Following are the January transactions: Received a $500 deposit from a customer who wanted her piano rebuilt in February. Rented a part of the building to a bicycle repair shop; $300 rent received for January. Delivered five rebuilt pianos to customers who paid $14,500 in cash. Delivered two rebuilt pianos to customers for $7,000 charged on account. Received $6,000 from customers as payment on their accounts. Received an electric and gas utility bill for $350 for January services to be paid in February. Ordered $800 in supplies. Paid $1,700 on account in January. Paid $10,000 in wages to employees in January for work done this month. Received and paid cash for the supplies in (g). 5-a. Prepare an income statement for the month ended and at January 31. 5-b. Prepare a statement of retained earnings for the month ended and at January 31. 5-c. Prepare a classified balance sheet for the month ended and at January 31.

Baldwin has negotiated a new labor contract for the next round that will affect the cost for their product bold. labor costs will go from $7.91 to $8.41 per unit. in addition, their material costs have fallen from $13.66 to $12.66. assume all period costs as reported on baldwin's income statement remain the same. if baldwin were to pass on half the new costs of labor and half the savings in materials to customers by adjusting the price of their product, how many units of product bold would need to be sold next round to break even on the product?

Goals that are overly ambitious can discourage employees and decrease motivation, yet the idea of stretch goals is proposed as a way to get people fired up and motivated. as a manager, how might you decide where to draw the line between a “good” stretch goal and a “bad” one that is unrealistic?

Fanning company is considering the addition of a new product to its cosmetics line. the company has three distinctly different options: a skin cream, a bath oil, or a hair coloring gel. relevant information and budgeted annual income statements for each of the products follow. skin cream bath oil color gel budgeted sales in units (a) 110,000 190,000 70,000 expected sales price (b) $8 $4 $11 variable costs per unit (c) $2 $2 $7 income statements sales revenue (a × b) $880,000 $760,000 $770,000 variable costs (a × c) (220,000) (380,000) (490,000) contribution margin 660,000 380,000 280,000 fixed costs (432,000) (240,000) (76,000) net income $228,000 $140,000 $204,000 required: (a) determine the margin of safety as a percentage for each product. (b) prepare revised income statements for each product, assuming a 20 percent increase in the budgeted sales volume. (c) for each product, determine the percentage change in net income that results from the 20 percent increase in sales. (d) assuming that management is pessimistic and risk averse, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line? (e) assuming that management is optimistic and risk aggressive, which product should the company add to its cosmetics line?