Question & Answer

Troy operates an editorial service that often entertains prospective authors to encourage them to use Troy's service. This year Troy paid $3,000 for the cost of meals and $6,200 for the cost of entertaining authors. Describe the conditions under which Troy can deduct a portion of the cost of the meals as a business expense.

Charlie Parker, president of Spinners Company, has recently noted that depreciation increases cash provided by operations and therefore depreciation is a good source of funds. Do you agree? Discuss.

Describe assets that are listed property. Why do you think Congress requires them to be “listed”?

Four products are to be manufactured in Department A, and it is desired to determine how to allocate resources in that department to meet the required demand for these products for a certain week. For product 1, demand = 750/wk, setup time = 6 hr, and operation time = 4.0 min. For product 2, demand = 900/wk, setup time = 5 hr, and operation time = 3.0 min. For product 3, demand = 400/wk, setup time = 7 hr, and operation time = 2.0 min. For product 4, demand = 400/wk, setup time = 6 hr, and operation time = 3.0 min. The plant normally operates one shift (7.0 hours per shift), five days per week and there are currently 3 work centers in the department. Propose a way of scheduling the machines to meet the weekly demand.

What is the “expectations gap”? What is the professiondoing to try to close this gap?

: Summarize the personal dilemmas and common dysfunctions that may arise when working in teams.

Refer to the data in BE6-7. Assuming quarterly compounding of amounts invested at 12%, how much of John Fillmore’s inheritance must be invested to have enough at retirement to buy the boat?

Hoki Poki, a cash-method general partnership, recorded the following items for its current tax year: Rental real estate income $2,000 Sales revenue $70,000 §1245 recapture income $8,000 Interest income $2,000 Cost of goods sold ($38,000) Depreciation – MACRS ($9,000) Supplies expense ($1,000) Employee wages ($14,000) Investment interest expense ($1,000) Partner’s medical insurance premiums paid by Hoki Poki ($3,000) As part of preparing Hoki Poki’s current-year return, identify the items that should be included in computing its ordinary business income (loss) and those that should be separately stated. [Hint: See Schedule K-1 and related preparer’s instructions at www.irs.gov.]

Vertovec Inc., a large local consulting firm in Utah, hired several new consultants from out of state last year to help service their expanding list of clients. To aid in relocating the consultants, Vertovec Inc. purchased the consultants’ homes in their prior location if the consultants were unable to sell their homes within 30 days of listing them for sale. Vertovec Inc. bought the homes from the consultants for 5 percent less than the list price and then continued to list the homes for sale. Each home Vertovec Inc. purchased was sold at a loss. By the end of last year, Vertovec had suffered a loss totaling $250,000 from the homes. How should Vertovec treat the loss for tax purposes?  Write a memo to Vertovec Inc. explaining your findings and any planning suggestions that you may have if Vertovec Inc. continues to offer this type of relocation benefit to newly hired consultants.

What is the purpose of a statement of cash flows? How does it differ from a balance sheet and an income statement?

Define nominal surface.

What determines if a taxpayer is required to file a tax return?  If a taxpayer is not required to file a tax return, does this mean that the taxpayer should not file a tax return?

Erickson Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan. The corporation’s actuary provides the following information about the plan. January 1, December 31, 2014 2014 Vested benefi t obligation $1,500 $1,900 Accumulated benefi t obligation 1,900 2,730 Projected benefi t obligation 2,500 3,300 Plan assets (fair value) 1,700 2,620 Settlement rate and expected rate of return 10% Pension asset/liability 800 ? Service cost for the year 2014 400 Contributions (funding in 2014) 700 Benefi ts paid in 2014 200 Instructions (a) Compute the actual return on the plan assets in 2014. (b) Compute the amount of the other comprehensive income (G/L) as of December 31, 2014. (Assume the January 1, 2014, balance was zero.) (c) Compute the amount of net gain or loss amortization for 2014 (corridor approach). (d) Compute pension expense for 2014.

Would redistributing incomes from the rich to the poor reduce the overall problem of scarcity?

At December 31, 2013, the available-for-sale equity portfolio for Steffi Graf, Inc. is as follows. Security Cost Fair Value Unrealized Gain (Loss) A $17,500 $15,000 ($2,500) B 12,500 14,000 1,500 C 23,000 25,500 2,500 Total $53,000 $54,500 1,500 Previous fair value adjustment balance—Dr. 400 Fair value adjustment—Dr. $1,100 On January 20, 2014, Steffi Graf, Inc. sold security A for $15,100. The sale proceeds are net of brokerage fees. Instructions (a) Prepare the adjusting entry at December 31, 2013, to report the portfolio at fair value. (b) Show the balance sheet presentation of the investment-related accounts at December 31, 2013. (Ignore notes presentation.) (c) Prepare the journal entry for the 2014 sale of security A.

There are 19 correct answers in the following multiple choice questions (some questions have multiple answers that are correct). To attain a perfect score on the quiz, all correct answers must be given. Eachcorrect answer is worth 1 point. Each omitted answer or wrong answer reduces the score by 1 point, and each additional answer beyond the correct number of answers reduces the score by 1 point. Percentage score on the quiz is based on the total number of correct answers. 5.1 A tolerance is which one of the following: (a) clearance between a shaft and a mating hole, (b) measurement error, (c) total permissible variation from a specified dimension, or (d) variation in manufacturing? 5.2 Which of the following two geometric terms have the same meaning: (a) circularity, (b) concentricity, (c) cylindricity, and (d) roundness? 5.3 A surface plate is most typically made of which one of the following materials: (a) aluminum oxide ceramic, (b) cast iron, (c) granite, (d) hard polymers, or (e) stainless steel? 5.4 An outside micrometer would be appropriate for measuring which of the following (two correct answers): (a) hole depth, (b) hole diameter, (c) part length, (d) shaft diameter, and (e) surface roughness? 5.5 In a GO/NO-GO gage, which one of the following best describes the function of the GO gage: (a) checks limit of maximum tolerance, (b) checks maximum material condition, (c) checks maximum size, (d) checks minimum material condition, or (e) checks minimum size? 5.6 Which of the following are likely to be GO/NO-GO gages (three correct answers): (a) gage blocks, (b) limit gage, (c) master gage, (d) plug gage, and (e) snap gage? 5.7 Surface texture includes which of the following characteristics of a surface (three correct answers): (a) deviations from the nominal surface, (b) feed marks of the tool that produced the surface, (c) hardness variations, (d) oil films, and (e) surface cracks? 5.8 Surface texture is included within the scope of surface integrity: (a) true or (b) false? 5.9 Thermal energy is normally associated with which of the following changes in the altered layer (three best answers): (a) cracks, (b) hardness variations, (c) heat affected zone, (d) plastic deformation, (e) recrystallization, or (f) voids? 5.10 Which one of the following manufacturing processes will likely result in the best surface finish: (a) arc welding, (b) grinding, (c) machining, (d) sand casting, or (e) sawing? 5.11 Which one of the following manufacturing processes will likely result in the worst surface finish: (a) cold rolling, (b) grinding, (c) machining, (d) sand casting, or (e) sawing?

How do money market funds differ from other types of mutual funds in terms of how they use the money invested by shareholders? Which securities do MMFs invest in most often? How can an MMF accommodate shareholders who wish to sell their shares when the amount of proceeds received from selling new shares is less than the amount needed to cover the withdrawals? (LO3)

Monat Company has grown rapidly since its founding in 2004. To instill loyalty in its employees, Monat is contemplating establishment of a defined benefit plan. Monat knows that lenders and potential investors will pay close attention to the impact of the pension plan on the company’s financial statements, particularly any gains or losses that develop in the plan. Monat has asked you to conduct some research on the accounting for gains and losses in a defined benefit plan. Instructions If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, go to http://aaahq.org/ascLogin.cfm to log in and prepare responses to the following. Provide Codification references for your responses. (a) Briefly describe how pension gains and losses are accounted for. (b) Explain the rationale behind the accounting method described in part (a). (c) What is the related pension asset or liability that will show up on the balance sheet? When will each of these situations occur?

What layer material is produced by thermal oxidation in IC fabrication?

0 A riser in the shape of a sphere is to be designed for a sand casting mold. The casting is a rectangular plate, with length = 200 mm, width = 100 mm, and thickness = 18 mm. If the total solidification time of the casting itself is known to be 3.5 min, determine the diameter of the riser so that it will take 25% longer for the riser to solidify

How are tax credits and tax deductions similar?  How are they dissimilar?

Dresser Company’s weekly payroll, paid on Fridays, totals $8,000. Employees work a 5-day week. Prepare Dresser’s adjusting entry on Wednesday, December 31, and the journal entry to record the $8,000 cash payment on Friday, January 2.

When a U.S. taxpayer pays income taxes to a foreign government, what options does the taxpayer have when determining how to treat the expenditure on their U.S. individual income tax return?

1. Draw Kate’s and Simon’s demand curves for potatoes on one diagram. Note that you will use the same vertical scale as in Figure 2.1, but you will need a quite different horizontal scale. 2. At what price is their demand the same? 3. What explanations could there be for the quite different shapes of their two demand curves? 4. Assume that Kate and Simon are the only two consumers in the market. Show how the market demand curve can be derived from their individual demand curves.

Ellison Inc., a manufacturer of steel school lockers, plans to purchase a new punch press for use in its manufacturing process. After contacting the appropriate vendors, the purchasing department received differing terms and options from each vendor. The Engineering Department has determined that each vendor’s punch press is substantially identical and each has a useful life of 20 years. In addition, Engineering has estimated that required year-end maintenance costs will be $1,000 per year for the first 5 years, $2,000 per year for the next 10 years, and $3,000 per year for the last 5 years. Following is each vendor’s sale package. Vendor A: $55,000 cash at time of delivery and 10 year-end payments of $18,000 each. Vendor A offers all its customers the right to purchase at the time of sale a separate 20-year maintenance service contract, under which Vendor A will perform all year-end maintenance at a one-time initial cost of $10,000. Vendor B: Forty semiannual payments of $9,500 each, with the first installment due upon delivery. Vendor B will perform all year-end maintenance for the next 20 years at no extra charge. Vendor C: Full cash price of $150,000 will be due upon delivery. Instructions Assuming that both Vendors A and B will be able to perform the required year-end maintenance, that Ellison’s cost of funds is 10%, and the machine will be purchased on January 1, from which vendor should the press be purchased?