Question

Refer to Apple's financial statements in Appendix A to answer the following.

Required:

1. What percent of the original cost of Apple's Property, Plant and Equipment account remains to be depreciated as of (a) September 30, 2017, and (b) September 24, 2016? Assume these assets have no salvage value and the entire account is depreciable. Hint: Accumulated Depreciation is listed under "Property, Plant and Equipment" in the notes to Apple's financial statements in Appendix A. 2. Much research and development is needed to create the next iPhone. Does Apple capitalize and amortize research and development costs over the life of the product, or are research and development costs expensed as incurred?

3. Compute Apple's total asset turnover for the year ended (a) September 30, 2017, and (b) September 24, 2016. Assume total assets at September 26, 2015, are $ 290,345 ($ millions).

4. Using the results in part 3 , is Apple's asset turnover on a favorable or unfavorable trend?

Answer 1

1)		Formula
			Book PPE % of Original Cost
a)	Sept 30 2017	PPE book value/PPE gross value	33783 / 75076	45.00	%
b)	Sept 24 2016		27010 / 61245	44.10	%
2) Research and Developments costs are:
a)	Sept 30 2017		$11581m
b)	Sept 24 2016		$10045m
3)
			Total Assets Turnover
a)	Sept 30 2017	Revenues / Total Assets	229234/375319	0.61	times
b)	Sept 24 2016		215639/321686	0.67	times
4) Is Apple's Asset turnover trend = Unfavorable (Detoriating) as reduced to 0.61 from 0.67.