Chapter 24: 3Q (page 1445)
The FASB requires a reconciliation between the effective tax rate and the federal government’s statutory rate. Of what benefit is such a disclosure requirement?
The FASB improves customers' awareness of diverse perspectives by making disclosures.
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Carlton Company is involved in four separate industries. The following information is available for each of the four industries.
| Operating Segment | Total Revenue | Operating Profit (Loss) | Identifiable Assets |
| W | \( 60,000 | 15,000 | \)167,000 |
| X | 10,000 | 3,000 | 83,000 |
| Y | 23,000 | (2,000) | 21,000 |
| Z | 9,000 | 1,000 | 19,000 |
| \(102,000 | \)17,000 | $290,000 |
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Determine which of the operating segments are reportable based on the:
c) Identifiable assets test.
What are the major types of subsequent events? Indicate how each of the following “subsequent events” would be reported.
a) Collection of a note written off in a prior period.
b) Issuance of a large preferred stock offering.
c) Acquisition of a company in a different industry.
e) Destruction of a major plant in a flood.
f) Death of the company’s chief executive officer (CEO).
g) Additional wage costs associated with settlement of a four-week strike.
h) Settlement of a federal income tax case at considerably more tax than anticipated at year-end.
Change in the product mix from consumer goods to industrial goods.
(Ratio Computations and Additional Analysis) Bradburn Corporation was formed 5 years ago through a public subscription of common stock. Daniel Brown, who owns 15% of the common stock, was one of the organizers of Bradburn and is its current president. The company has been successful, but it currently is experiencing a shortage of funds. On June 10, 2018, Daniel Brown approached the Topeka National Bank, asking for a 24-month extension on two \(35,000 notes, which are due on June 30, 2018, and September 30, 2018. Another note of \)6,000 is due on March 31, 2019, but he expects no difficulty in paying this note on its due date. Brown explained that Bradburn’s cash flow problems are due primarily to the company’s desire to finance a \(300,000 plant expansion over the next 2 fiscal years through internally generated funds. The commercial loan officer of Topeka National Bank requested the following financial reports for the last 2 fiscal years
BRADBURN CORPORATION BALANCE SHEET MARCH 31 | ||
Assets | 2018 | 2017 |
Cash | \) 18,200 | \( 12,500 |
Notes receivable | 148,000 | 132,000 |
Accounts receivable (net) | 131,800 | 125,500 |
Inventories (at cost) | 105,000 | 50,000 |
Plant & Equipment (net of depreciation) | 1,449,000 | 1,420,500 |
Total assets | \)1,852,000 | \(1,740,500 |
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||
Accounts payable | \) 79,000 | \( 91,000 |
Notes payable | 76,000 | 61,500 |
Accrued liabilities | 9,000 | 6,000 |
Common stock (130,000 shares, \)10 par) | 1,300,000 | 1,300,000 |
Retained earnings* | 388,000 | 282,000 |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | \(1,852,000 | \)1,740,500 |
*Cash dividends were paid at the rate of \(1 per share in the fiscal year 2017 and \)2 per share in the fiscal year 2018.
BRADBURN CORPORATION INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED MARCH 31 | ||
2018 | 2017 | |
Sales revenue | \(3,000,000 | \)2,700,000 |
Cost of goods sold* | 1,530,000 | 1,425,000 |
Gross margin | 1,470,000 | 1,275,000 |
Operating expenses | 860,000 | 780,000 |
Income before income taxes | 610,000 | 495,000 |
Income taxes (40%) | 244,000 | 198,000 |
Net income | \( 366,000 | \) 297,000 |
Depreciation charges on the plant and equipment of \(100,000 and \)102,500 for fiscal years ended March 31, 2017, and 2018, respectively, are included in the cost of goods sold.
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d. Should Topeka National Bank grant the extension on Bradburn’s notes considering Daniel Brown’s statement about financing the plant expansion through internally generated funds? Discuss.
Okay. Last fall, someone with a long memory and an even longer arm reached into that bureau drawer and came out with a moldy cheese sandwich and the equally moldy notion of corporate forecasts. We tried to find out what happened to the cheese sandwich—but, rats!, even recourse to the Freedom of Information Act didn’t help. However, the forecast proposal was dusted off, polished up and found quite serviceable. The SEC, indeed, lost no time in running it up the old flagpole—but no one was very eager to salute. Even after some of the more objectionable features—compulsory corrections and detailed explanations of why the estimates went awry—were peeled off the original proposal.
Seemingly, despite the Commission’s smiles and sweet talk, those craven corporations were still afraid that an honest mistake would lead them down the primrose path to consent decrees and class action suits. To lay to rest such qualms, the Commission last week approved a “Safe Harbor” rule that, providing the forecasts were made on a reasonable basis and in good faith, protected corporations from litigation should the projections prove wide of the mark (as only about 99% are apt to do).
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Where can authoritative IFRS be found related to the various disclosure issues discussed in the chapter?
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