Hector Company reports the following: July August September Sales $ 23,000 $ 31,000 $ 35,000 Purchases 13,800 18,600 23,000 Payments for purchases are made in the month after purchase. Selling expenses are 15% of sales, administrative expenses are 10% of sales, and both are paid in the month of sale. Rent expense of $2,500 is paid monthly. Depreciation expense is $1,600 per month. Prepare a schedule of budgeted cash payments for August and September.

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

On july 1, oura corp. made a sale of $ 450,000 to stratus, inc. on account. terms of the sale were 2/10, n/30. stratus makes payment on july 9. oura uses the net method when accounting for sales discounts. ignore cost of goods sold and the reduction of inventory. a. prepare all oura's journal entries. b. what net sales does oura report?

Why do you think the compensation plans differ at the two firms? in particular, why do you think kaufmann’s pays commissions to salespeople, while parkleigh does not? why does parkleigh offer employees discounts on purchases, while kaufmann’s does not?