ACCT 505 FINAL EXAM

ACCT 505 FINAL EXAM

1 Topple Company

2 Simpson Beauty Products Corporation

3 Maroon Corporation

 4 Walker Corporation

5 Bella Lugosi Holdings, Inc. (BLH),

6 Lindon Company uses 10,000

7 Sandler Corporation

1 Topple Company produces a single product. Operating data for the company and its absorption costing income statement for the last year are presented below.

Units in beginning inventory    2,000

Units produced                                    9,000

Units sold                                10,000

Sales                                        $100,000

Less cost of goods sold:

Beginning inventory                            12,000

Add cost of goods manufactured                     54,000

Goods available for sale                                  66,000

Less ending inventory                          6,000

Cost of goods sold                               60,000

Gross margin                                       40,000

Less selling and admin. Expenses        28,000

Net operating income                           $12,000

Variable manufacturing costs are $4 per unit. Fixed manufacturing overhead totals $18,000 for the year. The fixed manufacturing overhead was applied at a rate of $2 per unit. Variable selling and administrative expenses were $1 per unit sold.

Required:

Prepare a new income statement for the year using variable costing. Comment on the differences between the absorption costing and the variable costing income statements.

2 Simpson Beauty Products Corporation is considering the production of a new conditioning shampoo that will require the purchase of new mixing machinery. The machinery will cost $700,000, is expected to have a useful life of 10 years, and is expected to have a salvage value of $70,000 at the end of 10 years. The machinery will also need a $45,000 overhaul at the end of Year 5. A $60,000 increase in working capital will be needed for this investment project. The working capital will be released at the end of the 10 years. The new shampoo is expected to generate net cash inflows of $150,000 per year for each of the 10 years. Simpson's discount rate is 18%.

Required:
Part A: What is the net present value of this investment opportunity?

Part B: Based on your answer to (a) above, should Simpson go ahead with the new conditioning shampoo?

3 The following data (in thousands of dollars) have been taken from the accounting records of the Maroon Corporation for the just-completed year.

Sales                                                                1,700

Raw materials inventory, beginning                 50

Raw materials inventory, ending                                  25

Purchases of raw materials                              210

Direct labor                                                      360

Manufacturing overhead                                  330

Administrative expenses                                  400

Selling expenses                                              200

Work-in-process inventory, beginning             120

Work-in-process inventory, ending                  150

Finished goods inventory, beginning               80

Finished goods inventory, ending                    120

Use the above data to prepare (in thousands of dollars) a schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured and a Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold for the year. In addition, what is the impact on the financial statements if the ending finished goods inventory is overstated or understated?

4 Walker Corporation is preparing its cash budget for November. The budgeted beginning cash balance is $43,000. Budgeted cash receipts total $117,000 and budgeted cash disbursements total $122,000. The desired ending cash balance is $55,000. The company can borrow up to $100,000 at any time from a local bank, with interest not due until the following month.

Required:
Prepare the company's cash budget for November in good form. Make sure to indicate what borrowing, if any, would be needed to attain the desired ending cash balance

5 Bella Lugosi Holdings, Inc. (BLH), has collected the following operating information for its current month's activity. Using this information, prepare a flexible budget analysis to determine how well BLH performed in terms of cost control. 

Actual Costs Incurred Static Budget

Activity level (in units)                        5,250               5,178

Variable costs:

Indirect materials                     $24,182                       $23,476

Utilities                                                $22,356                       $22,674

Fixed costs:

Administration                         $63,450                       $65,500

Rent                                         $65,317                       $63,904

6 Lindon Company uses 10,000 units of Part Y each year as a component in the assembly of one of its products. The company is presently producing Part Y internally at a total cost of $100,000 as follows. 

Direct materials............................................... $20,000

Direct labor...................................................... 40,000

Variable manufacturing overhead...................... 16,000

Fixed manufacturing overhead                           24,000

Total costs.......................................................100,000

An outside supplier has offered to provide Part Y at a price of $10 per unit. If Lindon stops producing the part internally, one third of the fixed manufacturing overhead would be eliminated.
Required: Should Lindon Company make or buy the part? Prepare a make-or-buy analysis showing the annual advantage or disadvantage of accepting the outside supplier's offer.