Porto Bay Corporation manufactures and distributes leisure clothing

Porto Bay Corporation manufactures and distributes leisure clothing. Selected transactions completed by Porto Bay during the current fiscal year are as follows:

Jan. 10. Split the common stock 4 for 1 and reduced the par from $100 to $25 per share. After the split, there were 500,000 common shares outstanding.
Mar. 1. Declared semiannual dividends of $1.20 on 80,000 shares of preferred stock and $0.24 on the 500,000 shares of $25 par common stock to stockholders of record on March 31, payable on April 30.
Apr. 30. Paid the cash dividends.
July 9. Purchased 75,000 shares of the corporations own common stock at $26, recording the stock at cost.
Aug. 29. Sold 40,000 shares of treasury stock at $32, receiving cash.
Sept. 1. Declared semiannual dividends of $1.20 on the preferred stock and $0.15 on the common stock (before the stock dividend). In addition, a 1% common stock dividend was declared on the common stock outstanding, to be capitalized at the fair market value of the common stock, which is estimated at $30.
Oct. 31. Paid the cash dividends and issued the certificates for the common stock dividend.

Instructions
Journalize the transactions.


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SSG Cycles manufactures and distributes motorcycle parts and supplies

E 19-8 Stock options

SSG Cycles manufactures and distributes motorcycle parts and supplies. Employees are offered a variety of share-based compensation plans. Under its nonqualified stock option plan, SSG granted options to key officers on January 1, 2011. The options permit holders to acquire 12 million of the company's $1 par common shares for $11 within the next six years, but not before January 1, 2014 (the vesting date). The market price of the shares on the date of grant is $13 per share. The fair value of the 12 million options, estimated by an appropriate option pricing model, is $3 per option.

Required:
1. Determine the total compensation cost pertaining to the incentive stock option plan.
2. Prepare the appropriate journal entries to record compensation expense on December 31, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
3. Record the exercise of the options if all of the options are exercised on May 11, 2015, when the market price is $14 per share.


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Goldenrod Warehouse distributes hardback books to retail stores and extends credit terms of 2/10, n/30 to all of its customers

P5-2A Goldenrod Warehouse distributes hardback books to retail stores and extends credit terms of 2/10, n/30 to all of its customers. During the month of June the following merchandising transactions occurred.

June 1 Purchased books on account for $960 (including freight) from Barnum Publishers, terms 2/10, n/30.
3 Sold books on account to the Flint Hills bookstore for $1,200 each. The cost of the merchandise sold was $720.
6 Received $60 credit for books returned to Barnum Publishers.
9 Paid Barnum Publishers in full.
15 Received payment in full from the Flint Hills bookstore.
17 Sold books on account to Town Crier Bookstore for $1,400. The cost of the merchandise sold was $840.
20 Purchased books on account for $720 from Good Book Publishers, terms 1/15, n/30.
24 Received payment in full from Town Crier Bookstore.
26 Paid Good Book Publishers in full.
28 Sold books on account to HomeTown Bookstore for $1,300. The cost of the merchandise sold was $780.
30 Granted HomeTown Bookstore $150 credit for books returned costing $90.

Instructions
Journalize the transactions for the month of June for Goldenrod Warehouse, using a perpetual inventory system.


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Farmer Frank’s produces items from local farm products and distributes them to supermarkets

Ethics and Standard Costs

Farmer Frank’s produces items from local farm products and distributes them to supermarkets. Over the years, price competition has become increasingly important, so Susan Kramer, the company’s controller, is planning to implement a standard cost system for Farmer Frank’s. She asked her cost accountant, Margaret Chang, to gather cost information on the production of blueberry preserves (Farmer Frank’s most popular product). Margaret reported that blueberries cost $.75 per quart, the price she intends to pay to her good friend who has been operating a blueberry farm that has been unprofitable for the last few years. Because of an oversupply in the market, the price for blueberries has dropped to $.60 per quart. Margaret is sure that the $.75 price will be enough to pull her friend’s farm out of the red and into the black.

Required:
Is Margaret’s behavior regarding the cost information she provided to Susan unethical? Explain your answer.


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Use the assets and partners’ bases from Problem 28. Assume the partnership distributes all its assets in a liquidating distribution

Use the assets and partners’ bases from Problem 28. Assume the partnership distributes all its assets in a liquidating distribution. In deciding the allocation of assets, what issues should the partnership consider to minimize each partner’s taxable gains?

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(Basics of CVP Analysis) Feather Friends, Inc., distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $20 per unit

Problem 6-19 Basics of CVP Analysis
Feather Friends, Inc., distributes a high-quality wooden birdhouse that sells for $20 per unit. Variable costs are $8 per unit, and fi xed costs total $180,000 per year.

Required:
Answer the following independent questions:
1. What is the product’s CM ratio?
2. Use the CM ratio to determine the break-even point in sales dollars.
3. Due to an increase in demand, the company estimates that sales will increase by $75,000 during the next year. By how much should net operating income increase (or net loss decrease) assuming that fixed costs do not change?
4. Assume that the operating results for last year were:
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000
Variable expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160,000
Contribution margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240,000
Fixed expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,000
Net operating income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 60,000
a. Compute the degree of operating leverage at the current level of sales.
b. The president expects sales to increase by 20% next year. By what percentage should net operating income increase?
5. Refer to the original data. Assume that the company sold 18,000 units last year. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with a $30,000 increase in advertising, would cause annual sales in units to increase by one-third. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one showing the results of last year’s operations and one showing the results of operations if these changes are made. Would you recommend that the company do as the sales manager suggests?
6. Refer to the original data. Assume again that the company sold 18,000 units last year. The president does not want to change the selling price. Instead, he wants to increase the sales commission by $1 per unit. He thinks that this move, combined with some increase in advertising, would increase annual sales by 25%. By how much could advertising be increased with profits remaining unchanged? Do not prepare an income statement; use the incremental analysis approach.

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