Carol Beal is the export manager at Gudrun Sjoden USA, a licensed distributor for a Swedish designer. Carol has North America an
d all of Asia in her territory. She has just formed a joint venture to run retail branches in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul. Her plan is to ship directly from the Gudrun Sjoden warehouse in Stockholm. Her Asian partner has requested she ship to her DDP, but Carol would prefer to ship Ex Works. Carol knows that there are critical differences between the two terms of sale and is reviewing what decision to make. She wants to keep her U.S. expenses as low as possible, and she would be funding the shipping out of the United States. She also wants to continue to build a good, solid, trusting relationship with her joint venture partner. Which statement is true Carol ships goods Ex Works?
a. The buyer would cover shipping and insurance costs assume the risk the door.
b. The seller would cover all insurance costs while the buyer would cover the cost of shipping.
c. The goods be shipped from Stockholm at the seller's expense.
d. The seller would cover all shipping and insurance costs and assume the risk at the factory door.
e. The buyer would cover all insurance costs while the seller would cover the cost of shipping
a. The buyer would cover all shipping and insurance costs and assume the risk at the factory door.
Explanation:
According to the given situation the exworks means that the seller fulfill his duty for delivering the goods when the goods are available at his place i.e. works, factory or warehouse to the buyer. Also the buyer would responisble to bear all the cost and the risk involved while taking the goods from the seller place to the final destination
The only data irrelevant is the first production cost. <u>The $4,400 is not relevant because it is a sunk cost. It will remain constant in both choices.</u> The other costs and income are relevant because they vary on each decision. The $4,400 should not be a part of the decision making process.
The appropriate section in the statement of cash flows for reporting the purchase of equipment for cash is referred to as the investing activities.
The operating activities has to do with the reporting of cash payment for wages. The financing activities has to do with reporting issuance cash for the common stock.