In late 2020, the Nicklaus Corporation was formed. The corporate charter authorizes the issuance of 6,000,000 shares of common stock carrying a $1 par value, and 2,000,000 shares of $5 par value, noncumulative, nonparticipating preferred stock. On January 2, 2021, 4,000,000 shares of the common stock are issued in exchange for cash at an average price of $10 per share. Also on January 2, all 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock are issued at $20 per share. Required: 1. Prepare journal entries to record these transactions. 2. Prepare the shareholders' equity section of the Nicklaus balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. (Assume net income for the first quarter 2021 was $1,600,000.)

Answer:

1. Jan-02

Dr Cash $ 40,000,000.00

Cr Common stock $ 4,000,000.00

Cr Paid-in capital – excess of par, common $ 36,000,000.00

Jan 02

Dr Cash $ 40,000,000.00

Cr Preferred stock $ 10,000,000.00

Cr Paid-in capital – excess of par, preferred $ 30,000,000.00

2. $81,600,000.00

Explanation:

1. Preparation of the journal entries to record these transactions

Jan-02

Dr Cash (4,000,000 x $10) $ 40,000,000.00

Cr Common stock ($1 par x 4,000,000 shares) $ 4,000,000.00

Cr Paid-in capital – excess of par, common $ 36,000,000.00

Jan 02 Cash (amount received) (2,000,000 x $20) $ 40,000,000.00

Preferred stock ($5 par x 2,000,000 shares) $ 10,000,000.00

Paid-in capital – excess of par, preferred (difference) $ 30,000,000.00

2. Preparation of the shareholders' equity section of the Nicklaus balance sheet as of March 31, 2021.

Nicklaus Corporation

Balance Sheet-Shareholders' Equity Section

September 30, 2018

Shareholders' equity

Preferred stock, $5 par, authorized 2,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding 2,000,000 shares$ 10,000,000

Common stock, $1 par, authorized 6,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding 4,000,000 shares $ 4,000,000.00

Paid-in capital – excess of par $ 66,000,000.00

Retained earnings $ 1,600,000.00

Total shareholders' equity$ 81,600,000.00

g You have been hired to value a new 25-year callable, convertible bond with a par value of $1,000. The bond has a coupon rate of 6 percent, payable annually. The conversion price is $180 and the stock currently sells for $42.10. The stock price is expected to grow at 10 percent per year. The bond is callable at $1,200; but based on prior experience, it won't be called unless the conversion value is $1,300. The required return on this bond is 8 percent. What value would you assign to this bond

Assume a company is preparing a budget for its first two months of operations. During the first and second months it expects credit sales of $40,000 and $61,000, respectively. The company expects to collect 30% of its credit sales in the month of the sale, 60% in the following month, and 10% is deemed uncollectible. What amount of cash collections from credit sales would the company include in its cash budget for the second month

Prior to May 1, Fortune Company has never had any treasury stock transactions. A company repurchased 140 shares of its common stock on May 1 for $7,000. On July 1, it reissued 70 of these shares at $52 per share. On August 1, it reissued the remaining treasury shares at $49 per share. What is the balance in the Paid-in Capital, Treasury Stock account on August 2

Multiplication. Phyllis, who is 30 years old, works for We Add for You Accounting. Phyllis has worked there for a number of years and is considering quitting in order to spend more time with her three active triplets, Sunny, Fussy, and Perky. She asks her boss, Bolivar, about the pension plan at We Add for You. Her boss tells her that she is not entitled to that information until she is at least 60 years old. Phyllis also asks about retaining her medical insurance protection if she quits and is told that she would have no right to do so. Bolivar also throws in that he has been monitoring her conversations and that he particularly enjoys the conversations between her and her single female friends involving failed dating experiences. He asks her to keep those up. Phyllis tells him that her personal phone calls are none of his business. Bolivar says that he can listen if he wants because the phones are his. Phyllis ends up starting her own company called We Multiply for You, and makes much, much more money. (In answering the following questions, assume all federal laws apply and that any pension and medical plan qualifies for regulation under federal law.) Which of the following addresses the retention of medical benefits upon leaving a job?

a. The Medical Benefits Retention Act (MBRA)
b. The Comprehensive Medical Benefits Retention Act (CMBRA)
c. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
d. The Health and Maintenance Act (HMA)
e. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Ten cavemen with a remaining average life expectancy of 10 years use a path from their cave to a spring some distance away. The path is not easily traveled due to 100 large stones that could be removed. The annual benefit to each individual if the stones were removed is $8.25. Each stone can be removed at a cost of $2.50. The interest rate is 2 %.

Required:
a. Compute the benefit/cost ratio for the individual if he alone removed the 100 stones.
b. Compute the benefit/cost ratio for the individual if the task was undertaken collectively, with each individual removing 10 stones.
c. What maximum amount may be charged by a manager who organizes the group effort if the minimum acceptable benefit/cost ratio is 2?

David is trying to decide if it makes sense to outsource the purchasing function. He has a chain of 12 restaurants and employs two buyers at an annual fixed cost of $85,000. David estimates that the variable cost of each purchase order placed is $15. An outsourced company will perform the purchasing function for a fixed annual fee of $100,000 plus $5 for each purchase order placed. Last year, David placed 1400 purchase orders.

Required:
a. What was the in-house purchasing cost last year?
b. What would the cost be if outsourced?
c. If David estimates it will place 1600 purchase orders next year, should he outsourced?

Eva received $68,000 in compensation payments from JAZZ Corp. during 2018. Eva incurred $13,500 in business expenses relating to her work for JAZZ Corp. JAZZ did not reimburse Eva for any of these expenses. Eva is single and she deducts a standard deduction of $12,000. Based on these facts answer the following questions: Use Tax Rate Schedule for reference.
a. Assume that Eva is considered to be an employee. What amount of FICA taxes is she required to pay for the year?
b. Assume that Eva is considered to be an employee. What is her regular income tax liability for the year?
c. Assume that Eva is considered to be a self-employed contractor. What is her self-employment tax liability and additional Medicare tax liability for the year?

You are considering a stock investment in one of two firms (NoEquity, Inc. and NoDebt, Inc.), both of which operate in the same industry and have identical operating income of $23.5 million. NoEquity, Inc. finances its $70 million in assets with $69 million in debt (on which it pays 10 percent interest annually) and $1 million in equity. NoDebt, Inc. finances its $70 million in assets with no debt and $70 million in equity. Both firms pay a tax rate of 30 percent on their taxable income.

Required:
Calculate the net income and return on assets for the two firms.

define federal reserve system.​

Banks are financial intermediaries that: have customer deposits as its primary asset and loans to borrowers as their primsry liability. have customer deposits as its primary asset and loans to borrowers as their primsry liability. provide liquid assets to lenders and long-term financing to borrowers. provide liquid assets to lenders and long-term financing to borrowers. are types of mutual fimds. are types of mutual fimds. have customer deposits as its primary asset and that provide liquid assets to lenders. have customer deposits as its primary asset and that provide liquid assets to lenders. ncrease transaction costs to both borrowers and depositors.

Marvin Industries must choose between an electric-powered and a coal-powered forklift machine for its factory. Because both machines perform the same function, the firm will choose only one. (They are mutually exclusive investments.) The electric-powered machine will cost more, but it will be less expensive to operate; it will cost $102,000, whereas the coal-powered machine will cost $69,500. The cost of capital that applies to both investments is 10%. The life for both types of machines is estimated to be 6 years, during which time the net cash flows for the electric-powered machine will be $26,150 per year, and those for the coal-powered machine will be $20,000 per year. Annual net cash flows include depreciation expenses.
Calculate the NPV for each type of truck. Round your answers to the nearest dollar.
Electric-powered truck $
Gas-powered truck $
Calculate the IRR for each type of truck. Round your answers to two decimal places.
Electric-powered truck %
Gas-powered truck %

A process includes 9 tasks and there are 3 workers. Each task can be assigned to only one worker and each worker must be assigned consecutive tasks.
The time to complete tasks 1 to 9( in seconds) are as follows: 45 55 15 25 50 5 30 95 50
What is the capacity of this process in units per hour?

Bernie Company sells buttons to fabric stores. Sales are expected to be $2,046,299 in January, $2,484,001 in February and $3,162,122 in March. Bernie Company sets their prices so that they earn an average 46% gross profit on sales revenue. What is budgeted cost of goods sold for February? Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Don't enter commas or dollar signs.

Gotham University offers only high-tech graduate-level programs. Gotham has two principal operating departments, Engineering and Computer Sciences, and two support departments, Facility and Technology Maintenance and Enrollment Services. The base used to allocate facility and technology maintenance is budgeted total maintenance hours. The base used to allocate enrollment services is number of credit hours for a department. The Facility and Technology Maintenance budget is $350,000, while the Enrollment Services budget is $950,000. The following chart summarizes budgeted amounts and allocation-base amounts used by each department:

Budget Engineering Computer Sciences F&T Maintenance Enrollment Service
F&T Maintenance hours $350,000 2,000 5,000 zero 1,000
Enrollment Service hours $950,000 24,000 36,000 2,000 zero

Required:
Prepare a schedule showing the support costs allocated to each department.

Diamond Company has three product lines, A, B, and C. The following financial information is available:

Item Product Line A Product Line B Product Line C
Sales $70,000 $145,000 $32,000
Variable costs $42,000 $77,000 $20,000
Contribution margin $28,000 $68,000 $12,000
Fixed costs:
Avoidable $6,300 $19,000 $8,950
Unavoidable $5,000 $14,500 $4,000
Pre-tax operating
income $16,700 $34,500 $(-950 )

Assuming that Product Line C is discontinued and the manufacturing space formerly devoted to this line is rented for $6,000 per year, operating income for the company will likely:

a. Increase by $7,200.
b. Increase by $3,300.
c. Increase by some other amount.

QUESTION 10

Branch Corp.'s total assets at the end of last year were $315,000 and its net income after taxes was $22,750. What was its return on total assets?
a.
7.22%
b.
8.78%
c.
7.96%
d.
8.36%
e.
7.58%

Which of these statements is true?

Cynthia, a sole proprietor, was engaged in a service business and reported her income on the cash basis. On February 1, 2013, she incorporates her business as Dove Corporation and transfers the assets of the business to the corporation in return for all of the stock in addition to the corporation’s assumption of her proprietorship’s liabilities. All of the receivables and the unpaid trade payables are transferred to the newly formed corporation. The balance sheet of the corporation immediately after its formation is as follows:
Dove Corporation
Balance Sheet
February 1, 2013
Assets
Basis to Dove Fair Market Value
Cash $ 80,000 $ 80,000
Accounts receivable 0 240,000
Equipment (cost $180,000; 120,000 320,000
depreciation previously claimed $60,000)
Building (straight-line depreciation) 160,000 400,000
Land 40,000 160,000
Total $400,000 $1,200,000
Liabilities and Stockholder’s Equity
Liabilities:
Accounts payable—trade $ 120,000
Notes payable—bank 360,000
Stockholder’s equity:
Common stock 720,000
Total $1,200,000
Discuss the tax consequences of the incorporation of the business to Cynthia and to Dove Corporation.

The Sanding Department of Quik Furniture Company has the following production and manufacturing cost data for March 2017, the first month of operation. Production: 9,510 units started which is comprised of 6,510 units finished and transferred out and 3,000 units started that are 100% complete as to materials and 20% complete as to conversion costs. Manufacturing costs: Materials $35,948; labor $21,400; overhead $34,840.
Prepare a production cost report. (Round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25.)
QUIK FURNITURE COMPANY
Sanding Department
Production Cost Report
For the Month Ended March 31, 2017
Equivalent Units Physical Units Conversion Costs Quantities Units to be accounted for Materials Work in process, March 1 Started into production Total units Units accounted for Transferred out Work in process, March 31 Total units
Conversion Costs Total Costs Unit costs Materials Total Costs Equivalent units Unit costs Costs to be accounted for Work in process, March 1 Started into production Total costs Cost Reconciliation Schedule Costs accounted for Transferred out Work in process, March 31 Materials Conversion costs Total costs

Select the correct answer.
Athletes can have short playing careers, so they are eager to leverage their fame through endorsements as much as possible. What is the risk of such an approach?
A.
There’s saturation of the market with multiple endorsements.
B.
Only certain companies will be interested.
C.
Consumers will start to lose interest.
D.
Their perceived endorsement value will be low.

Cost pools should be charged to responsibility centers by using: Multiple Choice budgeted amounts of allocation bases because the behavior of one responsibility center should influence the allocations to other responsibility centers. actual amounts of allocation bases because the behavior of one responsibility center should influence the allocations to other responsibility centers. actual amounts of allocation bases because the behavior of one responsibility center should not influence the allocations to other responsibility centers. some other approach. budgeted amounts of allocation bases because the behavior of one responsibility center should not influence the allocations to other responsibility centers.

Required: a. - d. Prepare the pro forma income statement that would appear in the master budget and also flexible budget income statements, assuming production volumes of 30,000 and 32,000 units. Determine the sales and variable cost volume variances, assuming volume is actually 32,000 units. Indicate whether the variances are favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Select "None" if there is no effect (i.e.,

Relevant Range and Fixed and Variable Costs Vogel Inc. manufactures memory chips for electronic toys within a relevant range of 25,000 to 100,000 memory chips per year. Within this range, the following partially completed manufacturing cost schedule has been prepared:

Memory chips produced ...............45,000 60,000 75,000

Total costs:
Total variable costs ................. $1,350,000 (D) (J)
Total fixed costs .................... 810,000 (E) (K)
Total costs .......................... $2,160,000 (F) (L)
Cost per unit:
Variable cost per unit ............... (A) (G) (M)
Fixed cost per unit .................. (B) (H) (N)
Total cost per unit .................. (C) (I) (O)

Required:
Complete the cost schedule. When computing the cost per unit, round to two decimal places.

Clayborn Company deposits all cash receipts on the day they are received and makes all cash payments by check. At the close of business on May 31, its Cash account shows a debit balance of $21,525. Clayborn's May bank statement shows $19,400 on deposit in the bank. Determine the adjusted cash balance using the following information:
Deposit in transit $6,550
Outstanding checks $5,500
Bank service fees, not yet recorded by company $70
A NSF check from a customer, not yet recorded by the company $1,005
The adjusted cash balance should be:

Med Max buys surgical supplies from a variety of manufacturers and then resells and delivers these supplies to dozens of hospitals. In the face of declining profits, Med Max decided to implement an activity-based costing system to improve its understanding of the costs incurred to serve each hospital. The company broke its selling and administrative expenses into four activities as shown below:

Activity Cost Pool (Activity Measure) Total Cost Total Activity
Customer deliveries (Number of deliveries) $630,000 7,000 deliveries
Manual order processing (Number of manual orders) 444,000 6,000 orders
Electronic order processing (Number of electronic orders) 231,000 11,000 orders
Line item picking (Number of line items picked) 955,500 490,000 line items
Other organization-sustaining costs (None) 610,000
Total selling and administrative expenses $2,870,500

Med Max gathered the data below for two of the many hospitals that it serves—City General and County General:


Activity
Activity Measure General City County General
Number of deliveries 10 20
Number of manual orders 0 40
Number of electronic orders 10 0
Number of line items picked 120 280

Required:
a. Compute the activity rate for each activity cost pool.
b. Compute the total activity costs that would be assigned to City General and County General.

Both __________ and __________ affect the awareness and motivation of a firm to undertake actions and responses. a. first-mover advantages; corporate size b. market commonality; resource similarity c. management capabilities; competitive analysis d. speed of management decisions; management actions

At the beginning of Year 2, the Redd Company had the following balances in its accounts:
Cash $ 16,800
Inventory 9,000
Land 3,900
Common stock 17,000
Retained earnings 12,700
During Year 2, the company experienced the following events:
Purchased inventory that cost $13,100 on account from Ross Company under terms 2/10, n/30. The merchandise was delivered FOB shipping point. Freight costs of $990 were paid in cash.
Returned $900 of the inventory it had purchased from Ross Company because the inventory was damaged in transit. The seller agreed to pay the return freight cost.
Paid the amount due on its account payable to Ross Company within the cash discount period.
Sold inventory that had cost $12,500 for $21,500 on account, under terms 2/10, n/45.
Received merchandise returned from a customer. The merchandise originally cost $2,150 and was sold to the customer for $3,000 cash. The customer was paid $3,000 cash for the returned merchandise.
Delivered goods FOB destination in Event 4. Freight costs of $880 were paid in cash.
Collected the amount due on the account receivable within the discount period.
Sold the land for $7,300.
Recognized accrued interest income of $650.
Took a physical count indicating that $5,100 of inventory was on hand at the end of the accounting period. (Hint: Determine the current balance in the inventory account before calculating the amount of the inventory write down.)
Record the events in general journal format. Assume that the perpetual inventory method and gross method is used.

A corporation reports the following year-end balance sheet data. The company's debt ratio equals:
Cash $ 53,000 Current liabilities $ 88,000
Accounts receivable 68,000 Long-term liabilities 30,000
Inventory 73,000 Common stock 113,000
Equipment 158,000 Retained earnings 121,000
Total assets $ 352,000 Total liabilities and equity $ 352,000
a. 0.50
b. 1.38
c. 0.34
d. 2.20
e. 0.66

Help me ASAP. 50 Points.
How is social and domestic policy created and implemented? How involved should govemment be in solving various problems in our country? That is an enduring issue in the United States. For each of the examples, decide whether the hypothetical problem should be solved by (a) government, (b) government and the private sector acting together, or (c) the private sector (business and/or charity). Give your reasons for each. •A few ships have crashed near a harbor because it lacks a working lighthouse Americans' health is declining due to poor nutrition. Many high school graduates do not have the skills needed to be successful in the workforce . Sometimes, farmers or ranchers lose an entire crop or herd to bad weather. Such a loss can bankrupt a small farm. An alarming number of people have been injured while using chainsaws • Home prices fell sharply in some cities and many homeowners could not afford to pay their mortgages. • Fast-food workers complain that their pay-generally the federal minimum wage-is not enough to support their families • A business cannot market its products effectively because it does not have current information about the demographics of the community

When using the cost of production report to analyze the change in direct materials cost per equivalent unit compared to conversion cost per equivalent unit, an investigation may reveal that direct materials costs a.may increase while conversion costs decrease because the two are separately calculated and depend on separate costs. b.will never decrease when conversion costs decrease. c.always increase between periods if conversion costs increase. d.always decrease between periods if conversion costs increase.