The following condensed information was reported by Peabody Toys, Inc., for 2018 and 2017: ($ in thousands)
2018 2017
Income statement information
Net sales $5,200 $4,200
Net income 180 124
Balance sheet information
Current assets $ 800 $ 750
Property, plant, and equipment (net) 1,100 950
Total assets $1,900 $1,700
Current liabilities $ 600 $ 450
Long-term liabilities 750 750
Paid-in capital 400 400
Retained earnings 150 100
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity $1,900 $1,700
Required:
1. Determine the following ratios for 2018:
a. Profit margin on sales
b. Return on assets
c. Return on shareholders’ equity
2. Determine the amount of dividends paid to shareholders during 2018.

Xie company identified the following activities, costs, and activity drivers for 2017. the company manufactures two types of go-karts: deluxe and basic. activity expected costs expected activity handling materials $ 625,000 100,000 parts inspecting product 900,000 1,500 batches processing purchase orders 105,000 700 orders paying suppliers 175,000 500 invoices insuring the factory 300,000 40,000 square feet designing packaging 75,000 2 models required: 1. compute a single plantwide overhead rate, assuming that the company assigns overhead based on 125,000 budgeted direct labor hours. 2. in january 2017, the deluxe model required 2,500 direct labor hours and the basic model required 6,000 direct labor hours. assign overhead costs to each model using the single plantwide overhead rate.

Xyz corporation has provided the following data concerning manufacturing overhead for july: actual manufacturing overhead incurred $ 69,000 manufacturing overhead applied to work in process $ 79,000 the company's cost of goods sold was $243,000 prior to closing out its manufacturing overhead account. the company closes out its manufacturing overhead account to cost of goods sold. which of the following statements is true? multiple choice manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $253,000 manufacturing overhead was underapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $233,000 manufacturing overhead was underapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $253,000 manufacturing overhead was overapplied by $10,000; cost of goods sold after closing out the manufacturing overhead account is $233,000

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