On January 4, 2021, Runyan Bakery paid $356 million for 10 million shares of Lavery Labeling Company common stock. The investment represents a 30% interest in the net assets of Lavery and gave Runyan the ability to exercise significant influence over Lavery's operations. Runyan received dividends of $2.40 per share on December 15, 2021, and Lavery reported net income of $310 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The market value of Lavery's common stock at December 31, 2021, was $35 per share. On the purchase date, the book value of Lavery's identifiable net assets was $960 million and: The fair value of Lavery's depreciable assets, with an average remaining useful life of four years, exceeded their book value by $80 million. The remainder of the excess of the cost of the investment over the book value of net assets purchased was attributable to goodwill. Required: 1. Prepare all appropriate journal entries related to the investment during 2021, assuming Runyan accounts for this investment by the equity method. 2. Prepare the journal entries required by Runyan, assuming that the 10 million shares represent a 10% interest in the net assets of Lavery rather than a 30% interest.

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The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Georgia orchards produced a good crop of peaches this year. after preparing the following income statement, the company is concerned about the net loss on its no. 3 peaches. georgia orchards income statement for year ended december 31, 2017 no. 1 no. 2 no. 3 combined sales (by grade) no. 1: 300,000 ibs. @ $1.50/lb $ 450,000 no. 2: 300,000 ibs. @ $1.00/lb $ 300,000 no. 3: 750,000 ibs. @ $0.25/lb $ 187,500 total sales $ 937,500 costs tree pruning and care @ $0.30/ib 90,000 90,000 225,000 405,000 picking, sorting, and grading @ $0.15/ib 45,000 45,000 112,500 202,500 delivery costs 15,000 15,000 37,500 67,500 total costs 150,000 150,000 375,000 675,000 net income (loss) $ 300,000 $ 150,000 $ (187,500 ) $ 262,500 in preparing this statement, the company allocated joint costs among the grades on a physical basis as an equal amount per pound. the company’s delivery cost records show that $30,000 of the $67,500 relates to crating the no. 1 and no. 2 peaches and hauling them to the buyer. the remaining $37,500 of delivery costs is for crating the no. 3 peaches and hauling them to the cannery. required: 1. prepare reports showing cost allocations on a sales value basis to the three grades of peaches. separate the delivery costs into the amounts directly identifiable with each grade. then allocate any shared delivery costs on the basis of the relative sales value of each grade. (do not round intermediate calculations.)