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Thursday, August 12, 2010

BYP 13-4 BYP13-4 Decision Making Across The Organization Kemper Corporation

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Accounting Principles
Financial Accounting

Weygandt, Kieso, and Kimmel, 5th Edition

Financial Accounting

Decision Making Across The Organization


BYP 13-4 At the beginning of the question and answer portion of the annual stockholders' meeting of Kemper Corporation, stockholder Mike Kerwin asks, “Why did management sell the holdings in UMW Company at a loss when this company has been very profitable during the period its stock was held by Kemper?”

Since president Tony Chavez has just concluded his speech on the recent success and bright future of Kemper, he is taken aback by this question and responds, “I remember we paid $1,300,000 for that stock some years ago, and I am sure we sold that stock at a much higher price. You must be mistaken.”

Kerwin retorts, “Well, right here in footnote number 7 to the annual report it shows that 240,000 shares, a 30% interest in UMW, were sold on the last day of the year. Also, it states that UMW earned $520,000 this year and paid out $160,000 in cash dividends. Further, a summary statement indicates that in past years, while Kemper held UMW stock, UMW earned $1,240,000 and paid out $440,000 in dividends. Finally, the income statement for this year shows a loss on the sale of UMW stock of $180,000. So, I doubt that I am mistaken.”
Red-faced, president Chavez turns to you.

Instructions
(a) What dollar amount did Kemper receive upon the sale of the UMW stock? Please explain
(b) Explain why both stockholder Kerwin and president Chavez are correct.

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BYP 8-5 BYP8-5 Communication Activity CPA firm of Croix, Marais, and Kale

FIN ACCT 557 (ACC 557)

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Accounting Principles
Financial Accounting

Weygandt, Kieso, and Kimmel, 5th Edition

Financial Accounting

Communication Activity

BYP 8-5 As a new auditor for the CPA firm of Croix, Marais, and Kale, you have been assigned to review the internal controls over mail cash receipts of Manhattan Company. Your review reveals the following: Checks are promptly endorsed "For Deposit Only," but no list of the checks is prepared by the person opening the mail. The mail is opened either by the cashier or by the employee who maintains the accounts receivable records. Mail receipts are deposited in the bank weekly by the cashier.
Instructions:
Write a letter to Jerry Mays, owner of the Manhattan Company, explaining the weaknesses in internal control and your recommendations for improving the system.

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BYP 9-6 BYP9-6 Ethics Case Ruiz Co

ACC 280 / XACC 280

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Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case BYP 9-6
The controller of Ruiz Co. believes that the yearly allowance for doubtful accounts for Ruiz. co. should be 2% of net credit sales. The presdident of Ruiz Co., nervous that the stockholders might expect the company to sustain its 10% growth rate, suggests that the controller increase the allowance for doubtful accounts to 4%. The president thinks that the lower net income, which refects a 6% growth rate, will be a more sustainable rate for Ruiz Co.

Instructions:
a) Who are the stakeholders in this case?
b) Does the president's request pose an ethical dilemma for the controller?
c) Should the controller be concerned with Ruiz co.'s growth rate? Explain your answer.

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BYP 7-1 BYP7-1 Financial Reporting Problem Bluma Co

ACC 280 / XACC 280

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Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Financial Reporting Problem - Mini Case

BYP 7-1
Bluma Co. uses a perpetual inventory system and both an accounts receivable and an accounts payable subsidiary ledger. Balances related to both the general ledger and the subsidiary ledger for Bluma are indicated in the working papers. Presented below are a series of transactions for Bluma Co. for the month of January.

AND SO ON

Hint: Trial Balance Totals are $202,900, Adjusted Trial Balance Totals are $203,075, Net Income is $20,755, Total Assets are $143,505 and Post Closing Trial Balance Totals are $145,130.

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Monday, August 9, 2010

BYP 14-7 BYP14-7 BYP 14-7 BYP14-7 Tappit Corp. is a medium-sized wholesaler of automotive parts

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Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case

BYP 14-7 Tappit Corp. is a medium-sized wholesaler of automotive parts. It has 10 stockholders who have been paid a total of $1 million in cash dividends for 8 consecutive years. The board’s policy requires that, for this dividend to be declared, net cash provided by operating activities as reported in Tappit’s current year’s statement of cash flows must exceed $1 million. President and CEO Willie Morton’s job is secure so long as he produces annual operating cash flows to support the usual dividend. At the end of the current year, controller Robert Jennings presents president Willie Morton with some disappointing news: The net cash provided by operating activities is calculated by the indirect method to be only $970,000. The president says to Robert, “We must get that amount above $1 million. Isn’t there some way to increase operating cash flow by another $30,000?” Robert answers, “These figures were prepared by my assistant. I’ll go back to my office and see what I can do.” The president replies, “I know you won’t let me down, Robert.”

Upon close scrutiny of the statement of cash flows, Robert concludes that he can get the operating cash flows above $1 million by reclassifying a $60,000, 2-year note payable listed in the financing activities section as “Proceeds from bank loan—$60,000.” He will report the note instead as “Increase in payables—$60,000” and treat it as an adjustment of net income in the operating activities section. He returns to the president, saying, “You can tell the board to declare their usual dividend. Our net cash flow provided by operating activities is $1,030,000.”

“Good man, Robert! I knew I could count on you,” exults the president.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) Was there anything unethical about the president’s actions? Was there anything unethical about the controller’s actions?
(c) Are the board members or anyone else likely to discover the misclassification?

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BYP1-7 BYP 1-7 BYP1-7 BYP 1-7 Wayne Terrago Wayne Terrago, controller for Robbin Industries, was reviewing production cost reports for the year

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Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case

BYP 1-7 Wayne Terrago, controller for Robbin Industries, was reviewing production cost reports for the year. One amount in these reports continued to bother him-advertising. During the year, the company had instituted an expensive advertising campaign to sell some of its slower-moving products. It was still too early to tell whether the advertising campaign was successful. There had been much internal debate as how to report advertising cost. The vice president of finance argued that advertising costs should be reported as a cost of production, just like direct materials and direct labor. He therefore recommended that this cost be identified as manufacturing overhead and reported as part of inventory costs until sold. Others disagreed. Terrago believed that this cost should be reported as an expense of the current period, based on the conservatism principle. Others argued that it should be reported as Prepaid Advertising and reported as a current asset.

The president finally had to decide the issue. He argued that these costs should be reported as inventory. His arguments were practical ones. He noted that the company was experiencing financial difficulty and expensing this amount in the current period might jeopardize a planned bond offering. Also, by reporting the advertising costs as inventory rather than as prepaid advertising, less attention would be directed to it by the financial community.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical issues involved in this situation?
(c) What would you do if you were Wayne Terrago?

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BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company BYP3-6 BYP 3-6

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Ethics Case

BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Bluestem’s chemical pesticides. In the coming year, Bluestem will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed any prior year’s. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one-year aberration. But even so, the company president fears a large dip in the current year’s profits. He believes that such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Bluestem’s stock and make the company a takeover target. To avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Cathi Bell, controller, to discuss this period’s year-end adjusting entries. He urges her to accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. He says to Cathi, “We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred from this year.We can’t let our stock price be hammered down!” Cathi didn’t get around to recording the adjusting entries until January 17, but she dated the entries December 31 as if they were recorded then. Cathi also made every effort to comply with the president’s request.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical considerations of (1) the president’s request and (2) Cathi’s dating the adjusting entries December 31?
(c) Can Cathi accrue revenues and defer expenses and still be ethical?

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BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co BYP9-6 BYP 9-6 Ruiz Co

ACC 280 / XACC 280

Axia College of University of Phoenix (UoP)

Principles of Accounting

Weygandt, J. J., Kimmel, P. D., & Kieso, D. E. (2008). Financial Accounting (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

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Ethics Case BYP 9-6
The controller of Ruiz Co. believes that the yearly allowance for doubtful accounts for Ruiz. co. should be 2% of net credit sales. The presdident of Ruiz Co., nervous that the stockholders might expect the company to sustain its 10% growth rate, suggests that the controller increase the allowance for doubtful accounts to 4%. The president thinks that the lower net income, which refects a 6% growth rate, will be a more sustainable rate for Ruiz Co.

Instructions:
a) Who are the stakeholders in this case?
b) Does the president's request pose an ethical dilemma for the controller?
c) Should the controller be concerned with Ruiz co.'s growth rate? Explain your answer.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

On January 1, 2006: January 1, 2006 Solomon Company purchased the following two machines for use in its production process

ACC 363

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Financial Accounting
Weygandt, Kieso, and Kimmel, 5th Edition

Financial Accounting II

Problem 10-3A (P10-3A) On January 1, 2006, Solomon Company purchased the following two machines for use in its production process.
Machine A: The cash price of this machine was $38,500. Related expenditures included: sales tax $2,200, shipping costs $175, insurance during shipping $75, installation and testing costs $50, and $90 of oil and lubricants to be used with the machinery during its first year of operation. Solomon estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $5,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.
Machine B: The recorded cost of this machine was $100,000. Solomon estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $8,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.

Instructions
(a) Prepare the following for Machine A. (1) The journal entry to record its purchase on January 1, 2006. (2) The journal entry to record annual depreciation at December 31, 2006, assuming the straight-line method of depreciation is used.
(b) Calculate the amount of depreciation expense that Solomon should record for machine B each year of its useful life under the following assumption. (1) Solomon uses the straight-line method of depreciation. (2) Solomon uses the declining-balance method.The rate used is twice the straight-line rate. (3) Solomon uses the units-of-activity method and estimates the useful life of the machine is 25,000 units. Actual usage is as follows: 2006, 6,500 units; 2007, 7,500 units; 2008, 6,000 units; 2009, 5,000 units.
(c) Which method used to calculate depreciation on machine B reports the lowest amount of depreciation expense in year 1 (2006)? The lowest amount in year 4 (2009)? The lowest total amount over the 4-year period?

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BE 11-1 Cardinal Company Cardinal Company Cardinal Company has the following obligations at December 31

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Financial Accounting
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Financial Accounting II

Brief Exercise 11-1 (BE 11-1) Cardinal Company has the following obligations at December 31: (a) a note payable for $100,000 due in 2 years, (b) a 10-year mortgage payable of $300,000 payable in ten $30,000 annual payments, (c) interest payable of $15,000 on the mortgage, and (d) accounts payable of $60,000. For each obligation, indicate whether it should be classified as a current liability.(Assume an operating cycle of less than one year.)

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

P10-3A: Solomon Company: Solomon Company purchased the following two machines

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Financial Accounting
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Financial Accounting II

Problem 10-3A (P10-3A) On January 1, 2006, Solomon Company purchased the following two machines for use in its production process.
Machine A: The cash price of this machine was $38,500. Related expenditures included: sales tax $2,200, shipping costs $175, insurance during shipping $75, installation and testing costs $50, and $90 of oil and lubricants to be used with the machinery during its first year of operation. Solomon estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $5,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.
Machine B: The recorded cost of this machine was $100,000. Solomon estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $8,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.

Instructions
(a) Prepare the following for Machine A. (1) The journal entry to record its purchase on January 1, 2006. (2) The journal entry to record annual depreciation at December 31, 2006, assuming the straight-line method of depreciation is used.
(b) Calculate the amount of depreciation expense that Solomon should record for machine B each year of its useful life under the following assumption. (1) Solomon uses the straight-line method of depreciation. (2) Solomon uses the declining-balance method.The rate used is twice the straight-line rate. (3) Solomon uses the units-of-activity method and estimates the useful life of the machine is 25,000 units. Actual usage is as follows: 2006, 6,500 units; 2007, 7,500 units; 2008, 6,000 units; 2009, 5,000 units.
(c) Which method used to calculate depreciation on machine B reports the lowest amount of depreciation expense in year 1 (2006)? The lowest amount in year 4 (2009)? The lowest total amount over the 4-year period?

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BE 11-1 Cardinal Company Cardinal Company has the following obligations

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Financial Accounting
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Financial Accounting II

Brief Exercise 11-1 (BE 11-1) Cardinal Company has the following obligations at December 31: (a) a note payable for $100,000 due in 2 years, (b) a 10-year mortgage payable of $300,000 payable in ten $30,000 annual payments, (c) interest payable of $15,000 on the mortgage, and (d) accounts payable of $60,000. For each obligation, indicate whether it should be classified as a current liability.(Assume an operating cycle of less than one year.)

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P10-3A On January 1, 2006, Solomon Company Solomon Company Solomon Company purchased the following two machines for use

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Financial Accounting
Weygandt, Kieso, and Kimmel, 5th Edition

Financial Accounting II

Problem 10-3A (P10-3A) On January 1, 2006, Solomon Company purchased the following two machines for use in its production process.
Machine A: The cash price of this machine was $38,500. Related expenditures included: sales tax $2,200, shipping costs $175, insurance during shipping $75, installation and testing costs $50, and $90 of oil and lubricants to be used with the machinery during its first year of operation. Solomon estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $5,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.
Machine B: The recorded cost of this machine was $100,000. Solomon estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $8,000 salvage value remaining at the end of that time period.

Instructions
(a) Prepare the following for Machine A. (1) The journal entry to record its purchase on January 1, 2006. (2) The journal entry to record annual depreciation at December 31, 2006, assuming the straight-line method of depreciation is used.
(b) Calculate the amount of depreciation expense that Solomon should record for machine B each year of its useful life under the following assumption. (1) Solomon uses the straight-line method of depreciation. (2) Solomon uses the declining-balance method.The rate used is twice the straight-line rate. (3) Solomon uses the units-of-activity method and estimates the useful life of the machine is 25,000 units. Actual usage is as follows: 2006, 6,500 units; 2007, 7,500 units; 2008, 6,000 units; 2009, 5,000 units.
(c) Which method used to calculate depreciation on machine B reports the lowest amount of depreciation expense in year 1 (2006)? The lowest amount in year 4 (2009)? The lowest total amount over the 4-year period?

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E10-8: Yosuke Corporation: The following are selected 2006 transactions of Yosuke Corporation

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Financial Accounting
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Financial Accounting II

Exercise 10-8 (E10-8) The following are selected 2006 transactions of Yosuke Corporation.
Jan. 1 Purchased a small company and recorded goodwill of $150,000. Its useful life is indefinite. May 1 Purchased for $60,000 a patent with an estimated useful life of 5 years and a legal life of 20 years.
Instructions
Prepare necessary adjusting entries at December 31 to record amortization required by the events above.

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Monday, July 5, 2010

P9-7A On January 1, 2006, Bettendorf Company had Accounts Receivable $56,900

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Financial Accounting
Weygandt, Kieso, and Kimmel, 5th Edition

Financial Accounting II

Problem 9-7A (P9-7A) On January 1, 2006, Bettendorf Company had Accounts Receivable $56,900 and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts $4,700. Bettendorf Company prepares financial statements annually. During the year the following selected transactions occurred.

Jan. 5 Sold $6,900 of merchandise to John Yockey Company, terms n/30.
Feb. 2 Accepted a $6,900, 4-month, 10% promissory note from John Yockey Company for the balance due.
Feb.12 Sold $7,800 of merchandise to Skosey Company and accepted Skosey's $7,800, 2-month, 10% note for the balance due.
Feb. 26 Sold $3,000 of merchandise to Platz Co., terms n/10.
Apr. 5 Accepted a $3,000, 3-month, 8% note from Platz Co. for the balance due.
Apr.12 Collected the Skosey Company note in full.
June 2 Collected the John Yockey Company note in full.
July 5 Platz Co. dishonors its note of April 5. It is expected that Platz will eventually pay the amount owed.
July 15 Sold $7,000 of merchandise to King Co. and accepted King's $7,000, 3-month, 12% note for the amount due.
Oct.15 King Co.'s note was dishonored. King Co. is bankrupt, and there is no hope of future settlement.
Journalize the transactions.

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BYP 6-4 On April 10, 2008, fire damaged the office and warehouse of Inwood Company

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Decision Making Across the Organization

BYP 6-4 On April 10, 2008, fire damaged the office and warehouse of Inwood Company. Most of the accounting records were destroyed, but the following account balances were determined as of March 31, 2008: Merchandise Inventory, January 1, 2008, $80,000; Sales (January 1–March 31, 2008), $180,000; Purchases (January 1–March 31, 2008) $94,000. The company’s fiscal year ends on December 31. It uses a periodic inventory system. From an analysis of the April bank statement, you discover cancelled checks of $4,200 for cash purchases during the period April 1–10. Deposits during the same period totaled $18,500. Of that amount, 60% were collections on accounts receivable, and the balance was cash sales. Correspondence with the company’s principal suppliers revealed $12,400 of purchases on account from April 1 to April 10. Of that amount, $1,600 was for merchandise in transit on April 10 that was shipped FOB destination. Correspondence with the company’s principal customers produced acknowledgments of credit sales totaling $37,000 from April 1 to April 10. It was estimated that $5,600 of credit sales will never be acknowledged or recovered from customers.

Inwood Company reached an agreement with the insurance company that its fire-loss claim should be based on the average of the gross profit rates for the preceding 2 years. The financial statements for 2006 and 2007 showed the following data.

2007 2006
Net sales $600,000 $480,000
Cost of goods purchased 404,000 356,000
Beginning inventory 60,000 40,000
Ending inventory 80,000 60,000
Inventory with a cost of $17,000 was salvaged from the fire.

Instructions
With the class divided into groups, answer the following.
(a) Determine the balances in (1) Sales and (2) Purchases at April 10.
(b) Determine the average profit rate for the years 2006 and 2007. (Hint: Find the gross profit rate for each year and divide the sum by 2.)
(c) Determine the inventory loss as a result of the fire, using the gross profit method.

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BYP 5-5 The following situation is in chronological order : Surfing USA Co

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Communication Activity

BYP 5-5 The following situation is in chronological order.

1. Flutie decides to buy a surfboard.
2. He calls Surfing USA Co. to inquire about their surfboards.
3. Two days later he requests Surfing USA Co. to make him a surfboard.
4. Three days later, Surfing USA Co. sends him a purchase order to fill out.
5. He sends back the purchase order.
6. Surfing USA Co. receives the completed purchase order.
7. Surfing USA Co. completes the surfboard.
8. Flutie picks up the surfboard.
9. Surfing USA Co. bills Flutie.
10. Surfing USA Co. receives payment from Flutie.
Instructions
In a memo to the president of Surfing USA Co., answer the following.
(a)When should Surfing USA Co. record the sale?
(b)Suppose that with his purchase order, Flutie is required to make a down payment.Would that change your answer?

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BYP 1-4 BYP 1-4 BYP 1-4 Mary and Jack Gray Mary and Jack Gray

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Decision Making Across The Organization

BYP 1-4 Mary and Jack Gray, local golf stars, opened the Chip-Shot Driving Range Company on March 1, 2008. They invested $25,000 cash and received common stock in exchange for their investment. A caddy shack was constructed for cash at a cost of $8,000 and $800 was spent on golf balls and golf clubs. The Grays leased five acres of land at a cost of $1,000 per month and paid the first month’s rent. During the first month, advertising costs totaled $750, of which $150 was unpaid at March 31, and $400 was paid to members of the high school golf team for retrieving golf balls. All revenues from customers were deposited in the company’s bank account. On March 15, Mary and Jack received a dividend of $1,000. A $100 utility bill was received on March 31 but was not paid. On March 31, the balance in the company’s bank account was $18,900.
Mary and Jack thought they had a pretty good first month of operations. But, their estimates of profitability ranged from a loss of $6,100 to net income of $2,450.

Instructions
(a) How could the Grays have concluded that the business operated at a loss of $6,100? Was this a valid basis on which to determine net income?
(b) How could the Grays have concluded that the business operated a t a net income of $2,450? (Hint: Prepare a balance sheet at March 31.) Was the valid basis on which to determine net income?
(c) Without preparing an income statement, determine the actual net income for March.
(d) What was the revenue earned in March?

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BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company is a pesticide manufacturer

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Ethics Case

BYP 3-6 Bluestem Company is a pesticide manufacturer. Its sales declined greatly this year due to the passage of legislation outlawing the sale of several of Bluestem’s chemical pesticides. In the coming year, Bluestem will have environmentally safe and competitive chemicals to replace these discontinued products. Sales in the next year are expected to greatly exceed any prior year’s. The decline in sales and profits appears to be a one-year aberration. But even so, the company president fears a large dip in the current year’s profits. He believes that such a dip could cause a significant drop in the market price of Bluestem’s stock and make the company a takeover target. To avoid this possibility, the company president calls in Cathi Bell, controller, to discuss this period’s year-end adjusting entries. He urges her to accrue every possible revenue and to defer as many expenses as possible. He says to Cathi, “We need the revenues this year, and next year can easily absorb expenses deferred from this year.We can’t let our stock price be hammered down!” Cathi didn’t get around to recording the adjusting entries until January 17, but she dated the entries December 31 as if they were recorded then. Cathi also made every effort to comply with the president’s request.

Instructions
(a) Who are the stakeholders in this situation?
(b) What are the ethical considerations of (1) the president’s request and (2) Cathi’s dating the adjusting entries December 31?
(c) Can Cathi accrue revenues and defer expenses and still be ethical?

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BYP 2-4 Lisa Ortega is president of Ortega Riding Academy, Inc.

ACCT 100 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
San Francisco State University (SFSU)

Financial Accounting
Jerry J. Weygandt

Decision Making Across The Organization

BYP 2-4 Lisa Ortega is president of Ortega Riding Academy, Inc. The academy’s primary sources of revenue are riding fees and lesson fees, which are paid on a cash basis. Lisa also boards horses for owners, who are billed monthly for boarding fees. In a few cases, boarders
pay in advance of expected use. For its revenue transactions, the academy maintains the following accounts: AND SO ON

Instructions
With the class divided into groups, answer the following.
(a) Identify each journal entry that is correct. For each journal entry that is incorrect, prepare the entry that should have been made by the bookkeeper.
(b) Which of the incorrect entries would prevent the trial balance from balancing?
(c) What was the correct net income for May, assuming the bookkeeper reported net income of $4,500 after posting all 50 entries?
(d) What was the correct cash balance at May 31, assuming the bookkeeper reported a balance of $12,475 after posting all 50 entries (and the only errors occurred in the items listed above)?

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