had always reported low, but acceptable, net income. Robert felt that this reallocation would shine a favorable light on him in front of the board of directors because it meant that the electronics and fiber optics divisions would look like they were improving.
Given that these are "business of the future," he believed that the stock market would react favorably to these increase, while not penalizing the poor results of the plumbing division. Without this shift in the allocation of fixed costs, the profits of the electronics and fiber optics divisions would not have improved. But now the board of directors has suggested that the plumbing division be closed because it is reporting losses. This would mean that nearly 500 employees, many of whom have worked for Phelps their whole lives, would lose their jobs.
Instructions
(a) If a division is reporting losses, does that necessarily mean that it should be closed?
(b) Was the reallocation of fixed costs across division unethical?
(c)What should Robert do?
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Given that these are "business of the future," he believed that the stock market would react favorably to these increase, while not penalizing the poor results of the plumbing division. Without this shift in the allocation of fixed costs, the profits of the electronics and fiber optics divisions would not have improved. But now the board of directors has suggested that the plumbing division be closed because it is reporting losses. This would mean that nearly 500 employees, many of whom have worked for Phelps their whole lives, would lose their jobs.
Instructions
(a) If a division is reporting losses, does that necessarily mean that it should be closed?
(b) Was the reallocation of fixed costs across division unethical?
(c)What should Robert do?
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What is the relationship between a bond's price and its yield to maturity?
What is the relationship between a bond's price and its yield to maturity?
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Summit Manufacturing, Inc. produces snow shovels
Summit Manufacturing, Inc. produces snow shovels. The selling price per snow shovel is $30.
Costs involved in production are:
Direct material $5
Direct labor 4
Variable manufacturing overhead 3
Total variable manufacturing costs per unit $12
Fixed manufacturing overhead per year $180,000
In addition, the company has fixed selling and administrative costs of $160,000 per year.
EXERCISE 5-11. [LO 1] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is the value of ending inventory using full costing?
EXERCISE 5-12. [LO 1, 2] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is the value of ending inventory using variable costing?
EXERCISE 5-13. [LO 1, 2, 3] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
Calculate the difference in full costing net income and variable costing net income without preparing either income statement.
EXERCISE 5-14. [LO 1] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is cost of goods sold using full costing?
EXERCISE 5-15. [LO 1, 2] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is variable cost of goods sold?
EXERCISE 5-16. [LO 1] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is net income using full costing?
EXERCISE 5-17. [LO 1, 2] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is net income using variable costing?
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Costs involved in production are:
Direct material $5
Direct labor 4
Variable manufacturing overhead 3
Total variable manufacturing costs per unit $12
Fixed manufacturing overhead per year $180,000
In addition, the company has fixed selling and administrative costs of $160,000 per year.
EXERCISE 5-11. [LO 1] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is the value of ending inventory using full costing?
EXERCISE 5-12. [LO 1, 2] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is the value of ending inventory using variable costing?
EXERCISE 5-13. [LO 1, 2, 3] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
Calculate the difference in full costing net income and variable costing net income without preparing either income statement.
EXERCISE 5-14. [LO 1] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is cost of goods sold using full costing?
EXERCISE 5-15. [LO 1, 2] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is variable cost of goods sold?
EXERCISE 5-16. [LO 1] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is net income using full costing?
EXERCISE 5-17. [LO 1, 2] During the year, Summit produces 40,000 snow shovels and sells 37,000 snow shovels.
Required
What is net income using variable costing?
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The Divine Cheesecake Shoppe is a national bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake
Chapter 6 Problem 6-12 Activity-Based Costing [LO 5]
The Divine Cheesecake Shoppe is a national bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake. It also makes 12 different kinds of cheesecake as well as many other types of bakery items. It has recently adopted an activity-based costing system to assign manufacturing overhead to products. The following data relate to its strawberry cheesecake and the ABC cost pools:
AND SO ON
Required
a. Calculate the overhead rate per unit of activity for each of the five cost pools.
b. Calculate the total overhead assigned to the production of the strawberry cheesecake.
c. Calculate the overhead cost per unit for the strawberry cheesecake. Round to three decimal places.
d. Calculate the total unit cost for the strawberry cheesecake. Round to three decimal places.
e. Suppose that the Divine Cheesecake Shoppe allocates overhead by a traditional production volume-based method using direct labor dollars as the allocation base and one cost pool. Determine the overhead rate per direct labor dollar and the per unit overhead assigned to the strawberry cheesecake. Discuss the difference in cost allocations between the traditional method and the activity-based costing approach. Round to three decimal places.
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The Divine Cheesecake Shoppe is a national bakery that is known for its strawberry cheesecake. It also makes 12 different kinds of cheesecake as well as many other types of bakery items. It has recently adopted an activity-based costing system to assign manufacturing overhead to products. The following data relate to its strawberry cheesecake and the ABC cost pools:
AND SO ON
Required
a. Calculate the overhead rate per unit of activity for each of the five cost pools.
b. Calculate the total overhead assigned to the production of the strawberry cheesecake.
c. Calculate the overhead cost per unit for the strawberry cheesecake. Round to three decimal places.
d. Calculate the total unit cost for the strawberry cheesecake. Round to three decimal places.
e. Suppose that the Divine Cheesecake Shoppe allocates overhead by a traditional production volume-based method using direct labor dollars as the allocation base and one cost pool. Determine the overhead rate per direct labor dollar and the per unit overhead assigned to the strawberry cheesecake. Discuss the difference in cost allocations between the traditional method and the activity-based costing approach. Round to three decimal places.
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