Thursday, July 30, 2009

Accounting????

Instructions


Designate the best answer for each of the following questions.





Use the following data for questions 1 and 2 below:





Carlo Company bought real estate, on which there was an old office building, for $900,000. They paid $90,000 in cash as a down payment and signed a 6% mortgage for the remainder. They immediately had the old building razed at a net cost of $30,000, the salvaged materials were sold for $4,200. Attorneys were paid $7,000 in connection with the land purchase and an additional $3,000 in connection with permits and zoning variances necessary for Carlo's new office building. $25,000 was paid for excavation for the basement of the new building. $2,100,000 was paid for construction of the new building, and $95,000 was paid for a parking lot and necessary walkways and driveways.





_____ 3. Martin Textile purchased machinery for $50,000 eight years ago. It was expected to have a useful life of ten years, no salvage value, and was depreciated using the straight-line method. At the end of its eighth year of use it was retired from service and given to a junk dealer. The entry to record the retirement includes a


a. debit to Loss on Disposal for $10,000.


b. debit to Machinery for $50,000.


c. debit to Depreciation Expense for $10,000.


d. credit to Accumulated Depreciation—Machinery for $40,000.





_____ 4. Which of the following should not be included in the plant assets (property, plant, and equipment) classification?


a. Land on which warehouse sits


b. Building housing corporate headquarters


c. Parking lot used by visitors


d. Land held for investment.





_____ 5. Salvage value is deducted for the initial computation of depreciation expense in all of the following methods with the exception of


a. straight-line.


b. units-of-activity.


c. declining-balance.


d. All of the above include a deduction of salvage value.





_____ 6. The cost of a patent should be amortized over


a. 40 years.


b. the shorter of its legal life or its useful life.


c. the longer of its legal life or its useful life.


d. its useful life.





____ 8. Which of the following is not an intangible asset?


a. Research and development costs


b. Copyrights


c. Organization costs


d. Goodwill





_____ 11. Stome Corp. issued $300,000 of 5%, 5-year bonds at 102 on January 1, 2006. The straight-line method of amortization is used and the bonds pay interest annually on January 1. The amount of bond interest expense that Stome should report on its 2006 income statement is


a. $16,200.


b. $13,800.


c. $15,000.


d. $14,400.





____ 12. Front Corporation issues its bonds at a discount. Amortization of the discount will


a. decrease bond interest expense.


b. increase bond interest expense.


c. decrease the carrying value of the bonds on the balance sheet.


d. be reported as a loss on the income statement.





____ 13. Failure to record a liability will probably


a. result in a overstated net income.


b. result in overstated total liabilities and owner’s equity.


c. have no effect on net income.


d. result in overstated total assets.








____ 15. Gunder Company does not ring up sales taxes separately on the cash register. Total receipts for October amounted to $18,900. If the sales tax rate is 5%, what amount must be remitted to the state for October's sales taxes?


a. $900


b. $945


c. $45


d. It cannot be determined.





____ 17. The Muffin Company issued a five-year interest-bearing note payable for $50,000 on January 1, 2005. Each January the company is required to pay $10,000 on the note. How will this note be reported on the December 31, 2006, balance sheet?


a. Long-term Debt, $50,000


b. Long-term Debt, $40,000


c. Long-term Debt, $30,000; Long-term Debt due within one year, $10,000


d. Long-term Debt of $40,000; Long-term Debt due within one year, $10,000

Accounting????
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