This Company had net income of $210,000. Depreciation expense is $27,000. During the year, Accounts Receivable and Inventory increased $17,000 and $42,000, respectively. Prepaid Expenses and Accounts Payable decreased $5,000 and $6,000, respectively. There was also a loss on the sale of equipment of $2,000. How much cash was provided by operating activities?

In a make-or-buy decision, which costs can be considered relevant?

Discussion Question 1 – (15 Points) :   Steve Meadows works in the Cost Accounting area of Carnes and Jones Company. Steve is just beginning to learn about the potential of Activity Based Costing systems. Steve suggests that the Company discontinue its existing Process Cost system and replace it with a new Activity Based Costing system.   Required: You are the Controller of Carnes and Jones Company. How would you respond to Steve’s suggestion? Make sure to include a discussion of the benefits and limitations of Activity Based Costing in your answer.

The least exact method for separating fixed and variable costs is:

The factory is operating at less than 100% capacity. Potential additional business will not use up the remainder of the plant capacity. Given the following list of costs, which one should be ignored in a decision to produce additional units of product?

Discussion Question 2- (15 Points):   Bob Moore is manager of the southeast region of Campbell and Campbell Company. Bob has expressed dissatisfaction about the company’s budgeting and performance evaluation process. According to Bob, the budget expectations are impossible to achieve. Bob also complains that he had little input into the preparation of the budget. And finally, Bob complains that his region is being allocated many corporate-level costs that he has no control of.   Required: You are the Controller of Campbell and Campbell Company. How would you address the comments made by Bob? Also, what recommendations would you make to improve the Company’s budgeting and performance evaluation process?

The time component under time-and-material pricing includes a:

Laurel Corporation has its own cafeteria with the following annual costs:                     Food                      $100,000                   Labor                         75,000                   Overhead                110,000                         Total                $285,000                                                                   The overhead is 40% fixed. Of the fixed overhead, $25,000 is the salary of the cafeteria supervisor. The remainder of the fixed overhead has been allocated from total company overhead.                     Assuming the cafeteria supervisor will remain and that Laurel will continue to pay his / her salary, the maximum cost Laurel will be willing to pay an outside firm to service the cafeteria is:

All of the following are approaches for determining a transfer price except the:

For Wickham Co., sales is $3,000,000, fixed expenses are $900,000, and the contribution margin ratio is 36%. What is required sales in dollars to earn a target net income of $600,000?