Wilkins Food Products, Inc. acquired a packaging machine from Lawrence Specialists Corporation

E 20-21 Error in amortization schedule

Wilkins Food Products, Inc. acquired a packaging machine from Lawrence Specialists Corporation. Lawrence completed construction of the machine on January 1, 2009. In payment for the machine Wilkins issued a three-year installment note to be paid in three equal payments at the end of each year. The payments include interest at the rate of 10%. Lawrence made a conceptual error in preparing the amortization schedule which Wilkins failed to discover until 2011. As a result of the error, Wilkins understated interest expense by $45,000 in 2009 and $40,000 in 2010.

Required:
1. Determine which accounts are incorrect as a result of these errors at January 1, 2011, before any adjustments. Explain your answer. (Ignore income taxes.)
2. Prepare a journal entry to correct the error.
3. What other step(s) would be taken in connection with the error?

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American Food Services, Inc., acquired a packaging machine from Barton and Barton Corporation

E 14-18 Installment note; amortization schedule

American Food Services, Inc., acquired a packaging machine from Barton and Barton Corporation. Barton and Barton completed construction of the machine on January 1, 2011. In payment for the $4 million machine, American Food Services issued a four-year installment note to be paid in four equal payments at the end of each year. The payments include interest at the rate of 10%.

Required:
1. Prepare the journal entry for American Food Services' purchase of the machine on January 1, 2011.
2. Prepare an amortization schedule for the four-year term of the installment note.
3. Prepare the journal entry for the first installment payment on December 31, 2011.
4. Prepare the journal entry for the third installment payment on December 31, 2013.

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Olsson Company uses special strapping equipment in its packaging business

P11-9 (Impairment) Olsson Company uses special strapping equipment in its packaging business. The equipment was purchased in January 2007 for $8,000,000 and had an estimated useful life of 8 years with no salvage value. At December 31, 2008, new technology was introduced that would accelerate the obsolescence of Olsson’s equipment. Olsson’s controller estimates that expected future net cash flows on the equipment will be $5,300,000 and that the fair value of the equipment is $4,400,000. Olsson intends to continue using the equipment, but it is estimated that the remaining useful life is 4 years. Olsson uses straight line depreciation.

Instructions
(a) Prepare the journal entry (if any) to record the impairment at December 31, 2008.
(b) Prepare any journal entries for the equipment at December 31, 2009. The fair value of the equipment at December 31, 2009, is estimated to be $4,600,000.
(c) Repeat the requirements for (a) and (b), assuming that Olsson intends to dispose of the equipment and that it has not been disposed of as of December 31, 2009.

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Kasten Company manufactures bowling balls through two processes: Molding and Packaging

Problem 3-1A (P3-1A) Kasten Company manufactures bowling balls through two processes: Molding and Packaging. In the Molding Department, the urethane, rubber, plastics, and other materials are molded into bowling balls. In the Packaging Department, the balls are placed in cartons and sent to the finished goods warehouse. All materials are entered at the beginning of each process. Labor and manufacturing overhead are incurred uniformly throughout each process. Production and cost data for the Molding Department during June 2008 are presented below.

Production Data June
Beginning work in process units –0–
Units started into production 20,000
Ending work in process units 2,000
Percent complete—ending inventory 60%
Cost Data
Materials $198,000
Labor 50,400
Overhead 112,800
Total $361,200

Hint:
Complete four steps necessary to prepare a production cost report.

Instructions
(a) Prepare a schedule showing physical units of production.
(b) Determine the equivalent units of production for materials and conversion costs.
(c) Compute the unit costs of production.
(d) Determine the costs to be assigned to the units transferred and in process for June.
(e) Prepare a production cost report for the Molding Department for the month of June.

Check:
(c) Materials $9.90; CC $8.50
(d) Transferred out $331,200; WIP $30,000

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Problem 3-3A (P3-3A) Fiedel Company manufactures its product, Vitadrink, through two manufacturing processes: Mixing and Packaging

Problem 3-3A (P3-3A) Fiedel Company manufactures its product, Vitadrink, through two manufacturing processes: Mixing and Packaging. All materials are entered at the beginning of each process. On October 1, 2008, inventories consisted of Raw Materials $26,000, Work in Process—Mixing $0, Work in Process—Packaging $250,000, and Finished Goods $289,000. The beginning inventory for Packaging consisted of 10,000 units that were 50% complete as to conversion costs and fully complete as to materials. During October, 50,000 units were started into production in the Mixing Department and the following transactions were completed.

1. Purchased $300,000 of raw materials on account.
2. Issued raw materials for production: Mixing $210,000 and Packaging $45,000.
3. Incurred labor costs of $248,900.
4. Used factory labor: Mixing $182,500 and Packaging $66,400.
5. Incurred $790,000 of manufacturing overhead on account.
6. Applied manufacturing overhead on the basis of $22 per machine hour. Machine hours were 28,000 in Mixing and 6,000 in Packaging.
7. Transferred 45,000 units from Mixing to Packaging at a cost of $979,000.
8. Transferred 53,000 units from Packaging to Finished Goods at a cost of $1,315,000.
9. Sold goods costing $1,604,000 for $2,500,000 on account.

Hint:
Journalize transactions.

Instructions
Journalize the October transactions.

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