Paid future absences • LO13–3 On January 1, 2018, Poplar Fabricators Corporation agreed to grant its employees two weeks of vacation each year, with the stipulation that vacations earned each year can be taken the following year. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Poplar Fabricators’ employees each earned an average of $900 per week. Seven hundred vacation weeks earned in 2018 were not taken during 2018. Required: 1. Prepare the appropriate adjusting entry for vacations earned but not taken in 2018. 2. Suppose that, by the time vacations actually are taken in 2019, wage rates for employees have risen by an average of 5 percent from their 2018 level. Also, assume wages earned in 2019 (including vacations earned and taken in 2019) were $31 million. Prepare a journal entry that summarizes 2019 wages and the payment for 2018 vacations taken in 2019.
Paid future absences • LO13–3 On January 1, 2018, Poplar Fabricators Corporation agreed to grant its employees two weeks of vacation each year, with the stipulation that vacations earned each year can be taken the following year. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Poplar Fabricators’ employees each earned an average of $900 per week. Seven hundred vacation weeks earned in 2018 were not taken during 2018. Required: 1. Prepare the appropriate adjusting entry for vacations earned but not taken in 2018. 2. Suppose that, by the time vacations actually are taken in 2019, wage rates for employees have risen by an average of 5 percent from their 2018 level. Also, assume wages earned in 2019 (including vacations earned and taken in 2019) were $31 million. Prepare a journal entry that summarizes 2019 wages and the payment for 2018 vacations taken in 2019.
Solution Summary: The author explains that vacation pay is an accrued cost estimated for the company and is liability for employer.
On January 1, 2018, Poplar Fabricators Corporation agreed to grant its employees two weeks of vacation each year, with the stipulation that vacations earned each year can be taken the following year. For the year ended December 31, 2018, Poplar Fabricators’ employees each earned an average of $900 per week. Seven hundred vacation weeks earned in 2018 were not taken during 2018.
Required:
1. Prepare the appropriate adjusting entry for vacations earned but not taken in 2018.
2. Suppose that, by the time vacations actually are taken in 2019, wage rates for employees have risen by an average of 5 percent from their 2018 level. Also, assume wages earned in 2019 (including vacations earned and taken in 2019) were $31 million. Prepare a journal entry that summarizes 2019 wages and the payment for 2018 vacations taken in 2019.
Definition Definition Assets available to stockholders after a company's liabilities are paid off. Stockholders’ equity is also sometimes referred to as owner's equity. A stockholders’ equity or book value generally includes common stock, preferred stock, and retained earnings and is an indicator of a company's financial strength.
Scarce resource; discontinued product lines; negative contribution marginThe officers of Bardwell Company are reviewing the profitability of the company’s four products and the potential effects of several proposals for varying the product mix. The following is an excerpt from the income statement and other data.
Total
Product P
Product Q
Product R
Product S
Sales
$62,600
$10,000
$18,000
$12,600
$22,000
Cost of goods sold
(44,274)
(4,750)
(7,056)
(13,968)
(18,500)
Gross profit
$18,326
$5,250
$10,944
$(1,368)
$3,500
Operating expenses
(12,004)
(1,990)
(2,968)
(2,826)
(4,220)
Income before taxes
6,322
$3,260
$7,976
$(4,194)
$(720)
Units sold
1,000
1,200
1,800
2,000
Sales price per unit
$10.00
$15.00
$7.00
$11.00
Variable cost of goods sold
2.50
3.00
6.50
6.00
Variable operating expenses
1.17
1.25
1.00
1.20
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Analyzing one company's make or buy and special order proposals
OneCo is a retail organization in the Northeast that sells upscale clothing. Each year, store managers (in consultation with their supervisors) establish financial goals; a monthly reporting system captures actual performance.
OneCo Inc. produces a single product. Cost per unit, based on the manufacture and sale of 10,000 units per month at full capacity, is shown below.
Product costs
Direct materials
$4.00
Direct labor
1.30
Variable overhead
2.50
Fixed overhead
3.40
Sales commission
0.90
$12.10
The $0.90 sales commission is paid for every unit sold through regular channels. Market demand is such that OneCo is operating at full capacity, and the firm has found it can sell all it can produce at the market price of $16.50.
Currently, OneCo is considering two separate proposals:
· Gatsby, Inc. has offered to buy 1,000 units at $14.35 each. Sales commission would be $0.35 on this special order.
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The first production department in a process manufacturing system reports the following unit data.
Beginning work in process inventory
Units started and completed
35,200 units
52,800 units
Units completed and transferred out
Ending work in process inventory
88,000 units
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Exercise 16-4 (Algo) Weighted average: Computing equivalent units LO P1
Prepare the production department's equivalent units of production for direct materials under each of the following three separate
assumptions using the weighted average method for process costing.
Equivalent Units of Production (EUP)-Weighted Average Method
1. All direct materials are added to products when…
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