Q 9.3: What is the amount to be used for purposes of inventory valuation when a unit of inventory has declined in value below original cost and the market value is less than the net realizable value less a normal profit margin?

Oceanside marine company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $ 11 per pound direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour oceanside produced 2 comma 000 units during the quarter. at the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 7 comma 500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $ 98 comma 100. what is the direct materials cost variance? (round any intermediate calculations to the nearest cent, and your final answer to the nearest dollar.)

On january 1, 2017, sophie's sunlounge owned 4 tanning beds valued at $20,000. during 2017, sophie's bought 3 new beds at a total cost of $14 comma 000, and at the end of the year the market value of all of sophie's beds was $24 comma 000. what was sophie's net investment

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers. b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment. c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.