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3 years ago

When a contract is deemed against generally accepted public policy, the courts will determine the agreement to be _____?

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Based on the statement above, the courts will determine the agreement to be likely as unenforceable and it is likely to be not voided. The agreement is likely to be impossible to be enforced by the higher authorities thought it is not voided or considered to be valid.

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Plush Corporation purchased 100 percent of Common Corporation’s common stock on January 1, 20X3, and paid $450,000. The fair val

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Answer:

Please refer the detail answer in the memo below

Explanation:

Date: 24 January 20XX

Subject: Review of Impairment of Goodwill

From: External Auditors

To: Chief Accountant, Plush Corporation

Upon review of the investment made by your company in Common Corporation, we believe that there are possible indications of the impairment of the goodwill initially recognized in the books upon acquisition.

At the time of Acquisition:

Consideration = $450,000

Fair Value of Net Assets = $430,000

Goodwill = $450,000 - $430,000 = $20,000

The new guidance issued by FASB, requires only a one-step quantitative impairment test, whereby a goodwill impairment loss will be measured as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value.

However, if we follow the previous guidance of FASB, we have to test the impairment with the following three steps:

Step 1: We will compare the carrying amount of the net assets with the Fair value of Reporting Unit, and if the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, we will record the impairment.

Step 1: We will compute, implied value of goodwill by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with the fair value of the identifiable net assets, if FV of net assets are higher, then there is no impairment, otherwise we will jump to Step 3.

Step 3: If the calculated implied value of the goodwill is lower than the actual goodwill at acquisition, than the difference is the impairment loss, however in case the implied value of the goodwill is higher than the actual goodwill at acquisition, no impairment shall be recorded.

Apparently, since the fair value of Common had increased to $485,000, there is no need to recognize the impairment loss on goodwill; however we believe that the estimated fair value of Common is less than the $430,000 and therefore impairment should be recorded.

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3 years ago

A firm’s stock is expected to pay a $2 annual dividend next year, and the current $50 stock price is expected to rise to $60 ove

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Answer:

Expected rate of return will be 24%

So option (b) will be correct option

Explanation:

We have given dividend in next year will be $2

So dividend $D_1=2$ $

Current stock price $P_0$ = $50

And it is given that in next year stock price is $60

So growth rate $=\frac{60-50}{50}=0.2$ = 20%

We have to find the expected return after 12 month, that is after 1 year

We know that current price is given by $P_0=\frac{D_1}{R_e-g}$

$50=\frac{2}{R_e-0.2}$

$50R_e-10=2$

$50R_e=12$

$R_e=0.24$ = 24%

So expected rate of return will be 24%

So option (B) will be correct option

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3 years ago

Francis Inc.'s stock has a required rate of return of 10.25%, and it sells for $57.50 per share. The dividend is expected to gro

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Answer: ke = D1/Po + g

0.1025 = D1/57.50 + 0.06

0.1025-0.06 = D1/57.50

0.0425 = D1/57.50

D1 = 0.0425 x 57.50

D1 = $2.444

Explanation: Cost of equity is equal to dividend in 1 year's time divided by the current market price plus the growth rate. Other variables were provided in the question except the dividend at the end of the year (D1).

Thus, D1 becomes the subject of the formula. The appropriate cost of equity is $2.44. The correct answer is B.

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3 years ago

The primary responsibility for fair and accurate financial reporting rests with the:

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Answer:

The correct answer is (D)

Explanation:

Financial reporting is a complex task which requires an expert to handle them accurately. Companies make many changes in the real data to slip from government taxes and they usually report losses. Auditors are the one responsible to find discrepancies in the financial reporting. So, the primary responsibility rests with the auditors for accurate financial reporting.

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The Endot Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer and wholesaler of widgets, has provided you with the following financial informa

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Quick ratio = 1.30 (Option C)

<u>Explanation:</u>

Quick ratio or acid test ratio is calculated as follows:

(Cash plus marketable securities plus accounts receivable ) divide by total current liabilities

In our question, we have been given with the data:

Cash = 45 million

Marketable securities = 33 million, accounts receivable = 66 million, total current laibailities = 111 million

So, let us now put the given values in the above stated formula:

Quick ratio = ( 45 plus 33 plus 66) divide by 111

After calculating we get, 1.30

Therefore, the quick ratio is 1.30

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