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    Accounting - Pujols Industries - Bond Issue Entries

    On February 28, 2006, Pujols Industries issued 10% bonds, dated January 1, with a face amount of $48 million. The bonds were priced at $42 million (plus accrued interest) to yield is 12%. The effective interest method is used. Interest is paid semiannually on June 30 and December 31. Pujols' fiscal year ends October 31st. Re

    Smith Graphics - Debt/Equity Decisions

    On January 1, 2005, Smith Graphics, Inc., a product-labeling and graphics firm, borrowed $300,000 cash from First BancCorp and issued a five-year, 8% promissory note. The note requires annual interest payments each December 31. A. Prepare Skill Graphic's journal entries to record (1) the issuance of the note and (2) the Decemb

    Find four consecutive even integers whose sum

    1- Find four consecutive even integers whose sum is 340. 2- Chrysler Sebring. After getting a 15% discount on the price of a new Chrysler Sebring convertible, Helen paid $27,000. What was the original price of the convertible to the nearest dollar? 3- Toyota Corolla. Gwen bought a new Toyota Corolla. The selling price

    Decision Analysis

    You have the opportunity to expand your specialty freight business by purchasing or leasing an additional aircraft. You have determined the most suitable type of aircraft is a Shorts AirVan. You have calculated the increase in net profit over the next three years with this aircraft for five estimates of industry activity: ?

    Transfer solution from excel to QM software format

    Slixtrix Conversions, located in Waldo, Florida specializes in conversions of pick-up trucks and vans. In particular, they do a very good business in their signature line of each. The business has three production shops which, using good project scheduling skills, work on the vehicles simultaneously. The shops are preparatio

    Accounting for Accounting Changes and Errors

    (Accounting for Accounting Changes and Errors) Listed below are various types of accounting changes and errors. ?_____ 1. Change in a plant asset's salvage value. ?_____ 2. Change due to overstatement of inventory. ?_____ 3. Change from sum-of-the-years'-digits to straight-line method of depreciation. ?_____ 4. Change from p

    Please place excel answer into QM software format 14. Your company buys and sells fresh catfish, utilizing containerized chill boxes. Each box is carried by airfreight to either of two airfreight hubs, where it is further routed to restaurant wholesalers in ...

    14. Your company buys and sells fresh catfish, utilizing containerized chill boxes. Each box is carried by airfreight to either of two airfreight hubs, where it is further routed to restaurant wholesalers in various cities. Once loaded with fish, containers may be held at origin for further shipment for up to three days unti

    Converting cash to accrual basis accounting

    Cash to Accrual Accounting I need help getting started with this problem! Mr. Pitt has relented and agrees to provide you with the information necessary to convert his cash basis financial statements to accrual basis statement. He provides you with the following transaction info for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2

    Westcost Air Co. leases a single jet aircraft and operates between San Francisco and the Fiji. Flights leave San Francisco on Mondays and Thursdays and depart from Fiji on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Westcost Air Co. cannot offer any more flights between San Francisco and Fiji. Only tourist-class seats are available on its planes. An analyst has collected the following information:

    Westcost Air Co. leases a single jet aircraft and operates between San Francisco and the Fiji. Flights leave San Francisco on Mondays and Thursdays and depart from Fiji on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Westcost Air Co. cannot offer any more flights between San Francisco and Fiji. Only tourist-class seats are available on its plan

    Risk probability and impact matrix: Department of Defense R.F.P

    Scenario: Your company, a major defense contractor, recently submitted a bid for a Department of Defense (DoD) RFP entitled Automated Mobile Defense System (AMDS). The executive team at your company has decided to promote you as the new project manager to lead Project X. As the new project manager, you will be responsible for

    Accounting

    If I have this expenses: telephone $50 fixed utilities $260 fixed (25% for the garage and 75% for the house advertising $75 fixed insurance $80 fixed materials $7,500 variable (for 5 computers) labor $1,800: ($1,300 fixed plus $500 for hours assembling computers) How a can compute the TOTAL COST FUNCTION

    Algebra to show Depreciation of Corporate Airplane

    1) The following graph shows the depreciation for the corporate airplane from 2006 to 2009. The plane was purchased new in 2006; therefore, x = 0 represents the year 2006. X - axis (horizontal) = years starting from 0 = 2006 and increasing by 0.5 years Y - axis (vertical) = price in $ amounts a) List the coordinates o

    Budget Plan

    Donna and Sherman Terrel are preparing a budget for 2010. Donna is a systems analyst with an airplane manufacturer, and Sherman is working on a master's degree in educational psychology. The Terrels do not have any children or other dependents. Donna estimates her salary will be about $45,600 in 2010; Sherman expects to work onl

    after tax return on the best investment alternative

    Abc corporation has $50,000 which it plans to invest in marketable securities. The corporation is choosing between the following 3 equally risky securities. Spartan county tax free municipal bonds yielding 8% ford bonds yielding 11.5% GE preferred stock with a dividend yield of 12% ABC's corporate tax rate is 35%. what is

    Joint Processing and Split Off Points

    Problem is below. I've come to a conclusion that product J would bring in sales of $636,000 and product K would bring in sales of $1,350,000 which would make me think to sell J at split and continue to process K. What is correct answer? 28. India Corporation has $200,000 of joint processing costs and is studying whether to pr

    Value of a Bond

    All of the following affect the value of a bond EXCEPT: a. investors required rate of return b. the recorded value of the firms assets c. the coupon rate of interest d. the maturity date of the bond

    Should the Securities and Exchange Commission do anything? Why?

    Many high-technology companies, like Nortel Networks, Micron Technology and JDS Uniphase, have written down massive amounts of their inventory. For example, Nortel Networks revalued some of its inventory parts at $0, though the inventory initially cost Nortel $650 million. Companies are required to report whether they write

    Direct Method of Aligning the Interests

    Which of the following is the most direct method of aligning the interests of the firm's employees with those of shareholders? a. bonus payments b. base apy c. performance based salary d. stock options.

    Growth Rate of Butler's Inc.

    Butler's Inc's return on equity is 17% and management retains 75% of earnings for investment purposes. Based on thsi information, wht is the firm's growth rate? a. 4.25% b. 22.67% C. 44.12% d. 12.75%.

    Accounting Problems

    Please help with the following problems. 1. Communication of economic events is the part of the accounting process that involves a. identifying economic events. b. quantifying transactions into dollars and cents. c. preparing accounting reports. d. recording and classifying information. 2. Which of the followi

    Accounting Problems

    Need help with the following problems. 15. The income statement and balance sheet columns of Pine Company's worksheet reflects the following totals: Income Statement Balance Sheet Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Totals $58,000 $48,000 $34,000 $44,000 The net income (or loss) for the pe

    Annual Interest in a Bank Account

    You deposit $700 in an account that pays 2.75% annual interest. How long does it take the balance to reach $1,500 when the interest is compounded yearly? Show your work. [Hint: use A = Pe-rt and solve for ¿t¿].

    Present Value Process Analysis

    I am asking for help with understanding the processes to analyze a present value question, for example below. Any assistance is appreciated. I just inherited profits. The profit is believed to have 3yrs worth of profit deposit. Here is how much income this profits is projected to bring each year for the next 3yrs:

    Three Sequences to Minimize Costs

    7. Western Airlines needs to assign its crews to cover the 11 flights shown in the table below. They have developed 12 feasible sequences of flights for the crews (The numbers in the columns represent the order of the flights or legs of each sequence. Some sequences consist of only two flights, while other sequences involve as

    Cost Ratio (Retail Method)

    Determine the cost ratio (retail method) for T games and comics store if the cost of goods available for sale is $36,000 and the retail value of goods available for sale is $90,000 (round to the nearest one-thousandth)