Answer: b. stocking quantity of product B is higher.
Explanation:
We are using the Newsvendor model and are told that the products have identical cost, retail price, and demand parameters and the same short selling season.
Using this model, it is important to understand 2 terminologies for this question, Overage cost and Underage costs.
Overage Costs is the cost of unused inventor and is calculated by subtracting Salvage Value from the cost price.
Underage costs are costs arising from unmet Demand. In this scenario they are the same because both products share the same demand.
The Overage costs for the products are,
Overage cost for Product X =100-75
=25%
Overage cost for Product Y = 20%
When deciding which product to stick more of we look at the one with the higher CRITICAL RATIO.
The formula of which is,
= Cu/(Cu+Co)
Where,
Cu is the Underage cost,
Co is the Overage cost
As earlier mentioned, both have the same Underage cost meaning that B will give a higher CRITICAL ratio as it's Co is smaller.
Product B should therefore be stocked more than Product A.
Answer:
The Internal Revenue Code is federal statutory law while treasury regulations can not stand as laws on their own.
Explanation:
The Internal Revenue Code is federal statutory law passed into law by Congress and automatically becomes a law after the President has assented to it. This implies that the two arms of the government must be involved in it before before it becomes a law, otherwise it is null and void.
Treasury regulation is only meant to give interpretations and explanations to the Internal Revenue Code, law or statue, and it is not really a law by itself. The Treasury usually receives authority from the Congress to write regulations that will serve as the official interpretation of statutory law.
However, this does not mean that the regulations does not have appreciably authoritative weight, but it is just that the weight of authority of the regulation is less than the weight of the Internal Revenue Code.
Answer:b - Requires when LIFO is used for tax reporting, it is also used for financial reporting
Explanation:
LIFO conformity rule states that when the LIFO method is used for accounting for inventory for tax reporting, it should be used in preparing financial statements.
The LIFO conformity rule is a statutory requirement in the U.S.
Answer:
The stock price is $37.16
Explanation:
Dividend Valuation method is used to value the stock price of a company based on the dividend paid, its growth rate and rate of return. The price is calculated by calculating present value of future dividend payment.
Formula to calculate the value of stock
Price = Dividend / ( Rate or return - growth rate )
Price = $3.27 / ( 12.2% - 3.4% )
Price = $3.27 / 12.2% - 3.4%
Price = $3.27 / 8.8%
Price = $37.16
Answer:
Scenario 1. B. Prepare and rehearse.
2. B. Offer a clear, sincere explanation.
C. Communicate the news openly.
3. A. Reveal specific reasons for not hiring the applicant.
D. Use an indirect pattern.
4. Option 1
Explanation:
Delivering bad news is inevitable in every organization. Some factors are of utmost importance when having to do this. They include;
1. Being clear and concise.
2. Being straightforward while still providing assurance.
The direct approach announces the bad news just at the introduction of the speech. Whereas, the Indirect approach is used when the audience is not well known. It employs some form of explanation before the bad news is delivered.
1. Being tactful and professional would require adequate preparation so as to choose words properly and put people's feelings into consideration.
2. To avoid spreading rumors within and outside the organization, the president would have to address his staff openly. He should be clear and concise when doing this.
3. To make room for good relationship and not break the confidence of the applicant, the HR should begin with an explanation of why the applicant was not hired.
4. The general manager should encourage the employee's effort to be trained but in order not to jeopardize the present schedule, future arrangements would need to be made.
