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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Gordon & Groton, CPA's were the auditors of Bank & Company, a brokerage firm and member of a national stock exchange

Auditing P 5-26 Gordon & Groton, CPA's were the auditors of Bank & Company, a brokerage firm and member of a national stock exchange. Gordon & Groton audited and reported on the financial statements of Bank, which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several of Bank's customers were swindled by a fraudulent scheme perpetrated by Bank's president, who owned 90% of the voting stock of the company. The facts establish that Gordon & Groton were negligent but not reckless or grossly negligent in conduct of the audit, and neither participated in the fraudulent scheme or knew of its existence.

The customers are suing Gordon & Groton under the antifraud provisions of Section10b and Rule 10b-5 of the securities Exchange Act of 1934 for aiding and abetting the fraudulent scheme of the president. The customer’s suit for fraud is predicated exclusively on the nonfeasance of the auditors in failing to conduct a proper audit, thereby failing to discover the fraudulent scheme.

Required:
Answer the following questions, setting forth reasons for any conclusions stated:
a. What is the probable outcome of the lawsuit?
b. What other theory of liability might the customers have asserted?


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Why is it important for a foreign national to ascertain whether he or she is a resident of the United States?

C:16-2 Why is it important for a foreign national to ascertain whether he or she is a resident of the United States?


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