Assume you work for a valuation firm, and you have been given the assignment of valuing a local law firm comprising three partners and four associates. One partner plans to retire spoon, and the partners are trying to agree on the value of a one-third interest in the firm in order to buy out the departing partner's interest. The firm's revenue per partner is two times higher than that of the average firm of a similar size, but you soon discover that 80% of firm revenue is from one client.

Required:
Please raise one question about this scenario that you would want to address.

Answer:

Valuation of a law firm

One question to raise:

Which of the partners brought in this one powerful client?  I hope it is not the retiring partner.

Explanation:

If the retiring partner had brought in the client and had been in charge of the client's business, the firm's valuation would be drastically influenced by these facts.  It is likely that the client might retire the service as the retiring partner retires.  This will jeopardize the revenue outlook of the firm, its future prospects, and its current value.  However, if the retiring partner is not linked to this powerful client, then it may be that the firm's value will not be at risk.  Again, over-dependence on one client for firm's revenue is does not augur well for the firm.  Moreover, the margin of over-dependence is too high for comfort.  There is serious need for a review of the relationship, not in terms of termination, but in terms of seeking for more big-ticket clients to relatively reduce the over-dependence.

Carmel Corporation is considering the purchase of a machine costing $38,000 with a 4-year useful life and no salvage value. Carmel uses straight-line depreciation and assumes that the annual cash inflow from the machine will be received uniformly throughout each year. In calculating the accounting rate of return, what is Carmel's average investment?

On January 1, 2021, Jasperse Corporation leased equipment under a finance lease designed to earn the lessor a 10% rate of return for providing long-term financing. The lease agreement specified ten annual payments of $90,000 beginning January 1, and each December 31 thereafter through 2029. A 10-year service agreement was scheduled to provide maintenance of the equipment as required for a fee of $5,000 per year. Insurance premiums of $4,000 annually are related to the equipment. Both amounts were to be paid by the lessor and lease payments reflect both expenditures (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
At what amount will Jasperse record a right-of-use asset?
PV factors based on
Table or Calculator function: PVAD of $1
Lease Payment
n = 10
i = 12%
Right-of-use asset

Example 1: Alex began putting money in his 401(k) in his early 20s; consequently, he will have financial security when he retires.
Example 2: Louise is the most qualified candidate for the position; therefore, we should hire her.

Identify the correctly written compound sentences. Check all that apply.

a. All e-mail, even once deleted, is retrievable and, therefore, you should avoid sending sensitive information in an e-mail.
b. E-mail facilitates collaboration between people in remote locations; however, when collaboration requires the exchange of large data files, it is often easier to use web-based collaboration software.
c. Many people prefer e-mail over phone conversations, they leave a written record.
d. E-mail can be an efficient way to communicate, and it makes communicating across time zones much easier.

Journalize the following business transactions in general journal form. Identify each transaction by number. You may omit explanations of the transaction. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.)
1. Stockholders invest $40,000 in cash in starting a real estate office operating as a corporation.
2. Purchased $500 of supplies on credit.
3. Purchased equipment for $25,000, paying $3,500 in cash and signed a 30-day, $21,500, note payable.
4. Real estate commissions billed to clients amount to $4,000.
5. Paid $700 in cash for the current month's rent.
6. Paid $250 cash on account for office supplies purchased in transaction 2.
7. Received a bill for $800 for advertising for the current month.
8. Paid $2,500 cash for office salaries.
9. Paid $1,200 cash dividends to stockholders.
10.Received a check for $2,000 from a client in payment on account for commissions billed in transaction 4.

An internal control system consists of the policies and procedures managers use to protect assets, ensure reliable accounting, promote efficient operations, and uphold company policies. It can prevent avoidable losses and help managers both plan operations and monitor company and human performance. Principles of good internal control include establishing responsibilities, maintaining adequate records, insuring assets and bonding employees, separating recordkeeping from custody of assets, dividing responsibilities for related transactions, applying technological controls, and performing regular independent reviews.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires each of the following: (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark willl be automatically graded as incorrect.)
An effective internal control
Light penalties for violators
Auditors must evaluate internal controls
Auditor's work overseen by Public Accounting Board

Lilla sees a search ad on her mobile phone for a restaurant. A button on the ad allows Jessica to click on the button and call the restaurant. This is a

connecting u dropped its price from $20 to $16 per gigabyte of data. Joe according to the midpoint formula, Connecting U reduced its price by what percentage?

Which of these is a way that politicians in the United States attempt to influence the media?

Porter theorizes that the four attributes in his diamond model may promote or impede the creation of competitive advantage. Factor endowments are a nation's position in factors of production such as skilled labor or infrastructure necessary to compete in a given industry. Demand conditions are the nature of home demand for the industry's product or service. Related and supporting industries are the presence or absence of supplier industries and related industries that are internationally competitive. Firm strategy, structure, and rivalry are the conditions governing how companies are created, organized, and managed and the nature of domestic rivalry.

Required:
What is the most appropriate attribute of national competive advaritage from Porter's theory?

Three different companies each purchased trucks on January 1, 2018, for $76,000. Each truck was expected to last four years or 250,000 miles. Salvage value was estimated to be $6,000. All three trucks were driven 81,000 miles in 2018, 55,000 miles in 2019, 46,000 miles in 2020, and 71,000 miles in 2021. Each of the three companies earned $65,000 of cash revenue during each of the four years. Company A uses straight-line depreciation, company B uses double-declining-balance depreciation, and company C uses units-of-production depreciation. Answer each of the following questions. Ignore the effects of income taxes.

Required:
a. Calculate the net income for 2021?
b. Which company will report the lowest amount of net income for 2021?
c. Calculate the book value on the December 31, 2020, balance sheet?
d. Which company will report the highest book value on the December 31, 2020, balance sheet?
e. Calculate the retained earnings on the December 31, 2021, balance sheet?
f. Which company will report the highest amount of retained earnings on the December 31, 2021, balance sheet?

Parent Inc acquired 90% of Sub Inc on January 1, 20X8. Parent paid 50% of the acquisition price by cash and fund the rest with a notes payable. The book value of Sub’s individual assets and liabilities approximated their acquisition-date fair values. On the date of acquisition, Sub reported the following:

Cash and Receivables $116,000
Accounts Payable 531,000
Inventory 331,000
Buildings & Equipment (net) 621,000
Common Stock 585,000
Land 748,000
Retained Earnings 700,000
Total $1,816,000
Total 1,816,000

During the year Sub reported $800,000 in net income and declared $432,000 in dividends. Parent reported $506,000 in net income and declared $196,000 in dividends. Parent accounts for their investment using the equity method.

Required:
a. What journal entry will Parent make on the date of acquisition to record the investment in Son Inc.?
b. If Parent were to prepare a consolidated balance sheet on the acquisition date (January 31, 20X2), what is the basic consolidation entry Parent would use in the consolidation worksheet?
c. What is Parent’s balance in "Investment in Son Inc." prior to consolidation on December 31, 20X2?
d. What is the basic consolidation entry Parent would use in the consolidation worksheet on December 31, 20X2?

Use the following information to prepare the September cash budget for PTO Co. The following information relates to expected cash receipts and cash payments for the month ended September 30.

a. Beginning cash balance, September 1, $41,000.
b. Budgeted cash receipts from sales in September, $258,000.
c. Raw materials are purchased on account. Purchase amounts are August (actual), $72,000, and September (budgeted), $108,000. Payments for direct materials are made as follows: 70% in the month of purchase and 30% in the month following purchase.
d. Budgeted cash payments for direct labor in September, $30,000.
e. Budgeted depreciation expense for September, $3,800.
f. Other cash expenses budgeted for September, $59,000.
g. Accrued income taxes payable in September, $10,800.
h. Bank loan interest payable in September, $1,700.

Below is the Retained Earnings account for the year 2020 for Swifty Corp. Retained earnings, January 1, 2020 $261,300 Add:_______.
Gain on sale of investments (net of tax) $44,900
Net income 88,200
Refund on litigation with government, related to the year 2017 (net of tax) 25,300
Recognition of income earned in 2019, but omitted from income statement in that year (net of tax) 29,100 187,500 448,800
Deduct:
Loss on discontinued operations (net of tax) 38,700
Write-off of goodwill (net of tax) 63,700
Cumulative effect on income of prior years in changing from LIFO to FIFO inventory valuation in 2020 (net of tax) 26,900
Cash dividends declared 35,700 165,000
Retained earnings, December 31, 2020 $283,800
Prepare a corrected retained earnings statement. Waterway Corp. normally sells investments of the type mentioned above. FIFO inventory was used in 2020 to compute net income. (List items that increase adjusted retained earnings first.)

Triec, Inc., is a small electrical contracting company in Springfield, Ohio, owned by its executives Yeazell, Jones, and Heaton. Employees contacted the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which began an organizing drive, and 6 of the 11 employees in the bargaining unit signed authorization cards. The company declined to recognize the union, which petitioned the NLRB to schedule an election. The company then granted several new benefits for all workers, including higher wages, paid vacations, and other measures. When the election was held, only 2 of the 11 bargaining unit members voted for the union. Did the company violate the NLRA?

Skidmore Music Company had the following transactions in March:
a. Sold instruments to customers for $16, 700, received $10, 700 in cash and the rest on account. The cost of the instruments was $7, 100.
b. Purchased $4, 900 of new instruments inventory; paid $1, 700 in cash and owed the rest on account.
c. Paid $720 in wages for the month.
d. Received $3, 100 from customers as deposits on orders of new instruments to be sold to the customers in April.
e. Received a $280 bill for March utilities that will be paid in April.
Required:
Complete the following statements:
1. Cash basis Income Statement
2. Accrual basis Income Statement

For a program to be successful, readiness for training should be assessed on two dimensions: employee characteristics and work environment. The employee characteristics that are relevant to training are the ability to learn the subject matter, attitudes toward training, and motivation to learn. Even if these are present, however, training will not be effective unless there is a positive work environment—an environment that encourages learning and eliminates obstacles for trainee success.

An important characteristic of employee readiness is having basic learning skills, especially cognitive ability that includes using written and spoken language, solving math problems, and using logic to solve problems. If employees lack certain basic skills, they may have to attend some remedial classes before participating in job-related training. Seeing potential benefits from training programs may increase employee motivation to participate. Readiness for training also depends on work environment characteristics called situational constraints and social support. Constraints can include the limits of training's effectiveness from within the organization, such as lack of money or lack of time for training and practicing. Social support refers to the ways that the organization encourages training by expressing positive attitudes toward its training programs. The goal of this activity is to evaluate employee readiness for training.

Read each statement, then select the appropriate category

1. When new employees arrive on the sales floor after training at Hamilton Department Store, experienced employees have a tendency. Forget what you learned. This is how we really do it.
2. Time and again, Brooke's employees complained that the statistical quality control training was too difficult to be useful.
3. As much as she would like to. Elizabeth really doesn't think top management is going to allocate enough money to train everyone on the new software this year.
4. Although Jane really wanted to participate in the diversity training program, she knew it was impossible to get away from the office for three days in order to participate.
5. Ed was excited to hear about the new technical training program, but disappointed when he heard his boss say that he really didn't think the training was the time and effort

a. Social Support
b. Situational Constraints
c. Employee Readiness

Based on the preceding information, which of the following is an consolidating entry needed to prepare a full set of consolidated financial statements at December 31, 20X8:

A. Common Stock 200,000
Retained Earnings 150,000
Income from Tester Co. 40,000
Dividends declared 10,000
Investment in Tester Co. 285,000
NCI in NA of Tester Co. 95,000

B. Depreciation Expense 5,000
Income from Tester Co. 4,000
NCI in NI of Tester Co. 1,000

C. Common Stock 200,000
Retained Earnings 150,000
Income from Tester Co. 30,000
NCI in NI of Tester Co. 10,000
Dividends declared 10,000
Investment in Tester Co. 285,000
NCI in NA of Tester Co. 95,000

D. Patents 50,000
Accumulated Depreciation 10,000
Investment in Tester Co. 30,000
NCI in NA of Tester Co. 10,000

Larkspur Incorporated factored $124,300 of accounts receivable with Cullumber Factors Inc. on a without-recourse basis. Cullumber assesses a 2% finance charge of the amount of accounts receivable and retains an amount equal to 5% of accounts receivable for possible adjustments.

Required:
Prepare the journal entry for Larkspur Incorporated and Cullumber Factors to record the factoring of the accounts receivable to Cullumber.

Hussein got a call yesterday from First Bank, the company that issued his credit card inquiring about an $105.00 charge made in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Upon learning that Hussein was in Detroit and had not made this purchase, the bank quickly took steps to cancel the card and issue a new one. Given the circumstances that Hussein's credit card number had an illegal transaction, he may also want to:____________.
A) check his computer's firewall to make sure it's working.
B) cancel his account and eliminate credit cards from his life.
C) change his passwords and store them in a password manager.
D) diversify his spending habits by using one of several credit cards when making purchases.

O’Hara Associates sells golf clubs, and with each sale of a full set of clubs provides complementary club-fitting services. A full set of clubs with the fitting services sells for $1,400. O’Hara estimates that it incurs $50 of staff compensation and other costs to provide the fitting services, and normally earns 20% over cost on similar services. Assuming that the golf clubs and the club-fitting services are separate performance obligations, estimate the stand-alone selling price of the club-fitting services using the expected cost plus margin approach.

Because there isn't one single measure of inflation, the government and researchers use a variety of methods to get the most balanced picture of how prices fluctuate in the economy. Two of the most commonly used price indexes are the consumer price index (CPI) and the GDP deflator.

The GDP deflator for this year is calculated by dividing the____________________ using by_____________________________ the using___________ and multiplying by 100. However, the CPI reflects only the prices of all goods and services .

Indicate whether each scenario will affect the GDP deflator or the CPI for the United States.

a. A decrease in the price of a Chinese-made car that is popular among U.S. consumers.
b. An increase in the price of a Waterman Industries deep-water reel, which is a commercial fishing product used for deep-sea fishing, made in the U.S., but not bought by U.S. consumers.

The following information is available for Mergenthaler Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2022:

Collection of principal on long-term loan to a supplier $16,000
Acquisition of equipment for cash 10,000
Proceeds from the sale of long-term investment at book value 22,000
Issuance of common stock for cash 20,000
Depreciation expense 25,000
Redemption of bonds payable at carrying (book) value 34,000
Payment of cash dividends 6,000
Net income 30,000
Purchase of land by issuing bonds payable 40,000

In addition, the following information is available from the comparative balance sheet for Mergenthaler at the end of 2022 and 2021:

2021 2022
Cash $148,000 $91,000
Accounts receivable (net) 25,000 15,000
Prepaid insurance 19,000 13,000
Total current assets $192,000 $119,000
Accounts payable $30,000 $19,000
Salaries and wages payable 6,000 7,000
Total current liabilities $36,000 $26,000

Required:
Prepare Mergenthaler's statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2014, using the indirect method.

Pitt Enterprises manufactures jeans. All materials are introduced at the beginning of the manufacturing process in the Cutting Department. Conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the manufacturing process. As the cutting of material is completed, the pieces are immediately transferred to the Sewing Department. Information for the Cutting Department for the month of May follows.

Work in Process, May 1 (54,000 units, 100% complete for direct materials, 35% complete with respect to conversion costs; includes $78,500 of direct material cost; $42,050 of conversion costs).

Units started in May 233,000
Units completed in May 208,000

Work in Process, May 31 (79,000 units, 100% complete for direct materials; 15% complete for conversion costs).

Costs incurred in May

Direct materials $391,440
Conversion costs $401,900

Required:
If Pitt Enterprises uses the FIFO method of process costing, compute the cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs respectively for May.

At the beginning of the year, Monroe Company estimates annual overhead costs to be $500,000 and that 250,000 machine hours will be operated. Using machine hours as a base, the amount of overhead applied during the year if actual machine hours for the year was 150,000 hours is A.$500,000. B.$300,000. C.$600,000. D.$150,000.

Pooling has been used for a long time by businesses as a way to reduce risk. Imagine that years ago a small paint factory employed 200 people, each with an annual salary of $600/year. The factory owner knew from experience that 4 percent of workers were being injured each year, becoming unable to work. The factory owner decided to set up a fund to pay injured workers three months of salary to help their families and build good will with employees. The owner did not contribute to the injury fund. The workers themselves contributed a fixed amount each year to fund the plan. Answer the following questions (1 point each):_____.
1. How much did the owner need to collect from employees in total to fully fund the plan each year?
2. How much did each employee have to contribute each year to fully fund the plan?
3. What percentage of salary did each employee contribute to have an injury fund like this?

Lipscomb Corporation is estimating its WACC. Its target capital structure is 20 percent debt, 20 percent preferred stock, and 60 percent common equity. Its bonds have a 12 percent coupon, paid semiannually, a current maturity of 20 years, and sell for 1,000 USD. The firm could sell, at par, 100 USD preferred stock which pays a 12 percent annual dividend, but flotation costs of 5 percent would be incurred. Libscomb is a constant-growth firm which just paid a dividend of $2.00, sells for 27.00 USD per share, and has a growth rate of 8 percent. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40.

Required:
a. What is Rollins' cost of common stock using the bond-yield-plus-risk-premium approach?
b. What is Rollins' WACC?

The Dean of Admissions at Pace University is considering a survey of high school seniors in order to design better promotional materials for Pace. Discuss the issues to be considered, the different methods of conducting this survey, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Post the journal entries to the​ T-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references in the ledger accounts.

Jul.
1. Yardley contributed $68,000 cash to the business in exchange for common stock.
5. Paid monthly rent on medical equipment, $510.
9. Paid $16,000 cash to purchase land to be used in operations.
10. Purchased office supplies on account, $1 ,600.
19. Borrowed $26,000 from the bank for business use.
22. Paid $1 , 100 on account.
28. The business received a bill for advertising in the daily newspaper to be paid in August, $250.
31. Revenues earned during the month included $6,300 cash and $5,300 on account.
31. Paid employees' salaries $1 ,900, office rent $1 ,400, and utilities $600. Record as a compound entry.
31. The business received $1 ,340 for medical screening services to be performed next month.
31. Paid cash dividends of $6,900.

Kim is trying to decide whether she can afford a loan she needs in order to go to chiropractic school. Right now Kim is living at home and works in a shoe store, earning a gross income of $1,760 per month. Her employer deducts $199 for taxes from her monthly pay. Kim also pays $189 on several credit card debts each month. The loan she needs for chiropractic school will cost an additional $172 per month. Help Kim make her decision by calculating her debt payments-to-income ratio with and without the college loan.

Required:
a. Carl’s house payment is $1,640 per month and his car payment is $482 per month. If Carl's take-home pay is $3,250 per month, what percentage does Carl spend on his home and car?
b. Suppose that your monthly net income is $2,850. Your monthly debt payments include your student loan payment and a gas credit card. They total $1,140. What is your debt payments-to-income ratio?

Ken is 63 years old and unmarried. He retired at age 55 when he sold his business, Understock.com. Though Ken is retired, he is still very active. Ken reported the following financial information this year. Assume Ken files as a single taxpayer.
a. Ken won $1,200 in an illegal game of poker (the game was played in Utah, where gambling is illegal).
b. Ken sold 1,000 shares of stock for $32 a share. He inherited the stock two years ago. His tax basis (or investment) in the stock was $31 per share.
c. Ken received $25,000 from an annuity he purchased eight years ago. He purchased the annuity, to be paid annually for 20 years, for $210,000.
d. Ken received $13,000 in disability benefits for the year. He purchased the disability insurance policy last year.
e. Ken decided to go back to school to learn about European history. He received a $500 cash scholarship to attend. He used $300 to pay for his books and tuition, and he applied the rest toward his new car payment.
f. Ken's son, Mike, instructed his employer to make half of his final paycheck of the year payable to Ken. Ken received the check on December 30 in the amount of $1,100.
g. Ken received a $610 refund of the $3,600 in state income taxes his employer withheld from his pay last year. Ken claimed $6,250 in itemized deductions last year (the standard deduction for a single filer was $6,200).
h. Ken received $30,000 of interest from corporate bonds and money market accounts.
Determine Ken's gross income