Dollar General Case 1. Consider the $13.4 million of freight costs. What is the correct (GAAP) method of accounting for these? How did Dollar General in fact originally account for these costs? (Include in your answer a table of the effects on income in any years affected, both before and after tax, of the correct accounting and the accounting they originally used. The correct GAAP method to account for freight costs is as an expense of Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) that occur at the time services are performed and completed. This is a cost of conducting on-going operations (in-bound supplies, distribution and re-distribution). The freight costs should be expensed as occurred which will be at the time invoice is received and …show more content…
I believe that this item was a "secondary effect" of the restatement. Had the management not tried to defer expenses into 2002 to make 2001 EPS meet analysts expectations and their own predictions and gotten caught, then there would have been no litigation. The litigation was the "direct effect" of the restatement and the pre-tax charge was a result of the litigation and thus a "secondary effect". 3. Firm 's executives: The SEC alleged that Sanderson told one of his accounting managers to expense $4 million in the next fiscal year on a monthly basis. Of the remaining $9.4 million, Sanderson allegedly told his accountant to move $1.3 million to the company 's Miscellaneous Accrued Liabilities, or "rainy day," account and $2.7 million to corporate bank clearing accounts. Turner settled for a $1 disgorgement charge and a $1 million civil penalty. Carpenter settled for a total of $143,455 comprising $33,000 disgorgement, $10,455 prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $100,000. Sanderson settled for a total of $270,595 comprised of $150,000 disgorgement, $45,595 prejudgment interest, and a civil penalty of $75,000. Burr finally settled on April 12, 2006, for over $1.2 million in penalties. All officers lost their jobs. Since Turner, Carpenter, and Sanderson all settled immediately, without admitting or denying the
In what ways does Trader Joe's demonstrate the importance of each responsibility in the management process—planning, organizing, leading, and controlling?
Q2. Using budget data, what was the total expected cost per unit if all manufacturing and shipping overhead (both variable and fixed) was allocated to planned production? What was the actual per unit cost of production and shipping?
Even though the claim was first filed in 2007, the jury trial which leads to additional $1.5m contingency loss happened in 2009. Thus, the adjustment should be recorded an event in 2009.
1. For financial accounting purposes, what is the total amount of product costs incurred to make 10,000 units?
SUPPORT FOR ETHICAL ISSUES: As stated in the case, Burlington did not “question the jury’s determination that the motivation for these acts was retaliatory.” Inferring that this is an admission of guilt by Burlington, one can conclude that a deliberate business decision to retaliate outweighed any legal ramifications.
are costs that have already been incurred and cannot be changed by any decision made
330-10-30330-10-30-1 The primary basis of accounting for inventories is cost, which has been defined generally as the price paid or consideration given to acquire an asset. As applied to inventories, cost means in principle the sum of the applicable expenditures and charges directly or indirectly incurred in bringing an article to its existing condition and location. It is understood to mean acquisition and production cost, and its determination involves many considerations. 330-10-30330-10-30-2 Although principles for the determination of inventory costs may be easily stated, their application, particularly to such inventory items as work in process and finished goods, is difficult because of the variety of considerations in the allocation of costs and charges.
In our second assumption, instead of using the cost of goods per cases in 1986, we try to use the percentage it counts in the total expenses which is 50.4% and to find the sales needed to break-even. The detail of the calculation is shown in the answer for questions d. The result is that 95,635, a little bit higher than the estimated sales of 90,000.
2. Considering your answer to item 1, the first three exhibits, and related introductory discussion, is it likely that the accounting system may distort product profit significantly? Why? (Ignore general, selling, and admin expense.)
Settlement packages were agreed upon and were very generous, including two years' worth of salary and benefits for outgoing employees effective beginning July 1, 2006. However by December 31, 2006, the financial statements indicate that the entire $900,000 has been expensed, when only the amount expensed between July 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006 should have been reported. The rest should be reported over the following 18 months of the settlement agreement, and not all at once. The ultimate result of expensing the full amount of the settlement before it has been paid misrepresents total net income by making it higher than it truly is, which leads to a lower ROA. As Paul's lawyer it would be beneficial to exploit this point and argue that by representing net income in the way that they have, Acme is making Extreme's ROA lower than it would be if the benefits were accrued properly.
Design of Goods and Services- Costco can be seen to be in their maturity stages of their life. Therefore, it is recommended for Costco to expand its Pharmacy department by at least 50%.
Assume M&M’s financial structure model (VL = VU + TC X VIBD – TC X VMS) holds and complete the cells that are shaded light grey in the “Unfinished Recap Effects” worksheet. Turn in a copy of your completed worksheet and use the results to compare and contrast how BBBY’s issuance of $1.03 billion in debt together with liquidating $0.701 billion in marketable securities in order to pay a one-time dividend of $1.731 billion or repurchase $1.731 billion of shares would affect these items:
The largest percentage decrease on Lockheed Martin’s income statement is ‘Other Operating Expense’, or the ‘Other Unallocated’ ac-count. This account includes FAS/CAS adjustment (Non-GAAP pension plans measures specifically allowed to defense contractors and U.S. government agencies), stock-based compensation, and other costs. A positive number here represents an offset between the GAAP FAS pension expense account and the Non-GAAP CAS pension e-pense account, which lowered the cost of pensions payable, as well as a profit in operations other than the five major business segments.
In the long run, the attack charge was dropped when he conceded to provocation. Therefore, he was compelled to take outrage administration classes and have a psychological wellness assessment,
One of the most successful retailers in America is the small town oriented Dollar General Store. The value and convenience offered by Dollar General Store focuses mostly on low, middle and fixed income families in rural areas that are not normally served by larger retailers. The current programs used by Dollar General Store helps to bring the consumable basics to their customers at a low price.