Priya Rahavy, M.D., is a general practitioner whose offices are located in the Lake Forest Professional Building. In the past, Dr. Rahavy has operated her practice with a nurse, a receptionist/secretary, and a part-time bookkeeper. Dr. Rahavy, like many small-town physicians, has billed her patients and their insurance companies from her own office. The part-time bookkeeper, who works 15 hours per week. is employed exclusively for this purpose.
North Avenue Physician's Service Center has offered to take over all of Dr. Rahavy's billings and collections for an annual fee of $24,000. If Dr. Rahavy accepts this offer, she will no longer need the bookkeeper. The bookkeeper's wages and fringe benefits amount to $20 per hour, and the bookkeeper works 50 weeks per year. With all the billings and collections done elsewhere, Dr. Rahavy will have three additional hours available per week to see patients. She sees an average Of four patients per hour at an average fee of $30 per visit. Dr. Rahavy's practice is expanding, and new patients often have to wait several weeks for an appointment. She has resisted expanding her office hours or working more than 50 weeks per year. Finally, if Dr. Rahavy signs on with the center, she will no longer need to rent a records storage facility for $200 per month.
a. Conduct a relevant cost analysis to determine if it is profitable to outsource the bookkeeping.
I think it's called the Holland code.
Answer:
The primary purpose of a company's audit committee is to provide oversight of the financial reporting process, the audit process, the company's system of internal controls and compliance with laws and regulations. ... As such, CPAs report directly to the audit committee, not management.
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Answer:
deduction for organizational expenses = $5,000
Explanation:
Since the total startup costs are over $50,000 then the company's deduction will be lower. Generally speaking, a company can deduct up to $5,000 in organizational an startup costs ($5,000 each). But if the costs are over $50,000, then your deduction will be reduced by $1 for each dollar over that threshold.
In this case, organizational costs were $9,500, so they can deduct $5,000 during the first year and $4,500 will be amortized over the next 15 years. Startup costs are $54,500, which means that they can only deduct $5,000 - ($54,500 - $50,000) = $500 during the first year. The remaining $54,000 must be amortized over a 15 year period. Total deduction during the first year = $5,000 + $500 = $5,500
