Plaintiff was engaged by defendant to act in a musical motion picture entitled Bloomer Girl; her compensation was to be $750,000. Prior to production, defendant notified plaintiff that Bloomer Girl had been canceled. She was offered a role in a western, to be titled Big Country, at the same compensation. Must plaintiff accept the new role? Why or why not? McKibben, owner of a mining claim near Fairbanks, Alaska, signed a mining lease agreement with Mohawk Oil that provided that McKibben would receive 45 per cent of the value of all ores and minerals mined. When the ore mined had a specified low value, however, McKibben would receive only 10 percent of the value of the ore mined. McKibben discovered that Mohawk Oil was diluting the ore and removing precious metals without reporting this to McKibben as required by the 7.

Paar corporation bought 100 percent of kimmel, inc., on january 1, 2012. on that date, paar’s equipment (10-year life) has a book value of $420,000 but a fair value of $520,000. kimmel has equipment (10-year life) with a book value of $272,000 but a fair value of $400,000. paar uses the equity method to record its investment in kimmel. on december 31, 2014, paar has equipment with a book value of $294,000 but a fair value of $445,200. kimmel has equipment with a book value of $190,400 but a fair value of $357,000. the consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 is $574,000. what would be the impact on consolidated balance for the equipment account as of december 31, 2014 if the parent had applied the initial value method rather than the equity method? the balance in the consolidated equipment account cannot be determined for the initial value method using the information given. the consolidated equipment account would have a higher reported balance. the consolidated equipment account would have a lower reported balance. no effect: the method the parent uses is for internal reporting purposes only and has no impact on consolidated totals.

Which of the following differentiates cost accounting and financial accounting? a. the primary users of cost accounting are the investors, whereas the primary users of financial accounting are the managers. b. cost accounting measures only the financial information related to the costs of acquiring fixed assets in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures financial and nonfinancial information of a company's business transactions. c. cost accounting measures information related to the costs of acquiring or using resources in an organization, whereas financial accounting measures a financial position of a company to investors, banks, and external parties. d. cost accounting deals with product design, production, and marketing strategies, whereas financial accounting deals mainly with pricing of the products.

Comprehensive illustrative problem: mira's store on february 1 20a4 mica delaman opened astore that sells school supplies her main customer are the students and teachers of happy students school that is situated in front of her store. mira wanted to know the financial position of mira's store. mira knew you were studying accounting. so she asked for . 1. to start her business mira's opened a checking account in the name of mira's store . the statement of account from the bank shows that the checking account has a balance of 31,535 of december 31,20a4