The city of Ashkelon, on the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, is one of the major cities of the Philistines. A powerful merchant family (known henceforth as The Family) of this city has to decide how to allocate its vast but finite resources to further their own wealth and the glory and influence of their state. Some trade routes use camel caravans and go to the southern deserts, where they may trade in salt and gold with the great inland African nations; others may go north and west, oversea by galley, toward the Greeks; others may push their foul-mouthed, humped mounts east, overland toward Sumeria, to trade in spices and the crafted goods specific to that region. Some of the routes are over more arduous terrain than others, so make take longer to pay off (no revenue is realized by The Family until the caravan returns to Ashkelon). The financial costs and returns of each route are as follows (in Phils, the currency of the Philistines:
Route Costs,Period 0 Revenue, Period1 Revenue, Period 2 Revenue, Period 3
African Route - 75,000 215,000
Greek Route - 50,000 140,000
Sumerian Route -125,000 385,000
Costs are incurred at the end of year zero, and revenues accrue at the end of Periods 1, 2, and 3, for each respective route (for instance, the African caravan returns at the end of period two, at which time its revenue is realized). The discount rate for the shipping company is 5%.
a. Calculate the NPV, B/C ratio, Payback period, and IRR for each route option
b. Rank the route options according to NPV, B/C ratio, Payback period, and IRR
c. If the company had unlimited funds, which trade routes would you recommend the family pursue? Why? Be sure to consider all combinations of routes, including multiple caravans on the same trade route
d. Given that the family can only invest 150,000 Phils, which combination of trade routes would you recommend pursuing? Why?

Answer:

African Route costs = -75,000, period 1 revenues = 215,000

Greek Route costs = -50,000, period 2 revenues = 140,000

Sumerian Route costs = -125,000, period 3 revenues = 385,000

discount rate = 5%

a) African route:

NPV = -75,000 + 215,000/1.05 = 129,762

B/C ratio = 215/75 = 2.87

Payback = 1 period

IRR = 187%

Greek route:

NPV = -50,000 + 140,000/1.05² = 76,984

B/C ratio = 140/50 = 2.8

Payback = 2 periods

IRR = 67%

Sumerian route

NPV = -125,000 + 385,000/1.05³ = 332,577

B/C ratio = 385/125 = 3.08

Payback = 3 periods

IRR = 45%

b) rank according to:

NPV = Sumerian route, African route, Greek route

B/C ratio = Sumerian route, African route, Greek route

Payback = African route, Greek route, Sumerian route

IRR = African route, Greek route, Sumerian route

c) if the family had unlimited resources, they should invest in the 3 routes since all their NPVs are positive.

d) African and Greek routes since they yield the highest gains (IRR).

The following information was drawn from the Year 1 accounting records of Ozark Merchandisers: Inventory that had cost $15,000 was sold for $27,000 under terms 2/20, net/30. Customers returned merchandise to Ozark five days after the purchase. The merchandise had been sold for a price of $660. The merchandise had cost Ozark $400. All customers paid their accounts within the discount period. Selling and administrative expenses amounted to $2,835. Interest expense paid amounted to $200. Land that had cost $6,000 was sold for $6,900 cash.
Required
a. Determine the amount of net sales. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount.)
b. Prepare a multistep income statement. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Amounts to be deducted and losses should be indicated with a minus sign.)
c. Where would the interest expense be shown on the statement of cash flows?
Operating activities
Investing activities
Financing activities
d. How would the sale of the land be shown on the statement of cash flows?
A. The full sales price of the land, $9,250, would be shown as a cash inflow from financing activities on the statement of cash flows.
B. The full sales price of the land, $9,250, would be shown as a cash inflow from investing activities on the statement of cash flows.
C. The full sales price of the land, $9,250, would be shown as a cash inflow from operating activities on the statement of cash flows

McKinney & Co. estimates its uncollectible accounts as a percentage of credit sales. McKinney made credit sales of $1,500,000 in 2019. McKinney estimates 2.5% of its sales will be uncollectible. At the end of the first quarter of 2020, McKinney & Co. reevaluates its receivables. McKinney’s management decides that $8,500 due from Mangold Corporation will not be collectible. This amount was previously included in the allowance account. On April 23, 2020, McKinney & Co. receives a check from Mangold Corporation for $8,500.

Required:
Prepare the journal entry to record the write-off for Mckinney.

At December 31, 2013, Weiss Imports reported this information on its balance sheet.
Accounts receivable $600,000
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts 37,000
During 2014, the company had the following transactions related to receivables.
1. Sales on account $2,500,000
2. Sales returns and allowances 50,000
3. Collections of accounts receivable 2,200,000
4. Write-offs of accounts receivable deemed uncollectible 41,000
5. Recovery of bad debts previously written off as uncollectible 15,000
To do;
1. Prepare the journal entries to record each of these five transactions. Assume that no cash discounts were taken on the collections of accounts receivable. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
2. Enter the January 1, 2014, balances in Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, post the entries to the two accounts and determine the balances. (Post entries in the order of journal entries posted in the previous part)
3. Prepare the journal entry to record bad debt expense for 2014, assuming that aging the accounts receivable indicates that estimated bad debts are $46,000. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
4. Compute the accounts receivable turnover. (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 12.5.)
Accounts receivable turnover
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times
Compute the average collection period. (Round answer to 1 decimal place, e.g. 12.5.)
Average collection period
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Bernie and Phil's Great American Surplus store placed an ad in the Sunday Times stating, "Next Saturday at 8:00 A.M. sharp 3 brand new mink coats worth $5,000 each will be sold for $500 each! First come, First served." Marsha LufMin was first in line when the store opened and went directly to the coat department, but the coats identified in the ad were not available for sale. She identified herself to the manager and pointed out that she was first in line in conformity with the store's advertised offer and that she was ready to pay the $500 price set forth in the store's offer. The manager responded that a newspaper ad is just an invitation to negotiate and that the store decided to withdraw "the mink coat promotion." Review the text on unilateral contracts in Section 12(b) of Chapter 12. Decide.

3. The last dividend paid by New Technologies was an annual dividend of $1.40 a share. Dividends for the next 3 years will be increased at an annual rate of 8 percent. After that, dividends are expected to increase by 3 percent each year. The discount rate is 16 percent. What is the current value of this stock

Use the information about Billy's Burgers to answer the following question(s):

Billy's Burgers

Figures in​ $ millions

Income Statement 2010 Balance Sheet 2010
Net Sales 246.0 Assets
Costs exc. Dep. 187.0 Cash 8.0
EBITDA 59.0 Accts. Rec. 21.0
Depreciation 17.2 Inventories 23.0
EBIT 41.8 Total Current Assets 52.0
Interest 12.0 Net PP​&E 145.0
Pretax Income 29.8 Total Assets 197.0
Taxes 10.4
Net Income 19.4 Liabilities and Equity Accts.
Payable 18.0 LongTerm Debt 82.0
Total Liabilities 100.0 Total​ Stockholders' Equity 97.0
Total Liabilities and Equity 197.0

Required:
Using the percent of sales method, and assuming 20% growth in sales, estimate Billy's Burgers' Accounts Receivable for 2011.

a. $21.0 million
b. $18.0 million
c. $25.2 million
d. $21.6 million

Due to erratic sales of its sole product—a high-capacity battery for laptop computers—PEM, Inc., has been experiencing difficulty for some time. The company’s contribution format income statement for the most recent month is given below:
Sales (13,200 units × $40 per unit) $528,000
Variable expenses 316,800
Contribution margin 211,200
Fixed expenses 235,200
Net operating loss $(24,000)
1. Compute the company’s CM ratio and its break-even point in both unit sales and dollar sales.
2. The president believes that a $6,800 increase in the monthly advertising budget, combined with an intensified effort by the sales staff, will result in an $89,000 increase in monthly sales. If the president is right, what will be the effect on the company’s monthly net operating income or loss?
3. Refer to the original data. The sales manager is convinced that a 10% reduction in the selling price, combined with an increase of $31,000 in the monthly advertising budget, will double unit sales. What will the new contribution format income statement look like if these changes are adopted?
4. Refer to the original data. The Marketing Department thinks that a fancy new package for the laptop computer battery would help sales. The new package would increase packaging costs by $0.60 cents per unit. Assuming no other changes, how many units would have to be sold each month to earn a profit of $4,100?
5. Refer to the original data. By automating, the company could reduce variable expenses by $3 per unit. However, fixed expenses would increase by $55,000 each month.
A. Compute the new CM ratio and the new break-even point in both unit sales and dollar sales.
CM ratio 45%
Break-even points in units 183
Break-even points in dollars 7,305

B. Assume that the company expects to sell 20,700 units next month. Prepare two contribution format income statements, one assuming that operations are not automated and one assuming that they are.
C. Would you recommend that the company automate its operations?
1. Yes
2. No

Organizations are often divided into units or departments. Which of these is NOT a common way to organize a company?
Group of answer choices
By function
By product
By employee compensation
By customer

On January 1, 2021, Nath-Langstrom Services, Inc., a computer software training firm, leased several computers under a two-year operating lease agreement from ComputerWorld Leasing, which routinely finances equipment for other firms at an annual interest rate of 4%. The contract calls for four rent payments of $17,500 each, payable semiannually on June 30 and December 31 each year. The computers were acquired by Computer World at a cost of $105,000 and were expected to have a useful life of six years with no residual value. Both firms record amortization and depreciation semi-annually.
Required:
1. Prepare appropriate journal entries recorded by Nath-Langstrom Services for the first year of the lease.
2. Prepare appropriate journal entries recorded by ComputerWorld Leasing for the first year of the lease.
• 1 Record the beginning of the lease for Nath-Langstrom Services.
• 2 Record the lease payment and interest expense for Nath-Langstrom Services.
• 3 Record the amortization expense for Nath-Langstrom Services.
• 4 Record the lease payment and interest expense for Nath-Langstrom Services.
• 5 Record the amortization expense for Nath-Langstrom Services.
• 6 Record the lease revenue received by ComputerWorld Leasing.
• 7 Record the Depreciation expense for ComputerWorld Leasing.
• 8 Record the lease revenue received by ComputerWorld Leasing.
• 9 Record the Depreciation expense for ComputerWorld Leasing.

Which best explains why there are many job opportunities in the Lodging pathway?
O The pathway requires a college education.
O The pathway offers seasonal positions.
O The pathway includes low-paying jobs.
The pathway has a high turnover rate.

Assignment 3 Suggested Length: 750 to 1000 words Ethical Theories to Apply: Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics

1. Task You work in the Ethics Department for ABC Company (ABC). Your department is dedicated to advising its employees about their ethical obligations in the corporate setting. You are an internal consultant who provides advice and most importantly, recommendations for action to employees of the firm. All communications you receive in this capacity are confidential. Luke, an employee of ABC, comes to you with the following scenario and asks for your advice. He wants to fully consider the situation. Your task is to advise and recommend a course of action based on the specified ethical lenses and facts as given. Below are the facts that Luke provides to you. ***** Luke has been asked to work on a project that involves developing land recently purchased by ABC to build an adult entertainment retail store. According to the plan, the land is located on the corner of the neighborhood where Owen, Luke’s brother, lives. Luke knows that as soon as the plans for the store are made public, property values for the surrounding neighborhood will decrease significantly. ABC plans to publicly announce the project one month from today. Luke is concerned about his obligations of confidentiality to his company. However, Luke is also very close to Owen, who recently told Luke that he received an offer to sell his house at an "okay" price given the current real estate market. Owen is considering selling but hasn’t made any final decision yet. He wonders if he might get a better offer a few years from now when the real estate market improves. What is the ethical issue, why is this an issue, and what should Luke do about it?

***** For assignment 3, prepare a memo, setting out your analysis and recommendations, that considers ONLY the following two theories: Golden Rule and Virtue Ethics.

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What type of manufacturing employee is usually in charge of creating work schedules?

O Operator

O Operations manager

O Assembly line worker

O Quality manager

On July 1, 2020, Culver Inc. made two sales. 1. It sold land having a fair value of $902,220 in exchange for a 4-year zero-interest-bearing promissory note in the face amount of $1,419,656. The land is carried on Culver's books at a cost of $590,900. 2. It rendered services in exchange for a 3%, 8-year promissory note having a face value of $402,150 (interest payable annually). Culver Inc. recently had to pay 8% interest for money that it borrowed from British National Bank. The customers in these two transactions have credit ratings that require them to borrow money at 12% interest.
Record the two journal entries that should be recorded by Sunland Inc. for the sales transactions above that took place on July 1, 2020. (Round present value factor calculations to 5 decimal places, e.g. 1.25124 and final answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter o for the amounts. Credit account titles are automatically indented when the amount is entered. Do not indent manually.)
No. Date Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit
1. July 1, 2020
2. July 1, 2020

The following inventory valuation errors have been discovered for Knox Corporation:
The 2015 year-end inventory was overstated by $23,000
The 2016 year-end inventory was understated by $61,000
The 2017 year-end inventory was understated by $17,000
The reported income before taxes for Knox was:
Year: Income before Taxes:
2015 $138,000
2016 $254,000
2017 $168,000
Required:
Compute what income before taxes for 2015, 2016, and 2017 should have been after correcting for the errors.

SY Manufacturers (SYM) is producing T-shirts in three colors: red, blue, and white. The monthly demand for each color is 3,487 units. Each shirt requires 0.75 pound of raw cotton that is imported from the Luft-Geshfet-Textile (LGT) Company in Brazil. The purchasing price per pound is $1.55 (paid only when the cotton arrives at SYM's facilities) and transportation cost by sea is $0.70 per pound. The traveling time from LGT’s facility in Brazil to the SYM facility in the United States is two weeks. The cost of placing a cotton order, by SYM, is $186 and the annual interest rate that SYM is facing is 32 percent of total cost per pound.
a. What is the optimal order quantity of cotton? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Optimal order quantity pounds
b. How frequently should the company order cotton? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Company orders once every months
c. Assuming that the first order is needed on 1-Jul, when should SYM place the order?
17-Jun
1-Jul
15-Jul
d. How many orders will SYM place during the next year? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Number of orders times
e. What is the resulting annual holding cost? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Annual holding cost $ per year
f. What is the resulting annual ordering cost?
Annual ordering cost $
g. If the annual interest cost is only 5 percent, how will it affect the annual number of orders, the optimal batch size, and the average inventory?

The following transactions relate to the General Fund of the City of Buffalo Falls for the year ended December 31, 2020:

a. Beginning balances were: Cash, $98,000; Taxes Receivable, $197,000; Accounts Payable, $56,000; and Fund Balance, $239,000.
b. The budget was passed. Estimated revenues amounted to $1,280,000 and appropriations totaled $1,276,400. All expenditures are classified as General Government.
c. Property taxes were levied in the amount of $940,000. All of the taxes are expected to be collected before February 2021.
d. Cash receipts totaled $910,000 for property taxes and $310,000 from other revenue.
e. Contracts were issued for contracted services in the amount of $104,000.
f. Contracted services were performed relating to $93,000 of the contracts with invoices amounting to $90,400.
g. Other expenditures amounted to $986,000.
h. Accounts payable were paid in the amount of $1,130,000.
i. The books were closed.

Required:
a. Prepare journal entries for the above transactions.
b. Prepare a Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the General Fund.
c. Prepare a Balance Sheet for the General Fund assuming there are no restricted or assigned net resources and outstanding encumbrances are committed by contractual obligation.

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Describe the steps in the process of human resource planning. Explain the relationships between the steps.

Alan inherited $100,000 with the stipulation that he "invest it to financially benefit his family." Alan and his wife Alice decided they would invest the inheritance to help them accomplish two financial goals: purchasing a Park City vacation home and saving for their son Cooper’s education.

Vacation Home Cooper’s Education
Initial investment $50,000 $50,000
Investment horizon 5 years 18 years

Alan and Alice have a marginal income tax rate of 32 percent (capital gains rate of 15 percent) and have decided to investigate the following investment opportunities.

Required:
Determine the two annual after-tax rate of return.

A credit granted to a customer for returned goods requires a debit to a. Accounts Receivable and a credit to a contra-revenue account. b. Cash and a credit to Sales Returns and Allowances. c. Sales Revenue and a credit to Cash. d. Sales Returns and Allowances and a credit to Accounts Receivable.\

Every year, management and labor renegotiate a new employment contract by sending their proposals to an arbitrator, who chooses the best proposal (effectively giving one side or the other $3 million). Each side can choose to hire, or not hire, an expensive labor lawyer (at a cost of $300,000) who is effective at preparing the proposal in the best light. If neither hires a lawyer or if both hire lawyers, each side can expect to win about half the time. If only one side hires a lawyer, it can expect to win nine tenths, or 0.9, of the time. Use the given information to fit in the expected payoff, in dollars, for each cell in the matrix.
Management (M)
No Lawyer Lawyer
No Lawyer L: M: S L: S M: S
Labor (L) Lawyer L: M: S L: S M: S
The Nash equilibrium for this game is for Management to_____a lawyer, and for Labor to_____a lawyer.

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Mathias Corporation manufactures and sells wire rakes. The rakes sell for $20 each. Information about the company's costs is as follows.

Variable manufacturing cost per unit $6
Variable selling and administrative cost per unit 2
Fixed manufacturing overhead per month $300,000
Fixed selling and administrative cost per month 600,000

Required:
a. Determine the company's monthly break-even point in units.
b. Determine the sales volume (in dollars) required for a monthly operating income of $1,200,000.
c. Compute the company’s margin of safety if its current monthly sales level is $2,500,000.
d. Estimate the amount by which monthly operating income will increase if the company anticipates a $100,000 increase in monthly sales volume.

What was the non-live show revenue (merchandising + record sales + etc) for the Amzai Brothers during September-December 2019?

Robert needs his daily fix of coffee in the mid-afternoon and visits different coffee shops that will give him as much utility as possible, given his $20/month food budget. On Monday, the Blue Coffee Shop was selling espresso shots for $3 each and Robert added 3 shots to his cappuccino. By Friday, the Purple Coffee Shop offered espresso shots for $2 each, while all other prices remained the same, so Robert was bold and added 4 espresso shots to his hot beverage.

Required:
Given this information, plot Robert's demand curve for espresso shots.

QUESTION 19

¿Cuál de las siguientes descripciones representa la dimensión masculinidad-feminidad de Hofstede?

01. La dependencia de las decisiones del grupo frente a la dependencia de las decisiones individuales.

2 Todo el mundo debería tener los mismos derechos dente a los que tiene er control para poder tener derecho a los privilegios.

3. La voluntad de tomar niesgos frente a la preocupación con la seguridad en la vida.

4. La asertividad y las preocupaciones materiales frente a la preocupación por las relaciones humanas y los sentimientos.

5. El tiempo es libre versus el tiempo es dinero

What was the intrinsic value of SmileWhite Co. stock when the analyst was evaluating the stock (that is in year 2008)

At the end of 2020, Payne Industries had a deferred tax asset account with a balance of $25 million attributable to a temporary book-tax difference of $100 million in a liability for estimated expenses. At the end of 2021, the temporary difference is $64 million. Payne has no other temporary differences. Taxable income for 2021 is $180 million and the tax rate is 25%. Payne has a valuation allowance of $10 million for the deferred tax asset at the beginning of 2021.

Required:
a. Prepare the journal entry(s) to record Payne’s income taxes for 2021, assuming it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be realized in full.
b. Prepare the journal entry(s) to record Payne’s income taxes for 2021, assuming it is more likely than not that only one-fourth of the deferred tax asset ultimately will be realized.

What is the main advantage of diversification as an investment policy?
O It offsets the effects of inflation on investments.
O It reduces risk to investors.
O It guarantees a fixed rate of return on an investment.
O It increases investors' access to their money.

Karen, an automobile mechanic employed by an auto dealership, is considering opening a fast-food franchise. If Karen decides not to acquire the fast-food franchise, any investigation expenses are: