Last month Empire Company had a $35,280 profit on sales of $287,000. Fixed costs are $68,040 a month. By how much would sales be able to decrease for Empire to still break even

Answer:

sales might decrease by $287,000 - $189,000 = $98,000 and the company will still break even

Explanation:

gross profit = net income + fixed costs = $35,280 + $68,040 = $103,320

COGS = total sales - gross profit = $287,000 - $103,320 = $183,680

contribution margin ratio = $103,320 / $287,000 = 36%

break even point in $ = $68,040 / 36% = $189,000

sales might decrease by $287,000 - $189,000 = $98,000 and the company will still break even

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tom sold 3 cars ( a total value of $112,500) in the month of january. it is paid only by commission for its seller. he receives a commission of 7%. what is tom’s salary for the month of january?

Crow earned $585.15 during the week ended March 1, 20--. Prior to payday, Crow had cumulative gross earnings of $4,733.20. Round your answers to the nearest cent. a. The amount of OASDI taxes to withhold from Crow's pay is $ . b. The amount of HI taxes to withhold from Crow's pay is

For example, in 2012, each of the 80 billion pieces of advertising brought 21 cents in revenue, compared to 42 cents for first-class mail. Which word could best replace revenue in this sentence

Blago Wholesale Company began operations on January 1, 2017, and uses the average cost method in costing its inventory. Management is contemplating a change to the FIFO method in 2018 and is interested in determining how such a change will affect net income. Accordingly, the following information has been developed:

2017 2018
Final inventory:
Average cost $150,000 $255,000
FIFO 160,000 270,000

Condensed income statements for Blago Wholesale appear below:

2017 2018
Sales $1,000,000 $1,200,000
Cost of goods sold 600,000 720,000
Gross profit 400,000 480,000
Selling, general, and administrative 250,000 275,000
Net income $150,000 $205,000

Required:
Based on this information, what would 2018 net income be after the change to the FIFO method?

Some characteristics of the determinants of nominal interest rates are listed as follows. Identify the components (determinants) and the symbols associated with each characteristic:

a. This is the rate for a riskless security that is exposed to changes in inflation.
b. Over the past several years, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland have had lower interest rates than the United States due to lower values of this premium.
c. This is the premium that reflects the risk associated with changes in interest rates for a long-term security.
d. This is the rate for a short-term riskless security when inflation is expected to be zero.
e. This premium is added when a security lacks marketability, because it cannot be bought and sold quickly without losing value.
f. This is the premium added as a compensation for the risk that an investor will not get paid in full.

Chance company had two operating divisions, one manufacturing farm equipment and other office supplies. Both divisions are considered separate components as defined by generally accepted accounting principles. The farm equipment component had been unprofitable, and on Sept. 1, 2016, the company adopted a plan to sell the assets of the division.
The actual sale was completed on Dec. 15, 2016, at the price of $600,000. The book value of the division's assets was $1,000,000, resulting in a before-tax loss of $400,000 on the sale. The division incurred a before-tax operating loss from operations of $130,000 from the beginning of the year through Dec. 15. The income tax rate is 40%. Chances after-tax income from its continuing operations is $350,000.
Required:
Prepare an income statement for 2016 beginning with income from continuing operations. Include appropriate EPS disclosures assuming that 100,000 shares of common stock were outstanding throughout the year.

If the expected sales volume for the current period is 9,000 units, the estimated the beginning inventory is 200 units and the desired ending inventory is 300 units, calculate the production budget for the current period.Group of answer choices9,0008,9008,7009,100

Farley Inc. has perpetual preferred stock outstanding that sells for $50 a share and pays a dividend of $5.00 at the end of each year. What is the required rate of return? Round your answer to two decimal places.

Minion, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $211,875. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $14,300 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 20 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will be 35 percent lower. The company is considering a $33,900 debt issue with an interest rate of 6 percent. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 7,500 shares outstanding. Assume the company has a tax rate of 21 percent.

Required:
a. Calculate earnings per share, EPS, under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued.
b. Calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession.
c. Calculate earnings per share, EPS, under each of the three economic scenarios after the recapitalization.
d. Calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession assuming recapitalization has occurred.

Use the five transactions for Martin Rentals described below to answer the questions that follow Transactions:

Oct. 1 Martin purchases 2 new saws on credit at $375 each; the saws are added to Martin's rental fleet; payment is due in 30 days.
8 Martin accepts advance deposits for tool rentals of $75.15 Martin receives a $150 bill for electricity provided by Local Electric Company; payment is due in 30 days.
20 Customers are charged $750 by Martin for tool rentals; payment is due from customers in 30 days.
31 Payments of $500 are received by Martin from customers billed for rentals on October 20.

Which best describes the difference in the duties of restaurant employees who work inside and outside a kitchen?
O Kitchen workers clear tables and wash dishes, while the other restaurant employees take orders and prepare and
cook the food.
O Kitchen workers answer phones and handle advertising, while the other restaurant employees prepare drinks and
set tables.
O Kitchen workers greet guests and take orders, while the other restaurant employees prepare and cook food and
clean dishes.
o Kitchen workers prepare and cook food and clean dishes, while the other restaurant employees greet guests and
take orders

Carla VistaInc. leased a new crane to Martinez Construction under a 5-year, non-cancelable contract starting January 1, 2020. Terms of the lease require payments of $45,500 each January 1, starting January 1, 2020. The crane has an estimated life of 7 years, a fair value of $220,000, and a cost to Carla Vista of $220,000. 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 Carla Vista and Martinez adjust and close books annually at December 31. Collectibility of the lease payments is probable. Martinez’s incremental borrowing rate is 8%, and Carla Vista’s implicit interest rate of 8% is known to Martinez.

Required:
a. Identify the type of lease involved and give reasons for your classification. Discuss the accounting treatment that should be applied by both the lessee and the lessor.
b. Prepare all the entries related to the lease contract and leased asset for the year 2020 for the lessee and lessor, assuming the following amounts:

1. Insurance $500.
2. Taxes $2,000.
3. Maintenance $650.
4. Straight-line depreciation and salvage value $15,000.

c. 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.

Which represents the best way to compose experience statements? a. Input 35+ accounts receivable using QuickBooks Prepared monthly billing statements and mailed them to customers Answered phones in busy office, referred customer billing questions to appropriate staff, and wrote e-mails to vendors b. Used QuickBooks to input accounts recievable Prepare monthly billing statements for customers Conducted general office duties such as phone inquiries, referring customers to proper staff, and I also wrote e-mails to vendors c. Responsible for inputting data for more than 35 accounts into QuickBooks Experienced with creating monthly billing statements to mail to customers As receptionist, I answered customer billing questions, wrote e-mails to vendors Skip

Consider a project to supply Detroit with 20,000 tons of machine screws annually for automobile production. You will need an initial $3,000,000 investment in threading equipment to get the project started; the project will last for four years. The accounting department estimates that annual fixed costs will be $850,000 and that variable costs should be $450 per ton; accounting will depreciate the initial fixed asset investment straight-line to zero over the four-year project life. It also estimates a salvage value of $280,000 after dismantling costs. The marketing department estimates that the automakers will let the contract at a selling price of $600 per ton. The engineering department estimates you will need an initial net working capital investment of $300,000. You require a return of 18 percent and face a marginal tax rate of 38 percent on this project.

Required:
a. What is the estimated OCF for this project?
b. Suppose you believe that the accounting department’s initial cost and salvage value projections are accurate only to within ±15 percent; the marketing department’s price estimate is accurate only to within ±10 percent; and the engineering department’s net working capital estimate is accurate only to within ±5 percent. What is your worst-case and best-case scenario for this project?

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a. Quality of information that permits users to identify similarities in and differences between two sets of economic phenomena. select a qualitative characteristic.
b. Having information available to users before it loses its capacity to influence decisions.
c. Information about an economic phenomenon that has value as an input to the processes used by capital providers to form their own expectations about the future.
d. Information that is capable of making a difference in the decisions of users in their capacity as capital providers.
e. Absence of bias intended to attain a predetermined result or to induce a particular behavior.

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Required:
a. Calculate total rentable area in the building as though it would be rented to one tenant.
b. Calculate the load factor and common area on the seventh floor only.
c. Calculate the rentable area, including the load factor for common areas on the seventh floor and the total rent per square foot that will be paid by Everything.Com for the coming year if it chooses to lease the space.
d. Adjust (b) assuming that the owner adjusts the load factor for other common areas in the building.
e. Calculate total rent per square foot, assuming that adjusted load factors are applied to usable area for both the common areas in the building lobby and on the seventh floor.

If the price of chocolate-covered peanuts decreases from $1.10 to $0.90 and the quantity demanded increases from 190 bags to 210 bags, then the price elasticity of demand (by the midpoint method) is:

Discuss the types of financial statements and their purpose.

Assume you make monthly deposits of $200 starting one month from now into an account that pays 6% per year, compounded semiannually. If you want to know how much you will have after four years, the value of i you should use in the F/A factor, assuming no interperiod interest, is

Waterway Beauty Corporation manufactures cosmetic products that are sold through a network of sales agents. The agents are paid a commission of 21% of sales. The income statement for the year ending December 31, 2020, is as follows.
WATERWAY BEAUTY CORPORATION
Income Statement
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020
Sales $79,000,000
Cost of goods sold
Variable $32,390,000
Fixed 8,750,000 41,140,000
Gross margin $37,860,000
Selling and marketing expenses
Commissions $16,590,000
Fixed costs 10,607,200 27,197,200
Operating income $10,662,800
The company is considering hiring its own sales staff to replace the network of agents. It will pay its salespeople a commission of 9% and incur additional fixed costs of $9,480,000.
A. Calculate the company’s break-even point in sales dollars for the year 2017 if it hires its own sales force to replace the network of agents.
B. Calculate the degree of operating leverage at sales of $78,800,000 if (1) Bonita Beauty uses sales agents, and (2) Bonita Beauty employs its own sales staff.
C. Calculate the estimated sales volume in sales dollars that would generate an identical net income for the year ending December 31, 2017, regardless of whether Bonita Beauty Corporation employs its own sales staff and pays them an 10% commission or continues to use the independent network of agents.

Presented below is the trial balance of Sage Corporation at December 31, 2020.

Debit Credit
Cash $201,720
Sales $8,101,160
Debt Investments (trading) (at cost, $145,000) 154,160
Cost of Goods Sold 4,800,000
Debt Investments (long-term) 303,720
Equity Investments (long-term) 281,720
Notes Payable (short-term) 91,160
Accounts Payable 456,160
Selling Expenses 2,001,160
Investment Revenue 67,870
Land 261,160
Buildings 1,044,720
Dividends Payable 140,720
Accrued Liabilities 97,160
Accounts Receivable 436,160
Accumulated Depreciation-Buildings 152,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts 26,160
Administrative Expenses 904,870
Interest Expense 215,870
Inventory 601,720
Gain 84,870
Notes Payable (long-term) 904,720
Equipment 601,160
Bonds Payable 1,004,720
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment 60,000
Franchises 160,000
Common Stock ($5 par) 1,001,160
Treasury Stock 192,160
Patents 195,000
Retained Earnings 82,720
Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par 84,720
Totals $12,355,300 $12,355,300

Required:
Prepare a balance sheet at December 31, 2020, for Sage Corporation.

garland mills purchased a certain piece of macinery 3 years ago for $500,000. Its present resale value is $320,000. Assuming that the macine's resale value decreases exponentially, what will it be 4 years from now

Marketing by the Numbers: Pricey Sheets
Many luxury sheets cost less than $200 to make but sell for more than $500 in retail stores. Some cost even more consumers pay almost $3,000 for Frett'e "Tangeri Pizzo king-size luxury linens. The creators of a new brand of luxury linens, called Boll & Branch, have entered this market and are determining the price at which to sell their sheets directly to consumers online. They want to price their sheets lower than most brands but still want to earn an adequate margin on sales. The sheets come in a luxurious box that can be reused to store lingerie, jewelry, or other keepsakes. The Boll & Branch brand touts fair trade practices when sourcing its high-grade long staple organic cotton from India. Given the cost information below, refer to Appendix 2: Marketing by the Numbers to answer the following questions.
Cost/King-size Set
Raw Cotton $28.00
Spinning/Weaving/Dyeing $12,00
Cut/Sew/Finishing $10,00
Material Transportation $3,00
Factory Fee $16,00
Inspection and Import Fees $14,00
Ocean Freight/Insurance $5,00
Warehousing $8,00
Packaging $15,00
Promotion $30,00
Customer Shipping $15,00
10-13 Given the cost per king-size sheet set above, and assuming the manufacturer has total fixed costs of $500,000 and estimates first year sales will be 50,000 sets, determine the price to consumers if the company desires a 40 percent margin on sales.
10-14 If the company decides to sell through retailers instead of directly to consumers online, to maintain the consumer price you calculated in the previous question, at what price must it sell the product to a wholesaler who then sells it to retailers? Assume wholesalers desire a 10 percent margin and retailers get a 20 percent margin, both based on their respective selling prices.

If a specific economy has extra capital resources available,
be able to produce top-quality goods and services.
continually look to expand and invest.
be able to produce more goods and services needed and wanted by society.
have additional labor available to focus on production.
this

Learning design software, applying to college and creating a website to showcase work are examples of ______ that lead to a career as a graphic artist?

Champion manufactures winter fleece jackets for sale in the United States. Demand for jackets during the season is normally distributed, with a mean of 20,000 and a standard deviation of 10,000. Each jacket sells for $60 and costs $30 to produce. Any leftover jackets at the end of the season are sold for $25 at the year-end clearance sale. Holding jackets until the year-end sale adds another $5 to their cost. A recent recruit has suggested shipping leftover jackets to South America for sale in the winter there rather than running a clearance. Each jacket will fetch a price of $35 in South America, and all jackets sent there are likely to sell. Shipping costs add additional $5 to the cost of any jacket sold in South America, along with the $5 for holding jackets till the end of the season.

Required:
a. Would you recommend the South American option? Support your decision with calculations.
b. How will the South American option affect production and profitability at Champion?
c. On average, how many jackets will Champion ship to South America each season? (Note: you have already calculated this value in order to get the expected profit for the South American option.

The following information is available for two different types of businesses for the Year 1 accounting year. Hopkins CPAs is a service business that provides accounting services to small businesses. Sports Clothing is a merchandising business that sells sports clothing to college students.
Data for Hopkins CPAs
Borrowed $90,000 from the bank to start the business.
Provided $60,000 of services to clients and collected $50,000 cash.
Paid salary expense of $32,000.
Data for Sports Clothing
Borrowed $90,000 from the bank to start the business.
Purchased $60,000 inventory for cash.
Inventory costing $26,000 was sold for $50,000 cash.
Paid $8,000 cash for operating expenses.
Required
Prepare an income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for each of the companies (Statement of Cash Flows only, items to be deducted must be indicated with a negative amount.)

Statz Company had sales of $1,900,000 and related cost of goods sold of $1,100,000 for its first year of operations ending December 31, 20Y1. Statz provides customers a refund for any returned or damaged merchandise. At the end of 20Y1, Statz Company estimates that customers will request refunds for 1.7% of sales and estimates that merchandise costing $12,000 will be returned. Assume that on February 3, 20Y2, Buck Co. returned merchandise with an invoice amount of $5,300 for a cash refund. The returned merchandise originally cost Statz Company $3,200.

Required:
a. Journalize the adjusting entries on December 31 to record the expected customer returns.
b. Journalize the entries to record the returned merchandise and cash refund to Buck Co. on February 3.

The number of people or subordinates that a manager effectively controls and directs is called the manager's span of:

What are some of the government requirements imposed on a public corporation that are not imposed on a private, closely held corporation? Discuss pros and cons of each