Answer:
The operating income master budget variance 6687 Unfav
Explanation:
Devin Company
Actual Vs. Budget Performance Report
For the year
Actual Master Master Budget
Performance budget Variance
Sales 150,298 155,842 5544 Unfavorable
Variable Costs 65,548 63,937 1611 Unfav
Fixed Costs 12,007 12,475 468 Fav
Operating Income 72743 79430 6687 Unfav
The operating income master budget variance is unfavorable because actual operating income is less than the budget operating income .
When the actual sales revenue is less than the budgeted revenues the variance is unfavorable.
When the actual costs are more than the budgeted costs the variance is unfavorable, and favorable when the actual costs are less than the budgeted costs.
Answer:
Jones may decide that the equity method would not be appropriate to account for the investment when Jones Company does not have significant influences over the management/operation of Sandridge Company.
Although an investors holding from 25% of investee is very much likely to have significant influences on the investee, this may not be true all over the times. For Jones, to prove that it does not have significant influences over Sandridge, there may be some following evidences:
+ Jones and Sandridge sign an agreement that Jones surrenders significant rights as a shareholder;
+ There is/are investor(s)/group(s) of investors who has more voting right than Jones and whose visionary/mission for Sandridge is opposite to Jones's.
+ Sandridge tries to reject Jones' influences on its management by seeking lawsuit or by successfully prevent representatives from Jones on its Board of Directors.
Explanation:
Answer:
$28,300
Explanation:
Calculation to determine the net debt
Using this formula
Net debt=(Short-term interest bearing debt +
Long-term interest bearing debt+Non-interest bearing liabilities)-Cash and equivalents
Let plug in the formula
Net debt=($ 3,000 +$25,000+$ 1,500)-$ 1,200
Net debt=$29,500-$1,200
Net debt=$28,300
Therefore Net debt is $28,300
Answer:the change is 8.97. I’m not sure what the second one is wanting?
Answer: Options A and C are strengths while options B and D are weaknesses. See explanation below.
Explanation:
a. All employees must take at least five consecutive days off each year.
This is a strength in internal control. This would help to maintain stability in operational process and ensure leave days are effectively utilized. It also prevents staff from taking the leave days in piecemeal and sporadic manner thereby disrupting the operational process and causing team instability. It is also used to ensure leave days are promptly utilised and well accounted for.
b. The accounting department orders merchandise and approves invoices for payment.
This is a weakness in internal control. There should be a check and balance in this regard. In some organizations, proper scrutiny of the vendor and invoice is done by the Procurement Unit and the Expense Control Unit respectively. Even within the accounting department, there is approval hierarchy. Also, the unit within accounting department that is making the order should not be the one to approve the transaction.
c. Cash received over the counter is controlled by the sales clerk, who rings up the sale and places the cash in the register. The daily sales are recorded in the accounting records by the accounting department.
This is a strength in internal control as it ensures checks and balances. Fraud and error can be detected through this means. The accounting department should verify the transactions to the relevant supporting document before recording the transaction in the system.
d. The officer who signs checks need not examine the payment packet because he is confident the amounts are correct.
This is a weakness in internal control in the sense that checks signed by the officer is binding in the court of law. The officer cannot claim ignorance if anything goes wrong. There is therefore a need for proper scrutiny and relevant questions asked before checks are signed.
