Rex loves to work with his hands and is very good at making small figurines. Three years ago, Rex opened Bronze Age Miniatures (BAM) for business as a sole proprietorship. BAM produces mintature characters ranging from sci-fi characters (his favorite) to historical characters like George Washington (the most popular). Business has been golng very well for him, and he has provided the following. information relating to his business. Required: o. Rex received approval from the IRS to switch from the cash method of accounting to the accrual method of accounting effective January 1 of this yeat. At the end of last year, BAM reported accounts receivable that had not been included in income under the accrual method of $14,000 and accounts payable that had not been deducted under the acciual method of $5,000. b. In March, BAM sold 5,000 miniature histonicat figures to History R Us incorporoted (HRU), a retaller of histonical artifacts and figurines, for $75,000 c. HRU was so impressed with the figurines that it purchiased in March that it wanted to contract with BAM to continue to produce the figurines for it for the next three years. HRU paid BAM $216.000 (\$12 per ligurine) on October 30 of this year to produce. 500 figurines per month for 36 monthis beginning on Novembet 1 of this yeat. BAM delivered 500 figutines on November 30 and again on Becember 30. Rex elects to use the deferral method to account for the transaction d. Though the selifi figurines were not quite as popular, 8AM sold 400 figurines at a seifi convention in April. Rex accepted cash only and received 511,000 for these stales. e. In January, BAM detemined that it would not be able to collect on $2.000 of its beginning-of the year recelvables, so it wrote ofl $2.000 of specifie recelvables. BAM sold 100,000 othes figurines oo ciedit for $120,000. BAM estimotes that it will be unable fo collec 5 percent of the sales revenue from these sales; but it has not been able to specilically identify any accounts to wille off. f. Assume that BAM conectly determined that its cost of goods sold using an appropitate inventory method is $54.000 this year Calculate the business taxable income for BAM assuming that BAM elects to account for its inventory of minlatures Note: Enter the write-off of the receivable under e-1 and the sales under e-2. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculotions. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollor amount. 9. The sci-fi convention in April was held in Chicago, Illinots. Rex attended the convention because he felt it was a good opportunity to gain new customers and to get new ideas for figurines. He paid \$350 round-trip airfare, $100 for entrance to the convention, $210 for lodging. $65 for cab fare, and $110 for meals at restaurants during the trip. He was busy with business activities the entire trip. h. On August 1, BAM purchased a 12 month insurance policy that covers its business property for accidents and casualties through July 31 of next year. The policy cost BAM $3,600. 1. BAM reported depreciation expense of $8,200 for this year: 1. Rex had previously operated his business out of his garage, but in January he decided to rent a larger space. He entered into a lease agreement on February 1 and paid $14,400 ( $1,200 per month) fo possess the space for the next 12 months (february of this year through January of next year). k. Before he opened his doors for business, Rex spent $30.000 investigating and otherwise getting ready to do business. He expensed \$5,000 immedlately and is amortizing the remainder using the straight line method over 180 months. 1. In Decembet, BAM agreed to a 12 -month, $8,000 contract with Advertise With. Us (AWU) to produce a radio ad campaign, BAM paid $3,000 up front (in December of this year), and AWU agreed that BAM would owe the remaining $5,000 only if BAM's sales increased by 15 percent over the 9 -month period after the contract was signed. m. In November of this year, BAM paid $2.500 in business property taxes (based on asset values) covering the period December 1 of this year through November 30 of next year. In November of last year, BAM pald $1,500 for business property taxes (based on asset values) covering the period Deceinber 1 of last year through November 30 of this year Calculate the business taxable income fot BAM assuming that BAM elects to account for ifs iaventory of miniatures. Note: Enter the write-off of the recelvoble under e-1 and the sales under e-2. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculotions. Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount
