TB Problem Qu. 8-224 (Algo) Weller Industrial Gas Corporation... Weller Industrial Gas Corporation supplies acetylene and other compressed gases to industry. Data regarding the store's operations follow: Sales are budgeted at $300,000 for November, $320,000 for December, and $310,000 for January. Collections are expected to be 75% in the month of sale and 25% in the month following the sale. The cost of goods sold is 76% of sales. The company desires an ending merchandise inventory equal to 80% of the cost of goods sold in the following month. Payment for merchandise is made in the month following the purchase. Other monthly expenses to be paid in cash are $20,600. Monthly depreciation is $20,400. Ignore taxes. Balance Sheet October 31 Assets Cash $ 21,400 Accounts receivable 82,400 Merchandise inventory 182,400 Property, plant and equipment (net of $590,000 accumulated depreciation) 1,000,000 Total assets $ 1,286,200 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Accounts payable $ 195,400 Common stock 550,000 Retained earnings 540,800 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,286,200 Required: a. Prepare a Schedule of Expected Cash Collections for November and December. b. Prepare a Merchandise Purchases Budget for November and December. c. Prepare Cash Budgets for November and December. d. Prepare Budgeted Income Statements for November and December. e. Prepare a Budgeted Balance Sheet for the end of December.

On january 1, year 1, canseco plumbing fixtures purchased equipment for $52,000. residual value at the end of an estimated four-year service life is expected to be $4,000. the company uses the straight-line method. for how much would each item below be reported at the end of year 3

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

Companies hd and ld are both profitable, and they have the same total assets (ta), total invested capital, sales (s), return on assets (roa), and profit margin (pm). both firms finance using only debt and common equity. however, company hd has the higher total debt to total capital ratio. which of the following statements is correct? a) company hd has a higher assets turnover than company ld. b) company hd has a higher return on equity than company ld. c) none of the other statements are correct because the information provided on the question is not enough. d) company hd has lower total assets turnover than company ld. e) company hd has a lower operating income (ebit) than company ld