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Sydney Ltd is a manufacturer of sheepskin products in Australia

Question 17.1 Translation into functional currency Sydney Ltd is a manufacturer of sheepskin products in Australia. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Hong Kong company, Wan Chai Ltd. The following assets are held by Sydney Ltd at 30 June 2017:   Plant Cost A$ Useful life(years) Acquisition date Exchange rate on acquisition date(A$1 = HK$) Tanner 40 000 5 10/08/2013 5.4 Benches 20 000 8 08/03/2015 5.8 Presses 70 000 7 06/10/2016 6.2   Plant is depreciated on a straight-line basis, with zero residual values. All assets acquired in the first half of a month are allocated a full month’s depreciation.   Inventory: At 1 July 2016, the inventory on hand of $25 000 was acquired during the last month…

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The accountant at Venus Ltd has asked you to prepare the statement of profit or loss

Question 15.6 Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (classify expenses by nature) The accountant at Venus Ltd has asked you to prepare the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ended 30 June 2017 in accordance with AASB 101 (classify expenses by nature). To assist, the following trial balance extract has been provided: Debit Credit Sales revenue 5,725,000 Sales returns and allowances 56,100 Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress 390,500 Raw materials used 4,000,000 Salaries and wages expense 675,000 Other employee benefits expenses 125,000 Other expenses 228,700 Interest paid 82,400 Interest received 72,500 Dividends received 23,000 Proceeds from sale of land 185,000 Cost of land sold 300,000 Sundry revenue…

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Lion Ltd is an international company resident in Singapore

Lion Ltd is an international company resident in Singapore. It acquired the issued shares of an Australian company, Koala Ltd, on 1 July 2016 for a $700,000.   At 30 June 2017, the following information was available about the two companies.   Lion Ltd Koala Ltd S$ A$ Share capital      560,000      350,000 Retained earnings as at 1/7/16      330,000      170,000 Provisions         45,000         30,000 Payables         14,000         40,000 Sales      620,000      310,000 Dividend revenue           6,400                  – Accumulated depreciation – plant      210,000      160,000   1,785,400   1,060,000 Cash         92,100         30,000 Accounts receivable      145,300      115,000 Inventories      110,000         80,000 Shares in Koala Ltd      336,000                  – Buildings…

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On 1 July 2015, Investor Ltd acquired 25% of the shares of Investee Ltd for $42,500

On 1 July 2015, Investor Ltd acquired 25% of the shares of Investee Ltd for $42,500. At this date, all the identifiable assets and liabilities of Investee Ltd were recorded at amounts equal to fair value, and the equity of Investee Ltd consisted of:

 

Share capital	$100,000
General reserve	30,000
Asset revaluation surplus	20,000
Retained earnings	20,000

 

During The 2015–16 year, Investee Ltd reported a profit of $25,000. As reported in other comprehensive income, the asset revaluation surplus increased by $5,000. Investee Ltd paid a $4,000 dividend and transferred $3,000 to general reserve.

 

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Prepare the equity accounting journal entries at 1 July 2016 assuming that Investor does not prepare consolidated financial statements.

Canberra Ltd, an Australian company, acquired all the issued shares of Washington Ltd

Canberra Ltd, an Australian company, acquired all the issued shares of Washington Ltd, a US company, on 1 January 2014. At this date, the net assets of Washington Ltd are shown below.   US$ US$ Property, plant and equipment 155 000 Accumulated depreciation (30 000) 125 000 Cash 10 000 Inventory 20 000 Accounts receivable 10 000 Total assets 165 000 Accounts payable 15 000 Net assets 150 000     The trial balance of Washington Ltd at 31 December 2014 was:   US$ US$ Dr Cr Share capital 100 000 Retained earnings 50 000 Accounts payable 42 000 Sales 90 000 Accumulated depreciation – plant and equipment 45 000 Property, plant and equipment 155 000 Accounts receivable 40 000 Inventory…

Sun City Limited commences construction of a multi-purpose water park

Sun City Limited commences construction of a multi-purpose water park on 1 July 2014 for Pretoria Limited. Sun City Limited signs a fixed-price contract for total revenues of $50 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2017 and Pretoria Limited controls the asset throughout the period of construction. The expected cost as at the commencement of construction is $38 million. The estimated costs of a construction project might change throughout the project—in this example, they do change. The following data relates to the project (the financial years end on 30 June): 2015 ($m) 2016 ($m) 2017($m) Costs for the year 10 18 12 Costs incurred to date 10 28 40 Estimated costs to complete 28 12…

FNCE5010 Corporate Financial Management

Question 1 (25 marks) AMCOR Limited has a corporate bond outstanding with a 7% coupon, semi-annual interest, 15 years to maturity and a face value of $1,000. Similar bonds currently yield 13%. By prior agreement, the company will skip the coupon payments in years 6, 7 and 8 (6 payments in total; the payments at time 6 through to 8.5). These payments will be repaid, without interest, at maturity. What is the corporate bond’s value (the price for AMCOR’s bond)?     Question 2 (15 marks) Storico Co. just paid a dividend of $4 per share. The company will increase its dividend by 20 percent next year and will then reduce its dividend growth rate by 5 percentage per year until…

Sonoma Manufacturing has five activity cost pools and two products

Sonoma Manufacturing has five activity cost pools and two products (a budget tape vacuum and a deluxe tape vacuum).  Information is presented below:   Cost Drivers by Product Activity Cost Pool                            Cost Driver             Est. Overhead             Budget                 Deluxe  Ordering and Receiving                 Orders                             $   120,000                         600                         400 Machine Setup                                 Setups                                   297,000                         500                         400 Machining                                           Machine hours               1,000,000                 150,000                 100,000 Assembly                                            Number of Parts           1,600,000             1,400,000                 800,000 Inspection                                           Inspections                         300,000                         550                         450   Instructions Compute the estimated overhead cost per unit for each product. Production is 700,000 units of Budget and 200,000 units of Deluxe. Round your answer to the nearest cent. Assume Sonoma used a more traditional OH allocation method and used only machine hours to allocate MOH. How much overhead…

Application – Estimating Financing Needs

Problem 17-7: PRO FORMA INCOME STATEMENT   At the end of last year, Roberts Inc. reported the following income statement (in millions of dollars):   Sales                                                                           $3,000 Operating costs excluding depreciation                      2,450_ EBITDA                                                                     $ 550 Depreciation                                                                250__ EBIT                                                                           $ 300 Interest                                                                        125__ EBT                                                                             $ 175 Taxes (40%)                                                                70___ Net income                                                                  $ 105   Looking ahead to the following year, the company’s CFO has assembled this information: Year-end sales are expected to be 10% higher than the $3 billion in sales generated last year. Year-end operating costs, excluding depreciation, are expected to equal 80% of year-end sales. Depreciation is expected to increase at the same rate as sales. Interest costs are expected to…

Tinka Ltd signs a contract on 1 May 2018 to build an office building

Tinka Ltd signs a contract on 1 May 2018 to build an office building. The construction is scheduled to commence 1 July 2018 and the estimated date of completion is 30 June 2021. The cost of the building is estimated to be $120m and the total contract price is fixed at $134m. The following data relates to the construction period:   For the year ended 30 June 2019 2020 2021 $’000 $’000 $’000 Costs to date 48,000 84,000 120,000 Estimated Costs to complete 72,000 36,000 – Progress billings to date 40,000 84,000 134,000 Cash received to date 19,000 79,000 134,000   Assume that actual costs and cash collections coincide with expectations and that cost (an input measure) is used as the…

You have been appointed the accountant of a new organisation

You are required to finish each of these 4 questions. Please give the solutions in detail, show calculations, it can be Excel format, Word format or PDF format, no requirement on word limits. If any reference was used, please refer to Harvard style. You have been appointed the accountant of a new organisation that is preparing its first set of financial statements. In determining the depreciation for the first year, what sorts of information would you need and why? Please include knowledge from this subject with references. (Please note that references have not been provided in the solution) During the reporting period ending 30 June 2018, Midnight Boil Ltd constructed a nuclear power generator just outside of Melbourne. The cost of…

ACT305 CORPORATE ACCOUNTING

  Question 2 (Marks 20)   ChallengeMe Pty Ltd acquired 100 per cent of the issued capital of TakeItEasy Ltd on 30 June 2018 for $900 000, when the statement of financial position of TakeItEasy Ltd was as follows:   Statement of financial position TakeItEasy Ltd as at 30 June 2018   $(‘000) $(‘000) Assets Liabilities Accounts receivable 70 Loan 300 Inventory 100 Shareholders’ equity Land 400 Property, plant and equip 700 Share Capital 500 Accumulated depreciation (270) Retained Earnings 200 1,000 1,000   Additional Information:   Tax rate is 30 per cent As at the date of acquisition, all assets of TakeItEasy Ltd were at fair value, other than the property, plant and equipment, which had a fair value of…