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Use this Excel spreadsheet (click me) to answer question 6-8.  The equipment for this project uses the 5-year MACRS depreciation schedule, highlighted in bold; when the project concludes after 6 years, the equipment will expire worthless. What is the cash flow in year 1?

A finance manager is trying to determine the NPV of a potential project; today’s date is June 1st, 2024.  Which of the following cash flows should be included in the NPV analysis? Cost of acquiring land on July 31st, 2018 for $1.5 million Existing offer in hand to sell the land for $3 million after-tax on September 1st, 2024, if the firm declines to pursue the project Cost to build factory, slated to begin January 1st, 2025, for $15 million EBIT of $4 million annually projected for years 2026-2035 Tax payments owed on EBIT for years 2026-2035 Salvage value of factory and equipment in 2035, estimated to be $750,000 after-tax

3.  Spatial assimilation

Poorly trained workers could have an unfavorable effect on which of the following variances?   Labor Rate Variance Materials Quantity Variance A) Yes Yes B) Yes No C) No Yes D) No No

Tara Corporation produces a product for national distribution. Standards for the product are: Materials: 12 ounces per unit at 60¢ per ounce. Labor: 2 hours per unit at $8 per hour.   During the month of December, Tara produced 1,000 units.  Information for the month follows: Materials: 14,000 ounces purchased and used at a total cost of $7,700. Labor: 2,500 hours worked at a total cost of $20,625.   The materials price variance is:

Container Corporation is a shipping container refurbishment company that measures its output by the number of containers refurbished. The company has provided the following fixed and variable cost estimates that it uses for budgeting purposes.   Fixed Element per Month Variable Element per Container Refurbished Revenue   $4,600 Employee salaries and wages $42,700 $1,100 Refurbishing materials   $ 600 Other expenses $29,100   When Container prepared its planning budget at the beginning of June, it assumed that 26 containers would have been refurbished.The amount shown for revenue in the planning budget for June would have been closest to:

EastWest House Corporation makes and sells electric fans. Each fan regularly sells for $31. The following cost data per fan is based on a full capacity of 153,000 fans produced each period. Direct materials $ 8 Direct labor $ 6 Manufacturing overhead (60% variable and 40% unavoidable fixed) $ 10 A special order has been received by EastWest for a sale of 20,000 fans to an overseas customer. The only selling costs that would be incurred on this order would be $6 per fan for shipping. EastWest is now selling 133,000 fans through regular channels each period. What should EastWest use as a minimum selling price per fan in negotiating a price for this special order?

The amount of direct material that should have been used to complete the company’s actual output is the ________________.

Swim-On-In is a seafood restaurant located on the beach. Flexible budget wages and salaries for the month were  $10,400. Actual wages and salaries were $10,130.  During the month 1,800 meals were planned, but only 1,700 meals were actually served. The spending variance for wages and salaries would be closest to:

Automotive Manufacturing is presently making part Z43 that is used in one of its products. A total of 5,000 units of this part are produced and used every year. Automotive’s Accounting Department reports the following costs of producing the part at this level of activity:   Per Unit Direct materials $ 1.10 Direct labor $ 3.10 Variable overhead $ 6.90 Supervisor’s salary $ 5.80 Depreciation of special equipment $ 5.20 Allocated general overhead $ 5.60 An outside supplier has offered to produce and sell the part to Automotive for $20.80 each. If this offer is accepted, the supervisor’s salary and all of the variable costs, including direct labor, can be avoided. The special equipment used to make the part was purchased many years ago and has no salvage value or other use. The allocated general overhead represents fixed costs of the entire company. If the outside supplier’s offer were accepted, only $4,000 of these allocated general overhead costs would be avoided.If management decides to buy part Z43 from the outside supplier rather than to continue making the part, what would be the annual financial advantage (disadvantage)?