PowerSwitch, Inc: Determine ending inventories after flood; insurance claim letter
PowerSwitch, Inc. designs and manufactures switches used in telecommunications. Serious flooding throughout North Carolina affected PowerSwitch's facilities. Inventory was completely ruined, and the company's computer system, including all accounting records, was destroyed.
Before the disaster recovery specialists clean the buildings, Stephen Plum, the company controller, is anxious to salvage whatever records he can to support an insurance claim for the destroyed inventory. He is standing in what is left of the accounting department with Paul Lopez, the cost accountant.
"I didn't know mud could smell so bad, " Paul says. "What would I be looking for?" "Don't worry about beginning inventory numbers, " responds Stephen, "we'll get them from last year's annual report. We need first quarter cost data."
I was working on the first quarter results just before the storm hit, Paul says. Look, my reports still in my desk drawer. All I can make out is that for the first quarter, material purchases were $476,000 and direct labor, manufacturing overhead, and total manufacturing costs to account for were $505,000, $245,000, and $1,425,000, respectively. Wait, and cost of goods available for sale was $1,340,000."
"Great, "says Stephen. "I remember that sales for the period were approximately $1.7 million. Given our gross profit of 30%, thats all you should need." Paul is not sure about that, but decides to see what he can do with this information. The beginning inventory numbers are
Direct materials - $113,000
Work in process - $229,000
Finished goods - $154,000
He remembers a schedule he learned in college that may help him get started.
Requirements:
1. Determine the ending inventories of direct materials, work in process, and finished goods.
2. Draft an insurance claim letter for the controller, seeking reimbursment for the flood damage to inventory. PowerSwitch's insurance representative is Gary Ogleby, at Industrial Insurance Co., 1122 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06268. The policy number is #3454340-23. PowerSwitch address is 5 Research Triangle Way, Raleigh, NC 27698
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Monday, October 26, 2015
Indicate with the appropriate letter the nature of each situation described below
E 20-18 Classifying accounting changes
Indicate with the appropriate letter the nature of each situation described below
Type of change
PR change in principle reported retrospectively
PP change in principle reported prospectively
E change in estimate
EP change in estimate resulting from a change in principle
R change in reporting entity
N not an accounting change
1. Change from declining balance depreciation to straight-line
2. Change in the estimate useful life of office equipment
3. Technological advance that renders worthless a patent with an unamortized cost of $45,000.
4. Change from determining lower of cost or market for the inventories by the individual item approach to the aggregate approach.
5. Change from LIFO inventory costing to the weighted-average inventory costing.
6. Settling a lawsuit for less than the amount accrued previously as a loss contingency.
7. Including in the consolidated financial statements a subsidiary acquired several years earlier that was appropriately not included in previous years.
8. Change by the retail store from reporting bad debt expense on a pay-as-you-go basis to the allowance method.
9. A shift of certain manufacturing overhead cost to inventory that previously were expensed as incurred to more accurate measure cost of goods sold. (Either method is generally acceptable).
10. Pension plan assets for a defined benefit pension plan achieving a rate of return in excess of the amount anticipated.
Click here for the solution: Indicate with the appropriate letter the nature of each situation described below
Indicate with the appropriate letter the nature of each situation described below
Type of change
PR change in principle reported retrospectively
PP change in principle reported prospectively
E change in estimate
EP change in estimate resulting from a change in principle
R change in reporting entity
N not an accounting change
1. Change from declining balance depreciation to straight-line
2. Change in the estimate useful life of office equipment
3. Technological advance that renders worthless a patent with an unamortized cost of $45,000.
4. Change from determining lower of cost or market for the inventories by the individual item approach to the aggregate approach.
5. Change from LIFO inventory costing to the weighted-average inventory costing.
6. Settling a lawsuit for less than the amount accrued previously as a loss contingency.
7. Including in the consolidated financial statements a subsidiary acquired several years earlier that was appropriately not included in previous years.
8. Change by the retail store from reporting bad debt expense on a pay-as-you-go basis to the allowance method.
9. A shift of certain manufacturing overhead cost to inventory that previously were expensed as incurred to more accurate measure cost of goods sold. (Either method is generally acceptable).
10. Pension plan assets for a defined benefit pension plan achieving a rate of return in excess of the amount anticipated.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Indicate (by letter) the way each of the items listed below should be reported in a balance sheet at December 31, 2011
Indicate (by letter) the way each of the items listed below should be reported in a balance sheet at December 31, 2011.
1. Commercial paper.
2. Noncommitted line of credit.
3. Customer advances.
4. Estimated warranty cost.
5. Accounts payable.
6. Long-term bonds that will be callable by the creditor in ther upcoming year unless an existing violation is not corrected (there is a reasonable possibility the violation will be corrected within the grace period).
7. Note due March 3, 2012.
8. Interest accrued on note, Dec. 31, 2011.
9. Short-term bank loan to be paid with proceeds of sale of common stock.
10. A determinable gain that is contingent on a future event that appears extremely likely to occur in three months.
11. Unasserted assessment of back taxes that probably will be asserted, in which case there would probably be a loss in six months.
12. Unasserted assessment of back taxes with a reasonable possibility of being asserted, in which case there would probably be a loss in 13 months.
13. A determinable loss from a past event that is contingent on a future event that appears extremely likely to occur in three months.
14. Bond sinking fund.
15. Long-term bonds callable by the creditor in the upcoming year that are not expected to be called.
Click here for the solution: Indicate (by letter) the way each of the items listed below should be reported in a balance sheet at December 31, 2011
1. Commercial paper.
2. Noncommitted line of credit.
3. Customer advances.
4. Estimated warranty cost.
5. Accounts payable.
6. Long-term bonds that will be callable by the creditor in ther upcoming year unless an existing violation is not corrected (there is a reasonable possibility the violation will be corrected within the grace period).
7. Note due March 3, 2012.
8. Interest accrued on note, Dec. 31, 2011.
9. Short-term bank loan to be paid with proceeds of sale of common stock.
10. A determinable gain that is contingent on a future event that appears extremely likely to occur in three months.
11. Unasserted assessment of back taxes that probably will be asserted, in which case there would probably be a loss in six months.
12. Unasserted assessment of back taxes with a reasonable possibility of being asserted, in which case there would probably be a loss in 13 months.
13. A determinable loss from a past event that is contingent on a future event that appears extremely likely to occur in three months.
14. Bond sinking fund.
15. Long-term bonds callable by the creditor in the upcoming year that are not expected to be called.
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Monday, August 31, 2015
For each situation listed below, indicate by letter the appropriate qualitative characteristic(s) or accounting concept(s) applied
For each situation listed below, indicate by letter the appropriate qualitative characteristic(s) or accounting concept(s) applied. A letter may be used more than once, and more than one characteristic or concept may apply to a particular situation. Explain why you chose your answer.
1. Goodwill is recorded in the accounts only when it arises from the purchase of another entity at a price higher than the fair market value of the purchased entity's identifiable assets.
2. Land is valued at cost.
3. All payments out of petty cash are debited to Miscellaneous Expense.
4. Plant assets are classified separately as land or buildings, with an accumulated depreciation account for buildings.
5. Periodic payments of $1,500 per month for services of H. Hay, who is the sole proprietor of the company, are reported as withdrawals.
6. Small tools used by a large manufacturing firm are^ recorded as expenses when purchased.
7. Investments in equity securities are initially recorded at cost.
8. A retail store estimates inventory rather than taking a complete physical count for purposes of preparing monthly financial statements.
9. A note describing the company's possible liability in a lawsuit is included with the financial statements even though no formal liability exists at the balance sheet date.
10. Depreciation on plant assets is consistently computed each year by the straight-line method.
a) Understandability
b) Verifiability
c) Timeliness
d) Representational faithfulness
e) Neutrality
f) Relevance
g) Going concern
h) Economic entity
i) Historical cost
j) Measurability
k) Materiality
l) Comparability
Click here for the solution: For each situation listed below, indicate by letter the appropriate qualitative characteristic(s) or accounting concept(s) applied
1. Goodwill is recorded in the accounts only when it arises from the purchase of another entity at a price higher than the fair market value of the purchased entity's identifiable assets.
2. Land is valued at cost.
3. All payments out of petty cash are debited to Miscellaneous Expense.
4. Plant assets are classified separately as land or buildings, with an accumulated depreciation account for buildings.
5. Periodic payments of $1,500 per month for services of H. Hay, who is the sole proprietor of the company, are reported as withdrawals.
6. Small tools used by a large manufacturing firm are^ recorded as expenses when purchased.
7. Investments in equity securities are initially recorded at cost.
8. A retail store estimates inventory rather than taking a complete physical count for purposes of preparing monthly financial statements.
9. A note describing the company's possible liability in a lawsuit is included with the financial statements even though no formal liability exists at the balance sheet date.
10. Depreciation on plant assets is consistently computed each year by the straight-line method.
a) Understandability
b) Verifiability
c) Timeliness
d) Representational faithfulness
e) Neutrality
f) Relevance
g) Going concern
h) Economic entity
i) Historical cost
j) Measurability
k) Materiality
l) Comparability
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
Draft a management representations letter for Copley and Sons to submit to Cohen and Single LLP
Problem 11-29 Refer to Problem 11-28. Draft a management representations letter for Copley and Sons to submit to Cohen and Single LLP. The management representations letter should address all the points needed for both the financial statement and ICFR audits.
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Click here for the solution: Draft a management representations letter for Copley and Sons to submit to Cohen and Single LLP
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
You recently received a letter from your Uncle Frank
Brief Exercise 15-1 (BE15-1) You recently received a letter from your Uncle Frank. A portion of the letter is presented below.
You know that I have a significant amount of money I saved over the years. I am thinking about starting an investment program. I want to do the investing myself, based on my own research and analysis of financial statements. I know that you are studying accounting, so I have a couple of questions for you. I have heard that different users of financial statements are interested in different characteristics of companies. Is this true, and, if so, why? Also, some of my friends, who are already investing, have told me that comparisons involving a company’s financial data can be made on a number of different bases. Can you explain these bases to me?
Instructions: Write a letter to your Uncle Frank which answers his questions.
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You know that I have a significant amount of money I saved over the years. I am thinking about starting an investment program. I want to do the investing myself, based on my own research and analysis of financial statements. I know that you are studying accounting, so I have a couple of questions for you. I have heard that different users of financial statements are interested in different characteristics of companies. Is this true, and, if so, why? Also, some of my friends, who are already investing, have told me that comparisons involving a company’s financial data can be made on a number of different bases. Can you explain these bases to me?
Instructions: Write a letter to your Uncle Frank which answers his questions.
Click here for the solution: You recently received a letter from your Uncle Frank. A portion of the letter is presented below
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