Accounting for excellent

1) Silmon Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs:

In June the company produced 5,300 units using 32,530 grams of the direct material and 2,690 direct labor-hours. During the month the company purchased 25,200 grams of the direct material at a price of $8.80 per gram. The actual direct labor rate was $16.60 per hour and the actual variable overhead rate was $2.90 per hour. The materials price variance is computed when materials are purchased. Variable overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor-hours.

Required:

Compute the following variances for raw materials, direct labor, and variable overhead, assuming that the price variance for materials is recognized at point of purchase: (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations. Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting “F” for favorable, “U” for unfavorable, and “None” for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Omit the “$” sign in your response.)

 (Choices: F, U, None)

 a.

 Direct materials quantity variance

$  

 b.

 Direct materials price variance

 c.

 Direct labor efficiency variance

 e.

 Direct labor rate variance

 d.

 Variable overhead efficiency variance

 f.

 Variable overhead rate variance

2) Gilde Industries is a division of a major corporation. Last year the division had total sales of $23,826,400, net operating income of $2,835,342, and average operating assets of $9,164,000. The company’s minimum required rate of return is 19%.

a.

What is the division’s margin? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)

  Margin

%  

b.

What is the division’s turnover? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

  Turnover

c.

What is the division’s return on investment (ROI)? (Round you intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)

  Return on investment

   %  

Nutall Corporation is considering dropping product N28X. Data from the company’s accounting system appear below:

  Sales

660,000    

  Variable expense

285,000    

  Fixed manufacturing expenses

244,000    

  Fixed selling and administrative expense

192,000    

All fixed expenses of the company are fully allocated to products in the company’s accounting system. Further investigation has revealed that $195,500 of the fixed manufacturing expenses and $110,500 of the fixed selling and administrative expenses are avoidable if product N28X is discontinued.

According to the company’s accounting system, what is the net operating income earned by product N28X? (Input the amount as a positive value. Omit the “$” sign in your response.)

  Net operating loss/income?

b-1.

What would be the effect on the company’s overall net operating income of dropping product N28X? (Input the amount as a positive value. Omit the “$” sign in your response.)

  Net operating income

would be (increase/decrease?) by $ .

b-2.

Should the product be dropped?

No

Yes

Tranter, Inc., is considering a project that would have a nine-year life and would require a $1,680,000 investment in equipment. At the end of nine years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. The project would provide net operating income each year as follows: (Ignore income taxes.)

2,000,000  

  Variable expenses

1,

350,000  

  Contribution margin

650,000  

  Fixed expenses:

  Fixed out-of-pocket cash expenses

  Depreciation

130,000  

480,000  

170,000  

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Exhibit 13B-2
, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

All of the above items, except for depreciation, represent cash flows. The company’s required rate of return is 10%.

Compute the project’s net present value. (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answers to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the “$” sign in your response.)

  Net present value

Compute the project’s internal rate of return. (Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places and final answer to the closest interest rate. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)

  Internal rate of return

Compute the project’s payback period. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)

  Payback period

years  

d.

Compute the project’s simple rate of return. (Round your final answer to the closest interest rate. Omit the “%” sign in your response.)

  Simple rate of return

A company is considering purchasing an asset for $61,000 that would have a useful life of 10 years and would have a salvage value of $6,000. For tax purposes, the entire original cost of the asset would be depreciated over 10 years using the straight-line method and the salvage value would be ignored. The asset would generate annual net cash inflows of $37,000 throughout its useful life. The project would require additional working capital of $9,000, which would be released at the end of the project. The company’s tax rate is 40% and its discount rate is 13%.

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Exhibit 13B-1
and
Exhibit 13B-2
to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables.

What is the net present value of the asset? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Round discount factor(s) to 3 decimal places, intermediate and final answer to the nearest dollar amount. Omit the “$” sign in your response.)

 $