On November 1, 2014, Kalen Corporation’s stockholders’ equity section is as follows:
On November 1, Kalen declares and distributes a 15% stock dividend when the market
value of the stock is $16 per share.
Instructions
Indicate the balances in the stockholders’ equity accounts after the stock dividend has
been distributed.
O’Conner Company had total operating expenses of $135,000 in 2014, which included
depreciation expense of $22,000. Also during 2014, prepaid expenses increased by
$9,000 and accrued expenses decreased by $5,500.
Instructions
Calculate the amount of cash payments for operating expenses in 2014 using the direct
method.
Benson and Jencks is a manufacturing company that specializes in writing instruments.
The past year was a difficult one for the company, as it sought to retain its share in a
market in which the largest competitors were also rapid innovators. Benson and Jencks
introduced a new product late in the year, even though testing was not complete. It was
a pen designed with two cartridges: one supplying ink and the other correction fluid. A
person could then switch easily between writing and correcting errors. It was priced
fairly high, and was never heavily advertised. Even so, the Correct-O-Pen, as the
product was named, was an overwhelming success.
The success of the product has Fern Donald, the manager of the New Products division,
worried, however. She was concerned that quality problems would begin occurring,
since the longevity of the pen and stability of the correction fluid formulation had not
been tested. She did not want sales personnel to get the bonuses that appeared to be
indicated, since they might aggressively promote a product that would fail in use. She
preferred to complete testing of the pen first, so that more confidence could be placed in
the results.
Top management, however, declined the tests. Ms. Donald then instructed you, the
accountant, not to prorate payroll taxes or rent expense for the rest of the year, but to
show them as current expenses in total. In this way, the new product would appear to be
only slightly profitable.