Quartz Corporation is a relatively new firm. Quartz has experienced enough losses during its early years to provide it with at least eight years of tax loss carryforwards. Thus, Quartz’s effective tax rate is zero. Quartz plans to lease equipment from New Leasing Company. The term of the lease is four years. The purchase cost of the equipment is $970,000. New Leasing Company is in the 30 percent tax bracket. There are no transaction costs to the lease. Each firm can borrow at 10 percent.
a. What is Quartz’s reservation price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Reservation price $
b. What is New Leasing Company’s reservation price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Reservation price $

Answer:

a. Quartz’s reservation price = $306,006.68

b. New Leasing Company’s reservation price = $234,034.25

Explanation:

Given:

Cost = Cost of the equipment = $970,000

n = number of years of lease term = 4

r = cost of borrowing rate = 10%, or 0.10

t = tax rate = 30%, or 0.30

DF = Discounting factor or PV of $1 = ((1-(1/(1 + r))^n)/r) = ((1-(1/(1 + 0.10))^5)/0.10) = 3.16986544634929

a. What is Quartz’s reservation price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

The implication of the zero effective tax rate is that depreciation tax shield foregone does not exist. In addition, there is no difference between the after-tax lease payment and the pre-tax payment, and there is also no difference between the pre-tax cost of debt and the after-tax cost.

Quartz’s reservation price can therefore be calculated by setting net advantage to leasing (NAL) equal to zero and solve as follows:

NAL = 0 = Cost – (PMT * DF) ………… (1)

Substituting the relevant values into equation (1), we have:

0 = $970,000 – (PMT * 3.16986544634929)

$970,000 = PMT * 3.16986544634929

PMT = $970,000 / 3.16986544634929

PMT = $306,006.68

Quartz’s reservation price = PMT = $306,006.68

b. What is New Leasing Company’s reservation price? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)

Depreciation tax shield = (Cost / n) * t = ($970,000 / 4) * 30% = $72,750

New r = After-tax debt cost = r * (1 - t) = 0.10 * (1 - 0.30) = 0.07

New DF = ((1-(1/(1 + New r))^n)/New r) = ((1-(1/(1 + 0.07))^5)/0.07) = 4.10019743594759

The New Leasing Company’s reservation price can therefore be calculated by setting NPV to zero as follows:

NPV = 0 = -Cost + (PMT * (1 – t) * New DF) + (Depreciation tax shield * New DF)

0 = -$970,000 + (PMT * (1-0.30) * 04.10019743594759) + ($72,750 * 4.10019743594759)

$970,000 - ($72,750 * 4.10019743594759) = PMT * (1-0.30) * 04.10019743594759

$671,710.636534813 = PMT * 2.87013820516331

PMT = $671,710.636534813 / 2.87013820516331

PMT = $234,034.25

New Leasing Company’s reservation price = PMT = $234,034.25

Ahmed Company purchases all merchandise on credit. It recently budgeted the following month-end accounts payable balances and merchandise inventory balances. Cash payments on accounts payable during each month are expected to be: May, $1,200,000; June, $1,500,000; July, $1,400,000; and August, $1,400,000
Accounts Payable Merchandise Inventory
May 31 $150,000 $260,000
June 30 130,000 500,000
July 31 300,000 300,000
August 31 120,000 330,000
(1) Compute the budgeted amounts of merchandise purchases.
(2) Compute the budgeted amounts of cost of goods sold.

Sharp Screen Films, Inc., is developing its annual financial statements at December 31, current year. The statements are complete except for the statement of cash flows. The completed comparative balance sheets and income statement are summarized as follows:

Current Year Prior Year
Balance sheet at December 31
Cash $66,550 $65,500
Accounts receivable 18,150 24,750
Merchandise inventory 24,750 19,200
Property and equipment 212,250 152,600
Less Accumulated depreciation (61,500) (47,050)
$260,200 $215,000
Accounts payable $11,800 $21,900
Wages payable 4,500 5,100
Note payable, long-term 62,300 74,400
Contributed capital 102,000 67,000
Retained earnings 79,600 46,600
$260,200 $215,000
Income statement for current year
Sales $206,000
Cost of goods sold 103,000
Depredation expense 14,450
Other expenses 44,100
Net income $44,450

Additional Data:

a. Bought equipment for cash $59 650.
b. Paid $12,100 on the long-term note payable.
c. Issued new shares of stock for $35,000 cash.
d. Dividends of $11,450 were declared and paid.
e. Other expenses all relate to wages.
f. Accounts payable includes only inventory purchases made on credit.

Required:
Prepare the statement of cash flows using the indirect method for the year ended December 31, current year.

find using distributive property​

Trends such as more frequent shipments, lighter-weight shipments, and higher-value shipments:_________

a. help standardize rates on air and ocean shipments for incoming and outgoing freight
b. make ocean freight more effective than it has been in the past
c. increase the growth of airfreight traffic
d. have decreased the cost of containerization

Simplifying the ABC System: TDABC Golding Bank provided the following data about its resources and activities for its checking account process:
Resources Activities Time per Unit Activity Driver
Supervision $60,000 Processing accounts 0.20 hr. No. of accounts
Phone and supplies 76,000 Issuing statements 0.10 hr. No. of statements
Salaries 242,000 Processing transactions 0.05 hr. No. of transactions
Computer 22,000 Answering customer inquiries 0.15 hr. No. of inquiries
Total 400,000
Total check processing hours 20,000
(practical capacity)
Required:
1. Calculate the capacity cost rate for the checking account process. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
$ per hour
2. Calculate the activity rates for the four activities. Round your answers to the nearest cent..
Processing accounts $ per account
Issuing statements $ per statement
Processing transactions $ per transaction
Answering inquiries $ per inquiry
If the total number of statements issued was 20,000, calculate the cost of the issuing statements activity.

A firm has the following account balances for this year. Sales for the year are $500,000. Projected sales for next year are $545,000. The percentage of sales approach is used for pro forma purposes. All balance sheet accounts, except long-term debt and common stock, change according to that approach. The firm plans to decrease the long-term debt balance by $5,000 next year. Retained earnings is expected to increase by $3,500 next year. What is the projected external financing need?
a) $10,520
b) $14,720
c) $18,520
d) $20,720
e) $25,620

In June 2000, the SEC brought civil charges against seven top executives of Cendant Company. The SEC alleged that these officials had, among other things, inflated income by more than $100 million through improper use of company reserves. These proceedings were a result of a longstanding investigation by the SEC of financial fraud that started back in the 1980s. In your opinion, in which stage of the criminal litigation process is this case? Why?

In October, Pine Company reports 18,200 actual direct labor hours, and it incurs $217,000 of manufacturing overhead costs. Standard hours allowed for the work done is 21,700 hours. The predetermined overhead rate is $10.15 per direct labor hour. In addition, the flexible manufacturing overhead budget shows that budgeted costs are $8.45 variable per direct labor hour and $43,100 fixed.

Required:
Compute the overhead controllable variance.

At the beginning of 2020, Concord Company acquired a mine for $3,251,600. Of this amount, $124,000 was ascribed to the land value and the remaining portion to the minerals in the mine. Surveys conducted by geologists have indicated that approximately 12,100,000 units of ore appear to be in the mine. Concord incurred $210,800 of development costs associated with this mine prior to any extraction of minerals. It also determined that the fair value of its obligation to prepare the land for an alternative use when all of the mineral has been removed was $49,600. During 2020, 2,634,000 units of ore were extracted and 1,894,000 of these units were sold.

Required:
a. Compute the total amount of depletion for 2020.
b. Compute the amount that is charged as an expense for 2014 for the cost of the minerals sold during 2020.

A country is angry at a neighboring country for creating too much water and
air pollution. It passes a law that forbids its citizens from doing any business
with the other country until that country cleans up the pollution. If the
pollution continues, there will be no trade between the countries.
This is an example of which type of trade barrier?
A. Tariffs
B. Embargoes
C. Subsidies
D. Quotas

TB MC Qu. 08-93 A company has established... A company has established 5 pounds of Material J at $2 per pound as the standard for the material in its Product Z. The company has just produced 1,000 units of this product, using 5,200 pounds of Material J that cost $9,880.The direct materials price variance is: Multiple Choice $520 unfavorable. $400 unfavorable. $120 favorable. $520 favorable. $400 favorable.

The following costs related to Summertime Company for a relevant range of up to 20,000 units annually: Variable Costs: Direct materials $2.50 Direct labor 0.75 Manufacturing Overhead 1.25 Selling and administrative 1.50 Fixed Costs: Manufacturing overhead $10,000 Selling and Administrative 5,000 The selling price per unit of product is $15.00. At a sales volume of 15,000 units, what is the total cost for Summertime Company

The Xtra Store has a Human Resources Department and a Janitorial Department that provide service to three sales departments. The Human Resources Department cost is allocated on the basis of employees, and the Janitorial Department cost is allocated on the basis of space. The following information is available:______.
Human
Resources Janitorial Sales #1 Sales #2 Sales #3
Budgeted cost $54,000 $39,000
Space in square feet 13,000 10,000 26,000 40,000 64,000
Number of employees 10 15 20 40 25
1. Using the direct method, the amount of Janitorial Department cost allocated to Sales Department no. 2 is: (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)
a. $17,696.
b. $10,636.
c. $9,941.
d. $13,750.
e. $12,000.
2. Using the step-down method and assuming that the Human Resources Department is allocated first, the amount of Human Resources cost allocated to Sales Department no. 3 is (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount):
a. $12,273.
b. $22,500.
c. $13,382.
d. $13,500.
e. $15,882.
3. Using the direct method, the amount of Janitorial Department cost allocated to Sales Department no. 2 is: (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount.)
a. $17,696.
b. $12,000.
c. $10,636.
d. $13,750.
e. $9,941.
4. Using the step-down method and assuming that the Human Resources Department is allocated first, the amount of Human Resources cost allocated to Sales Department no. 3 is (Do not round your intermediate calculations. Round your final answer to nearest whole dollar amount):______.
a. $22,500.
b. $13,500.
c. $12,273.
d. $13,382.
e. $15,882.

Understanding that unemployment benefits give workers the incentive to not look for work until their benefits run out, suppose an economist suggested that instead of giving workers up to 26 weeks of unemployment benefits that end once the person finds work, a person who loses his or her job would just get a single big check for 26 weeks of benefits, regardless of how long the worker is unemployed. Which of the following are true?
1. It is likely to reduce unemployment by increasing the incentives to look for work earlier.
2. It would be costly.
3. It would reduce the incentive to work.
4. It would have to be combined with skill training.

Orion Flour Mills purchased a new machine and made the following expenditures: Purchase price $56,000
Sales tax 5,050
Shipment of machine 810
Insurance on the machine for the first year 510
Installation of machine 1,620
The machine, including sales tax, was purchased on account, with payment due in 30 days. The other expenditures listed above were paid in cash.
Required:
Record the above expenditures for the new machine.

Two organizations are both in the technology industry. What is most likely true about their corporate cultures?

Tonya Jefferson (single), a sole proprietor, runs a successful lobbying business in Washington, DC. She doesn't sell many business assets, but she is planning on retiring and selling her historic townhouse, from which she runs her business, to buy a place somewhere sunny and warm. Tonya's townhouse is worth $1,000,000 and the land is worth another $1,000,000. The original basis in the townhouse was $600,000, and she has claimed $250,000 of depreciation deductions against the asset over the years. The original basis in the land was $500,000. Tonya has located a buyer that would like to finalize the transaction in December of the current year. Tonya's marginal ordinary income tax rate is 35 percent, and her capital gains tax rate is 20 percent.

Required:
a. What amount of gain or loss does Tonya recognize on the sale? What is the character of the gain or loss? What effect does the gain and loss have on her tax liability?
b. In additional to the original facts, assume that Tonya reports the following nonrecaptured 1231 loss:

Year Net §1231 Gains/(Losses)
Year 1 ($200,000)
Year 2 0
Year 3 0
Year 4 0
Year 5 0
Year 6 (current year) ?

c. What amount of gain or loss does Tonya recognize on the sale? What is the character of the gain or loss? What effect does the gain or loss have on her year 6 (the current year) tax liability?
d. Assuming the unrecaptured 1231 loss in part (b), as Tonya's tax advisorcould you make a suggestion as to when Tonya should sell the townhouse inorder to reduce her taxes? What would Tonya?s tax liability be if she adoptsyour recommendation??

Wesley, who is single, listed his personal residence with a real estate agent on March 3 of the current year at a price of $390,000. He rejected several offers in the $350,000 range during the summer. Finally, on August 16, he and the purchaser signed a contract to sell for $363,000. The sale (i.e., closing) took place on September 7. The closing statement showed the following disbursements:

Real estate agent's commission $21,780
Appraisal fee 600
Exterminator's certificate 300
Recording fees 800
Mortgage to First Bank 305,000
Cash to seller 34,520

Wesley's adjusted basis for the house is $200,000. He owned and occupied the house for seven years. On October 1, 2017, Wesley purchases another residence for $325,000.
a. Wesley's recognized gain on the sale is __________
b. Wesley's adjusted basis for the new residence is ___________
c. Assume instead that the selling price is $800,000.
Wesley's recognized gain is _____________, and his adjusted basis for the new residence is __________

A home equity line of credit (HELOC) is, loosely speaking, like a credit card for your home. You can borrow money by drawing down on the line of credit. But, because the borrowed money is for the purpose of your home, the interest is tax-deductible meaning that you can deduct the interest paid on this money from your income to reduce your taxes. If the current annual interest rate on a HELOC is 3.85\%3.85% and your tax rate is 32\2%, what is the after-tax interest rate you will pay on any borrowings under the HELOC

Placid Lake Corporation acquired 90 percent of the outstanding voting stock of Scenic, Inc., on January 1, 2020, when Scenic had a net book value of $640,000. Any excess fair value was assigned to intangible assets and amortized at a rate of $7,000 per year. Placid Lake's 2021 net income before consideration of its relationship with Scenic (and before adjustments for intra-entity sales) was $540,000. Scenic reported net income of $350,000. Placid Lake declared $170,000 in dividends during this period; Scenic paid $64,000. At the end of 2021, selected figures from the two companies' balance sheets were as follows:

Placid Lake Corporation Scenic, Inc.
Inventory $350,000 $111,000
Land 810,000 410,000
Equipment (net) 610,000 510,000

During 2019, intra-entity sales of $180,000 (original cost of $84,000) were made. Only 30 percent of this inventory was still held within the consolidated entity at the end of 2019. In 2020, $300,000 in intra-entity sales were made with an original cost of $80,000. Of this merchandise, 40 percent had not been resold to outside parties by the end of the year.

Required:
a. What is consolidated net income for Placid Lake and its subsidiary?
b. If the intra-entity sales were upstream, how would consolidated net income be allocated to the controlling and noncontrolling interest?
c. If the intra-entity sales were downstream, how would consolidated net income be allocated to the controlling and noncontrolling interest?
d. What is the consolidated balance in the ending Inventory account?

Debt: 2,000 par value bonds with a 15-year maturity, 7.2% coupon, which are currently selling for 105 percent of par. Common stock: 1M shares outstanding, selling for $20 per share, and a fixed dividend of $2.50 per year. Preferred stock: 9,500 shares of preferred stock with a 6 percent required return, currently selling for $55 per share. What is the company's WACC

Use the following information for VPI Co. to prepare a statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31 using the indirect method.

Cash balance at prior year-end $40,000
Gain on sale of machinery $2,000
Increase in inventory 5,000
Cash received from sale of machinery 9,500
Depreciation expense 4,000
Increase in accounts payable 1,500
Cash received from issuing stock 8,000
Net income 23,000
Cash paid for dividends 1,000
Decrease in accounts receivable 3,000

Zeffer is a small but growing bottling company that competes with large soft drink heavy-hitters. To set itself apart, Zeffer has decided to develop a line of all-natural soft drinks that are believed to be healthier than typical high-calorie sodas. The company hopes that these soft drinks will become popular in various sectors of the U.S. market. Answer the following question based on the scenario described above. Zeffer executives have decided to focus marketing efforts on the ________ market, since this group is expected to grow more rapidly than

what happens in your retirement if you have a lapse in your years of work history?

One day, Barry the Barber, Inc., collects $400 for haircuts. Over this day, his equipment depreciates in value by $50. Of the remaining $350, Barry sends $30 to the government in sales taxes, takes home $220 in wages, and retains $100 in his business to add new equipment in the future. From the $220 that Barry takes home, he pays $70 in income taxes.

a. gross domestic product
b. net national product
c. national income
d. personal income
e. disposable personal income

Help a brother out ...............

Evanson Company expects to produce 540,000 units of their product during the year. Monthly production is expected to range from 40,000 to 80,000 units. The company has budgeted manufacturing costs per unit to be as follows: Direct materials $ 14 Direct labor 15 Variable manufacturing overhead 16 Fixed manufacturing overhead 3 Prepare a flexible manufacturing budget using 20,000 unit increments.

Solving for dominant strategies and the Nash equilibrium Suppose Lorenzo and Neha are playing a game in which both must simultaneously choose the action Left or Right. The payoff matrix that follows shows the payoff each person will earn as a function of both of their choices. For example, the lower-right cell shows that if Lorenzo chooses Right and Neha chooses Right, Lorenzo will receive a payoff of 6 and Neha will receive a payoff of 5
Neha
Left Right
Lorenzo Left 8,4 4,5
Right 5,4 6,5
1. The only dominant strategy in this game is for (Neha/Lorenzo) to choose (Right/Left)
2. The outcome reflecting the unique Nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: Lorenzo chooses (Right/Left) and Neha chooses (Right/Left) .

To increase productive capacity, a company is considering a proposed new plant. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. When estimating the project's operating cash flows, it is important to include both opportunity costs and sunk costs, but the firm should ignore the cash flow effects of externalities since they are accounted for in the discounting process. b. Since depreciation is a non-cash expense, the firm does not need to deal with depreciation when calculating the operating cash flows. c. The cost of capital used to discount cash flows in a capital budgeting analysis should be calculated on a before-tax basis. d. Capital budgeting decisions should be based on before-tax cash flows. e. In calculating the project's operating cash flows, the firm should not deduct financing costs such as interest expense, because financing costs are accounted for by discounting at the cost of capital. If interest were deducted when estimating cash flows, this would, in effect, "double count" it.

What amount should be paid on the maturity date to settle a one-hundred-twenty day loan dated March 19, 2013, if the present value is ₱15,600 at 13 2/7% simple interest?


A. ₱690.86
B. ₱16,290.86
C. ₱16,281.39
D. ₱681.39​