• Q : Incorporate business or operate it as sole proprietorship....
    Accounting Basics :

    Art plans to leave the profits in the business for several years, sell the business, and retire. Would you advise art to incorporate the business or operate it as a sole proprietorship? Provide reas

  • Q : Determine the amount of the pbo....
    Accounting Basics :

    The discount rate for the plan for this year was 10%. Service cost for 2009 was $80,000. Plan assets (fair value) increased during the year by $45,000 Required: Determine the amount of the PBO at De

  • Q : Deducting the cost of procedures....
    Accounting Basics :

    Ms. Gorgeous is sure that she should be able to deduct the cost of the cosmetic enhancements because she read about another actress having a face lift in 1988 and deducting the cost on her tax retur

  • Q : Kaye income increase or decrease....
    Accounting Basics :

    Fiore reported net income of $400 in 2009 and paid dividends of $100. Assume the initial value method is applied. How much will Kaye's income increase or decrease as a result of Fiore's operations?

  • Q : Using the gross profit method-estimate the cost of inventory....
    Accounting Basics :

    Using the gross profit method, estimate the cost of Rapp's inventory at the time of the theft.

  • Q : Transaction by decreasing the cash account....
    Accounting Basics :

    On September 1, 2007, the Blue Streak Airline paid eight months rent to its landlord in advance. Blue Streak's bookkeeper recorded the transaction by decreasing the cash account and increasing the r

  • Q : Expected monetary value for lobster liquidators....
    Accounting Basics :

    Lobster Liquidators wil make 500,000 if the fishing season weather is good, 200,000, if the weather is fair, and would actually lose 50,000 if the weather is poor during the season. if the weather s

  • Q : Rationale for depreciating assets....
    Accounting Basics :

    What is the rationale for depreciating assets used in business? Do you agree with it?

  • Q : Accounting changes be accounted for prospectively....
    Accounting Basics :

    Which of the following accounting changes should not be accounted for prospectively?

  • Q : Sum-of-the-years-digits depreciation method....
    Accounting Basics :

    The machinery has an estimated life of five years and an estimated residual value of $3,600. What is B's 2009 depreciation expense?

  • Q : Appropriate accounting for the cash proceeds....
    Accounting Basics :

    When bonds include detachable warrants, what is the appropriate accounting for the cash proceeds from the bond issue?

  • Q : What was the income tax expense....
    Accounting Basics :

    During 2010, Ace Company had sales of $376,000, operating expenses of $66,000, gross margin of 30%, cash dividends $30,000, other expenses/losses $15,000 and corporation income taxes of 30%. What wa

  • Q : Purchase of office equipment on account....
    Accounting Basics :

    A check for 4315 returned with the statement had been incorrectly recorded by Bonita Medical Co, as 3415. The check was for the payment of an obligation to Rowe Co for the purchase of office equipme

  • Q : Ownership rights held by common shareholders....
    Accounting Basics :

    The owners of a corporation are its shareholders. If a corporation has only one class of shares, they typically are labeled common shares. Each of the following are ownership rights held by common s

  • Q : What is total shareholders equity....
    Accounting Basics :

    What is total shareholders' equity at the end of 2009?

  • Q : Account on a company balance sheet....
    Accounting Basics :

    The common stock account on a company's balance sheet is measured as:

  • Q : Report for cost of goods manufactured....
    Accounting Basics :

    Hollern Combines, Inc. has $10,000 of ending finished goods inventory as of December 31, 2010. If beginning finished goods inventory was $5,000 and cost of goods sold was $20,000, how much would Hol

  • Q : Ruby options as to the carryover....
    Accounting Basics :

    What are Ruby's options as to the carryover of the NOL?

  • Q : Methods for determining advertising dollars....
    Accounting Basics :

    What are three popular methods for determining advertising dollars for a budget? Please provide an example of how ONE of these three methods could be used for a company that manufactures Heavy equip

  • Q : Supply on account during the month....
    Accounting Basics :

    The Accounts Payable account has a beginning balance of $12,000 and the company purchased $50,000 of supplies on account during the month. The ending balance was $10,000. How much did the company pa

  • Q : What is effective-interest method....
    Accounting Basics :

    What is the amount of interest income that should be recognized by Jacobs in 2010, using the effective-interest method?

  • Q : Accounts receivable department....
    Accounting Basics :

    Erickson, Inc. sells pluming supplies to contractors in the northeast region of the United states. Each month, the IT division at Erickson prints monthly statements and sends them to the accounts re

  • Q : Entries required to record the lease payments....
    Accounting Basics :

    After the first year, the rent continues at $6,000 per month. Provide the entries required to record the lease payments for the first year on the books of

  • Q : Amount of total income or loss for the year....
    Accounting Basics :

    Revenues for the year totaled $88,500 and expenses totaled $40,500. Stockholders invested $15,000 in the company in exchange for stock during the year. What is the amount of net income or loss for t

  • Q : Unadjusted trial balance reports....
    Accounting Basics :

    Jasper's unadjusted trial balance reports Unearned Client Revenue of $3,200 and Client Revenue Earned of $29,000. An examination of client records reveals that $2,800 of previously unearned revenue

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