Task 1 i. After knee surgery‚ your trainer tells you to return to your jogging program slowly. He suggests jogging for 12 minute each day for the first week. Each week thereafter‚ he suggests that you increase that time by 6 minutes per day. How many weeks will it be before you are up to jogging 60 minutes per day? Solution: (12‚ 18‚ 24‚ 30…… 60) T1 = 12‚ T2 = 18‚ T3=24‚ T4 = 30‚ Tn = 60 T2 – T1 = T3 – T2 18 – 12 = 24 – 18 6 = 6 This above is arithemetic sequence. Common
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Sum of the Years’ Digits Method of Depreciation Sum of the years’ digits method of depreciation is one of the accelerated depreciation techniques which are based on the assumption that assets are generally more productive when they are new and their productivity decreases as they become old. The formula to calculate depreciation under SYD method is: SYD Depreciation = Depreciable Base × Remaining Useful Life Sum of the Years’ Digits In the above formula‚ depreciable base is the difference between
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Capital Budgeting for the Levered Firm 17.1 Honda and GM are competing to sell a fleet of 25 cars to Hertz. Hertz fully depreciates all of its rental cars over five years using the straight-line method. The firm expects the fleet of 25 cars to generate $100‚000 per year in earnings before taxes and depreciation for five years. Hertz is an all-equity firm in the 34-percent tax bracket. The required return on the firm’s unlevered equity is 10 percent‚ and the new fleet will not add to the risk
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ACCT332 Quiz 1 Last Name___________________ First Name ________________ Section#____________________ 1. Diversified Industries sells electronic products in reusable containers. Customers pay a deposit for each container. The deposit is equal to the container’s cost. Customers receive a refund when the container is returned. During 2012‚ deposits collected on containers shipped were $350‚000. Deposits are forfeited if containers are not returned in 18 months. During 2012‚ $250‚000 was refunded
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Current Value Accounting and Its Influences on Accounting Environment Wei Cui Abstract Current Value Accounting is one of the hot spots of accounting researches. Three prevailing current value accounting methods are present value method‚ current entry price method and current exit price method. All these methods aim at adjusting the book value of assets and liabilities so that the information will not be distorted by the changing prices
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Question 1 For each of the following independent situations‚ compute net accounts receivable. a. Accounts Receivable has a balance of $14‚000. The Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts has a credit balance prior to adjustment of $300. An aging schedule prepared on December 31 reveals $1‚100 of uncollectible accounts. b. Accounts Receivable has a balance of $25‚700. The Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts has a debit balance prior to adjustment of $400. An aging schedule
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efficiency in every organization. The purpose of this article – after analyzing the existing literature in the field – is to emphasize that new cost systems such as ABC and ABM could be a strong couple that assures competitiveness and efficiency for each company. Another objective is to present that‚ besides its disadvantages‚ firms implement the ABC/ABM system because it permits better tracing of costs to objects‚ superior allocation of overheads to cost objects‚ financial and non-financial analysis
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Depreciation Essay A method of accelerated depreciation‚ in which double the straight-line depreciation amount is taken the first year and then that same percentage‚ is applied to the un-depreciated amount in subsequent years is called double-declining-balance-method. Depreciation methods that provide a higher depreciation charge in the first year of an asset’s life and gradually decreasing charges in subsequent years are called “accelerated depreciation methods”. This may be
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INTRODUCTION Depreciation expense is an accounting and financial reporting practice‚ used primarily by businesses that pay tax on income. On the income statement‚ this expense appears as a charge against income‚ that is‚ it is subtracted from sales revenues to produce a lower reported income. Over the years and at different periods in time‚ depreciation has meant different things to different people. According to International Accounting Standard (IAS) depreciation is the allocation of the depreciable
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acquired more assets the next year to increase its production capacity. These are the assets which were acquired during 2011: Asset Cost Date Place in Service Computers&Info. System $40‚000 03/31/2011 Luxury Auto** $80‚000 05/26/2011 Assembly Equipment $475‚000 08/15/2011 Storage Building $400‚000 11/13/2011 **Used 100% for business purposes. TM did extremely well during 2011 by generating a taxable income before any §179 expense of $732‚500. Required a. Compute 2010 depreciation deductions including §179
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