{"id":77603,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/a-company-is-considering-purchasing-an-asset-for-50000-that-would-have-a-useful-life-of-5-years"},"modified":"2017-08-18T07:15:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T07:15:19","slug":"a-company-is-considering-purchasing-an-asset-for-50000-that-would-have-a-useful-life-of-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/a-company-is-considering-purchasing-an-asset-for-50000-that-would-have-a-useful-life-of-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"A company is considering purchasing an asset for $50,000 that would have a useful life of 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Directions: Answer the following problems with complete analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Q#1<br \/> A company is considering purchasing an asset for $50,000 that would have a useful life of 5 years and would have a salvage value of $6,000. For tax purposes, the entire original cost of the asset would be depreciated over 5 years using the straight-line method and the salvage value would be ignored. The asset would generate annual net cash inflows of $26,000 throughout its useful life. The project would require additional<br \/> working capital of $8,000, which would be released at the end of the project. The companys tax rate is 30% and its discount rate is 15%.<br \/> Required:<br \/> What is the net present value of the asset?<br \/> Q# 2<br \/> Fiess &amp;amp; Walter PLC, a consulting firm, uses an activity-based costing in which there are three<br \/> activity costs pools. The company has provided the following data concerning its costs and its<br \/> activity based costing system:<br \/> Costs:<br \/> Wages and salaries\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..$400,000<br \/> Travel expenses\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.$200,000<br \/> Other expenses\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. $180,000<br \/> Total\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026$780,000<\/p>\n<p>Distribution of resource consumption:<br \/> _Activity Cost Pools<br \/> Working on<br \/> Business<br \/> Engageme salaries<br \/> Developm<br \/> Other<br \/> Wages and<\/p>\n<p>Total<br \/> 50%<\/p>\n<p>20%<\/p>\n<p>30%<\/p>\n<p>100%<\/p>\n<p>Travel expenses<\/p>\n<p>55%<\/p>\n<p>35%<\/p>\n<p>10%<\/p>\n<p>100%<\/p>\n<p>Other expenses<\/p>\n<p>15%<\/p>\n<p>45%<\/p>\n<p>40%<\/p>\n<p>100%<\/p>\n<p>Required:<br \/> a. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Working on Engagements activity cost pool?<br \/> b. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Business Development activity cost pool?<br \/> c. How much cost, in total, would be allocated to the Other activity cost pool?<\/p>\n<p>Use the following to answer questions 3 &amp;amp; 4: Please Show the work<br \/> Franklin Glass Works uses a standard cost system in which manufacturing overhead is<br \/> applied to units of product on the basis of direct labor-hours. Each unit requires two<br \/> standard hours of labor for completion. The denominator activity for the year was based<\/p>\n<p>on budgeted production of 200,000 units. Total overhead was budgeted at $900,000 for<br \/> the year, and the fixed overhead rate was $3.00 per unit. The actual data pertaining to<br \/> the manufacturing overhead for the year are presented below:<br \/> Actual production.. 198,000 units<br \/> Actual direct labor-hours\u2026 440,000 direct labor-hours<br \/> Actual variable overhead\u2026 $352,000<br \/> Actual fixed overhead\u2026 $575,000<br \/> 3. Franklins variable overhead efficiency variance for the year is:<br \/> A) $33,000 unfavorable.<br \/> B) $35,200 favorable.<br \/> C) $35,200 unfavorable.<br \/> D) $33,000 favorable<br \/> Please mention how to calculate Standard rate<br \/> 4. Franklins fixed overhead budget variance for the year is:<br \/> A) $19,000 favorable.<br \/> B) $25,000 favorable<br \/> C) $25,000 unfavorable.<br \/> D) $19,000 unfavorable.<\/p>\n<p>Q# 5<br \/> The Carlquist Company makes and sells a product call Product K. Each unit of Product K sells for<br \/> $24 dollars and has a unit variable cost of $18. The company has budgeted the following data for<br \/> November:<br \/> o Sales of $1,152,000, all in cash.<br \/> o A cash balance on November 1 of $48,000.<\/p>\n<p>o Cash disbursements (other than interest) during November of $1,160,000.<br \/> o A minimum cash balance on November 30 of $60,000.<br \/> If necessary, the company will borrow cash from a bank. The borrowing will be in multiples of<br \/> $1,000 and will bear interest at 2% per month. All borrowing will take place at the beginning of the<br \/> month. The November interest will be paid in cash during November.<br \/> The amount of cash that must be borrowed on November 1 to cover all cash disbursements and to<br \/> obtain the desired November 30 cash balance is:<br \/> A) $20,000.<br \/> B) $21,000.<br \/> C) $37,000.<br \/> D) $38,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directions: Answer the following problems with complete analysis. 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