The contribution format income statement for Huerra Company for last year is given below: Total Unit $ 49.90 $ 998,000 598,800 399,200 319,200 80,000 32,000 Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income Income taxes @ 40% 29.94 19.96 15.96 4.00 1.60 Net income $ 48,000 $ 2.40 The company had average operating assets of $506,000 during the year. Required: 1. Compute the company's return on investment (ROI) for the period using the ROI formula stated in terms of margin and turnover. For each of the following questions, indicate whether the margin and turnover will increase, decrease, or remain unchanged as a result of the events described, and then compute the new ROI figure. Consider each question separately, starting in each case from the data used to compute the original ROI in (1) above. 2. Using Lean Production, the company is able to reduce the average level of inventory by $106,000. (The released funds are used to pay off short-term creditors.) 3. The company achieves a cost savings of $7,000 per year by using less costly materials. 4. The company issues bonds and uses the proceeds to purchase machinery and equipment that increases average operating assets by $129,000. Interest on the bonds is $17,000 per year. Sales remain unchanged. The new, more efficient equipment reduces production costs by $5,000 per year. 5. As a result of a more intense effort by salespeople, sales are increased by 15%; operating assets remain unchanged. 6. At the beginning of the year, obsolete inventory carried on the books at a cost of $19,000 is scrapped and written off as a loss. 7. At the beginning of the year, the company uses $181,000 of cash (received on accounts receivable) to repurchase and retire

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The contribution format income statement for Huerra Company for last year is given below. Total $1,006,000 603,600 Unit $ 50.30 30.18 402,400 20.12 322,400 16.12 Sales Variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Net operating income Income taxes @ 40% Net income 80,000 32,000 $ 48,000 4.00 1.60 $2.40 The company had average operating assets of $502,000 during the year. Required: 1. Compute the company's margin, turnover, and return on investment (ROI) for the period. For each of the following questions, indicate whether the margin and turnover will increase, decrease, or remain unchanged as a result of the events described, and then compute the new ROI figure. Consider each question separately, starting in each case from the data used to compute the original ROI in (1) above. 2. Using Lean Production, the company is able to reduce the average level of inventory by $93,000. 3. The company achieves a cost savings of $7,000 per year by using less costly materials. 4. The company…

During Heaton Company’s first two years of operations, it reported absorption costing net operating income as follows: Year 1 Year 2 Sales (@ $62 per unit) $ 1,178,000 $ 1,798,000 Cost of goods sold (@ $42 per unit) 798,000 1,218,000 Gross margin 380,000 580,000 Selling and administrative expenses* 306,000 336,000 Net operating income $ 74,000 $ 244,000 * $3 per unit variable; $249,000 fixed each year. The company’s $42 unit product cost is computed as follows: Direct materials $ 8 Direct labor 11 Variable manufacturing overhead 5 Fixed manufacturing overhead ($432,000 -: 24,000 units) 18 Absorption costing unit product cost $ 42 Production and cost data for the first two years of operations are: Year 1 Year 2 Units produced 24,000 24,000 Units sold 19,000 29,000 Required: Using variable costing, what is the unit product cost for both years? What is the variable costing net operating income in Year 1 and in Year 2? Reconcile the absorption costing and the variable costing net operating…

Calculating Residual Income East Mullett Manufacturing earned operating income last year as shown in the following income statement: Sales $3,750,000 Cost of goods sold 2,250,000 Gross margin $1,500,000 Selling and administrative expense 1,200,000 Operating income $ 300,000 Less: Income taxes (@ 40%) 120,000    Net income $ 180,000 At the beginning of the year, the value of operating assets was $1,600,000. At the end of the year, the value of operating assets was $1,400,000. East Mullett requires a minimum rate of return of 5%. What is the residual income?

Westerville Company reported the following results from last year’s operations: Sales $ 1,500,000 Variable expenses 690,000 Contribution margin 810,000 Fixed expenses 435,000 Net operating income $ 375,000 Average operating assets $ 1,250,000 At the beginning of this year, the company has a $350,000 investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue characteristics: Sales $ 420,000   Contribution margin ratio 70 % of sales Fixed expenses $ 252,000   The company’s minimum required rate of return is 10%. 1. Assume that the contribution margin ratio of the investment opportunity was 65% instead of 70%. If Westerville’s Chief Executive Officer will earn a bonus only if her residual income from this year exceeds her residual income from last year, would she pursue the investment opportunity? yes or no 2.  Would the owners of the company want her to pursue the investment opportunity?

Westerville Company reported the following results from last year’s operations:   Sales $ 1,800,000 Variable expenses 740,000 Contribution margin 1,060,000 Fixed expenses 700,000 Net operating income $ 360,000 Average operating assets $ 1,200,000   At the beginning of this year, the company has a $400,000 investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue characteristics:   Sales $ 600,000   Contribution margin ratio 60 % of sales Fixed expenses $ 288,000     The company’s minimum required rate of return is 10%.   6. What is the ROI related to this year’s investment opportunity? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)   7. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year, what margin will it earn this year? (Round your percentage answer to 1 decimal place (i.e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3).)   8. If the company pursues the investment opportunity and otherwise performs the same as last year,…

Elway Company provided the following income statement for the last year: Sales $714,390,000 Less: Variable expenses 557,689,000 Contribution margin $156,701,000 Less: Fixed expenses 195,362,000 Operating income $-38,661,000 At the beginning of last year, Elway had $38,657,000 in operating assets. At the end of the year, Elway had $41,360,000 in operating assets. Required: 1.  Compute average operating assets.$fill in the blank 1 2.  Compute the margin (as a percent) and turnover ratios for last year. If required, round your answers to two decimal places. Margin fill in the blank 2 % Turnover fill in the blank 3 3.  Compute ROI as a percent. Use the part 2 final answers in these calculations and round the final answer to two decimal places.fill in the blank 4 % 4. ROI measures a company’s ability to generate     relative to its investment in assets. The greater the ROI, the     efficiently the company is generating from its assets. 5. CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION Comment…

Westerville Company reported the following results from last year’s operations:   Sales $ 1,800,000 Variable expenses 740,000 Contribution margin 1,060,000 Fixed expenses 700,000 Net operating income $ 360,000 Average operating assets $ 1,200,000   At the beginning of this year, the company has a $400,000 investment opportunity with the following cost and revenue characteristics:   Sales $ 600,000   Contribution margin ratio 60 % of sales Fixed expenses $ 288,000     The company’s minimum required rate of return is 10%.   2. What is last year’s turnover? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)   3. What is last year’s return on investment (ROI)? (Round your intermediate calculations to 1 decimal place.)   4. What is the margin related to this year’s investment opportunity?   5. What is the turnover related to this year’s investment opportunity? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)