GRAND CANYON ACC350 ALL WEEKS DISCUSSIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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WEEK 1 DQ 2
If a managerial accountant were to question the ethical behavior of a colleague, what course of action do you think the accountant should take
WEEK 1 DQ 1

How has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 affected financial reporting for publicly traded companies? Do you think that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is effective in promoting ethical behavior for financial professionals? Why or why not?


WEEK 2 DQ 1

Choose a specific company within an industry that none of your other classmates have chosen. Describe how CVP Analysis could be used by this company. Provide at least two examples.



WEEK 2 DQ 2

Respond to Ethical Issue 21-1 found at the end of Chapter 21 in the textbook.





WEEK 3 DQ 1


Respond to Ethical Issue 22-1 found at the end of chapter 22 in the textbook.

WEEK 3 DQ 2

Describe how you could use what you have learned about budgeting in your personal life.


In this Module the reading materials focus include the steps taken by businesses to achieve their planned levels of profits – a process calledprofit planning. Profit planning is accomplished by preparing numerous budgets, which, when brought together, form an integrated business plan known as amaster budget.

All, Why do organizations budget? And what are some of the processes they use to create budgets?



WEEK 4 DQ 1


Respond to Ethical Issue 23-1 found at the end of chapter 23 in the textbook.


According to the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice, regarding confidentiality, Lane has the responsibility to .... refrain from using confidential information for unethical or illegal advantage. What does this mean to Lane in this situation? Can you relate this to a situation you have been faced with at work?







WEEK 4 DQ 2

Max Points: 5.0


Choose one of the following variance types, and give an example of what it indicates about a company’s operations:

  • Favorable direct materials price variance
  • Favorable direct materials quantity variance
  • Favorable direct labor rate variance
  • Favorable direct labor efficiency variance
  • Favorable variable manufacturing overhead rate variance
  • Favorable variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance
  • Unfavorable direct materials price variance
  • Unfavorable direct materials quantity variance
  • Unfavorable direct labor rate variance
  • Unfavorable direct labor efficiency variance
  • Unfavorable variable manufacturing overhead rate variance
  • Unfavorable variable manufacturing overhead efficiency variance

Choose a variance that has not been chosen by another one of your classmates, or provide an explanation that differs from those explained by your classmates. Participate in follow-up discussion by challenging your classmates’ posts, expanding upon your classmates’ posts, and/or providing additional alternatives with regard to reasons for the variances.

WEEK 5 DQ 1

Respond to Ethical Issue 25-1 found at the end of chapter 25 in the textbook.

Do you think that Tan's belief that outsourcing would simplify her job is additional support for outsourcing? How should she utilize the additional time? etc. does this matter?

WEEK 5 DQ 2

What types of business decisions can the managerial accountant support? Give an example of one decision that is supported by managerial accounting and the type of report that might be generated to help make the decision identified.


WEEK 6 DQ 1


Respond to Ethical Issue 26-1 found at the end of chapter 26 in the textbook.

Part of management accountability is managers’ responsibility to the various stakeholders of the company, including customers, creditors, owners, employees, suppliers, governments, and the community—all parties who have an interest in what the company does, and how it is done.

All, What are the fundamental ethical issues of this example?



WEEK 6 DQ 2


Choose a well-known publicly traded company that none of your other classmates have chosen, and describe the operating segments reported (this information will be in the notes to the financial statements). Include a link to this financial statement in your post. Choose one segment and discuss what items might be common costs for that segment. Participate in follow-up discussion by choosing two or more of your classmates’ posts and adding your ideas about segment margin and common costs for the company selected. How might the segment try to reduce costs?

WEEK 7 DQ 1


For the company you chose in Module 6, return to the financial statement and perform a horizontal analysis on the income statement. What is the trend in the company’s net income? What changes are primarily driving this trend? Include a link to this financial statement in your post. Participate in the follow-up discussion by challenging or adding to your classmates’ answers to the above questions


WEEK 7 DQ 2

Respond to Ethical Issue D-1 found at the end of Appendix D in your textbook.

What effect will reclassifying the long-term investments as short-term on the company financials? Which ratio will this effect?




WEEK 8 DQ 1


Identify a publicly traded company, and explain three ways that this company might use managerial accounting information. Do not select a company that one of your classmates has already posted on. Participate in discussion by suggesting additional ways that companies could use managerial accounting information.




WEEK 8 DQ 2



Of all of the managerial accounting topics that you learned about this semester, which one(s) do you think you might use in your career? Why is this important, and how do you see using this managerial accounting information? Participate in discussion by providing suggestions for other uses of managerial accounting informatio














ASSIGNMENTS


Details:

Please complete the following exercises and/or problems from the textbook:

E18-14

E18-22

E18-23

CP18-42

Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.

Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.




E18-22 Preparing a schedule of cost of goods manufactured

Knight Corp., a lamp manufacturer, provided the following information for the

year ended December 31, 2014.

Inventories: Beginning Ending

Raw Materials $ 56,000 $ 23,000

Work-in-Process 103,000 63,000

Finished Goods 41,000 48,000

Other information:

Depreciation, plant building and equipment $ 16,000

Raw materials purchases 159,000

Insurance on plant 22,000

Sales salaries 46,000

Repairs and maintenance—plant 8,000

Indirect labor 32,000

Direct labor 122,000

Administrative expenses 59,000

Requirements

1. Use the information to prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured.

2. What is the unit product cost if Knight manufactured 2,160 lamps for the year?




E18-23 Computing cost of goods manufactured and cost of goods sold

Use the following information for a manufacturer to compute cost of goods

manufactured and cost of goods sold:

Inventories: Beginning Ending

Raw Materials $ 29,000 $ 32,000

Work-in-Process 44,000 37,000

Finished Goods 19,000 24,000

Other information:

Purchases of materials $ 77,000

Direct labor 87,000

Manufacturing overhead 45,000





Problem P18-42 is the first problem in a sequence of problems for Davis Consulting, Inc.

This company was also used for the Continuing Problems in the financial accounting

chapters as the business evolved from a service company to a merchandising company.

However, it is not necessary to complete those problems prior to completing P18-42.

Davis Consulting, Inc. is going to manufacture billing software. During its first

month of manufacturing, Davis incurred the following manufacturing costs:

Inventories: Beginning Ending

Raw Materials $ 10,800 $ 10,300

Work-in-Process 0 21,000

Finished Goods 0 31,500

Other information:

Raw materials purchases $ 19,000

Plant janitorial services 700

Sales salaries expense 5,000

Delivery expense 1,700

Sales revenue 750,000

Utilities for plant 10,000

Rent on plant 13,000

Customer service hotline costs 18,000

Direct labor 190,000

Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured for Davis for the month ended

January 31, 2016.






Details:

Please complete the following exercises and/or problems from the textbook:

E21-30

E21-31

E21-37

CP21-63

Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.

Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.







E21-30 Determing mixed costs—the high-low method

The manager of Able Car Inspection reviewed the monthly operating costs for the past

year. The costs ranged from $4,000 for 1,000 inspections to $3,600 for 600 inspections.

Requirements

1. Calculate the variable cost per inspection.

2. Calculate the total fixed costs.

3. Write the equation and calculate the operating costs for 800 inspections.

4. Draw a graph illustrating the total cost under this plan. Label the axes, and

show the costs at 600, 800, and 1,000 inspections.









Learning Objective 2 E21-31 Calculating contribution margin ratio, preparing contribution margin income statements

2. $245,000 sales level, VC $73,500

For its top managers, Worldwide Travel formats its income statement as follows:

WORLDWIDE TRAVEL

Contribution Margin Income Statement

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014

Sales Revenue $ 317,500

Variable Costs $95,250

Contribution Margin $222,250

Fixed Costs $175,000

Operating Income $ 47,250

Worldwide’s relevant range is between sales of $245,000 and $364,000.

Requirements

1. Calculate the contribution margin ratio.

2. Prepare two contribution margin income statements: one at the $245,000 sales








E21-37 Using sensitivity analysis

Dependable Drivers Driving School charges $250 per student to prepare and administer

written and driving tests. Variable costs of $100 per student include trainers’

wages, study materials, and gasoline. Annual fixed costs of $75,000 include the

training facility and fleet of cars.

Requirements

1. For each of the following independent situations, calculate the contribution

margin per unit and the breakeven point in units by first referring to the

original data provided:

a. Breakeven point with no change in information.

b. Decrease sales price to $220 per student.

c. Decrease variable costs to $50 per student.

d. Decrease fixed costs to $60,000.

2. Compare the impact of changes in the sales price, variable costs, and fixed costs

on the contribution margin per unit and the breakeven point in units.





P21-63 Computing breakeven sales and sales needed to earn a target profit;

performing sensitivity analysis

This problem continues the Davis Consulting, Inc. situation from Problem P19-40

of Chapter 19. Davis Consulting provides consulting service at an average price of

$175 per hour and incurs variable cost of $100 per hour. Assume average fixed costs

are $5,250 a month.

Requirements

1. What is the number of hours that must be billed to reach the breakeven point?

2. If Davis desires to make a profit of $3,000, how many consulting hours must be

completed?

3. Davis thinks it can reduce fixed cost to $3,990 per month, but variable cost will

increase to $105 per hour. What is the new breakeven point in hours?











Please complete the following exercises and/or problems from the textbook:

E22-24

E22-27

CP22-56

E22A-32

Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.

Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.\\\






E22A-32 Preparing an operating budget

Tremont, Inc. sells tire rims. Its sales budget for the nine months ended September

30, 2014, follows:

Quarter Ended Nine-Month

Total

March 31 June 30 Sept 30 Nine Mth Total

Cash sales, 20% $24,000 $34,000 $29,000 $87,000

Credit sales, 80% 96,000 136,000 116,000 348,000

Total sales $120,000 $170,000 $145,000 $435,000

In the past, cost of goods sold has been 40% of total sales. The director of marketing

and the financial vice president agree that each quarter’s ending inventory

should not be below $20,000 plus 10% of cost of goods sold for the following

quarter. The marketing director expects sales of $220,000 during the fourth quarter.

The January 1 inventory was $32,000. Prepare an inventory, purchases, and cost of

goods sold budget for each of the first three quarters of the year. Compute cost of





E22-24 Preparing an operating budget

Sales Budget

Dunbar Company manufactures drinking glasses. One unit is a package of 8 glasses,

which sells for $20. Dunbar projects sales for April will be 3,000 packages, with

sales increasing by 100 packages per month for May, June, and July. On April 1,

Dunbar has 250 packages on hand but desires to maintain an ending inventory of

10% of the next month’s sales. Prepare a sales budget and a production budget for

Dunbar for April, May, and June.

May pkg. produced 3,110\






E22-27 Preparing a financial budget

Cramer Company projects the following sales for the first three months of the

year: $12,500 in January; $13,240 in February; and $14,600 in March. The

company expects 70% of the sales to be cash and the remainder on account. Sales

on account are collected 50% in the month of the sale and 50% in the following

month. The Accounts Receivable account has a zero balance on January 1. Round

to the nearest dollar.

Requirements

1. Prepare a schedule of cash receipts for Cramer for January, February, and

March. What is the balance in Accounts Receivable on March 31?

2. Prepare a revised schedule of cash receipts if receipts from sales on account

are 60% in the month of the sale, 30% in the month following the sale, and

10% in the second month following the sale. What is the balance in Accounts

Receivable on March 31?







P22-56 Preparing a financial budget

This problem continues the Davis Consulting, Inc. situation from Problem P21-63 of

Chapter 21. Assume Davis Consulting began January with $29,000 cash. Management

forecasts that cash receipts from credit customers will be $49,000 in January and

$51,500 in February. Projected cash payments include equipment purchases ($17,000

in January and $40,000 in February) and selling and administrative expenses ($6,000

each month).

Davis’s bank requires a $20,000 minimum balance in the firm’s checking account.

At the end of any month when the account balance falls below $20,000,

the bank automatically extends credit to the firm in multiples of $5,000. Davis

borrows as little as possible and pays back loans each month in $1,000 increments,

plus 5% interest on the entire unpaid principal. The first payment occurs one

month after the loan.

Requirements

1. Prepare Davis Consulting’s cash budget for January and February 2013.

2. How much cash will Davis borrow in February if cash receipts from customers

that month total $21,500 instead of $51,500?





Details:

Please complete the following exercises and/or problems from the textbook:

  • E23-16
  • E23-19
  • E23-20
  • CP23-36

Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.

Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.


Note: Exercise E23-19 should be completed before attempting Exercise E23-20.
E23-20 Computing overhead variances
Review the data from Great Fender given in Exercise E23-19. Consider the
following additional information:
Static budget variable overhead $ 5,500
Static budget fixed overhead $ 22,000
Static budget direct labor hours 550 hours
Static budget number of units 22,000 units
Great Fender allocates manufacturing overhead to production based on standard
direct labor hours. Great Fender reported the following actual results for 2014:
actual variable overhead, $4,950; actual fixed overhead, $23,000.
Requirements
1. Compute the overhead variances for the year: variable overhead cost variance,
variable overhead efficiency variance, fixed overhead cost variance, and fixed
overhead volume variance.


















E23-19 Calculating materials and labor variances
Great Fender, which uses a standard cost accounting system, manufactured 20,000
boat fenders during 2014, using 144,000 square feet of extruded vinyl purchased at
$1.05 per square foot. Production required 420 direct labor hours that cost $13.50
per hour. The direct materials standard was 7 square feet of vinyl per fender, at a
standard cost of $1.10 per square foot. The labor standard was 0.025 direct labor
hour per fender, at a standard cost of $12.50 per hour.
Compute the cost and efficiency variances for direct materials and direct labor.
Does the pattern of variances suggest Great Fender's managers have been making
trade-offs? Explain









Details:

Please complete the following exercises and/or problems from the textbook:

E26-19

E26-20

E26-21

E26-24

E26-25

CP26-38

Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.

Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.





E26-19 Using payback to make capital investment decisions

Robinson Hardware is adding a new product line that will require an investment

of $1,454,000. Managers estimate that this investment will have a 10-year life and

generate net cash inflows of $300,000 the first year, $270,000 the second year,

and $260,000 each year thereafter for eight years. Compute the payback period.

Note: Exercise S26-19 must be completed before attempting Exercise S26-20.





E26-20 Using ARR to make capital investment decisions

Refer to the Robinson Hardware information in Exercise E26-19. Assume the

project has no residual value. Compute the ARR for the investment. Round to

two places.

Janice wants to take the next five years off work to travel around the world. She

estimates her annual cash needs at $28,000 (if she needs more, she will work odd

jobs). Janice believes she can invest her savings at 8% until she depletes her funds.

Requirements

1. How much money does Janice need now to fund her travels?

2. After speaking with a number of banks, Janice learns she will only be able to

invest her funds at 4%. How much does she need now to fund her travels?






E26-24 Using NPV and profitability index to make capital investment decisions

Use the NPV method to determine whether Kyler Products should invest in the

following projects:

???????? Project A: Costs $260,000 and offers seven annual net cash inflows of $57,000.

Kyler Products requires an annual return of 16% on investments of this nature.

???????? Project B: Costs $375,000 and offers 10 annual net cash inflows of $75,000.

Kyler Products demands an annual return of 14% on investments of this nature.

Requirements

1. What is the NPV of each project? Assume neither project has a residual value.

Round to two decimal places.

2. What is the maximum acceptable price to pay for each project?

3. What is the profitability index of each project? Round to two decimal places.

Note: Exercise E26-24 must be completed before attempting Exercise E26-25.




E26-25 Using IRR to make capital investment decisions

Refer to the data regarding Kyler Products in Exercise E26-24. Compute the IRR

of each project and use this information to identify the better investment.







Details:

Complete exercises ED-15, ED-16, ED-20, ED-21, and Comprehensive Problem D

from the textbook.

Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.

Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.

You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.





ED-15 Performing horizontal analysis—income statement
1. Net Income 42.3%
MARINER DESIGNS, INC.
Comparative Income Statement
Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014
20152014
Net Sales Revenue431,000372,350
Expenses:
Cost of Goods Sold200,000187,550
Selling & Admin Expenses99,00091,050
Other Expenses8,3506,850
Total Expenses307,350285,450
Net Income123,65086,900
Requirements
1. Prepare a horizontal analysis of the comparative income statement of Mariner
Designs, Inc. Round percentage changes to one decimal place.










ED-16 Computing trend analysis

1. 2015 Net Income 136%

Magic Oaks Realty's net revenue and net income for the following five-year

period, using 2012 as the base year, follow:

2016 2015 2014 2013 2,012

Net Revenue 1,310,000 1,187,000 1,110,000 1,011,000 1,045,000

Net Income 122,000 113,000 84,000 72,000 83,000

Requirements

1. Compute trend analysis for net revenue and net income. Round to the nearest full percent.

2. Which grew faster during the period, net revenue or net income?




ED-20 Computing key ratios

The Financial statements of Victor's Natural Foods include the following item:

e. 84 days

Current Year Preceding Year

Balance sheet:

Cash 15,000 20,000

Short-term Investments 11,000 27,000

Net Accounts Receivables 54,000 73,000

Merchandise Inventory 77,000 69,000

Prepaid Expenses 15,000 9,000

Total Current Assets 172,000 198,000

Total Current Liabilities 133,000 93,000

Income Statement:

Net Credit Sales 462,000

Cost of Goods Sold 315,000




ED-21 Analyzing the ability to pay liabilities

d. 2015 0.51

Large Land Photo Shop has asked you to determine whether the company’s ability

to pay current liabilities and total liabilities improved or deteriorated during 2015.

Analyzing a company for its investment potential

Requirements

1. Analyze the company’s financial summary for the fiscal years 2014–2018 to

decide whether to invest in the common stock of WRS. Include the following

sections in your analysis, and fully explain your final decision.

1. Trend analysis for net sales and net income (use 2014 as the base year).

2. Profitability analysis.

3. Evaluation of the ability to sell merchandise inventory (WRS uses the LIFO

method).

4. Evaluation of the ability to pay debts.






Details:

Find an article that is related to using managerial accounting information. Write a 750 – 1,000 word paper that provides a summary and a reaction to the article. The summary should include specific references to the article, and the reaction should include information regarding how you would use this managerial accounting information in practice. The reaction section should be supported by at least two other outside sources. Submit your assignment by the end of the topic.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is/is not required.

This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.









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