Chapter 24: 5BE (page 1446)
Foley Corporation has seven industry segments with total revenues as follows.
Penley \(600 Cheng \)225
Konami 650 Takuhi 200
KSC 250 Molina 700
Red Moon 275
Based only on the revenues test, which industry segments are reportable?
Penley, Konami, and Molina's industries are reportable.
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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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Operating profits and losses for the seven industry segments of Foley Corporation are:
Penley $ 90 Cheng 20
Konami 40 Takuhi (34)
KSC (25) Molina 150
Red Moon 50
Based only on the operating profit (loss) test, which industry segments are reportable?
(Horizontal and Vertical Analysis) Presented below is the comparative balance sheet for Gilmour Company.
GILMOUR COMPANY COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 AND 2017 | ||
December 31 | ||
2018 | 2017 | |
Assets | ||
Cash | \( 180,000 | \) 275,000 |
Accounts receivable (net) | 220,000 | 155,000 |
Short-term investments | 270,000 | 150,000 |
Inventories | 1,060,000 | 980,000 |
Prepaid expenses | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Plant & equipment | 2,585,000 | 1,950,000 |
Accumulated depreciation | (1,000,000) | (750,000) |
\(3,340,000 | (2,785,000) | |
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||
Accounts payable | \) 50,000 | \( 75,000 |
Accrued expenses | 170,000 | 200,000 |
Bonds payable | 450,000 | 190,000 |
Common stock | 2,100,000 | 1,770,000 |
Retained earnings | 570,000 | 550,000 |
\)3,340,000 | (2,785,000) |
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(Round to two decimal places.)
What type of disclosure or accounting do you believe is necessary for the following items?
a) Because of a general increase in the number of labor disputes and strikes, both within and outside the industry, there is an increased likelihood that a company will suffer a costly strike in the near future.
b) A company reports a material unusual and infrequent loss on the income statement. No other mention is made of this item in the annual report.
c) A company expects to recover a substantial amount in connection with a pending refund claim for a prior year’s taxes. Although the claim is being contested, counsel for the company has confirmed the client’s expectation of recovery.
(Disclosure of Estimates) Nancy Tercek, the financial vice president, and Margaret Lilly, the controller, of Romine Manufacturing Company are reviewing the financial ratios of the company for the years 2017 and 2018. The financial vice president notes that the profit margin on sales ratio has increased from 6% to 12%, a hefty gain for the 2-year period. Tercek is in the process of issuing a media release that emphasizes the efficiency of Romine Manufacturing in controlling cost. Margaret Lilly knows that the difference in ratios is due primarily to an earlier company decision to reduce the estimates of warranty and bad debt expense for 2018. The controller, not sure of her supervisor’s motives, hesitates to suggest to Tercek that the company’s improvement is unrelated to efficiency in controlling cost. To complicate matters, the media release is scheduled in a few days.
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