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ACC 543 Aspects of Employment and Environment
Paper and PowerPoint   For more classes
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Employment and Environment Paper and PowerPoint
You are an accountant at a small accounting firm.
One of your clients is looking to open a small
river-rafting business. Your client will run the
business operations from a mobile home office on
a piece of land on the riverbank. Your client
must decide the best location to start this
business and has asked you to explain the
accounting advantages of choosing the best
location. Your client is also wondering if the
business should build a permanent structure on
the land, or use the mobile home they already
own.  
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ACC 543 Capital Budget Recommendation   For more
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al Budget Recommendation Guillermo Furniture, a
company that manufactures midgrade and high-end
sofas, has just hired you as an accountant. The
owner, Guillermo Navallez, has assigned you the
tasks of determining which decisions provide the
greatest returns. Read the Guillermo Furniture
Scenario and review the Guillermo Furniture Data
Sheets on your student Web site. Enter your name
in cell A3 of the Income Information tab in the
Guillermo Furniture Data Sheets.  
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ACC 543 Entire Course   For more classes
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Capital Budget Recommendation ACC 543 Aspects of
Employment and Environment Paper and
PowerPoint ACC 543 Exercise 24-1 Net Present
Value/Present Value Index ACC 543 Exercise 24-8A
Determining the Internal Rate of Return ACC 543
Exercise 24-6A Determining Net Present Value ACC
543 Exercise 24-5B Purchase of Popcorn
Machine ACC 543 Exercise 24-5A Determining net
present value ACC 543 Exercise 24-4A Determining
the present value of an annuity ACC 543 Exercise
24-3A Present Value Analysis  
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ACC 543 Exercise 15-6B   For more classes
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15-6B Fixed versus variable cost behavior
Professional Chairs Corporation produces
ergonomically designed chairs favored by
architects. The company normally produces and
sells from 5,000 to 8,000 chairs per year. The
following cost data apply to various production
activity levels. Required a. Complete the
preceding table by filling in the missing amounts
for the levels of activity shown in the first row
of the table. b. Explain why the total cost per
chair decreases as the number of chairs
increases  
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  ACC 543 Exercise 15-12B   For more classes
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Effect of cost structure on projected profits
Logan and Martin compete in the same market. The
following budgeted income statements illustrate
their cost structures. Required a. Assume that
Logan can lure all 80 customers away from Martin
by lowering its sales price to 75 per customer.
Reconstruct Logans income statement based on 160
customers. b. Assume that Martin can lure all 80
customers away from Logan by lowering its sales
price to 75 per customer. Reconstruct Martins
income statement based on 160 customers. c. Why
does the price-cutting strategy increase Logans
profits but result in a net loss for Martin?  
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ACC 543 Exercise 15-17A Identifying Cost
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Behavior Identify the following costs as fixed or
variable. Costs related to plane trips between
San Diego, California, and Orlando, Florida,
follow. Pilots are paid on a per trip basis. a.
Pilots salaries relative to the number of trips
flown. b. Depreciation relative to the number of
planes in service. c. Cost of refreshments
relative to the number of passengers. d. Pilots
salaries relative to the number of passengers on
a particular trip. e. Cost of a maintenance check
relative to the number of  
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ACC 543 Exercise 16-9A   For more classes
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Mimosa Corporation expects to incur indirect
overhead costs of 72,000 per month and direct
manufacturing costs of 11 per unit. The expected
production activity for the first four months of
2007 is as follows. Required a. Calculate a
predetermined overhead rate based on the number
of units of product expected to be made during
the first four months of the year. b. Allocate
overhead costs to each month using the overhead
rate computed in Requirement a. c. Calculate the
total cost per unit for each month using the
overhead allocated in Requirement b.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 18-17A   For more classes
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18-17A Hamby Company had 250 units of product in
its work in process inventory at the beginning of
the period and started 2,000 additional units
during the period. At the end of the period, 750
units were in work in process inventory. The
ending work in process inventory was estimated to
be 60 percent complete. The cost of work in
process inventory at the beginning of the period
was 3,420, and 27,000 of product costs was
added during the period  
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ACC 543 Exercise 18-17B Process Cost System Cost
of Production Report     For more classes
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18-17B Process Cost System Cost of Production
Report At the beginning of 2004, Dozier Company
had 1,800 units of product in its work in process
inventory, and it started 19,200 additional units
of product during the year. At the end of the
year,  
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  ACC 543 Exercise 19-24A Assessing Simultaneous
Changes in CVP Relationships   For more classes
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19-24A Assessing Simultaneous Changes in CVP
Relationships Green Shades Inc. (GSI) sells
hammocks variable costs are 75 each, and the
hammocks are sold for 125 each. GSI incurs
250,000 of fixed operating expenses annually.
Required a. Determine the sales volume in units
and dollars required to attain a 50,000 profit.
Verify your answer by preparing an income
statement using the contribution margin format.
b. GSI is considering implementing a quality
improvement program.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 22-6A Using a flexible budget to
accommodate market uncertainty   For more
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22-6A Using a flexible budget to accommodate
market uncertainty According to its original
plan, Katta Consulting Services Company would
charge its customers for service at 200 per hour
in 2006. The company president expects consulting
services provided to customers to reach 40,000
hours at that rate. The marketing manager,
however, argues that actual results may range
from 35,000 hours to 45,000 hours because of
market uncertainty. Kattas standard variable
cost is 90 per hour, and its standard fixed cost
is 3,000,000.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-1 Net Present Value Present
Value Index   For more classes
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Net Present Value/Present Value Index The
management team at Savage Corporation is
evaluating two alternative capital investment
opportunities. The first alternative, modernizing
the companys current machinery, costs 45,000.
Management estimates the modernization project
will reduce annual net cash outflows by 12,500
per year for the next five years. The second
alternative, purchasing a new machine, costs
56,500.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-3A Present Value
Analysis   For more classes visits www.snaptutori
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Analysis Ginger Smalley expects to receive a
300,000 cash benefit when she retires five years
from today. Ms. Smalleys employer has offered an
early retirement incentive by agreeing to pay her
180,000 today if she agrees to retire
immediately. Ms. Smalley desires to earn a rate
of return of 12 percent. Required a. Assuming
that the retirement benefit is the only
consideration in making the retirement decision,
should Ms. Smalley accept her employers offer?
b. Identify the factors that cause the present
value of the retirement benefit to be less than
300,000.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-4A Determining the present
value of an annuity   For more classes
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24-4A Determining the present value of an annuity
The dean of the School of Social Science is
trying to decide whether to purchase a copy
machine to place in the lobby of the building.
The machine would add to student convenience, but
the dean feels compelled to earn an 8 percent
return on the investment of funds. Estimates of
cash inflows from copy machines that have been
placed in other university buildings indicate
that the copy machine would probably produce
incremental cash inflows of approximately 8,000
per year.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-5A Determining net present
value   For more classes visits www.snaptutorial.
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present value Transit Shuttle Inc. is considering
investing in two new vans that are expected to
generate combined cash inflows of 20,000 per
year. The vans combined purchase price is
65,000. The expected life and salvage value of
each are four years and 15,000, respectively.
Transit Shuttle has an average cost of capital of
14 percent. Required a. Calculate the net present
value of the investment opportunity. b. Indicate
whether the investment opportunity is expected to
earn a return that is above or below the cost of
capital and whether it should be accepted.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-5B Purchase of Popcorn
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Popcorn Machine Heidi Kahn, manager of the Grand
Music Hall, is considering the opportunity to
expand the companys concession revenues.
Specifically, she is considering whether to
install a popcorn machine. Based on market
research, she believes that the machine could
produce incremental cash inflows of 1,600 per
year. The purchase price of the machine is
5,000. It is expected to have a useful life of
three years and a 1,000 salvage  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-6A Determining Net Present
Value   For more classes visits www.snaptutorial
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Present Value Travis Vintor is seeking part-time
employment while he attends school. He is
considering purchasing technical equipment that
will enable him to start a small training
services company that will offer tutorial
services over the Internet. Travis expects demand
for the service to grow rapidly in the first two
years of operation as customers learn about the
availability of the Internet assistance.
Thereafter, he expects demand to stabilize.  
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ACC 543 Exercise 24-8A Determining the Internal
Rate of Return   For more classes
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Determining the Internal Rate of Return Medina
Manufacturing Company has an opportunity to
purchase some technologically advanced equipment
that will reduce the companys cash outflow for
operating expenses by 1,280,000 per year. The
cost of the equipment is 6,186,530.56. Medina
expects it to have a 10-year useful life and a
zero salvage value. The company has established
an investment opportunity hurdle rate of 15
percent and uses the straight-line method for
depreciation. Required a. Calculate the internal
rate of return of the investment opportunity. b.
Indicate whether the investment opportunity
should be accepted.  
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ACC 543 Flexible Budgets Team Paper   For more
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ible Budgets Team Paper Write a paper of no more
than 1,050 words in which you discuss flexible
budgets. Explain the relationship between fixed
and variable costs used in a flexible budget.
Discuss the differences between static and
flexible budgets and how a flexible budget lends
itself to a cost-volume-profit analysis. Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines  
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