Question

Gomez runs a small pottery firm. He hires one helper at $14,500 per year, pays annual rent of $7,500 for his shop, and spends $18,000 per year on materials. He has $40,000 of his own funds invested in equipment (pottery wheels, kilns, and so forth) that could earn him $5,000 per year if alternatively invested. He has been offered $23,000 per year to work as a potter for a competitor. He estimates his entrepreneurial talents are worth $6,000 per year. Total annual revenue from pottery sales is $86,000. Instructions: Enter your answers as whole numbers.a. Calculate the accounting profit for Gomez’s pottery firm. $ .b. Now calculate Gomez's economic profit. $ .

Answer 1

Answer:

a). Accounting profits=$6,000

b). Economic profit=-$6,000

Explanation:

a). The accounting profits for Gomez's pottery firm can be expressed in the form;

Accounting profits-Total monetary revenue-Total monetary expenses

where;

Total monetary revenue=$86,000

Total monetary expenses=excludes opportunity cost=wages+rent+materials+equipment=(14,500+7,500+18,000+40,000)=$80,000

replacing;

Accounting profits=(86,000-80,000)=$6,000

Accounting profits=$6,000

b). Gomez's economic profit

Economic profit=Total revenue-total costs

where;

Total revenue=(86,000+5,000+6,000)=97,000

Total costs includes opportunity cost=(80,000+23,000)=103,000

replacing;

Economic profit=(97,000-103,000)=-$6,000

Economic profit=-$6,000