Total asset turnover is used to evaluate:

Revising an estimate of the useful life or salvage value of a plant asset is referred to as a change in accounting estimate and is reflected in the current, and future financial statements.

The factor for the present value of an annuity for 6 years at 10% is 4.3553. This implies that an annuity of six $2,000 payments at 10% is the equivalent of $8,710.60 today.

A company purchased a plant asset for $60,000. The asset has an estimated salvage value of $4,000, and an estimated useful life of 7 years. The annual depreciation expense using the straight-line method is $4,000 per year.

A company’s debt-to-equity ratio was 1.0 at the end of Year 1. By the end of Year 2, it had increased to 1.7. Since the ratio increased from Year 1 to Year 2, the degree of risk in the firm’s financing structure decreased during Year 2.

Victory Company purchases office equipment at the beginning of the year at a cost of $15,000. The machine is depreciated using the straight-line method. The machine’s useful life is estimated to be 7 years with a $1,000 salvage value. The journal entry to record the first year’s depreciation is:

A company’s debt-to-equity ratio was 1.0 at the end of Year 1. By the end of Year 2, it had increased to 1.7. Since the ratio increased from Year 1 to Year 2, the degree of risk in the firm’s financing structure decreased during Year 2.

Victory Company purchases office equipment at the beginning of the year at a cost of $15,000. The machine is depreciated using the straight-line method. The machine’s useful life is estimated to be 7 years with a $1,000 salvage value. The journal entry to record the first year’s depreciation is:

Ngu owns equipment that cost $93,500 with accumulated depreciation of $64,000. Ngu asks $35,000 for the equipment but sells the equipment for $33,000. Compute the amount of gain or loss on the sale.

Bond interest paid by a corporation is an expense, whereas dividends paid are not an expense of the corporation.