Answer:
The answer is d. payment to hire a security worker to guard the gate to the factory around the clock.
Explanation:
Let re-visit to the concept of Fixed cost before applying to the questions.
Fixed costs are costs which are unchanged given changes in production level.
a. payment to a electric utility is not fixed cost because higher level of production required higher electricity consumption which leads to higher cost of electricity.
b. cost of raw material is not fixed cost because the higher the production level, the higher the raw material required for production.
c. wages to hire assembly line workers is not fixed cost because the higher the production level, the more workers required and the higher the wages will be.
d. payment to hire a security worker to guard the gate to the factory around the clock is fixed cost because regardless of the production level, the security worker will work for the same amount of time and receive the same level of payment as his workload is much likely to remain the same.
So, d is the correct choice.
Answer:
the present value of the annuity = $4,523,638
Explanation:
this is an ordinary annuity:
annual payment = $9,420,713 / 20 = $471,035.65
number of periods = 19 periods
interest rate = 8%
therefore, the present value annuity factor = 9.6036
the present value of the annuity = $471,035.65 x 9.6036 = $4,523,637.97 ≈ $4,523,638
Answer:
Please see explanation.
Explanation:
Once the factory overhead rate is determined using the estimated amount of factory overhead and estimated base, it is used to charge overhead cost to the jobs, products or work performed.
Since, not all overhead costs are known at the time of making the product, (such as electricity bill is received after the month end) therefore, the estimated rate is used to apply the overhead cost to the job or product using actual activity level. This is called absorption or application of overheads to the products / jobs.
Due to this, at each period end, the management calculates and compares the actual overhead cost with the applied overhead cost and determine the over or under applied overheads.
Answer:
Increase by $200,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Spice Inc.'s unit selling price is $60, the unit variable costs are $35, fixed costs are $125,000, and current sales are 10,000 units. How much will operating income change if sales increase by 8,000 units?
Effect on income= (60 - 35)*8,000= $200,000
