Table 4.5 a Financial Manager at General Talc Mines Has Gathered the Gathered

question 69

Multiple Choice

Table 4.5
A financial manager at General Talc Mines has gathered the financial data essential to prepare a pro forma balance sheet for cash and profit planning purposes for the coming year ended December 31, 2015. Using the percent-of-sales method and the following financial data, prepare the pro forma balance sheet in order to answer the following multiple choice questions.
(a) The firm estimates sales of $1,000,000.
(b) The firm maintains a cash balance of $25,000.
(c) Accounts receivable represents 15 percent of sales.
(d) Inventory represents 35 percent of sales.
(e) A new piece of mining equipment costing $150,000 will be purchased in 2010.
Total depreciation for 2010 will be $75,000.
(f) Accounts payable represents 10 percent of sales.
(g) There will be no change in notes payable, accruals, and common stock.
(h) The firm plans to retire a long term note of $100,000.
(i) Dividends of $45,000 will be paid in 2015.
(j) The firm predicts a 4 percent net profit margin.
Balance Sheet
General Talc Mines
December 31, 2014
-The pro forma net fixed assets amount is ________. (See Table 4.5)

• A) $500,000
• B) $575,000
• C) $600,000
• D) $650,000

Describe the principles of accounting system development and the importance of cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and useful output.

Grasp the ethical standards in accounting practices and the consequences of violations.

Appreciate the impact of specific transactions on financial statements and ledger balances.

Understand the classification and coding of different types and sites of paralysis.

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Definitions:

Weighted Average Costing

A method of calculating the cost of inventory based on the average cost of all similar items in stock, weighted by the quantities of each item.

Unit Costs

The expense associated with creating, keeping, or buying a single unit of a good or service.

Direct Materials

Raw materials and components that are directly used in the manufacturing of a product and can be easily traced back to it.

Equivalent Unit

A concept in cost accounting used to allocate production costs between completed units and units still in process, by converting work-in-process units into a number of equivalent completed units.