Preferred Products Started Business on March 1, 2012, and Issued

question 68

True/False

Preferred Products started business on March 1, 2012, and issued 100,000 shares of $2 par value common stock at a market price of $50 per share. One year later, the share price had soared to $120. If Preferred Products does a 3-for-1 stock split, the balance sheet will show common stock with a par value of $0.67 per share.

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Definitions:

Variable Costing

A pricing approach that incorporates just the variable production expenses—such as direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—into the unit cost of a product.

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

These are the manufacturing costs that do not change with the level of production, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Inventories

Assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business, in the process of production for such sale, or in the form of materials to be consumed in the production process.

Deferred

Postponed or delayed, often referring to income or expenses that are recognized in a later accounting period.