Answer:
no
Decline in the number of aged people in the population
The quality of care offered might have declined
Preference to be cared for at home instead of at care home
increase in death rate among the elderly
Explanation:
Even though, there seem to be a positive correlation between the price of daily rates and occupancy. it doesn't imply that increasing the rates would increase occupancy rates. there might be other factors explaining the decline.
some of these factors include :
1. decline in the number of the aged in the population : if the proportion of the aged in the population has reduced, the nursing home would experience a decline in residents
2. if the quality of care received by patients has also reduced, the aged might prefer other nursing homes.
3. there might be a shift in reference. the aged might prefer to be cared for at home by family and friends instead of staying in a nursing home.
Increase in death rate among the elderly : if there is an increase in mortality rate, the care home would experience a decline in occupancy
Paulson Company issues 6%, four-year bonds, on January 1 of this year, with a par value of $200,000 and semiannual interest payments.
Semiannual Period-End Unamortized Discount Carrying Value
(0) January 1, issuance $13,466 $ 186,534
(1) June 30, first payment 11,782 188,218
(2) December 31, second payment 10,098 189,902
Answer: Incomplete question.
the complete queston is
Use the above straight-line bond amortization table and prepare journal entries for the following.
(a) The issuance of bonds on December 31, 2020.
b) The first interest payment on June 30, 2021.
(c) The second interest payment on December 31, 2021.
find answer in explanation column.
Explanation:
Semiannual Period-End Unamortized Discount Carrying Value
(0) January 1, issuance $13,466 $ 186,534
(1) June 30, first payment 11,782 188,218
(2) December 31, second payment 10,098 189,902
1. to record issue of bonds payable
Date Account Debit Credit
Dec 31,2020 Cash(carrying value) $ 186,534
Discount on bonds payable $13,466
Bonds payable $200,000
2. To record first interest payment
Date Account Debit Credit
june 30, 2021 Interest expense $7,684
discount on bonds payable $1, 684
Cash $6,000
Calculation =
Cash paid towards interest every semi annual period = $200,000 X 6% X1/2 =$6,000.
interest expense = cash paid + discount on bonds payable written off.
= $6000 + $1, 684 = $7,684
discount on bonds payable = unamortised discount on 31 dec - unamortised discount on 30th june) ($13,466 -11,782 ==$1,684)
3.To record second interest payment on december 31,2021.
Date Account Debit Credit
Dec. 31 ,2021 Interest expense $7,684
discount on bonds payable $1.684
Cash $6,000
Calculation
discount on bonds payable = unamortised discount on 30th june - unamortised discount on 31st december 2021 =11,782-10,098 = $1.684
A 5-year corporate bond yields 7.0%. A 5-year municipal bond (tax exempt bond) of equal risk yields 5.0%. Assume that the state tax rate is zero. At what federal tax rate are you indifferent between the two bonds?
Answer:
The tax rate is approximately(rounded to a whole) 29%
Explanation:
The federal tax that would make an investor indifferent between the 5-year corporate bond and the 5-year municipal bond can be derived by equating the return on the former to the taxable return of the latter as below:
5%=7%*(1-t)
where the t is the unknown tax rate
Note that the return on 5-year corporate bond is taxable while the return on the municipal bond is tax-free
5%=7%*(1-t)
5%/7%=1-t
0.7143 =1-t
t=1-0.7143
t=29%
you texpect to receive a payout from a trust fund in 3 years. The payout will be for $11000. You plan to invest the money at an annual rate of 6.5 percent until the account is worth $19000. how many years do you have to wait from today?
Answer:
11.68 years
Explanation:
For computing the number of years first we have to applied the NPER formula i.e to be shown in the attachment below:
Given that,
Present value = $11,000
Future value = $19,000
Rate of interest = 6.5%
PMT = $0
The formula is shown below:
= NPER(Rate;PMT;-PV;FV;type)
The present value come in negative
So, after applying the above formula, the number of years is 8.68
Now after 3 years, it would be
= 8.68 + 3
= 11.68 years
The Bank of Bramblewood would like to increase its loans to customers, but it is currently mandated by a high reserve rate. As a Federal Reserve member bank, it will borrow additional funds from the Fed and charge its customers an interest rate that is higher than the ________________.
Answer: discount rate
Explanation:
It should be noted that the discount rate is the rate that is charged by the Federal Reserve when any of its member banks borrow money from it.
Therefore, Federal Reserve member bank, the Bank of Bramblewood will borrow additional funds from the Fed and charge its customers an interest rate that is higher than the discount rate.
Zebra, Inc., a calendar year S corporation, incurred the following items this year. Sammy is a 40% Zebra shareholder throughout the year.
Operating income (sales) $100,000
Cost of goods sold (40,000)
Depreciation expense (MACRS) (10,000)
Administrative expenses (5,000)
§1231 gain 21,000
Depreciation recapture income $25,000
Short-term capital loss from stock sale (6,000)
Long-term capital loss from stock sale (4,000)
Long-term capital gain from stock sale 15,000
Charitable contributions (4,500)
a. Calculate Sammy’s share of Zebra’s nonseparately computed income or loss.
b. Calculate Sammy’s share of any Zebra long-term capital gain.
Answer:
a. $70,000
b. $6,000
Explanation:
Non separately income = Operating income +Depreciation recapture income -COGS -ADM expense -depreciation
= $100,000 + $25,000 - $40,000 - $5,000 - $10,000
= $70,000
a. Sammy share of Zebra’s non-separately computed income or loss
= $70,000 * 0.40
= $28,000
b. Sammy share in Long term capital gain
= $15,000 * 0.40
= $6,000
Ruby is 25 and has a good job at a biotechnology company. She currently has $10,000 in an IRA, an important part of her retirement nest egg. She believes her IRA will grow at an annual rate of 8 percent, and she plans to leave it untouched until she retires at age 65. Ruby estimates that she will need $875,000 in her total retirement nest egg by the time she is 65 in order to have retirement income of $20,000 a year (she expects that Social Security will pay her an additional $15,000 a year). a. How much will Ruby’s IRA be worth when she needs to start withdrawing money from it when she retires? Use Exhibit 1-A. (Round FV factor to 3 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole dollar.) b. How much money will she have to accumulate in her company’s 401(k) plan over the next 40 years in order to reach her retirement income goal? (Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.)
Answer:
a. How much will Ruby’s IRA be worth when she needs to start withdrawing money from it when she retires?
the future value of Ruby's IRA = $10,000 x 21.725 (FV factor, 8%, 40 periods) = $217,250
b. How much money will she have to accumulate in her company’s 401(k) plan over the next 40 years in order to reach her retirement income goal?
she needs to accumulate $875,000 - $217,250 = $657,750 during the next 40 years
the annual contribution = FV / FV annuity factor = $657,750 / 259.057 (FV annuity factor, 8%, 40 periods) = $2,539.02 per year
"How much would an investor expect to pay for a $1,000 par value bond with a 9% annual coupon that matures in 5 years if the interest rate is 5%
Answer:
The answer is $1,173.18
Explanation:
N(Number of periods) = 5 years
I/Y(Yield to maturity) = 5percent
PV(present value or market price) = ?
PMT( coupon payment) = $90 ( 9percent x $1,000)
FV( Future value or par value) = $1,000.
We are using a Financial calculator for this.
N= 5; I/Y = 5; PMT = 90; FV= $1,000; CPT PV= -1,173.18
Therefore, the market price of the bond is $1,173.18
The CEO has given her secretary this material for a memo, but it is highly un-organized. Rewrite the memo so that the main point is first, that the memo flows in a much more logical order. Delete information not relevant to the main idea. Use strong subjects and verbs -- in other words, employ the principles we talked about in the lesson on writing.
To employees at a call center
I’m hoping you can send out a memo for me to all phone operators. As you might or might not be aware of, we’ve had some problems lately with operators asking for breaks, or simply taking them, at all sorts of time during their shift. While we are happy to be flexible, we do have a job to do and must have a certain amount of operators manning the phones at all times. Several times the phones have rung and rung with not enough people to answer them. Several supervisors have complained to me that their people have argued with them about combining their breaks and meal break to get an hour at one time. I feel like I need to put my foot down so that each supervisor doesn’t have to make their own decision. We need to remind folks of our policy on breaks and meal breaks through the day. Remind telephone operators that they should take the two 15 minute breaks allotted to them generally about halfway through a four-hour work period. If they want or need to take a break during another time, they should talk with their supervisor. But let folks know this should be under extraordinary circumstances. Stress that these should be extraordinary circumstances so we can count on enough people to be on the phones through the day. Meal breaks should be taken roughly halfway through their shift, but they should be coordinated with their supervisor. Several times, we’ve lost folks we were counting on, only to find that they were on break. Phone operators can stay at their desks and work on personal business, or simply each lunch, as long as they are not tying up resources. We’d prefer, though, that they go to the break rooms or leave their cubicles. We don’t want people to create the perception that they’re doing personal tasks during work time. I often eat at my desk but of course I’m not salaried employee. Oh, and we don’t want folks saving up their breaks and leaving work early. We need to staff our phones from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Our staggered schedule allows us to do that, but not if folks create their own schedules. Do people have to take their breaks? Yes, they do -- federal law mandates it. So tell them they just can’t skip the breaks, though why they’d want to I don’t know. By the way, it looks like we’ll be hiring in the new fiscal year, as we go ahead with that expansion into the Southeast. Should be about 20 to 25 new phone operators.
Answer:
TO EMPLOYEES AT A CALL CENTER
It is my aim to send out a memo to you all phone operators. As you might or might not be aware of, we have faced series of problems lately with operators asking for breaks, or simply taking them without express permission which ended up clashing with their shift time for work. While we are happy to be flexible, we need to remind you of our policy on breaks and meal breaks through the day.
Most times,when a call came in, there will be no one to attend to it. Several supervisors have tabled the complaints of their team members, about combining their normal breaks and meal break in-order to get an hour at one time. Despite being a noble suggestion, the employees and their supervisor should remember that, the working condition was explicitly stated in the contract agreement they signed before taking this job.
In a situation were there is extraordinary condition, the call operators should liaised with their supervisor and discuss about the need to take extra break time. Meal breaks should be taken roughly halfway through their shift, which should be under strict coordination by their supervisor. Phone operators can stay at their desks and work on personal business, or simply each lunch, as long as they are not tying up resources.
We would prefer, though, that they go to the break rooms or leave their cubicles. We don’t want people to create the perception that they’re doing personal tasks during work time. We need to staff our phones from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Our staggered schedule allows us to do that, but not if folks create their own schedules. Do people have to take their breaks? Yes, they do -- federal law mandates it. By the way, it looks like we will be hiring in the new fiscal year, as we go ahead with that expansion into the Southeast. Should be about 20 to 25 new phone operators.
Explanation:
Suppose Emilio offers you $500 today or $X in 10 years. If the interest rate is 6 percent, then at what value of X would you be indifferent between the two options
This question is impossible and implausible
Who is Emilio? How do we know he'll be around in 10 years? IS he good for the money, or is it counterfeit? Are we adjusting for inflation? The dollar is worth more in Malaysia than the U.S., so where are we starting and where are we ending? There's just not enough data here.
A July sales forecast projects that 6,000 units are going to be sold at a price of $10.50 per unit. The management forecasts 2% growth in sales each month. Total July sales are anticipated to be:
Answer:
Budgeted sales July= $63,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
A July sales forecast projects that 6,000 units are going to be sold at a price of $10.50 per unit.
To calculate the budgeted sales, we simply need to multiply the number of units sold for the selling price:
Budgeted sales July= 6,000*10.5= $63,000
The company estimates future uncollectible accounts. The company determines $14,000 of accounts receivable on January 31 are past due, and 30% of these accounts are estimated to be uncollectible. The remaining accounts receivable on January 31 are not past due, and 5% of these accounts are estimated to be uncollectible. (Hint: Use the January 31 accounts receivable balance calculated in the general ledger.) Record bad debts at the end of January.
Answer:
Bad debt expense = $4,690
Explanation:
Entry DEBIT CREDIT
Bad debt Expense $4,690
Allowance for doubtful debt $4,690
In Order to record bad debt expense, we need to go through some minor workings.
Workings
Receivables on January 31 past due = $14,000 x 30% = $4,200
Receivable not past due = ($14,000 x 70%) x5% = $490
Bad debt expense = Receivables on January 31 past due + Receivable not past due
Bad debt expense = $4,200 + $490
Bad debt expense = $4,690
If Piper Manufacturing manufactures one unique set of stack pipes, and the sell price is $121,000, the variable costs per unit are $62,000, and the fixed costs are $500,000, what is the break-even point in units
Answer:
8.47
Explanation:
The formula to calculate the break-even point in units is:
Break-even point in units=Fixed costs/(Selling price per unit-Variable cost per unit)
Fixed costs= $500.000
Selling price per unit= $121,000
Variable cost per unit= $62,000
Break-even point in units=$500,000/($121,000-$62,000)
Break-even point in units=$500,000/59,000
Break-even point in units=8.47
According to this, the break-even point in units is 8.47.
Your company has used competitive bidding to select a supplier for janitorial services. Three suppliers returned acceptable bids within the allotted time frame.
Category Weight Supplier A Rating Supplier B Rating Supplier C Rating
Quality systems 40% 2 3 2
Financial stability 29% 2 2 3
Management experience 20% 4 2 3
Price 11% 1 4 4
All scores on a five-point scale with 1poor, 5 excellent.
a. Calculate the total weighted score for each supplier. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Total Weighted Score
Supplier A
Supplier B
Supplier C
b. Based on these ratings from the supplier assessment, which supplier appears to be the best?
Supplier A
Supplier B
Supplier C
Answer:
Competitive Bidding based on Weighted Score
a. Calculation of the total weighted score for each supplier:
Supplier A :
Quality systems 40% x 2/5 = 16%
Financial stability 29% x 2/5 = 11.6%
Management experience 20% x 4/5 = 16%
Price 11% 1/5 = 2.2%
Total weighted score = 45.8%
Supplier B :
Quality systems 40% x 3/5 = 24%
Financial stability 29% x 2/5 = 11.6%
Management experience 20% x 2/5 = 8%
Price 11% x 4/5 = 8.8%
Total weighted score = 52.4%
Supplier C
Quality systems 40% x 2 /5 = 16%
Financial stability 29% x 3 /5 = 17.4%
Management experience 20% x 3 /5 = 12%
Price 11% x 4/5 = 8.8%
Total weighted score = 54.2%
b. Best Supplier:
Supplier C
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Category Weight Supplier A Supplier B Supplier C
Ranking Ranking Ranking
Quality systems 40% 2 3 2
Financial stability 29% 2 2 3
Management experience 20% 4 2 3
Price 11% 1 4 4
Although appealing to more refined tastes, art as a collectible has not always performed so profitably. During 2003, an auction house sold a sculpture at auction for a price of $10,371,500. Unfortunately for the previous owner, he had purchased it in 1999 at a price of $12,497,500.
What was his annual rate of return on this sculpture? (Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Annual rate of return %
Answer:
-4.25%
Explanation:
purchase price in 1999 = $12,497,500
purchase price in 2003 = $10,371,500
annual rate of return = {[($10,371,500 - $12,497,500) / $12,497,500] / (2003 - 1999)} x 100 = (-0.170114 / 4) x 100 = -4.25%
the annual rate of return refers to how much money you win or loss with an investment during a year. In this case, the investor lost $2,126,000 in 4 years, which resulted in a total loss of 17.01% for the whole period.
What is capital budgeting? a. The process of managing cash flow. b. The analysis of real asset investment opportunities. c. The process of managing current assets. d. None of the above.
Answer:
b. The analysis of real asset investment opportunities.
Explanation:
Capital Budgeting is the Process of appraising various alternatives of investments.
It uses techniques such as the Net Present Value methods, Internal Rate of Return and Payback Period methods to analyze the best alternatives of investments.
A company had the following cash flows for the year: (a) Purchased inventory, $60,000 (b) Sold goods to customers, $90,000 (c) Received loan from a local bank, $150,000 (d) Purchased land, $180,000 (e) Purchased treasury stock, $40,000 (f) Paid dividends, $10,000 (g) Sold delivery truck, $30,000 What amount would be reported for net investing cash flows on the Statement of Cash Flows
Answer:
($150000)
Explanation:
The computation of the net investing cash flows is shown below;
Purchase of land ($180,000)
Sale of delivery truck $30,000
Net Cash used in Investing activities ($150000)
The purchase of land is an outflow of cash and the sale of delivery truck is a inflow of cash so it would be shown in a negative and positive amount
Thus all other values would be ignored
Like a good economist, you calculated the opportunity cost of getting your college degree. Suppose that at your university, you will pay $10,000 each year for tuition, $2,500 each year for textbooks, and $12,000 per year for room and board. Before you left for college, your boss at your high-school job offered you a job paying $20,000 per year.
Assume that if you decided not to go to college, your parents would not let you live at home.
What is your opportunity cost for four years of college? $_______
Answer:
$130,000
Explanation:
Calculation for the opportunity cost for four years of college
The first step is to calculate for the cost of education per year
Using this formula
Cost of education per year =Tuition+Text book +Room and board
Let plug in the formula
Cost of education per year =$10,000+$2,500+$12,000
=$24,500
Second step is to calculate the return in a situation were we decided not to go to college
$20,000-$12,000=$8,000
The last step is to calculate for the opportunity cost for 4 years of college:
Using this formula
Opportunity cost =Cost of education per year+ Return * Numbers of year
Where,
Cost of education per year=$24,500
Return =$8,000
Numbers of years =4
Let plug in the Formula
Opportunity cost =($24,500+$8,000)*4
Opportunity cost =$32,500*4
Opportunity cost =$130,000
Therefore the opportunity cost for four years of college will be $130,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a debit balance of $441 at the end of the year (before adjustment), and Bad Debt Expense is estimated at 3% of sales. If net credit sales are $903,000, the amount of the adjusting entry to record the estimate of the uncollectible accounts is a.$26,649 b.$27,531 c.$27,090 d.$441
Answer: $27,090
Explanation:
From the question, we are informed that the allowance for doubtful accounts has a debit balance of $441 at the end of the year (before adjustment), and bad debt expense is estimated at 3% of sales and that the net credit sales are $903,000.
The amount of the adjusting entry to record the estimate of the uncollectible accounts will be 3% of $903,000. This will be:
= 3% × $903,000
= 3/100 × $903,000
= 0.03 × $903,000
= $27,090
Managers are important members of the organization. Within an organization, there are managers at four levels: top, middle, first-line, and team leaders.
a. True
b. False
Answer:
The correct answer is the option B: False.
Explanation:
To begin with, the managers are one of the most important parts of the organization due to the fact that they have the task to plan, organize, direct and control the operations of the company. There are at least three levels in which the managers can go and have their work done, like the management area(high), the department areas(middle) and the operations area(low): However, that will depend on the organization and its size due to that an organization can only have managers at one level.
A company's product sells at $12 per unit and has a $5 per unit variable cost. The company's total fixed costs are $98,000. The contribution margin per unit is:
Answer:
The contribution margin per unit is $7
Explanation:
The contribution margin per unit can be defined as the difference between the selling price per unit and the variable cost per unit.
Contribution margin per unit = Selling price - Variable cost
Contribution margin per unit = $12 - $5
Contribution margin per unit = $7
The contribution margin per unit is $7
The common stock of Sweet Treats is selling for $50.15 per share. The company is expected to have an annual dividend increase of 3.6 percent indefinitely and pay a dividend of $3.80 in one year. What is the total return on this stock?
Answer:
11.2%
Explanation:
Here, we want to calculate the total return on the stock.
From the question, Price = $50.15
Mathematically;
P = D1/Ke-g
D1 = $3.80
g = 3.60%
So let’s calculate Ke-g
50.15 = 3.8/ke-g
Ke-g = 3.8/50.15
Ke-g = 7.6%
but g = 3.6%
Total return Ke = 3.6% + g = 3.6% + 7.6% = 11.2%
Consider a mutual fund with $200 million in assets at the start of the year and 10 million shares outstanding. The fund invests in a portfolio of stocks that provides dividend income at the end of the year of $2 million. The stocks included in the fund's portfolio increase in price by 8%, but no securities are sold and there are no capital gains distributions. The fund charges 12b-1 fees of 1%, which are deducted from portfolio assets at year-end. a. What is the fund's net asset value at the start and end of the year?
Answer:
At start = $20/share
At end = $21.384
Explanation:
DATA
ASSets at the start = $200m
Outstanding shares = 10m
Dividend income at the end = $2m
Gain in price = 8%
12b-1 fees = 1%
A.
Net assets at the start can be calculated by dividing assets at the start by outstanding shares
Net Assets value at start = Assets at start/Outstanding shares
Net Assets value at start = $200m/10m
Net Assets value at start = $20/share
Net Assets value at the end can be calculated by multiplying gain price with 12b-1 fees
Net assets value at the end = Gain Price x (1-12b-1 fees)
Net Assets value at the end = ($20x$1.08) x (1 - 0.01)
Net Assets value at the end = $21.6 x 0.99
Net Assets value at the end = $21.384
intext:"The description of the relation between a company’s assets, liabilities, and equity, which is expressed as Assets = Liabilities + Equity, is known as the"
Answer:
Accounting equation
Explanation:
The accounting equation is the basis of the double-entry accounting system.
The accounting equation ensures that each entry made on the debit side of the balance sheet should have a corresponding entry on the credit side. This ensures that the balance sheet remains balanced
explain the procedure of inducting a new technology on a given business
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Although the question does not provide a specific reference, we can say the following.
A general procedure of inducting a new technology on a given business would be like this.
First, really search for the technological necessities in your company. Take people's opinions. Once you have identified your priority, proceed informing every single one of the employees the reason and purpose of this new piece of technology or software. Remember that the benefit of it must be for all the areas in some way. Then give the specifics reasons for how this new technology will help employees' work. This novelty should be seen as an advantage, not an excuse for delaying work under the argument that "it is complicated."
Provide the proper training so everybody can get familiar with the technology.
Give the proper time so everybody is on the same page.
A job was timed for 60 cycles and had an average of 1.2 minutes per piece. The performance rating was 95%, and workday allowances are 10 percent. Determine each of the following:
a. Observed time.
b. Normal time.
c. Standard time.
Answer and Explanation:
The computation is shown below:
a) Observation time is
= Average time
= 1.2 minutes
b) The Normal time is
= Observation time × performance rating
= 1.2 minutes × 0.95
= 1.14 minutes
3. The standard time is
= normal time × Allowance factor
where,
Normal time is 1.14 minutes
And, the Allowance factor is
= 1 ÷ (1- A)
= 1 ÷ (1- 0.1)
= 1.11
So, the standard time is
= 1.14 × 1.11
= 1.265 minutes.
Students arrive at the Administrative Services Office at an average of one every 15 minutes, and their requests take on average 10 minutes to be processed. The service counter is staffed by only one clerk, Judy Gumshoes, who works eight hours per day. Assume Poisson arrivals and exponential service times.
Required:
a. What percentage of time is Judy idle?
b. How much time, on average, does a student spend waiting in line?
c. How long is the (waiting) line on average?
d. What is the probability that an arriving student (just before entering the Administrative Services Office) will find at least one other student waiting in line?
ent "Flounder" Dorfman is a full-time student at Faber College. He is a senior and a member of Delta Tau Chai fraternity. The Deltas awarded Kent a $35,000 scholarship called "The Dean Wormer Double Secret Probation Memorial Scholarship". Kent pays the following amounts, out of his scholarship, to attend Faber College: Tuition - $26,000; Required lab fees - $300; Required books and supplies - $1,000; Room and board - $7,500. Part 1 of 6: Does the $26,000 of the scholarship that was paid for tuition have to be included in Flounder's taxable income for federal income tax purposes?
Answer:
Kent "Flounder" Dorfman
Scholarship from Delta Tau Chair Fraternity
The $26,000 will not be included in Flounder's taxable income for federal income tax purposes. It is a qualified scholarship expense. It is only the portion of $7,500 used for Room and board that is not a qualified scholarship expense.
Though it is required that the $35,000 be disclosed in form 1040. Qualified expenses like tuition, required lab fee, required books and supplies are tax-exempt, while Room and board and other non-required expenses are not qualified and therefore taxable.
Explanation:
S117(b)(2) of the IRS Code states the expenses that are qualified and tax-exempt if they are tuition-related.
When a qualified student, usually above 18 years and enrolled in post-secondary educational institution, receives a scholarship, the amount she uses to pay for tuition and other required expenses, which are generally payable by other students, are regarded as qualified expenses. Since they are qualified, they are also tax-exempt, meaning that taxes will not be paid on them, instead they will be deducted for tax purposes from the student's income. In the case of Kent, the tuition fee is not included in her taxable income for federal income tax purposes.
Classify the following costs incurred by a manufacturer of golf clubs as product costs or period costs. Also classify the product costs as direct materials or conversion costs.
a. Depreciation on computer in president's office
b. Salaries of legal staff
c. Graphite shafts
d. Plant security department
e. Electricity for the corporate office
f. Rubber grips
g. Golf club heads
h. Wages paid assembly line maintenance workers
i. Salary of corporate controller
j. Subsidy of plant cafeteria
k. Wages paid assembly line production workers
l. National sales meeting in Orlando
m. Overtime premium paid assembly line workers
n. Advertising on national television
o. Depreciation on assembly line
Answer:
a. Period Cost
b. Period Cost
c. Product Costs : conversion costs
d. Product Costs : conversion costs
e. Period Cost
f. Product Costs : direct materials
g. Product Costs : direct materials
h. Product Costs : conversion costs
i. Period Cost
j. Product Costs : conversion costs
k. Product Costs : conversion costs
l. Period Cost
m.Product Costs : conversion costs
n. Period Cost
o. Product Costs : conversion costs
Explanation:
Product Cost
Product Costs are included in Inventory/Product Valuation. All Manufacturing Costs are Product costs.
Direct Materials
The Costs of Materials that can be directly traced to the Cost Object (golf clubs)
Conversion Cost
Cost of Direct labor and Overheads cost incurred during the production of the cost object.
Period Cost
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Summary: With 250,000 employees in 19 countries, Aramark wanted to motivate its employees who clean airplanes for Delta and Southwest Airlines. Turnover of the low-paid, largely immigrant staff was high while morale was low. Wallets and other valuables left on planes disappeared. After 5 years of efforts to increase motivation, revenue rose from $5 million to $14 million. 1. What motivation theories apply to the workers at Aramark? 2. If you were the manager of these employees, what would you do to motivate them? Be honest regarding your personal management style and beliefs rather than trying to be like Roy Pelaez. 3. What are some possible barriers to the effectiveness of your motivation ideas? What could you do to overcome them?
Answer:
Explanation:
(A)
What motivation theory applies to the workers at Aramark?
The workers should be motivated with payments for the return of valuables forgotten in the aircraft.
(B)
To motivate them, offer them a salary increase
(C)
Some possible barriers to the effectiveness of these motivation ideas are gluttony (depending on individual worker), a period of stiff or falling profit (which will hinder the smooth running of the new benefit policies), change of management.
(D)
What could you do, to overcome them?
To ensure that workers do not still steal forgotten valuables, place a check or supervision on them.
To ensure the profit level is maintained or increased, make sure the workers do not relent in their duties. Sometimes, more benefits make workers relax more.
The profit leverage effect (ratio) is calculated by A. dividing 1.0 by the profit margin. B. dividing pretax earnings by the cost of goods sold. C. dividing sales by the cost of goods sold. D. none of the above
Answer:
D. none of the above
Explanation:
The profit leverage effect shows that in order to increase net profits, it is better and more efficient to reduce operating expenses rather than increasing total net sales revenue. I.e. a $1 decrease in costs increases operating profits by $1, which is much more than the increase resulting from increasing sales by $1.