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Healesville Sanctuary is a family-owned and operated wildlife park located in Melbourne. Healesville Sanctuary has more than 150 animal species, some of which are loaned from overseas animal parks. Healesville Sanctuary has two divisions for selling merchandise: a retail operation that sells food, beverages, shirts, souvenirs and other novelties to visitors within the park, and a wholesale operation that sells toys to department stores. The following management figures are relevant for the year ended 30 June 2020:     $ Total assets 69 120 000 Total current assets 34 560 000 Inventories 28 800 000 Net assets  51 840 000 Profit after income tax   9 792 000   The company tax rate is 30 per cent.   During the conduct of the audit, the following items of interest were noted by the audit team: Due to an electrical contractor accidentally drilling through a power cable, all invoices for items sold through Healesville Sanctuary's wholesale operations…

Healesville Sanctuary is a family-owned and operated wildlife park located in Melbourne. Healesville Sanctuary has more than 150 animal species, some of which are loaned from overseas animal parks. Healesville Sanctuary has two divisions for selling merchandise: a retail operation that sells food, beverages, shirts, souvenirs and other novelties to visitors within the park, and a wholesale operation that sells toys to department stores. The following management figures are relevant for the year ended 30 June 2020:     $ Total assets 69 120 000 Total current assets 34 560 000 Inventories 28 800 000 Net assets  51 840 000 Profit after income tax   9 792 000   The company tax rate is 30 per cent.   During the conduct of the audit, the following items of interest were noted by the audit team:   Some of the toy crocodile products distributed to department stores by Healesville Sanctuary's wholesale operations were incorrectly priced due to a special…

Healesville Sanctuary is a family-owned and operated wildlife park located in Melbourne. Healesville Sanctuary has more than 150 animal species, some of which are loaned from overseas animal parks. Healesville Sanctuary has two divisions for selling merchandise: a retail operation that sells food, beverages, shirts, souvenirs and other novelties to visitors within the park, and a wholesale operation that sells toys to department stores. The following management figures are relevant for the year ended 30 June 2020: $ Total assets 69 120 000 Total current assets 34 560 000 Inventories 28 800 000 Net assets 51 840 000 Profit after income tax 9 792 000 The company tax rate is 30 per cent. During the conduct of the audit, the following items of interest were noted by the audit team: i. Due to an electrical contractor accidentally drilling through a power cable, all invoices for items sold through Healesville Sanctuary's wholesale operations on 22 and 23 June had to be manually…

Happyville, Inc., operates a chain of department stores located in the northwest. The first store began operations in 1965, and the company has steadily grown to its present size of 44 stores. Two years ago, the board of directors of Happyville approved a large-scale remodeling of its stores to attract a more upscale clientele.

Relco Industries recently purchased Arbeck, Inc., a manufacturer of electrical components that the construction industry uses. Roland Ford has been appointed as chief financial officer of Arbeck, and the president of Relco, Martha Sanderson, has asked him to prepare an organizational chart for his department at Arbeck. The chart that Ford has prepared is shown in the figure. Ford believes that the treasurer’s department should include the following employees: assistant treasurer, manager of accounts receivable and four subordinates, manager of investments and three subordinates, and manager of stockholder relations and two subordinates—a total of 13 employees besides the treasurer.The controller’s department should consist of an assistant controller, a manager of general accounting and four subordinates, a manager of fixed asset control and three subordinates, and a manager of cost accounting with four subordinates—a total of 15 employees besides the controller.When Ford presented his…

tealesxille Sanctuary is a family-owned and operated wildlife park located in Melbourne. Healesville Sanctuary has more than 150 animal species, some of which are loaned from overseas animal parks. Healesville Sanctuary has two divisions for selling merchandise: a retail operation that sells food, beverages, shirts, souvenirs and other novelties to visitors within the park, and a wholesale operation that sells toys to department stores. The following management figures are relevant for the year ended 30 June 2020: Total assetS 69 120 000 Total current assets 34 560 000 Inventories 28 800 000 Net assets 51 840 000 Profit after income tax 9 792 000 The company tax rate is 30 per cent. During the conduct of the audit, the following items of interest were noted by the audit team: Due to an electrical contractor accidentally drilling through a power cable, all invoices for items sold through tealesxille sanctuary's wholesale operations on 22 and 23 June had to be manually prepared. Many of…

Family Resorts, Inc., is a holding company for several vacation hotels in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. The firm originally purchased several old Inns, restored the buildings, and upgraded the recreational facilities. Vacationing families have been well pleased with the Inns because many services are provided that accommodate children and afford parents time for themselves. Since the completion of the restoration 10 years ago, the company has been profitable.   Family Resorts has just concluded its annual meeting of regional and district managers. This meeting is held each November to review the results of the previous season and to help the managers prepare for the upcoming year. Before the meeting, the managers submitted proposed budgets for their districts or regions as appropriate. These budgets are reviewed and consolidated into an annual operating budget for the entire company. The 2008 budget has been presented at the meeting and the managers accepted it.   To…

Zachary Airlines is a small airline that occasionally carries overload shipments for the overnight delivery company Never-Fail, Incorporated. Never-Fail is a multimillion-dollar company started by Wes Never immediately after he failed to finish his first accounting course. The company's motto is "We Never-Fail to Deliver Your Package on Time." When Never-Fail has more freight than it can deliver, it pays Zachary to carry the excess. Zachary contracts with independent pilots to fly its planes on a per-trip basis. Zachary recently purchased an airplane that cost the company $4,883,000. The plane has an estimated useful life of 25,700,000 miles and a zero salvage value. During the first week in January, Zachary flew two trips. The first trip was a round trip flight from Chicago to San Francisco, for which Zachary paid $300 for the pilot and $250 for fuel. The second flight was a round trip from Chicago to New York. For this trip, it paid $250 for the pilot and $125 for fuel. The round…

Thornton Airlines is a small airline that occasionally carries overload shipments for the overnight delivery company Never-Fail, Incorporated. Never-Fail is a multimillion-dollar company started by Wes Never immediately after he failed to finish his first accounting course. The company's motto is "We Never-Fail to Deliver Your Package on Time." When Never-Fail has more freight than it can deliver, it pays Thornton to carry the excess. Thornton contracts with independent pilots to fly its planes on a per-trip basis. Thornton recently purchased an airplane that cost the company $5,632,000. The plane has an estimated useful life of 25,600,000 miles and a zero salvage value. During the first week in January, Thornton flew two trips. The first trip was a round trip flight from Chicago to San Francisco, for which Thornton paid $310 for the pilot and $260 for fuel. The second flight was a round trip from Chicago to New York. For this trip, it paid $260 for the pilot and $130 for fuel. The…

Thornton Airlines is a small airline that occasionally carries overload shipments for the overnight delivery company Never-Fall, Incorporated. Never-Fall is a multimillion-dollar company started by Wes Never Immediately after he falled to finish his first accounting course. The company's motto is "We Never-Fall to Deliver Your Package on Time." When Never-Fall has more freight than It can deliver, It pays Thornton to carry the excess. Thornton contracts with Independent pilots to fly its planes on a per-trip basis. Thornton recently purchased an airplane that cost the company $5,588,000. The plane has an estimated useful life of 25,400,000 miles and a zero salvage value. During the first week In January, Thornton flew two trips. The first trip was a round trip flight from Chicago to San Francisco, for which Thornton pald $370 for the pilot and $320 for fuel. The second flight was a round trip from Chicago to New York. For this trip, It paid $320 for the pilot and $160 for fuel. The…

Wheels, Inc. is a manufacturer of bicycles sold through retail bicycle shops in the southeastern United States. The company has two salespeople that do more than just sell the products—they manage relationships with the bicycle shops to enable them to better meet consumers’ needs. The company’s sales reps visit the shops several times per year, often for hours at a time. The owner of Wheels is considering expanding to the rest of the country and would like to have distribution through 1,000 bicycle shops. To do so, however, the company would have to hire more salespeople. Each salesperson earns $40,000 plus 2 percent commission on all sales. Another alternative is to use the services of sales agents instead of its own sales force. Sales agents would be paid 5 percent of sales. Refer to Appendix 2 to answer this question. Determine the number of salespeople Wheels needs if it has 1,000 bicycle shop accounts that need to be called on four times per year. Each sales call lasts…

Solomon Airlines is a small airline that occasionally carries overload shipments for the overnight delivery company Never-Fail, Incorporated. Never-Fail is a multimillion-dollar company started by Wes Never immediately after he failed to finish his first accounting course. The company's motto is "We Never-Fail to Deliver Your Package on Time." When Never-Fail has more freight than it can deliver, it pays Solomon to carry the excess. Solomon contracts with independent pilots to fly its planes on a per-trip basis. Solomon recently purchased an airplane that cost the company $5,522,000. The plane has an estimated useful life of 25,100,000 miles and a zero salvage value. During the first week in January, Solomon flew two trips. The first trip was a round trip flight from Chicago to San Francisco, for which Solomon paid $410 for the pilot and $360 for fuel. The second flight was a round trip from Chicago to New York. For this trip, it paid $360 for the pilot and $180 for fuel. The round…

Franklin Airlines is a small airline that occasionally carries overload shipments for the overnight delivery company Never-Fail, Inc. Never-Fail is a multimillion-dollar company started by Wes Never immediately after he failed to finish his first accounting course. The company's motto is "We Never-Fail to Deliver Your Package on Time." When Never-Fail has more freight than it can deliver, it pays Franklin to carry the excess. Franklin contracts with independent pilots to fly its planes on a per-trip basis. Franklin recently purchased an airplane that cost the company $6,318,000. The plane has an estimated useful life of 24,300,000 miles and a zero salvage value. During the first week in January, Franklin flew two trips. The first trip was a round trip flight from Chicago to San Francisco, for which Franklin paid $340 for the pilot and $290 for fuel. The second flight was a round trip from Chicago to New York. For this trip, it paid $290 for the pilot and $145 for fuel. The round trip…

Conch Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer located in Key West, Florida. The companypresident is Shelly Couts, who inherited the company. The company originally repaired radios and other householdappliances when it was founded over 70 years ago. Over the years, the company has expanded, and it is now a reputablemanufacturer of various specialty electronic items. Jay McCanless, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by thecompany in its finance department.One of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by Conch Republic is a smart phone. Conch Republiccurrently has one smart phone model on the market and sales have been excellent. The smart phone is a unique itemin that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as withany electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smart phone has limited features in comparison withnewer models. Conch Republic spent $300,000 to develop a prototype for…

Conch Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer located in Key West, Florida. The companypresident is Shelly Couts, who inherited the company. The company originally repaired radios and other householdappliances when it was founded over 70 years ago. Over the years, the company has expanded, and it is now a reputablemanufacturer of various specialty electronic items. Jay McCanless, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by thecompany in its finance department.One of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by Conch Republic is a smart phone. Conch Republiccurrently has one smart phone model on the market and sales have been excellent. The smart phone is a unique itemin that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as withany electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smart phone has limited features in comparison withnewer models. Conch Republic spent $300,000 to develop a prototype for…

Conch Republic Electronics is a midsized electronics manufacturer located in Key West, Florida. The companypresident is Shelly Couts, who inherited the company. The company originally repaired radios and other householdappliances when it was founded over 70 years ago. Over the years, the company has expanded, and it is now a reputablemanufacturer of various specialty electronic items. Jay McCanless, a recent MBA graduate, has been hired by thecompany in its finance department.One of the major revenue-producing items manufactured by Conch Republic is a smart phone. Conch Republiccurrently has one smart phone model on the market and sales have been excellent. The smart phone is a unique itemin that it comes in a variety of tropical colors and is preprogrammed to play Jimmy Buffett music. However, as withany electronic item, technology changes rapidly, and the current smart phone has limited features in comparison withnewer models. Conch Republic spent $300,000 to develop a prototype for…

Ameen trading company is a popular distributor in the Nizwa region having years of experience in the field of logistics and marketing. Over these years, the company has gained a very good public opinion and quiet a big number of loyal customers. During the last year, the company has faced some financial struggles due to the pandemic – crisis. The company has decided to plan well for the current year based on the past performance so that the company will be able to regain its status. The management of the company has given with you the Income statement for the last year and asked you to calculate the gross profit and net profit margin. Particular OMR Particular OMR Opening Stock Purchases Carriage and Freight Wages Gross Profit b/d To 76,250 By Sales 3,15,250 "Closing stock 2,000 5,000 2,00,000 5,98,500 1,01,000 By Gross Profit b/d 12,000 "Non-operating incomes: 2,000 " Interest on Securities 7,000 " Dividend on shares 84,000 " Profit on sale of shares 2,06,000 5,00,000 98,500 5,98,500…

Eco Plastics Company has been revolutionizing plastic and trying to do its part to save the environment. Eco’s founder, Marion Cosby, developed a biodegradable plastic that her company is marketing to manufacturing companies throughout the southeastern United States. After operating as a private company for six years, Eco went public in 2009 and is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. As the chief financial officer of a young company with lots of investment opportunities, Eco’s CFO closely monitors the firm’s cost of capital. The CFO keeps tabs on each of the individual costs of Eco’s three main financing sources: long-term debt, preferred stock, and common stock. The target capital structure for ECO is given by the weights in the following table: Source of capital weight Long term debt 30 % Preferred stock 20 % Common stock equity 50 % Total 100 %   At the present time, Eco can raise debt by selling 20-year bonds with a $1,000 par value and a 10.5%…