Presented below are three different transactions related to materiality. Explain whether you would classify these transactions as material. a.    Blair Co. has reported a positive trend in earnings over the last 3 years. In the current year, it reduces its bad debt allowance to ensure another positive earnings year. The impact of this adjustment is equal to 3% of net income. b.    Hindi Co. has an unusual gain of $3.1 million on the sale of plant assets and a $3.3 million loss on the sale of investments. It decides to net the gain and loss because the net effect is considered immaterial. Hindi Co.’s income for the current year was $10 million. c.    Damon Co. expenses all capital equipment under $2,500 on the basis that it is immaterial. The company has followed this practice for a number of years.

Patterson Brothers recently reported an EBITDA of $7.5 million andnet income of $2.1 million. It had $2.0 million of interest expense, and its corporate tax ratewas 30%. What was its charge for depreciation and amortization?

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Daly company's activities for the year included the following: Gross Sales Sales Discounts Cost of Good Sold Adjustment for a prior year error - understatement of depreciation expense Sales Returns and Allowance Loss on sale of plant asset Gain on discontinued operation (not adjusted for taxes) Unrealized gain on available for sale debt securities Unearned Revenue Selling and Administrative expense $616,910 $896,300 Daly company has a 30% income tax rate. What is the company's net income for the year? $624,110 $2,674,200 $90,000 1,164,300 $625,310 60,000 48,000 15,000 12,000 9,000 5,400 475,600

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In 2007, the Damon Company had sales of $600,000; cost of sales of $430,000; interest expense of $12,000; a gain on the sale of a component of $12,000; and an extraordinary loss of $20,000. For its income statement, Damon uses the single-step format and the all-inclusive concept. What was Damon's reported pretax income from continuing operations? a. $150,000 b. $170,000 c. $158,000 d. $138,000

(Analyzing the quality of firm earnings) Kabutell, Inc. had net income of $700,000, cash flow from financing activities of $60,000, depreciation expenses of $40,000, and cash flow from operating activities of $600,000. a. Calculate the quality of earnings ratio. What does this ratio tell you? b. Kabutell, Inc. reported the following in its annual reports for 2011-2013: ($ million) 2011 Cash Flow from Operations $477 Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) $461 (Click on the icon in order to copy its contents into a spreadsheet.) Calculate the average capital acquisitions ratio over the three-year period. How would you interpret these results? a. What is Kabutell's quality of earnings ratio? % (Round to one decimal place.) 2012 $403 $447 C 2013 $471 $455

2. The Dockside Inn has net income for the most recent year of $8,450. The tax rate was 35 percent. The firm paid $2,100 in total interest expense and deducted $1,900 in depreciation expense. What was the cash coverage ratio for the year?

Past Perfect Inc. is a small firm that sells antique furnishings. In the most recent year, the firm generated $ 4 million in after-tax operating income on revenues of $ 40 million; the firm reported book value of equity of $ 8 million and book value of debt of $ 4 million at the beginning of the year. During the year, the firm invested $2 million in a new warehouse for furniture (its only cap ex) and reported depreciation of $1 million in its income statement. The firm’s only working capital item is its inventory, which increased by $ 200,000 during the course of the year. The cost of capital for the firm is expected to be 12% for the next 3 years and 10% thereafter. You have been asked to appraise the value of the company -Estimate the value of the firm at the end of year 3, assuming that the return on capital stays at the current level but the growth rate drops to 3%. -Assuming that Past Perfect Inc. has 5 million shares outstanding, estimate the value of equity per share. (You can…