Assume that a manufacturing company usually pays a waste company(by the pound) to haul away manufacturing waste. Recently, a landfill gas company offered to buy a small portion of the waste for cash, saving the manufacturing facility a portion of its disposal costs and providing it with proceeds from the disposal.

The sale of manufacturing waste is not a primary business activity of the manufacturing; however, it will now result in inflow cash.

Which is more appropriate classifying this transaction as an increase in revenue or a decrease in expense, or be recorded as a gain

Assume you are the occupant of a building for which you have just entered into a 2-year lease agreement. Due to the short term nature of the arrangement; the lease will likely be classified as an operating issue.

The FASB is currently proposing fundamental changes to lease accounting, based in part on their view that a lessee’s obligation to make payments over the lease period meets the definition of a liability. Using language from CONN 6, state whether you believe the lessee’s obligation meets the definition of a liability.

Analysis- Why might a lessee’s obligation to meet the definition of a liability?

Insurance companies have internal controls in place to protect assets, monitor the accuracy of accounting records and encourage operational efficiencies and adherence to policies. these internal controls are generally of two types: administrative controls and accounting controls. administrative controls are the policies and procedures that guide the daily actions of employees. accounting controls are the policies and procedures that delineate authorizations of financial transactions that are done, safeguard assets, and provide reports on the company’s financial status in a reliable and timely manner. internal controls should include both preventative and detective controls. the purpose of preventative controls is to stop problems and errors before they occur. detective controls identify problems after they have occurred. preventative controls are usually more effective at reducing problems, but they also tend to be more expensive. internal controls must be flexible to adjust for changes in laws and regulations in addition to adding new products or modifying current ones. companies must also do regular analyses to ensure that the benefits of implementing the controls are worth their costs. when concerned about paying unwarranted insurance claims which type of control would be useful?

Zeta corporation is a manufacturer of sports caps, which require soft fabric. the standards for each cap allow 2.00 yards of soft fabric, at a cost of $2.00 per yard. during the month of january, the company purchased 25,000 yards of soft fabric at $2.10 per yard, to produce 12,000 caps. what is zeta corporation's materials price variance for the month of january?

Calculating and interpreting eps information wells fargo reports the following information in its 2015 form 10-k. in millions 2015 2014 wells fargo net income $24,005 $24,168 preferred stock dividends $1,535 $1,347 common stock dividends $7,400 $6,908 average common shares outstanding 5,136.5 5,237.2 diluted average common shares outstanding 5,209.8 5,324.4 determine wells fargo's basic eps for fiscal 2015 and for fiscal 2014. round answers to two decimal places.