Indicate which activities of Stockton Corporation violated the rights of a stockholder who owned one share of common stock.

a. Paid the stockholder a smaller dividend per share than another common stockholder.
b. Did not allow the stockholder to make decisions regarding hiring and firing employees.
c. Rejected the stockholder's request to vote via proxy because she was home sick.
d. The company did not provide all stockholders with timely financial reports.
e. In liquidation, paid the common shareholder after preferred stockholders were already paid.

Answer:

a. Paid the stockholder a smaller dividend per share than another common stockholder.

c. Rejected the stockholder's request to vote via proxy because she was home sick.

d. The company did not provide all stockholders with timely financial reports.

Explanation:

A shareholder is a person that has contributed to the equity of a company and holds shares as evidence of ownership.

Shareholders have right to recieve equal dividend as other common shareholders. There can only be a difference in dividend payouts when the other person has more shares.

They also have the right to vote via proxy in cases where they are not available. The proxy is duly appointed by the shareholder.

The company is also mandated to provide timely financial reports to all stockholders.

Shareholders however are not involved in daily running of the business. So they have no say in hiring and firing of employees.

Also common shareholders are paid dividend after preference share holders have been settled by the company.

An error understated Power Corporation​'s December​ 31, 2018​, ending inventory by​ $54,000. What effect will this error have on total assets and net income for 2018​?

McNulty, Inc., produces desks and chairs. A new CFO has just been hired and announces a new policy that if a product cannot earn a margin of at least 30 percent, it will be dropped. The margin is computed as product gross profit divided by reported product cost.Manufacturing overhead for year 1 totaled $799,000. Overhead is allocated to products based on direct labor cost. Data for year 1 show the following:
Chairs DesksSales revenue $1,240,000 $2,286,900Direct materials 587,000 830,000Direct labor 150,000 320,000Required:a-1. Based on the CFO's new policy, calculate the profit margin for both chairs and desks.Profit marginChairs ?%Desks ?%a-2. Which of the two products should be dropped?ChairsDesksb. Regardless of your answer in requirement (a), the CFO decides at the beginning of year 2 to drop the chair product. The company cost analyst estimates that overhead without the chair line will be $680,000. The revenue and costs for desks are expected to be the same as last year. What is the estimated margin for desks in year 2? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percentage rounded to 1 decimal place.)Estimated margin for desks- Year 2 ?%

When an employee has perfect attendance for the month, he or she is given a $25 bonus. This would be an example of ________.

ClevelandInc. leased a new crane to Abriendo Construction under a 5-year, non-cancelable contract starting January 1, 2020. Terms of the lease require payments of $48,555 each January 1, starting January 1, 2020. The crane has an estimated life of 7 years, a fair value of $240,000, and a cost to Cleveland of $240,000. The estimated fair value of the crane is expected to be $45,000 (unguaranteed) at the end of the lease term. No bargain purchase or renewal options are included in the contract, and it is not a specialized asset. Both Cleveland and Abriendo adjust and close books annually at December 31. Collectibility of the lease payments is probable. Abriendo’s incremental borrowing rate is 8%, and Cleveland’s implicit interest rate of 8% is known to Abriendo. Discuss what should be presented in the balance sheet, the income statement, and the related notes of both the lessee and the lessor at December 31, 2020.

Higgs Bassoon Corporation is a custom manufacturer of bassoons and other wind instruments. Its current value of operations, which is also its value of debt plus equity, is estimated to be $200 million. Higgs has $110 million face value, zero coupon debt that is due in 3 years. The risk-free rate is 5%, and the standard deviation of returns for similar companies is 60%. The owners of Higgs Bassoon view their equity investment as an option and would like to know the value of their investment.

Required:
Using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, how much is the equity worth?

For each of the following incidents, determine whether the individuals will be motivated to behave as desired.
Frank Edwards is head basketball coach at a small regional state university, a campus of the state’s main university system. He has just had a visit with Walter Johnson, a local high school athlete who is clearly one of the state’s blue chip basketball prospects. Frank desperately needs a player of Walter’s potential to turn his mediocre team around, but he realizes that it won’t be easy to sign him. He is confident that he made it clear to Walter that there is a scholarship available for Walter if he wants it. He also knows that Walter needs a scholarship to be able to go to college. However, an article in the Sunday Sports section reports that two of the major state university coaches (larger schools upstate, with nationally known basketball programs) also intend to actively recruit Walter. Coach Edwards should take which of the following actions?
A. Send Walter a written and notarized offer of the scholarship.B. Write Walter's parents, stressing that the scholarship will cover all of his tuition, room and board, and book expenses.C. Write a letter to Walter stressing to him the value of a college education.D. Talk to Walter again, stressing the likelihood that he would make the starting five in his freshman year.E. Do nothing. Walter will probably sign with him anyway.

A local government operates on a calendar-year basis. Prepare journal entries to record the following transactions and events for calendar year 2018.
1. On February 1, 2018, borrowed $400,000 on tax anticipation notes (TANs). The TANs will be repaid with 1.0 percent interest on January 31, 2019.
2. To prepare for issuing financial statements for 2018, accrue interest on the TANs through December 31, 2018.
3. Invested $100,000 in a certificate of deposit (CD) on April 1, 2018. The CD, which pays interest of 0.8 percent, will mature on September 30, 2018.
4. The CD matured on September 30, 2018.

Use demand and supply diagrams (with proper labels and arrows) to show the effect of
a) a reduction in price of DVD Players on market for DVDs.
b) reports that eating chocolate adds to your life expectancy (!!) on the market for chocolate candy bars.
c) an additional $1 a pack sales tax on cigarettes along with a ban on advertising cigarettes.
d) automation in fast food industry on market for unskilled fast food workers.
e) an increase in interest rate on the stock market.
f) flooding in the southeast on market for fruits and vegetables.

Task C has two immediate predecessors, Tasks A and B. Task C also has two immediate followers, Tasks D and E. Task A has an early finish time of 3 days, and Task B has an early finish time of 5 days. Task D has a late start time of 10 days and Task E has a late start time of 8 days. Task C is 2 days long. What is the early finish time of Task C

Fidelity Stereo Company has provided the following information regarding its activity-based costing system:Purchasing department costs are allocated based on purchase orders, and the predetermined overhead allocation rate is $77 per purchase order.Assembly department costs are allocated based on the number of parts used, and the predetermined overhead allocation rate is $5 per part.Packaging department costs are allocated based on the number of units produced, and the predetermined overhead allocation rate is $4 per unit produced.Each stereo produced has 50 parts, and the direct materials cost per unit is $70. There are no direct labor costs. Fidelity Stereo has an order for 1200 stereos, which will require 45 purchase orders in all. What is the total cost for the 1200 stereos?a. $392,265b. $303,465c. $388,800d. $307,950

The purchase of office equipment at a cost of $7,600 with an immediate payment of $4,200 and agreement to pay the balance within 60 days is recorded by the purchaser with:_____.
A. A debit of $7,600 to Office Equipment, a credit of $4,200 to Cash, and a credit of $3,400 to Accounts Payable.
B. A debit of $7,600 to Office Equipment, a debit of $4,200 to Accounts Receivable, and a credit of $3,400 to Accounts Payable.
C. A debit of $3,400 to Accounts Receivable, a debit of $4,200 to Cash, and a credit of $7,600 to Office Equipment.
D. A debit of $7,600 to Office Equipment, a credit of $4,200 to Cash, and a credit of $3,400 to Accounts Receivable.

Interpreting the Accounts receivable Footnote Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) reports the following in its 2007 10-K report.

October 31 (in millions) 2007 2006
Accounts receivable, net $13,420 $10,873

HPQ footnotes to its 10-K provide the following additional information relating to its allowance for doubtful accounts.

For the fiscal years ended October 31 (in millions)

2007 2006 2005
Allowance for doubtful accounts-accounts receivable
Balance, beginning of period $220 $227 $286
Increase in allowance from acquisition 245 3 4
Addition of bad debts provision 32 37 17
Deductions, net of recoveries (29) (48) (76)
Balance, end of period $226 $220 $227

Required:
a. What is the gross amount of accounts receivables for HPQ in fiscal 2007 and 2006?
b. What is the percentage of the allowance for doubtful accounts to gross accounts receivable for 2007 and 2006?
c. What amount of bad debts expense did HPQ report each year 2007 through 2006? What amount was actually written off?

Consider the following transactions for Huskies Insurance Company:
a. Equipment costing $42,000 is purchased at the beginning of the year for cash. Depreciation on the equipment is $7,000 per year.
b. On June 30, the company lends its chief financial officer $50,000; principal and interest at 7% are due in one year.
c. On October 1, the company receives $16,000 from a customer for a one-year property insurance policy. Deferred Revenue is credited.
Required: For each item, record the necessary adjusting entry for Huskies Insurance at its year-end of December 31. No adjusting entries were made during the year. (If no entry is required for a particular transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field. Do not round intermediate calculations.)

Combination Fraction of Portfolio in Diversified Stocks Average Annual Return Standard Deviation of Portfolio Return (Risk)
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent)

A 0 2.00 0
B 25 4.50 5
C 50 7.00 10
D 75 9.50 15
E 100 12.00 20

If Rosa reduces her portfolio's exposure to risk by opting for a smaller share of stocks, he must also accept a average annual return. Suppose Rosa currently allocates 25% of her portfolio to a diversified group of stocks and 75% of her portfolio to risk-free bonds; that is, she chooses combination B. She wants to increase the average annual return on her portfolio from 4.5% to 9.5%. In order to do so, she must do which of the following?

a. Sell some of her bonds and use the proceeds to purchase stocks
b. Sell some of her stocks and use the proceeds to purchase bonds
c. Place the entirety of her portfolio in bonds
d. Accept a lower average annual rate of return

Canadians companies are free to charge whatever prices they wish. True or false

Laws governing sales are only enacted when the rights of an organization are infringed upon
True
False

For each of the situations​ listed, identify the primary standard from the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice that is violated​ (competence, confidentiality,​ integrity, or​ credibility).

1. To reduce the company's tax bill, Jack uses total cost to value inventory instead of using product cost as required by law.
2. Since Emilie works in the accounting department, she is aware that profits are going to fall short of analysts' projections. She tells her aunt to sell stock in the company before the earnings release date.
3. Veronica pays a Mexican official a bribe of $50,000 to allow the company to locate a factory in that jurisdiction so that the company can take advantage of the cheaper labor costs. Without the bribe, the factory cannot be located in that location.
4. There is a failure in the company's backup system after a system crash. Month-end reports will be delayed. Kayla, the manager of the division experiencing the system failure, does not report this upcoming delay to anyone since she does not want to be the bearer of bad news.

A man invests his savings in two accounts, one paying 6 percent and the other paying 10 percent simple interest per year. He puts twice as much in the lower-yielding account because it is less risky. His annual interest is 4202 dollars. How much did he invest at each rate?

You are considering a project which will provide annual cash inflows of $4,921, $5,700, and $8,000 at the end of each year for the next three years, respectively. What is the present value of these cash flows, given a 9 percent discount rate?

Zola Inc. paid a $10,000 legal fee to the attorney who resolved a dispute over Zola's title to investment land. Zola's auditors required the corporation to expense the payment for financial statement purposes. The tax law required Zola to capitalize the payment to the basis of the land. This difference in accounting treatment results in a:

The December 31, 2015, balance sheet of Schism, Inc., showed long-term debt of $1,405,000, $141,000 in the common stock account, and $2,660,000 in the additional paid-in surplus account. The December 31, 2016, balance sheet showed long-term debt of $1,590,000, $151,000 in the common stock account, and $2,960,000 in the additional paid-in surplus account. The 2016 income statement showed an interest expense of $94,500 and the company paid out $146,000 in cash dividends during 2016. The firm’s net capital spending for 2016 was $970,000, and the firm reduced its net working capital investment by $126,000.
What was the firm's 2016 operating cash flow, or OCF? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answer in dollars, not millions of dollars, e.g., 1,234,567. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to the nearest whole number, e.g., 32.)

During the current year, Merkley Company disposed of three different assets. On January 1 of the current year, prior to the disposal of the assets, the accounts reflected the following:
Asset Original Cost Residual Value Estimated Life Accumulated Depreciation (straight line)
Machine A $ 39,000 $ 3,000 6 years $ 24,000 (4 years)
Machine B 53,000 4,000 8 years 36,750 (6 years)
Machine C 76,900 5,200 17 years 50,612 (12 years)
The machines were disposed of during the current year in the following ways:
a. Machine A: Sold on January 1 for $14,500 cash.
b. Machine B: Sold on December 31 for $10,725; received cash, $2,300, and a $8,425 interest-bearing (12 percent) note receivable due at the end of 12 months.
c. Machine C: On January 1, this machine suffered irreparable damage from an accident. On January 10, a salvage company removed the machine at no cost.
Required:
Give all journal entries related to the disposal of each machine in the current year.
a. Machine A.
b. Machine B.
c. Machine C.

The Pet Store experienced the following events for the Year 1 accounting period:________.
1. Acquired $60,000 cash from the issue of common stock.
2. Purchased $65,000 of inventory on account.
3. Received goods purchased in Event 2 FOB shipping point; freight cost of $900 paid in cash.
4. Sold inventory on account that cost $38,000 for $71,000.
5. Freight cost on the goods sold in Event 4 was $620. The goods were shipped FOB destination. Cash was paid for the freight cost.
6. Customer in Event 4 returned $4,200 worth of goods that had a cost of $2,150.
7. Collected $58,300 cash from accounts receivable.
8. Paid $59,200 cash on accounts payable.
9. Paid $2,600 for advertising expense.
1. Paid $3,100 cash for insurance expense.
Required:
a. Which of these events affect period (selling and administrative) costs? Which result in product costs? If neither, label the transaction
b. Record the above events in a horizontal statement model. In the Cash Flow column, use OA to designate operating activity, IA for NA. investment activity, FA for financing activity, NC for net change in cash and NA to indicate the element is not affected by the event. The beginning balances have been recorded as an example.
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Larner Corporation is a diversified manufacturer of industrial goods. The company's activity-based costing system contains the following six activity cost pools and activity rates:

Activity Cost Pool Activity Rates
Labor-related $7.00 per direct labor-hour
Machine-related $3.00 per machine-hour
Machine setups $40.00 per setup
Production orders $160.00 per order
Shipments $120.00 per shipment
General factory $4.00 per direct labor-hour

Cost and activity data have been supplied for the following products:

J78 B52
Direct materials cost per unit $6.50 $31.00
Direct labor cost per unit $3.75 $6.00
Number of units produced per year 4,000 100
Total Expected Activity J78 B52 Direct labor-hours 1,000 40
Machine-hours 3,200 30
Machine setups 5 1
Production orders 5 1
Shipments 10 1

Required:
Compute the unit product cost of each product listed above.

What precaution should a food handler take when cleaning up vomit

A list of Year 3 revenues and expenses for Green Thumb, Inc. is provided below.
Advertising and Promotion Expenses $ 263,700
Income Tax Expense 56,620
Interest Expense 44,020
Other Expenses 123,600
Other Selling & Administrative Expenses 352,000
Sales Revenue 1,871,300
Salaries and Wages Expense 726,000
Required:
1. Calculate the net income for the Green Thumb, Inc. for Year 3.
2. Prepare a statement of retained earnings for Green Thumb, Inc. for Year 3. Assume the company had retained earnings of $163,200 as of January 1, Year 3, and paid out $46,120 in dividends during Year 3.

Atlas Enterprises Inc. manufactures elliptical exercise machines and treadmills. The products are produced in its Fabrication and Assembly production departments. In addition to production activities, several other activities are required to produce the two products. These activities and their associated activity rates are as follows:

Activity Activity Rate
Fabrication $34 per machine hour
Assembly $14 per direct labor hour
Setup $46 per setup
Inspecting $26 per inspection
Production scheduling $14 per production order
Purchasing $8 per purchase order

The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for each product were as follows:

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Activity Base Machines Treadmills
Machine hours 663 415
Direct labor hours 180 78
Setups 21 9
Inspections 119 181
Production orders 16 9
Purchase orders 90 50
Units produced 268 134

Required:
Use the activity rate and usage information to calculate the total activity cost and activity cost per unit for each product.

Agreement and disagreement among economists Suppose that Yakov, an economist from a research institute in Texas, and Ana, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. The following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate:
Ana: A popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits.
Yakov: I think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese.
Ana: I disagree. I think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. The disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in values.
Despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree?
A. Immigrants receive more in government benefits than they contribute in taxes.
B. Having a single income tax rate would improve economic performance.
C. Rent ceilings reduce the quantity and quality of available housing.

Three categories of activities (operating, investing, and financing) generate or use the cash flow in a company. In the following , identify which type of activity is described by each statement. (Operating Activity Investing Activity Financing Activity)

a. Yum Co. uses cash to repurchase 10% of its common stock.
b. DigiInk Printing Co. buys new machinery to ramp up its production capacity.
c. D and W Co. sells its last season’s inventory to a discount store.
d. A company records a loss of $70,000 on the sale of its outdated inventory.

Cone Corporation is in the process of preparing its December 31, 2021, balance sheet. There are some questions as to the proper classification of the following items: A. $50,000 in cash restricted in a savings account to pay bonds payable. The bonds mature in 2025. B. Prepaid rent of $24,000, covering the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023. C. Notes payable of $200,000. The notes are payable in annual installments of $20,000 each, with the first installment payable on March 1, 2022. D. Accrued interest payable of $12,000 related to the notes payable. E. Investment in equity securities of other corporations, $80,000. Cone intends to sell one-half of the securities in 2022.Required:Prepare the asset and liability sections of a classified balance sheet to show how each of the above items should be reported.