"Summer Fun T-Shirt Shop has very seasonal sales. For 2014, management is trying to decide whether to establish a sales budget based on average sales or on sales estimated by quarter. The unit sales for 2014 are expected to be 10 percent higher than 2013 sales. Unit shirt sales by quarter for 2013 were as follows:"

Children's Men's Total
Winter quarter 200 200 100 500
Spring quarter 200 250 200 650
Summer quarter 400 300 200 900
Fall quarter 200 250 100 550
Total 1000 1000 600 2600
Children’s T-shirts sell for $9 each, women’s sell for $13, and men’s sell for $14.

Assuming a 10 percent increase in sales, prepare a sales budget for each quarter of 2014 using the following:

a. Average quarterly sales.
b. Actual quarterly sales.
c. Suggest advantages of each method.

How can a poor housing market put home buyers in a financially unstable position? a. changing property values means it’s easier to find homes with low rental costs. b. when the home value decreases, property taxes and insurance costs increase. c. houses are valued lower than their purchase prices, so the home equity decreases. d. home buyers lose all tax benefits and tax incentives when the housing market goes down. e. mortgage payments can increase even though the home value decreases.

San ruiz interiors provides design services to residential and commercial clients. the residential services produce a contribution margin of $450,000 and have traceable fixed operating costs of $480,000. management is studying whether to drop the residential operation. if closed, the fixed operating costs will fall by $370,000 and san ruiz’ income will

Grey company holds an overdue note receivable of $800,000 plus recorded accrued interest of $64,000. the effective interest rate is 8%. as the result of a court-imposed settlement on december 31, year 3, grey agreed to the following restructuring arrangement: reduced the principal obligation to $600,000.forgave the $64,000 accrued interest.extended the maturity date to december 31, year 5.annual interest of $40,000 is to be paid to grey on december 31, year 4 and year 5. the present value of the interest and principal payments to be received by grey company discounted for two years at 8% is $585,734. grey does not elect the fair value option for reporting the debt modification. on december 31, year 3, grey would recognize a valuation allowance for impaired loans of