Francis Companyhas 24,000 shares of common stock outstanding at the beginning of 2019. Francis issued 3,000 additional shares on May 1 and 2,000 additional shares on September 30. It also has two convertible securities outstanding at the end of 2019. These are:
1. Convertible preferred stock: 2,500 shares of 85%, 550 par, preferred stock were issued on january 2, 2016, for $60 per share. Each share of preferred stock is convertible into 3 shares of common stock. Current dividends have been declared and paid.
To date, no preferred stock has been converted.
2. Convertible bonds: Bonds with a face value of 250,000 and an interest rate of 5.5% were issued at par in 2018. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 20 shares of common stock. To date, no bonds have been converted.

Francis earned net income of $72,500 during 2019. The income tax rate is 30%.

Required:

1. Compute the number of shares of common stock that Francis should use in calculating basic earnings per share for 2019.
2. Calculate basic earnings per share for 2019.
3. Calculate diluted earnings per share for 2019 and the incremental EPS of the preferred stock and convertible bonds.
4. Next level Assume the same facts as above except that net income included a loss from discontinued operations of $18,000 net of income taxes. Compute basic BPS and show how it should be reported to shareholders. You do not have to calculate diluted BPS for this case.

If jobs have been undercosted due to underallocation of manufacturing overhead, then cost of goods sold (cogs) is too low and which of the following corrections must be made? a. decrease cogs for double the amount of the underallocation b. increase cogs for double the amount of the underallocation c. decrease cogs for the amount of the underallocation d. increase cogs for the amount of the underallocation

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?

Alpha company uses the periodic inventory system for purchase & sales of merchandise. discount terms for both purchases & sales are, 2/10, n30 and the gross method is used. unless otherwise noted, fob destination will apply to all purchases & sales. the value of inventory is based on periodic system. on january 1, 2016, beginning inventory consisted of 350 units of widgets costing $10 each. alpha prepares monthly income statements. the following events occurred during the month of jan.: dateactivitya. jan. 3purchased on account 350 widgets for $11 each. b.jan. 5sold on account 400 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $150.c. jan. 10purchased on account 625 widgets for $12 each. d.jan. 11shipping cost for the january 10 purchased merchandise was $400 was paid with a cheque by alpha directly to the freight company. e.jan. 12returned 50 widgets received from jan. 10 purchase as they were not the correct item ordered. f.jan. 13paid for the purchases made on jan. 3.g. jan. 21sold on account 550 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $250.h. jan. 22authorize credit without return of goods for 50 widgets sold on jan. 21 when customer advised that they were received in defective condition. i.jan. 25received payment for the sale made on jan. 5.j. jan. 26paid for the purchases made on jan. 10.k. jan. 31received payment for the sale made on jan. 21.use this information to prepare the general journal entries (without explanation) for the january events. if no entry is required then enter the date and write "no entry required."