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December 11, 2017 at 10:59 am #1676698
jeffKeymasterWelcome to the Q1 2018 CPA Exam Study Group for BEC. 🙂
Introduce yourselves and let your fellow NINJAs know when you plan to take your exam.
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February 12, 2018 at 10:50 am #1711844
ReckedParticipantTestlet 2, SIM 1 of 2017 Sample has 2 pages of formulas in resources, might be worth a review for everyone.
February 12, 2018 at 11:00 am #1711846
ReckedParticipantFebruary 12, 2018 at 11:18 am #1711855
ReckedParticipantFebruary 12, 2018 at 2:36 pm #1712104
PJParticipantRecked do you have a good explanation for this MC question from the BEC sample exam? I sort of intuitively guessed it, but would like to really know why the correct answer is correct.
“An analyst expects a company to pay a dividend of $5 with a dividend growth rate of 3%. The inflation rate is expected to fall from 5% per year to 3% per year. As a result of the change in the inflation premium, the company's:
A – Stock price will likely decrease
B – Cost of equity will likely remain stable
C – Cost of equity will likely decrease
D – Stock price will likely remain stable”February 12, 2018 at 3:14 pm #1712137
ReckedParticipantI don't have a solid answer or formula to back this up.
From a macro standpoint, as inflation lowers, the economy as a whole cools, and income and profits cool as well, resulting in lower dividends = lower cost of equity.
I would answer this question by ruling out the other 3 responses. If the Div growth rate is 3% the stock would probably appreciate, not depreciate. The variables listed will not result in either the cost of equity or the stock price remaining stable. C seems the only reasonable choice.I am sure there is a formula that explains this, but I can't seem to find it. Perhaps as inflation drops, the required rate of return would also drop, resulting in lower dividends.
Looking at the Constant Growth Model formula, but not really seeing how it fits the above question.February 12, 2018 at 4:55 pm #1712219
slowreaderParticipantCan someone please help? How do you calculate Fixed Cost for Flexible Budget Equation? It's $240,000 for Fixed OH and $225,000 for Fixed S&A for all 3 months. How did they get this amount? This is from Wiley Testbank.
Perry Pineda is the CEO of Pineda, Inc., a manufacturing company. Tom Ceria is an accountant and budget analyst at Pineda, Inc. Tom prepared a Static Budget for the third quarter of 20×7 based upon the following revenue and cost formulae:
Per Unit:
Revenue $19.50
Variable Costs
Direct Materials 1.90
Direct Labor 4.50
Manufacturing Overhead 0.85
Selling and Administrative Expenses 0.48
Fixed Costs:
Manufacturing Overhead $275,000.00
Selling and Administrative Expenses 245,000.00
The company forecasted 52,000, 65,000, and 72,000 units sold in July, August, and September respectively.The actual results were as follows:
July August September 3rd Quarter
Units sold 55,000 70,000 71,000 196,000
Revenue $ 1,051,050.00 $ 1,342,500.00 $ 1,366,750.00 $ 3,760,300.00
Variable Costs
Direct Materials 124,000.00 154,000.00 158,000.00 436,000.00
Direct Labor 238,000.00 304,500.00 311,000.00 853,500.00
Variable Overhead 42,500.00 54,600.00 61,000.00 158,100.00
Selling and Administrative Expenses 25,200.00 34,300.00 36,200.00 95,700.00
Total Variable Costs 429,700.00 547,400.00 566,200.00 1,543,300.00
Contribution Margin 621,350.00 795,100.00 800,550.00 2,217,000.00
Fixed Costs
Manufacturing Overhead 250,000.00 247,000.00 237,000.00 734,000.00
Selling and Administrative Expenses 220,000.00 209,000.00 228,000.00 657,000.00
Total Fixed Costs 470,000.00 456,000.00 465,000.00 1,391,000.00
Net Operating Income $ 151,350.00 $ 339,100.00 $ 335,550.00 $ 826,000.00February 12, 2018 at 10:21 pm #1712480
chriscanpassParticipantAnyone retaking this exam with Becker find it a little easier to jump around in the chapters? I started on Corporate Governance, Economics, Cost Accounting, IT, Finance. I got 24 days until my exam, I stopped working to take this exam and I find this to be very hard considering all the topics and math. I failed by 14 points last time. I took it on Dec 4, 2017, retaking on March 9 and I feel like I forgot most of it. I study at least 8-10 hours a day, is there a better way to use my time other than reading the book 3 times, watch the videos, do the questions about 10 times each? I even bought Ninja MCQ's any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
February 13, 2018 at 7:35 am #1712575
ReckedParticipant@slowreader
I think some important details are missing from the question you posted.
Please go back to the question and paste the actual question they are asking you.February 13, 2018 at 7:55 am #1712579
ReckedParticipantAre they asking you to calculate a variance? and if so, which one?
February 13, 2018 at 11:06 am #1712678
ReckedParticipantUp to 300 questions in Gleim, 234 correct ~78%, focusing on COSO, IT, and Variances.
Testing each section until I get some greens (>75%).
Going to start doing some cumulative 20 MCQs study sessions to try and refresh and narrow down any weak areas.
Variances kicked me in the head a bit, took me 3 quizzes(20) to get a 90% (75,65,90). Ironically the calculations I was stronger in, the theory I was weaker. Go figure.February 13, 2018 at 12:54 pm #1712771
slowreaderParticipantThis is the whole question. Below are some of the questions. I understand everything except how did they calculate the Fixed Cost using Flexible budget equation.
2 Total Static Budget Variance for July $ 4,310 Favorable
3 Flexible Budget Revenue Variance for July $21,450 Unfavorable
4 Flexible Budget Direct Materials Cost Variance for July $19,500 Unfavorable
5 Flexible Budget Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Cost Variance for July $10,000 Unfavorable
6 Total Flexible Budget Variance for July $31,000 UnfavorableThe manufacturing fixed oh variance is (10,000) and the Fixed S&A OH variance is 5,000. Where are they getting these from?
February 13, 2018 at 2:01 pm #1712854
ReckedParticipantThe closest I can come.
275k x 3 = 825000 budgeted overhead
52k + 65k + 72k = 189000 budgeted units825/189 = 4.365 budgeted overhead per unit.
actual units 55000 x 4.365079 = 240079.4 budgeted overhead @ actual units.
Actual overhead spent = 250,000 which results in a ~10k unfavorable overhead variance.Does Wiley not provide answer explanations? I do not think my method is correct given the rounding differences.
Does the question mention what the cost driver is?February 13, 2018 at 7:29 pm #1713035
slowreaderParticipantNope, they gave no details in the answer. And although your calculation is close it cannot be the right way, because they used the $240,000 FC for all 3 months in Flexible budget equation. So according to your calculation August and September would have completely different amounts of FC. I have not left out any details on this question. For the life of me can't figure out how, and I would have to get the gold version of Wiley to ask one of their professors. SMH!
February 14, 2018 at 9:02 am #1713323February 14, 2018 at 9:23 am #1713353
ReckedParticipant@slowreader I wish I could help you more but I can't really make any sense of it.
I would assume the OH is applied by either sales or direct labor hours as the cost driver.
I can't really say for sure whether direct labor hours are down or not, but the revenue per unit appears to be done. -
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