Question 1:

Josh Donaldson is employed by Bringer of Rain Inc., and is directly involved in preparing and packaging the MLB official baseballs. The basic wage rate is $15 per hour, and he is paid time-and-a-half for any work in excess of 40 hours per week. Additionally, Bringer of Rain Inc. provides a fringe benefit package that costs the company $5 for each hour of employee time (regular or overtime). During a recent week, Donaldson worked 49 hours but was idle for 3 hours due to a materials shortages.

Required:

1. Assume that Bringer of Rain Inc. treats all fringe benefits as part of manufacturing overhead. Compute Donaldson's total wages and fringe benefits for the week and indicate how much of his wages and fringe benefits for the week would be allocated to direct labour and how much would be allocated to manufacturing overhead.

Question 2:

The following costs relate to one month?s activity in Nutcracker Company:

Indirect materials	$300
Rent on factory building	500
Maintenance of equipment	50
Direct material used	1,200
Utilities on factory	250
Direct labour	1,500
Selling expense	500
Administrative expense	300
Work-in-process inventory, beginning	600
Work-in-process inventory, ending	800
Finished goods inventory, beginning,	500
Finished goods inventory, ending	250

Required:

1. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured in good form.

Question 3:

Suppose that you have been given a summer job as an intern at Electronic Waves, a company that manufactures portable two-way radio transceivers for radio enthusiasts. The company, which is privately owned, has approached a bank for a loan to help finance its tremendous growth. The bank requires financial statements before approving such a loan. You have been asked to help prepare the financial statements and were given the following list of costs.

Required:

1. Classify the following lists of costs as either product (inventoriable) costs or period (non-inventoriable) costs for purposes of preparing the financial statements for the bank.

	Product Cost (Inventoriable)	Period Cost
1) Depreciation on salespersons? cars.
2) Salaries of personnel who work in the finished goods warehouse.
3) Rent on equipment used in the factory.
4) Lubricants used for machine maintenance.
5) Soap and paper towels used by factory workers at the end of a shift.
6) Factory supervisors? salaries.
7) Heat, water, and power consumed in the factory.
8) Materials used for boxing company products for shipment overseas. (Units are not normallyboxed.)
9) Advertising costs.
10) Workers? Compensation Insurance for factory employees.
11) Depreciation on chairs and tables in the factory lunchroom.
12) The cost of packaging the company?s product.
13) The wages of the receptionist in the administrative offices.
14) Cost of leasing the corporate jet used by the company?s executives.
15) The cost of renting rooms at a British Columbia resort for the annual sales conference.

Question 4:

Last month Mont Tremblant Biking, a mountain sporting goods retailer, had total sales of $3,200,000, selling expenses of $110,000, and administrative expenses of $470,000. The company had beginning merchandise inventory of $140,000, purchased additional merchandise inventory for $2,550,000, and had ending merchandise inventory of $180,000.

Required:

1. Prepare an income statement for the company for the month.

Question 5:

The Trump International Hotel & Tower is a five-star hotel located in downtown Toronto. The hotel?s operations vice president would like to replace the hotel?s legacy computer terminals at the registration desk with attractive state-of-the-art flat-panel displays. The new displays would take less space, consume less power than the old computer terminals, and provide additional security, since they can be viewed only from a restrictive angle. The new computer displays would not require any new wiring. However, the hotel?s chef believes the funds would be better spent on a new bulk freezer for the kitchen.

Required:

1. Classify each item as a differential cost, an opportunity cost, or a sunk cost in the decision to replace the old computer terminals with new flat-panel displays. If none of the categories apply for a particular item, select "None".

Item	Differential Cost	Opportunity Cost	Sunk Cost	None
Cost of the old computer terminals
Cost of existing registration desk wiring
Rent on the space occupied by the registration desk
Wages of registration desk personnel
Benefits from a new freezer
Costs of maintaining the old computer terminals
Cost of removing the old computer terminals
Cost of the new flat-panel displays

Question 1: Josh Donaldson is employed by Bringer of Rain Inc., and is directly involved in preparing and packaging the MLB official baseballs. The basic wage rate is $15 per hour, and he is paid time andahalf for any work in excess of 40 hours per week. Additionally, Bringer of Rain Inc. provides a fringe benefit package that costs the company $5 for each hour of employee time (regular or overtime). During a recent week, Donaldson worked 49 hours but was idle for 3 hours due to a materials shortages. Required: 1. Assume that Bringer of Rain Inc. treats all fringe benefits as part of manufacturing overhead. Compute Donaldson's total wages and fringe benefits for the week and indicate how much of his wages and fringe benefits for the week would be allocated to direct labour and how much would be allocated to manufacturing overhead. Question 2: The following costs relate to one month's activity in Nutcracker Company: Indirect materials Rent on factory building Maintenance of equipment Direct material used Utilities on factory Direct labour $300 500 50 1,200 250 1,500 Selling expense 500 Administrative expense 300 Workinprocess inventory, beginning 600 Workinprocess inventory, ending 800 Finished goods inventory, beginning, 500 Finished goods inventory, ending 250 Required: 1. Prepare a schedule of cost of goods manufactured in good form. Question 3: Suppose that you have been given a summer job as an intern at Electronic Waves, a company that manufactures portable twoway radio transceivers for radio enthusiasts. The company, which is privately owned, has approached a bank for a loan to help finance its tremendous growth. The bank requires financial statements before approving such a loan. You have been asked to help prepare the financial statements and were given the following list of costs. Required: 1. Classify the following lists of costs as either product (inventoriable) costs or period (non inventoriable) costs for purposes of preparing the financial statements for the bank. Product Cost (Inventoriable) 1) Depreciation on salespersons' cars. 2) Salaries of personnel who work in the finished goods warehouse. 3) Rent on equipment used in the factory. 4) Lubricants used for machine maintenance. 5) Soap and paper towels used by factory workers at the end of a shift. 6) Factory supervisors' salaries. 7) Heat, water, and power consumed in the factory. 8) Materials used for boxing company products for shipment overseas. (Units are not normally boxed.) 9) Advertising costs. 10) Workers' Compensation Insurance for factory employees. 11) Depreciation on chairs and tables in the factory lunchroom. 12) The cost of packaging the company's product. 13) The wages of the receptionist in the administrative offices. 14) Cost of leasing the corporate jet used by the company's executives. 15) The cost of renting rooms at a British Columbia resort for Period Cost the annual sales conference. Question 4: Last month Mont Tremblant Biking, a mountain sporting goods retailer, had total sales of $3,200,000, selling expenses of $110,000, and administrative expenses of $470,000. The company had beginning merchandise inventory of $140,000, purchased additional merchandise inventory for $2,550,000, and had ending merchandise inventory of $180,000. Required: 1. Prepare an income statement for the company for the month. Question 5: The Trump International Hotel & Tower is a fivestar hotel located in downtown Toronto. The hotel's operations vice president would like to replace the hotel's legacy computer terminals at the registration desk with attractive stateoftheart flatpanel displays. The new displays would take less space, consume less power than the old computer terminals, and provide additional security, since they can be viewed only from a restrictive angle. The new computer displays would not require any new wiring. However, the hotel's chef believes the funds would be better spent on a new bulk freezer for the kitchen. Required: 1. Classify each item as a differential cost, an opportunity cost, or a sunk cost in the decision to replace the old computer terminals with new flatpanel displays. If none of the categories apply for a particular item, select "None". Item Differential Cost Opportunity Cost Sunk Cost None Cost of the old computer terminals Cost of existing registration desk wiring Rent on the space occupied by the registration desk Wages of registration desk personnel Benefits from a new freezer Costs of maintaining the old computer terminals Cost of removing the old computer terminals Cost of the new flatpanel displays