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3 years ago

The ABC Company has recognized the following demand for the next four quarters:

Business

1 answer:

ioda3 years ago

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Answer: Subcontracting production

Explanation:

It is cheaper for ABC Company to subcontract the jobs than to hire and fire workers as needed. Even though the cost is similar when it comes to hiring permanent workers and training them vs subcontracting them, when the company needs to produce less goods, the cost of firing the permanent employees is simply too much.

For instance, 1,000 units out of the 4,000 units in the second quarter cannot be covered by the 30 workers they have. They will need to hire 10 additional workers and training them would cost $30,000. That is the same cost they would incur if they subcontracted (30 * 1,000 units = $30,000).

What happens in quarter 4 however, when they have to let go of 10 employees because production dropped by 1,000 units? They will have to pay $50,000. If they were subcontracting, they would not have to pay a dime. It is therefore better to subcontract.

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

Facility-level costs are being the type of activity based cost activities and it simply sustains a facility’s general manufacturing process. We can say some samples about this type of costs:

1) The costs about depreciation or rent of a factory building

2) The costs about salary of a plant manager

3) The costs about insurance, taxes, etc.

4) The costs about training

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The management of Unter Corporation, an architectural design firm, is considering an investment with the following cash flows:

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Answer:

6.50 Years

Explanation:

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= $20,500

Cash inflow in Year 7 is $5,000.

But Cumulative Cash flows from Year 1 to Year 7 is

= $20,500 + $5,000

= $26,500

This amount is more than Initial Investment i.e. $23,000.

So our Payback period is between 6 & 7 years i.e.

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3 years ago

Determine the adjusted basis of each of the following assets:

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Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

75% 25% 100%

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Initial Basis $22,500 $7,500 $30,000

Less: Depreciation -$4,209 0 -$4,209

Adjusted Basis $18,291 $7,500 $25,791

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Original Cost $250,000 $80,000

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Explanation:

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During a company's first year, the asset account, Office Supplies, was debited for $2,600 for the purchases of supplies. At year

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Answer:

Supplies Expense 1625 Dr

Supplies Account 1625 Cr

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