Frieda Inc. is considering a capital expansion project. The initial investment of undertaking this project is $105,500. This expansion project will last for five years. The net operating cash flows from the expansion project at the end of year 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are estimated to be $22,500, $25,800, $33,000, $45,936 and $58,500 respectively. Frieda has a capital structure consisting of 20% debt and 80% equity. The after-tax cost of debt is 16% and the cost of equity is 18.5%.
What is Frieda%u2019s weighted average cost of capital?
a. 16%
b. 18%
c. 24%
d. 22%

Answer:

WACC = 0.18 or 18%

Option b is the correct answer.

Explanation:

The WACC or weighted average cost of capital is the cost of a firm's capital structure that can contain one or more of the following components, namely debt, preferred stock and common equity. The formula to calculate the WACC is as follows,

WACC = wD * rD * (1-tax rate)  +  wP * rP  +  wE * rE

Where,

WACC = 0.2 * 0.16   +   0.8 * 0.185

WACC = 0.18 or 18%

Which of the following is the second step in the hiring process?

Select the best answer choice.
A.
the submission of the application or resume

B.
the interview

C.
sending a thank-you note

D.
getting hired for the position

Which of the following best describes the type of loss covered by the Spoilage Damage insuring agreement of the ISO Equipment Breakdown Protection Coverage Form? A. The spoilage of perishable goods resulting from breakdown of covered equipment. B. Costs to replace food labels resulting from breakdown of refrigeration equipment.

Snowy Mountain Financial Advisors is a network of branches providing investing and financial advising services. It discloses that it uses a balanced scorecard with the following six performance measures.

Required:
Link the measures to the perspective number(s) of the balanced scorecard.

Perspective
1. Financial
2. Customer
3. Learning and growth
4. Internal business processed

Procedure Measure Prespective number
Market share
Regulatory compliance
New cutomer refresh from existing customer
Order errors
Brach profit

The Foundational 15 (Static) [LO13-2, LO13-3, LO13-4, LO13-5, LO13-6] Skip to question [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $120 and $80, respectively. Each product uses only one type of raw material that costs $6 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 100,000 units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below: Alpha Beta Direct materials $ 30 $ 12 Direct labor 20 15 Variable manufacturing overhead 7 5 Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead 16 18 Variable selling expenses 12 8 Common fixed expenses 15 10 Total cost per unit $ 100 $ 68 The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars. Foundational 13-1 (Static) Required: 1. What is the total amount of traceable fixed manufacturing overhead for each of the two products

Adamson Corporation is considering four average-risk projects with the following costs and rates of return:

Project Cost Expected Rate of Return
1 $2,000 16.00%
2 3,000 15.00
3 5,000 13.75
4 2,000 12.50

The company estimates that it can issue debt at a rate of rd = 10%, and its tax rate is 30%. It can issue preferred stock that pays a constant dividend of $5 per year at $48 per share. Also, its common stock currently sells for $33 per share; the next expected dividend, D1, is $4.00; and the dividend is expected to grow at a constant rate of 5% per year. The target capital structure consists of 75% common stock, 15% debt, and 10% preferred stock.

Required:
a. What is the cost of each of the capital components?
b. What is Adamson's WACC?

The Smith family wants to relocate to a neighborhood with better schools before their three-year-old goes to kindergarten. They talked with Byron about properties he has for sale in neighborhoods they would like to live in. They also mentioned to Byron that they both work and may need someone to help with in-home care for their child. Byron gave them Taylor’s name to call about childcare. The Smiths also said they were having a hard time getting loan approval, so Byron suggested that they call Travis. Which best describes the jobs performed by Byron, Taylor, and Travis?

a) Byron is a Customer Service Representative, Taylor is a Child Care Worker, and Travis is a Loan Counselor.

b) Byron is a Real Estate Manager, Taylor is a Nanny, and Travis is a Loan Counselor.

c) Byron is a Real Estate Manager, Taylor is a Preschool Teacher, and Travis is a Customer Service Representative.

d) Byron is a Home Counselor, Taylor is a Nanny, and Travis is a Property Manager.

Santa Corporation issued a bond on January 1 of this year with a face value of $1,000. The bond's coupon rate is 6 percent and interest is paid once a year on December 31. The bond matures in three years. The annual market rate of interest was 8 percent at the time the bond was sold. The following amortization schedule pertains to the bond issued: Cash Paid Interest Expense Amortization Balance January 1, Year 1 $948 December 31, Year 1 $60 $76 $16 964 December 31, Year 2 60 77 17 981 December 31, Year 3 60 79 19 1,000 Required: 1. What was the bond's issue price

Hoda is creating a report in Access using the Report Wizard. Which option is not available for adding fields using the wizard?

Tables
Queries
Reports
All are available options.

Computing Straight-Line and Double-Declining-Balance Depreciation
On January 2, 2016, Dechow Company purchases a machine to help manufacture a part for one of its key products. The machine cost $306,180 and is estimated to have a useful life of six years, with an expected salvage value of $32,760.
Compute each year's depreciation expense for 2016 and 2017 for each of the following depreciation methods.
a. Straight-line.
b. Double-declining balance.

You are the manager for a Pizza restaurant. Currently, your restaurant pre-makes pizzas that are ordered the most to increase the number of pizzas being made on time for your customers. Over time, many customers have complained that their pizzas were cold upon delivery and not fresh, requesting refunds or remakes of their pizza. Your location is losing money from these wasteful practices, therefore, you want to create a Kanban based on the following basic principles:

1. A later process tells an earlier process when new items are required. This means that unless a customer orders a pizza, no pizzas will be made. Pull!
2. The earlier process produces what the later process needs.
3. No Items can be made without a Kanban card (order request). This allows the process to be transparent so everyone knows what is going on.
4. Defects are not passed on to the next stage.Create a Kanban board for your pizza company that delivers. You must have 4-6 columns with headings for each.

Required:
Decide what your Kanban cards will represent. Set Rules for your Kanban.

Last year, Valley Manufacturing reported sales of $800,000, net operating income of $40,000, and average operating assets of $400,000. The company is considering the purchase of equipment that will reduce expenses by $20,000. The equipment will increase average operating assets by $100,000 and be purchased by issuing a notes payable. Sales will remain unchanged. If Valley accepts the project, its return on investment (ROI) after the purchase is projected to

"Minimum wage laws cause unemployment because the legal minimum wage is set" 9) A) above the market wage, causing labor demand to be greater than labor supply. B) below the market wage, causing labor demand to be greater than labor supply. C) too low. D) below the market wage, causing labor demand to be less than labor supply. E) above the market wage, causing labor demand to be less than labor supply.

Bramble Corp. purchased land as a factory site for $1305000. Bramble paid $121000 to tear down two buildings on the land. Salvage was sold for $8400. Legal fees of $5340 were paid for title investigation and making the purchase. Architect's fees were $47000. Title insurance cost $3900, and liability insurance during construction cost $4200. Excavation cost $15480. The contractor was paid $4400000. An assessment made by the city for pavement was $9900. Interest costs during construction were $251000.
1. The cost of the land that should be recorded by Wilson Co. is:_____.
a. $989,880
b. $980,480
c. $996,280
d. $986,880
The cost of the building should be recorded by Wilson Co. is:_____.
a. 2,804,840
b. 2,813,200
c. 2,803,800
d. 3,014,240

Southern Atlantic Distributors began operations in January 2021 and purchased a delivery truck for $40,000. Southern Atlantic plans to use straight-line depreciation over a four-year expected useful life for financial reporting purposes. For tax purposes, the deduction is 45% of cost in 2021, 30% in 2022, and 25% in 2023. Pretax accounting income for 2021 was $460,000, which includes interest revenue of $68,000 from municipal governmental bonds. The enacted tax rate is 25%.
Assuming no differences between accounting income and taxable income other than those described above:
Required:
1. Complete the following table given below and prepare the journal entry to record income taxes in 2021.
2. What is Southern Atlantic’s 2021 net income?

Match the title of the employment-related law to its description. Each label is used only once.

a. This law protects the workers from physical dangers while performing their jobs.
b. This law states that pensions need to be funded properly and directs that employees be kept informed about their pensions.
c. This law placed limits on child labor and set a minimum wage in the United States.
d. This law gives workers the right to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for family reasons.

1. Pension Protection Act of 2006
2. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
3. Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970
4. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

You do not start saving money until age 46. On your 46th birthday you dutifully invest​ $10,000 each year until you finish your deposits when you reach the age of 65​ (you make the last deposit on your 65th​ birthday). The annual interest rate is 8​% that you earn on your deposits. Your brother starts saving​ $10,000 a year on his 36th birthday but stops making deposits after 10 years. He then withdraws the compounded sum when he reaches age 65. How much more money will your brother have than you at age​ 65?

Net present value LO P3
A new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $820,000 and have a useful life of six years. The system yields an incremental after-tax income of $240,000 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. The predicted salvage value of the system is $100,000.
A machine costs $560,000, has a $56,000 salvage value, is expected to last eight years, and will generate an after-tax income of $150,000 per year after straight-line depreciation.
Assume the company requires a 12% rate of return on its investments. Compute the net present value of each potential investment. (PV of $1, FV of $1, PVA of $1, and FVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
a. A new operating system for an existing machine is expected to cost $820,000 and have a useful life of six years. The system yields an incremental after-tax income of $240,000 each year after deducting its straight-line depreciation. The predicted salvage value of the system is $100,000. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)
b. A machine costs $560,000, has a $56,000 salvage value, is expected to last eight years, and will generate an after-tax income of $150,000 per year after straight-line depreciation. (Round your answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Locomotive Corporation is planning to repurchase part of its common stock by issuing corporate debt. As a result, the firm’s debt–equity ratio is expected to rise from 30 percent to 50 percent. The firm currently has $3.3 million worth of debt outstanding. The cost of this debt is 9 percent per year. Locomotive expects to have an EBIT of $1.32 million per year in perpetuity. Locomotive pays no taxes.
a. What is the market value of Locomotive Corporation before and after the repurchase announcement?
b. What is the expected return on the firm’s equity before the announcement of the stock repurchase plan?
c. What is the expected return on the equity of an otherwise identical all-equity firm?
d. What is the expected return on the firm’s equity after the announcement of the stock repurchase plan?

A foreign branch bank operates like a local bank, but legally Group of answer choices a branch bank is subject to only the banking regulations of its home country and not the country in which it operates. it is a part of the parent bank. a branch bank is subject to both the banking regulations of its home country and the country in which it operates. it is a part of the parent bank, and a branch bank is subject to both the banking regulations of its home country and the country in which it operates.

Fultz Company has accumulated the following budget data for the year 2017. 1 Sales: 31,450 units, unit selling price $85. Cost of one unit of finished goods: direct materials 1 pound at $5 per J pound, direct labor 3 hours at $13 per hour, and manufacturing overhead $6 per direct labor hour, j Inventories (raw materials only): beginning, 10,290 pounds; ending, 15,250 pounds. Selling and administrative expenses: $170,000; interest expense: $30,000. Income taxes: 30% of income before income taxes.
Prepare a schedule showing the computation of cost of goods sold for 2017.

Oering's Furniture Corporation is a Virginia-based manufacturer of furniture. In a recent year, it reported the following activities:

Net income $5,135
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment 1,071
Borrowings under line of credit (bank) 1,117
Proceeds from issuance of stock 11
Cash received from customers 37,164
Payments to reduce long-term debt 46
Sale of marketable securities 219
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 6,894
Dividends paid 277
Interest paid 90
Purchase of treasury stock (stock repurchase) 2,583

Required:
Based on this information, present the cash flows from investing and financing activities sections of the cash flow statement. (List cash outflows as negative amounts.)

Calculate amortization expense
In early January, Burger Mania acquired 100% of the common stock of the Crispy Taco restaurant chain. The purchase price allocation included the following items: $4 million, patent; $5 million, trademark considered to have an indefinite useful life; and $6 million, goodwill. Burger Mania's policy is to amortize intangible assets with finite useful lives using the straight-line method, no residual value, and a five-year service life.
What is the total amount of amortization expense that would appear in Burger Mania's income statement for the first year ended December 31 related to these items? (Enter your answers in dollars, not in millions.

When converting net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities under the indirect method increases in accounts receivable and increases in accrued liabilities are deducted. decreases in accounts payable and decreases in inventory are deducted. decreases in accounts receivable and increases in prepaid expenses are added. decreases in inventory and increases in accrued liabilities are added.

In divisional income statements prepared for Lemons Company, the Payroll Department costs are allocated to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are allocated on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had costs of $62,928, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $29,480 The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records:

Residential Commercial Government Contract
Sales $2,000,000 $3,250,000 $2,900,000

Weekly payroll (52 weeks per year) 400 250 150
Monthly payroll 80 30 10
Number of purchase requisitions per year 7,500 3,000 2,000

Required:
a. Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.
b. Using the activity base information in (a), determine the annual amount of payroll and purchasing costs charged back to the Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions from payroll and purchasing services.
c. Residential's service department charge is _______ than the other two divisions because Residential is a user of service department services. Residential has many employees on a weekly payroll, which translates into a ________ number of payroll transactions.

Before negotiating a long-term construction contract, build- ing contractors must carefully estimate the total cost of completing the project. Benzion Barlev of New York University proposed a model for total cost of a long-term contract based on the normal distribution(Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, July 1995). For one particular construction contract, Barlev assumed total cost, x, to be normally distributed with mean $850,000 and standard deviation $170,000. The revenue, R, promised to the contractor is $1,00,000.

Required:
a. The contract will be profitable if revenue exceeds total cost. What is the probability that the co ntract will be profitable for the contractor?
b. What is the probability that the project will result in a loss for the contractor?
c. Suppose the contractor has the opportunity to renegotiate the contract. What value of R should the contractor strive for in order to have a .99 probability of making a profit?

Mackenzie Company has a price of $38 and will issue a dividend of $ 2.00 next year. It has a beta of 1.3, the risk-free rate is 5.2%, and the market risk premium is estimated to be 4.9%. a. Estimate the equity cost of capital for Mackenzie. b. Under the CGDM, at what rate do you need to expect Mackenzie's dividends to grow to get the same equity cost of capital as in part (a)?

oneycutt Co. is comparing two different capital structures. Plan I would result in 39,000 shares of stock and $108,000 in debt. Plan II would result in 33,000 shares of stock and $324,000 in debt. The interest rate on the debt is 7 percent. a. Ignoring taxes, compare both of these plans to an all-equity plan assuming that EBIT will be $160,000. The all-equity plan would result in 42,000 shares of stock outstanding. What is the EPS for each of these plans

On January 8, 2012, Speedway Delivery Service purchased a truck at a cost of $65,000. Before placing the truck in service, Speedway spent $4,000 painting it, $2,500 replacing tires, and $8,000 overhauling the engine. The truck should remain in service for five years and have a residual value of $6,000. The truck’s annual mileage is expected to be 22,000 miles in each of the first four years and 12,000 miles in the fifth year—100,000 miles in total. In deciding which depreciation method to use, David Greer, the general manager, requests a depreciation schedule for each of the depreciation methods (straight-line, units-of-production, and double-declining-balance).
Requirements
1. Prepare a depreciation schedule for each depreciation method, showing asset cost, depreciation expense, accumulated depreciation, and asset book value.
2. Speedway prepares financial statements using the depreciation method that reports the highest net income in the early years of asset use. For income tax purposes, the company uses the depreciation method that minimizes income taxes in the early years. Consider the first year that Speedway uses the truck. Identify the depreciation methods that meet the general manager’s objectives, assuming the income tax authorities permit the use of any of the methods.

Skyler Manufacturing recorded operating data for its shoe division for the year. Sales $4,500,000 Contribution margin 500,000 Controllable fixed costs 200,000 Average total operating assets 900,000 How much is controllable margin for the year

Norris Company has the following capital structure: Common stock, $1 par, 100,000 shares issued and outstanding. On October 1, 2020, the company declared a 5% common stock dividend when the market price of the common stock was $15 per share. The stock dividend will be distributed on October 15, 2020, to stockholders on record on October 10, 2020. Upon declaration of the stock dividend, Norris Company would record: