Answer:
VPI CO
Statement of Cash flows
For the Current year ended December 31
Cash flow from Operating activities
Net Income $23,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation Expense $4,000
Gain on sale of Machinery $(2,000)
Changes in Current Operating assets and liabilities
Decrease in Accounts Receivable $3,000
Increase in Inventory $(5,000)
Increase in Accounts Payable $1,500
Net cash Provided by operating activities $24,500
Cash flows from Investing Activities
Cash Received from Sale of Machinery $9,500
Net cash Provided by Investing activities $9,500
Cash flows from financing Activities
Cash Received from Issuing Stock $8,000
Cash Paid for Dividend $(1,000)
Net cash Provided by financing activities $7,000
Net increase in Cash $41,000
Cash Balance at Prior Year-end $40,000
Cash Balance at Current Year-end $81,000
You are analyzing two assets: collectible LEGO sets, and stock of Apple. In the last 5 years, LEGOs have had an annual volatility of 5%, annual return of 6%, and a CAPM beta (the correlation coefficient between the asset and the market risk-premium) of 1.6. Apple has had an annual volatility of 10%, an annual return of 8%, and a CAPM beta of 1.2. Is the following statement true or false?
According to CAPM, Apple has a higher expected return than LEGO.
Answer:
No, Apple has lower rate of return than LEGOs.
Explanation:
Risk free rate is 2% and Market risk is 9%
Expected return can be calculated by :
E(r) = Rf + beta * (Rm - Rf)
E(r) LEGOs = 2 + 1.6 * (9 - 2)
E(r) LEGOs = 13.2%
E(r) Apple = 2 + 1.2 * (9 - 2)
E(r) Apple = 10.4%
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)?
Answer and Explanation:
a. The computation of the equity cost of capital is shown below:
As we know that
Expected rate of return = Risk free rate + Risk Premium × Beta
= 5.20% + 4.90% × 1.30
= 11.57%
b. Now the rate at which the dividend should be grow is
Value of the stock = Expected dividend ÷ (cost of equity - growth rate)
$38 = $2 ÷ (11.57% - growth rate)
so, the growth rate is 6.31%
Are female expatriates different?.
Answer:
Explanation: Selmer and Leung (2003c) found that female expatriates have the same general adjustment as male expatriates, but with higher levels of work adjustment and better interaction adjustment. A replication study by Haslberger (2010) confirms that the adjustment patterns of male and female expatriates are different.
Answer:
yes the patterns of male and female expatriates are different
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.
Answer: $800,000
Explanation:
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 will be:
Ammortization value = Patent value / Useful life
= $4,000,000 / 5
= $800,000
Therefore, the ammortization value is $800,000 per year.
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
Answer:
Part 1
$1,422,940
Part 2
$331,480
Explanation:
cost of the land calculation
Purchase Price $1305000
Cost to tear down building $121000
Sale of Salvages ($8400)
Leagl fees $5340
Total $1,422,940
The cost of the land that should be recorded by Wilson Co. is: $1,422,940
cost of the building calculation
Architect's fees $47000
Insurance $3900
Liability insurance $4200
Excavation cost $15480
city for pavement $9900
Borrowing Costs $251000
Total $331,480
The cost of the building should be recorded by Wilson Co. is $331,480
Benny is 57 years old and is employed by the state as a school bus driver.He has an exemplary record,with no accidents in the past 27 years.Tom,aged 31,replaces Benny.Benny intends to file a discrimination claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.If Benny lives in a state that has not waived sovereign immunity,which of the following statements is most likely to be true?
A) Benny has a valid claim and can sue the state because he can establish all of the elements of a prima facie case.
B) Benny cannot file a claim for age discrimination under the ADEA because he is a state employee.
C) Benny is a state employee and must file his claim pursuant to the Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act.
D) Benny does not have a claim for age discrimination under the ADEA as he was replaced by an employee who is older than 30.
Answer: B. Benny cannot file a claim for age discrimination under the ADEA because he is a state employee.
Explanation:
Based on the information given in the question, since Benny lives in a state that has not waived sovereign immunity, thus simply means that Benny cannot file a claim for age discrimination under the ADEA because he is a state employee.
Eben though the Age Discrimination in the Employment Act protects workers that are 40 years and above and Benny is 57 years, it should be noted that in the states whereby sovereign immunity hasn't been waived, the state employees cannot due their employers as they're barred from doing so.
Therefore, the correct option is B.
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?
Answer:
1. Depreciation as per books = Cost of purchase/Useful life
Depreciation as per books = $40,000/4
Depreciation as per books = $10,000
Depreciation as per tax for 2021 = Cost of purchase * Deduction rate
Depreciation as per tax for 2021 = $40,000 * 45%
Depreciation as per tax for 2021 = $18,000
Temporary difference = $18,000 - $10,000
Temporary difference = $8,000
Particulars Amount Tax Rate Tax Recorded as
Pretax accounting income $460,000
Permanent difference -$68,000
Income subject to taxation $392.00 25% $98,000 Income tax expense
Temporary difference -$8,000 25% -$2,000 Deferred tax liability
Income taxable in $384,000 25% $96,000 Income tax payable
current year
Journal Entries - Southern Atlantic Distributors
Date Particulars and Explanation Debit Credit
Income tax expense $98,000
To Income taxes payable $96,000
To Deferred tax liability $2,000
(To record income tax expense)
2. Net income for 2021 = Pretax income - Income tax expense
Net income for 2021 = $460,000 - $98,000
Net income for 2021 = $362,000
According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory, job applicants Question 27 options: do not typically pay much heed to organizational values when applying for work. with a variety of personal characteristics are preferred by organizations, resulting in a more heterogeneous organization. avoid employment in companies whose values seem incompatible with their own values. avoid other applicants if they are competing for the same jobs.
Answer:
avoid employment in companies whose values seem incompatible with their own values.
Explanation:
Unemployment rate refers to the percentage of the total labor force in an economy, who are unemployed but seeking to be gainfully employed. The unemployment rate is divided into various types, these include;
I. Natural Rate of Unemployment (NU).
II. Frictional unemployment rate (FU).
III. Structural unemployment rate (SU).
IV. Actual unemployment rate (AU).
V. Cyclical unemployment rate (CU).
The attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory was developed and introduced by Benjamin Schneider. This theory typically gives the reason why a business firm or organization looks and feels the way it does with respect to the employees and employers.
According to the attraction-selection-attrition (ASA) theory, job applicants avoid employment in companies whose values seem incompatible with their own values. Also, it states that job applicants are usually attracted to colleagues having similar assumptions and values.
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?
Answer:
a. Cost of debt = Interest * (1 - Tax rate)
= 10%*(1 - 0.30)
= 7%
Cost of preferred stock = Dividend/ Issue price
= 5/48
= 10.42%
Cost of common stock (Cost of retained earnings) = (D1/P0) + g
= (4/33) + 0.07
= 0.12 + 0.07
= 0.19
= 19%
b. Fund Cost Weight Cost * Weight
Debt 7% 0.15 1.05%
Preferred stock 10.42% 0.10 1.042%
Retained earnings 19% 0.75 14.25%
WACC 16.342%
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?
Answer:
$217,600
Explanation:
The computation of the more money is shown below:
As we know that
The Future value of the annuity is
= P × { (1+r)^n - 1} ÷ r
= $10,000 × (1+.08)^20 - 1) ÷ 0.08
= $457,619.64
For 36 years to 46 years,
FV = $10,000 × (1+.08)^10 - 1) ÷ 0.08
= $144,865.62
Now
FV = PV(1+r)^n
= $144,865.62× (1+.08)^20
= $675,212.47
Now the more amount would be
= $675,212.47 - $457,619.64
= $217592.83
= $217,600
Saul is a manager at Holden Apparels Inc. and is friends with the company's CEO. This privilege gives Saul the information that Holden Apparels is in the midst of talks to take over a leading rival. Saul buys stocks of Holden with the expectation that its stocks will appreciate. But the deal falls through and the stocks of Holden depreciate in the following months. Are Saul's actions unethical
Answer:
D) Yes, because it is unethical to trade stocks based on insider information
irrespective of the final outcome.
Explanation:
THIS ARE THE OPTIONS FOR THE QUESTION;
A) Yes, because it is illegal and unethical for Saul to possess any kind of insider
information.
B) No, because Saul did not make any profits from trading stocks using this
information.
C) No, because Saul did not ask the CEO to disclose such information to him.
D) Yes, because it is unethical to trade stocks based on insider information
irrespective of the final outcome.
From the question,we are told about Saul who is a manager at Holden Apparels Inc. and is friends with the company's CEO. This privilege gives Saul the information that Holden Apparels is in the midst of talks to take over a leading rival. Saul buys stocks of Holden with the expectation that its stocks will appreciate. But the deal falls through and the stocks of Holden depreciate in the following months. In this case, Saul's actions are unethical
because it is unethical to trade stocks based on insider information irrespective of the final outcome. Stock trading can be regarded as buying as well as selling of shares in a specific company. Unethical behavior in stock market are actions that falls outside morally right practice/trading in stock market. Unethical trading of stock could be a process of purchasing shares in particular firm that engages herself in some questionable operational as well as recruitment activities. In some cases it should be noted that stocks trading could be unethical as a result of trader engaging in trading because they are getting information from insider in order to influence their trading.
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.
Answer:
Decrease in inventory and increases in accrued liabilities are added.
Explanation:
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:
Answer: Debit to retained earnings of $75000
Explanation:
Based on the information given, the stock dividend will be:
= 100,000 shares x 5%
= 100000 × 0.05
= 5,000 shares.
Since the market price is $15 per share, then the retained earnings will be:
= $15 × 5000
= $75000
Stock dividend distributable will be:
= 5,000 x $1
= $5000
Paid in capital in excess of par = $75000 - $5000 = $70000
The journal entry will be:
Debit Retained earnings $75000
Credit Stock dividend distributable $5,000
Credit Paid in capital in excess of par $70000
The excess return is computed by ________ the average return for the investment. Group of answer choices subtracting the inflation rate from adding the inflation rate to subtracting the average return on the U.S. Treasury bill from adding the average return on the U.S. Treasury bill to subtracting the average return on long-term government bonds from
Answer:
The answer is "subtracting the average return on the U.S. Treasury bill from".
Explanation:
By subtracting the average annual return on the US Treasury bill form of the investment's average return, that excess return is calculated, when the risk premium is another term for excess return. After subtracting the risk-free return from its investment's annualized value, the risk premium is calculated its avg treasury bond investment is a risk-free portfolio.
Ralph, knowing that his son, Ed, desires to purchase a tract of land, promises to give him the $25,000 he needs for the purchase. Ed, relying on this promise, buys an option on the tract of land. Now Ralph wants to rescind his promise to Ed. Will Judy be required to give her daughter, Liza, the tract of land on which she has started to build, and will Ralph be required to give his son, Ed $25,000 to purchase a tract of land. Can Ralph rescind his promise?
Answer:
(a) Yes, Judy will be required to give her daughter, Liza, the tract of land on which she has started to build. Therefore, Judy cannot rescind his promise to Liza.
(b) No, Ralph will NOT be required to give his son, Ed $25,000 to purchase a tract of land. Therefore, Ralph can rescind his promise.
Explanation:
Note: This question is not complete. The complete question is therefore provided before answering the question as follows:
(a) Judy orally promises her daughter, Liza, that she will give her a tract of land for her home. Liza, as intended by Judy, gives up her homestead and takes possession of the land. Liza lives there for six months and starts construction of a home. Now Judy wants to rescind his promise to Liza.
(b) Ralph, knowing that his son, Ed, desires to purchase a tract of land, promises to give him the $25,000 he needs for the purchase. Ed, relying on this promise, buys an option on the tract of land. Now Ralph wants to rescind his promise to Ed.
Will Judy be required to give her daughter, Liza, the tract of land on which she has started to build, and will Ralph be required to give his son, Ed $25,000 to purchase a tract of land. Can Ralph rescind his promise?
Explanation of the answers is now provided as follows:
Each of the two cases will be decided based on the principle promissory estoppel.
Promissory estoppel refers to the legal principle that states that despite that there us formal consideration attached to a promise, it is still enforceable by law if the promise from the promisor makes the promisee to rely on the promise to his subsequent detriment.
(a) Will Judy be required to give her daughter, Liza, the tract of land on which she has started to build?
Yes, Judy will be required to give her daughter, Liza, the tract of land on which she has started to build.
The is because Liza has relied on the promise from Judy to her subsequent detriment by giving up her up her homestead and already starts construction of a home. Since the Judy promise from Judy induces the action of Liza that is reasonably expected by Judy, he cannot rescind his promise to Liza.
(b) Will Ralph be required to give his son, Ed $25,000 to purchase a tract of land. Can Ralph rescind his promise?
No, Ralph will NOT be required to give his son, Ed $25,000 to purchase a tract of land.
This is because there is Ed has not taken any definite and substantial action to justify that he has relied on the promise from Ralph to his subsequent detriment. It may not be possible to construe the purchase of an option on the tract of land by Ed as a definite and substantial action. Therefore, Ralph can rescind his promise.
A college uses advisors who work with all students in all divisions of the college. The most useful allocation basis for the salaries of these employees would likely be: Multiple Choice number of classes offered in each division. student graduation rate. square footage of each division. number of students advised from each division. relative salaries of division heads.
Answer: number of students advised from each division
Explanation:
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
Answer:
Financial : market share and Branch profit Customer : New customer referrals from existing customer Learning and Growth : Not available on the score card Internal business processed : Regulatory compliance, Order errorsExplanation:
Linking the measures to the perspective number(s) of the balanced scorecard
Financial : market share and Branch profit Customer : New customer referrals from existing customer Learning and Growth : Not available on the score card Internal business processed : Regulatory compliance, Order errorsThe Market share is simply a portion of the general market that is been controlled by a product or organization
New customer referrals form existing customers is one way a company can get new and returning customers to patronize them
Regulatory compliance and order errors is been handled by the management of the business
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?
Answer: See explanation
Explanation:
a. What is the market value of Locomotive Corporation before and after the repurchase announcement?
Equity value = Debt value / Debt to equity ratio
= 3,300,000/0.3
= 11,000,000
Market value = Debt value + Equity value
= $3,300,000 + $11,000,000
= $14,300,000
b. What is the expected return on the firm’s equity before the announcement of the stock repurchase plan?
To solve this, we need to know the interest payment first which will be:
= $3,300,000 × 9%
= $3,300,000 × 0.09
= $297000
Return on equity will now be:
= (EBIT - interest) / Equity
= (1320000 - 297000) / 11000000
= 9.30%
c. What is the expected return on the equity of an otherwise identical all-equity firm?
This will be:
= Earnings before Interest / Unlevered firm value
= 1320000 / 14300000
= 9.23%
d. What is the expected return on the firm’s equity after the announcement of the stock repurchase plan?
This will be:
= 9.23% + 50% × (9.23% - 9%)
= 9.35%
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.)
Answer:
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment (1,071)
Sale of marketable securities 219
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 6,894
Net Cash from investing activities 6,042
Cash flows from financing activities
Borrowings under line of credit (bank) 1,117
Proceeds from issuance of stock 11
Payments to reduce long-term debt (46)
Dividends paid (277)
Purchase of treasury stock (stock repurchase) (2,583)
Net Cash used by financing activities
Explanation:
The cash flows from investing and financing activities sections of the cash flow statement are presented as above.
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.)
Answer:
a. initial outlay = -$820,000
net cash flows years 1 - 5 = $240,000
net cash flow year 6 = $340,000
discount rate = 12%
using a financial calculator:
NPV = $217,400.87
IRR = 20.55%
b. initial outlay = -$560,000
net cash flows years 1 - 7 = $150,000
net cash flow year 8 = $206,000
discount rate = 12%
using a financial calculator:
NPV = $207,763.43
IRR = 21.65%
The management accountant for Giada's Book Store has prepared the following income statement for the most current year: Cookbook Travel Book Classics Total Sales $63,000 $179,000 $60,000 $302,000 Cost of goods sold 37,000 70,000 23,000 130,000 Contribution margin 26,000 109,000 37,000 172,000 Order and delivery processing 19,000 26,000 9,000 54,000 Rent (per sq. foot used) 3,000 3,000 3,000 9,000 Allocated corporate costs 10,000 10,000 10,000 30,000 Corporate profit $ (6,000) $70,000 $15,000 $79,000 If the cookbook product line had been discontinued prior to this year, the company would have reported ________. the same amount of corporate profits less corporate profits greater corporate profits resulting profits cannot be determined
Answer:
the company would have reported loss
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.
Answer:
Lemons Company
a. Total amount of payroll checks = 920
amount of purchase requisitions = 12,500
b-a Residential Commercial Government Total
Payroll $32,832 $19,152 $10,944 $62,928
b-b Purchasing
Costs $17,688 $4,717 $7,075 $29,480
c. Residential's service department charge is __higher__ 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 __higher__ number of payroll transactions.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Cost of the Payroll Department = $62,928
Cost of the Purchasing Department = $29,480
Residential Commercial Government Total
Contract
Sales $2,000,000 $3,250,000 $2,900,000 $8,150,000
Weekly payroll
(52 weeks per year) 400 250 150 800
Monthly payroll 80 30 10 120
Total 480 280 160 920
Number of purchase
requisitions per year 7,500 3,000 2,000 12,500
a. Total amount of payroll checks = 920 (800 + 120)
Total amount of purchase requisitions = 12,500
b-a Residential Commercial Government Total
Payroll $32,832 $19,152 $10,944 $62,928
(480/920 * $62,928) (280/920 * $62,928) (160/920 * $62,928)
b-b Purchasing
Costs $17,688 $4,717 $7,075 $29,480
(7,500/12,500 * $29,480) (2,000/12,500 * $29,480) (3,000/12,500 * $29,480)
Total $50,520 $23,869 $18,019 $92,408
Percentage 54.7% 25.8% 19.5% 100%
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?
Answer:
Benzion Barlev of New York UniversityNEGOTIATION OF A LONG-TERM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
a. The probability that the contract will be profitable for the contractor is:
= 81%
b. The probability that the project will result in a loss for the contractor is:
= 19%
c. The value of R that the contractor should strive for in order to have a .99 probability of making a profit is:
= $1,246,100.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Mean total cost (x) = $850,000
Standard deviation = $170,000
Revenue = $1,000,000
Probability of being profitable = (R - x)/std deviation
= ($1,000,000 - $850,000)/$170,000
= $150,000/$170,000
= 0.882
From Z table, 0.882 = 0.81057 = 81%
Probability of loss = 19% (100 - 81%)
To have a 99% (0.99) probability of making a profit, Z value = 2.33 from the Z table:
(R - x)/std deviation = 2.33
(R - x) = 2.33 * $170,000
= $396,100
(R - $850,000) = $396,100
R = $396,100 + $850,000
R = $1,246,100
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
Answer:
a. This law protects the workers from physical dangers while performing their jobs. = Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970
b. This law states that pensions need to be funded properly and directs that employees be kept informed about their pensions. = Pension Protection Act of 2006.
c. This law placed limits on child labor and set a minimum wage in the United States. = Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
d. This law gives workers the right to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for family reasons. = Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
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
Answer:
Controllable margin= $300,000
Controllable margin in %= 33.3%
Explanation:
Controllable margin is sales revenue less controllable variable costs and fixed cost.
Controllable margin= Sales revenue - controllable variable cost - controllable fixed costs
Controllable margin= contribution margin - fixed costs
= 500,000 - 200,000= 300,000
Controllable margin in %= 300,000/900,000 × 100 =33.3%
Controllable margin in %= 33.3
