PHASE 1: Accumulation
This period begins when you enter the workforce and begin setting aside funds for later in your life, and ends when you actually retire. If your employer offers 401(k), 403(b), or 457(b) plans, have you signed up and are you contributing the maximum allowed? Did you know that the "new normal" requires retirement savings rates for most Americans to exceed 10 percent? If self-employed, are you shortchanging yourself on Social Security in order to reap tax deductions?
PHASE 2: Pre-Retirement
This phase occurs during the final years of the accumulation phase and should begin when you reach 50 years old or are 15 years away from retiring, whichever happens first. Now is the time to get your plan in place, making sure your finances are lined up correctly for retirement day so nothing will be left to chance. If you work for a company with a benefits specialist, arrange an appointment to become informed about the various ways you can convert your employer retirement savings into a stream of income or an IRA. Consider using a tool known as "scenario planning." Start learning about Social Security and your options for beginning to receive retirement benefits. Familiarize yourself with the basics of Medicare.
PHASE 3: Early-Retirement
This phase lasts from the day you retire until you are 70 years old. (For those who do not plan to retire until well into their 70s, some tasks in this phase may occur later.) A key purpose of this phase is to create a clear communication channel with your family so information can be shared, questions asked and answered, and decisions made in a calm, supportive way. It's also the time to assess how well your finances are working now that you are using your retirement savings. Fine-tune your income and expense projections, taking into consideration how you will meet minimum distribution requirements from your tax-deferred accounts.
PHASE 4: Mid-Retirement
This phase begins at age 70 and lasts as long as you are able-bodied and high-functioning. Despite your good health, begin looking at what steps you would like your family to take should your condition decline significantly. In most cases your ability to make all your own decisions, care for yourself, engage with the world on your terms, and manage your affairs does not vanish in a split second. It takes courage to dive into a conversation about giving up and transferring control.
PHASE 5: Late-Retirement
This phase begins when your health has taken a turn for the worse and there is little likelihood of it being fully restored. You require significant help to function day to day. The hope is that by this point all the planning done in prior years makes this transition as manageable and life-affirming as possible.
I guess the correct option is D.
The primary purpose of patents and copyrights is to encourage the expenditure of funds on research and development to create new products.
Answer:
1. Prepare an income statement for Allstar for the past month.
The income statement is given below.
Sales $ 410,000
Commission Cost ($ 50,000)
Technology Cost ($ 75,000)
R/D Cost* ($ 200,000)
Selling expenses ($ 10,000)
Admin expenses ($ 35,000)
Net profit $ 40,000
* In absence of information it is assumed that research and development costs of $200,000 meet defination of expense as per accounting standard (IAS 38).
2. Briefly explain why Allstar's income statement has no line for cost of goods sold.
As per question Allstars is a service oriented company. In services oriented company there is no good that company is manufacturing and selling. So there will not be any cost of good sold line item in income statement.
Answer:
a) Regular coffee cups required to be sold = 4,690
b) Latte cups required to be sold = 2,010
Explanation:
As per the data given in the question,
For computing Contribution per mix :
Particulars Regular Coffee Latte
Sales price $1.60 $2.80
Less: variable cost $0.90 $1.70
Contribution $0.70 $1.10
Contribution per mix = ($0.70 × 70%) + ($1.10 × 30%)
= $0.82
Breakeven point at sales mix = Fixed cost ÷ Contribution per mix
=$5,494 ÷ $0.82
= 6,700 mixes
Requirement:
Cups of regular coffee for breakeven = Breakeven at sales mix × %of regular coffee sales
=6,700 × 70%
= 4,690 Cups
Cups of latte for breakeven = Breakeven at sales mix × %of latte sales
=6,700 × 30%
=2,010 Cups
According to a 2000 public-opinion
poll, 69 percent of Americans who responded were most proud of the nation's equal opportunity
laws.
<span>An </span>equal opportunities policy<span> should: make clear your organization’s
commitment to </span>equal opportunities, non-discriminatory
procedures and practices. list all the forms of discrimination covered by the policy, ie age, gender,
race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or pay rate.
