subject
Business, 07.06.2020 03:59 NBASTARK4523

Exchange Corp. is a company that acts as a facilitator in tax-favored real estate swaps. Such swaps, know as 1031 exchanges, permit participants to avoid some or all of the capital gains taxes that would otherwise be due. The bookkeeper for the company has been asked to prepare a report for the company to help its owner/manager analyze performance. The first such report appears below:Exchange CorpAnalysis of Revenues and CostsFor the Month Ended May 31 Actual Planning Budget Variances unit Revenues Unit Revenues and cost and cost Exchanges completed 30 25Revenue $ 620 $ 700 $ 80 UExpenses:Legal and search fees 251 230 21 U Office expenses 140 254 114 FEquipment depreciation 25 30 5 FRent 75 90 15 FInsurance 15 18 3 FTotal expense 506 622 116 FNet operating income $114 $78 $ 36 FNote that the revenues and costs in the above report are unit revenues and costs. For example, the average office expense is $254 per exchange completed on the planning budget; whereas, the average actual office expense is $140 per exchange completed. Legal and search fees is a variable cost; office expenses is a mixed cost; and equipment depreciation, rent, and insurance are fixed costs. In the planning budget, the fixed component of office expenses was $5,000. All of the company’s revenues come from fees collected when an exchange is completed. Required: 1. Is the report prepared by the bookkeeper useful as a performance report?a. Yesb. No2. Complete a performance report that would help the owner/manager assess the performance of the company in May. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i. e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

ansver
Answers: 2

Another question on Business

question
Business, 22.06.2019 05:30
Eliza works for a consumer agency educating young people about advertisements. instead of teaching students to carefully read advertisement claims, she encourages them to develop a strong sense of self and to keep their life goals and dreams separate from commercial products. why might eliza's advice make sense?
Answers: 2
question
Business, 22.06.2019 11:30
Chuck, a single taxpayer, earns $80,750 in taxable income and $30,750 in interest from an investment in city of heflin bonds. (use the u.s. tax rate schedule.) (do not round intermediate calculations. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Answers: 2
question
Business, 22.06.2019 11:30
Mai and chuck have been divorced since 2012. they have three boys, ages 6, 8, and 10. all of the boys live with mai and she receives child support from chuck. mai and chuck both work and the boys need child care before and after school. te boys attend the fun house day care center and mai paid them $2,000 and chuck paid them $3,000. mai's agi is $18,000 and chuck's is $29,000. mai will claim two of the boys as dependents. she signed form 8332 which allows chuck to claim one of the boys. who can take the child and dependent care credit?
Answers: 3
question
Business, 22.06.2019 14:30
Stella company sells only two products, product a and product b. product a product b total selling price $50 $30 variable cost per unit $20 $10 total fixed costs $2,110,000 stella sells two units of product a for each unit it sells of product b. stella faces a tax rate of 40%. stella desires a net afterminustax income of $54,000. the breakeven point in units would be
Answers: 3
You know the right answer?
Exchange Corp. is a company that acts as a facilitator in tax-favored real estate swaps. Such swaps,...
Questions
Questions on the website: 13722359