Answer:
Joel is behaving in a totally unprofessional & unethical manner
Explanation:
As assistant controller, Joel Kimmel's job specification & responsibility includes financial statement preparation & combination, putting of internal controls in place, detailed analysis & reporting of cost variance, acts as the go-between with external auditors amongst other such responsibilities.
As such, when Joel discovered the cost discrepancy during the reconciliation, it was actually his responsibility to call the bank's attention to the variance. This is something that clearly falls under his job specification & can be considered as neglect of duty. Joel's decision defeats the very purpose of bank reconciliation, which is to correct any such discrepancy & to the ensure the rectification of transactions. Most importantly, the decision Joel plans to take is very unethical & is against standard accounting practices
We can therefore, say that Joel's decision is thoroughly unethical & unprofessional
Answer:
B. Budgetary.
Explanation:
They are used to do that because the range of variance could be from -10% to +20%.
Although this, it is not accurate enough to provide a solid basis for a firm commitment because it only represents an approximation of what is need to be done.
I hope this answer helps you.
Mandatory spending is something that either has, or is strongly urged to be done. Discretionary spending is based on the spenders discretion, if the spender thinks it needs to be spent, then they would do so. Example of mandatory spending would be paying back a loan. Example of discretionary spending would be a good business investment. Hope this helps!
Answer: 20.15%
Explanation:
The IRR is the discount rate that makes brings the Net Present Value to zero.
It can be solved for by various means including using Excel as shown in the attached file.
Year 0 -33790
Year 1 8,210
Year 2 9,890
Year 3 14,120
Year 4 15,930
Year 5 10,820
= IRR (-33,790
, 8,210
, 9,890
, 14,120
, 15,930
, 10,820
)
= 20.15%
