Answer:
Option B. Chester Company
Explanation:
The company wants to pursue Niche Cost Leader Strategy. In a Niche cost leader strategy the product is highly differentiated and the cost the company charges to its customer is low as apposed to other competitors. The companies that has highly differentiated product and are new entrants usually use this strategy to win a good share of market size.
The strongest competitor would have lowest price, very stable market share price, high investment in plant and equipment, higher production capacity, lowest return on investment, lowest earnings per dollar sales. etc.
Now we will asses different reports and conclude which competitor will be the strongest competitor for the Niche Cost Leader Strategy company. The analysis is given as under:
- <u>Lowest Price:</u> If we look at the Production information, Price Column and take the average price of the products of each company then we can conclude that Chester's price of average product is $20, Baldwin has $24.17 and the rest of the competitors are charging high. This means Chester is charging lowest price.
- <u>Stable Market Share Price:</u> The vulnerability of share price of Chester is the lowest which stands at $0.45. This means that the stock exchange values the company's share as a stable stock with least vulnerability. (See Stock Market Summary)
- <u>Lower Return on Asset and Return on Sales:</u> If we analyze the Selected Financial Statistics then we will acknowledge that Chester also has 2nd lowest Return on Assets and Return on sales which shows that the company is charging lower prices to its customers. Baldwin is not appropriate to consider here because the company is incurring losses hence its Return on Assets and Return on Sales can not be considered as good indication.
- <u>Higher Investment in Plant and equipment:</u> The company has 2nd highest investment in plant and equipment with highest Net Book Value of $148k and Baldwin stands at $178k. Now again the higher investment of Baldwin is financed by debt which costs the company more than Chester. This means Chester would be strongest competitor because the company will have to only bear the depreciation cost which is non cash flow in nature and not the interest cost which Baldwin is bearing. (See Income statement for Interest Cost and Balance sheet for Carrying value of the asset).
- <u>Production Capacity:</u> Chester has the highest production capacity which means that the company despite its 2nd largest investment in plant and equipment. This means that the plant and machinery of Chester is more innovative which is the reason that the production capacity is higher than other competitors.
From the above analysis it seems that Chester is pursuing Niche Cost Leader Market and is the strongest competitor that the company will face. Hence B is the correct option here.
The journal entry to reflect this transaction would include a credit to T. Dole, Capital in the amount of $90,000.
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What journal entries?</h3>
- A journal entry is an act of keeping or producing records of any economic or non-economic transaction.
- An accounting journal, which shows a company's debit and credit balances, records transactions.
- The journal entry can be made up of multiple records, each of which is either a debit or a credit.
- Otherwise, the journal entry is termed unbalanced if the sum of the debits does not equal the total of the credits.
So, the journal entry to reflect this transaction would include a credit to T. Dole, Capital in the amount of cash invested, and the fair market value.
30,000 + 60,000 = $90,000
Therefore, the journal entry to reflect this transaction would include a credit to T. Dole, Capital in the amount of $90,000.
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The complete question:
T. Dole invests cash and land into an existing partnership. The cash invested is $30,000 and the land has a fair market value of $60,000. The journal entry to reflect this transaction would include a credit to T. Dole, Capital in the amount of $ ______.
Answer: The correct answer is A) Net Income would be overstated (Expenses understated) and Balance Sheet liabilities would be understated.
Explanation: An omission of a posting of an expense incurred during a financial year and payable in thesubsequent year will lead to an understatement of expenses and understatement of liabilities.
In general, when an expense is omitted it leads to increased net income as less expense will be knocked off against income.
The balance sheet on the other hand will be understated in terms of a reduced liability balance.
Answer:
The financial disadvantage for the company is 3,500
Explanation:
Computation is Shown Below;
Sales Value at split-off Point = 24000
Subtract: Allocated joint Cost =<u> 16800</u>
Profit if sold at split-off point = 7200
Sales Value after processing = 35500
Subtract: Allocated joint Cost = 16800
Sub: Cost of further processing <u>= 15000 </u>
Profit if Processing further = 3700
Financial Disadvantage = 3700 - 7200 = (3500)
Answer:
$2,100
Explanation:
Particulars Fair market value Basis Differences
Inventory $60,000 $30,000 $30,000
Account receivables $40,000 $40,000 $0
Equipment $60,000 $80,000 <u> ($20,000)</u>
Taxable gain $10,000
Tax rate <u> 21% </u>
Built in gains tax <u>$2,100 </u>
So therefore, the built-in-gains tax that Clampett (Incorporated) will pay in 2021 is $2,100.
