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Monster Inc., the maker of personal computer games has been contacted by Hot Stuff Inc., which has developed a new technology for personal computer gamers which provides a new challenge for gamers. The new technology consists of a seat pad for the gamer’s chair which is connected to a control unit which is connected to the personal computer. When the gamer makes an error while playing Daytona 500 he/she receives a “mild” electric shock through the seat pad. The new technology, which has received extremely positive reviews from a panel of gamers, consists of the Daytona 500 game CD, the seat pad, the control unit and cables. In tests, by Monster Inc., the new technology has performed flawlessly, is considered safe and Monster Inc. is considering licensing Hot Stuff’s new gamer technology. The following cost information pertains to the new technology:

Hot Stuff Daytona 500 Software License .................... $200,000

New Equipment To Produce Seat Pads........................ $50,000

Advertising and promotion .......................................... $150,000

Material & Royalties “Daytona 500” Game (per 100 CDs) . $500

Material & Labor For Seat Pad (per 10 pads) .................... $150

Control Unit And Cables (per unit) .........................................$5

Market research estimates that the market for the new Daytona 500 game and “Hot Stuff” is 1,000,000 units at a retail price of $75, which includes the game CD, seat pad, control unit and cables.   

Monster Inc. traditionally sells through major retailers like CompUSA. The retailer’s traditional margin is 20%.

** PLEASE WRITE FORMULAS USED

a. How much revenue does Monster Inc. receive for each unit sold?


b. What is Monster Inc.’s contribution margin per unit?


c. What is the break-even volume in units?_____________________________


d. How many units did Monster sell if Total Sales Revenue = $1,000,000?   


e. What is the profit if Monster’s Total Sales Revenue = $1,000,000?

1          A renewable energy electricity supply technology has the following characteristics:

1. If the owner can sell the electricity at 30 c/kWh,
2. 1. calculate the lifecycle cost of the technology over an assessment period of 25 years at a real discount rate of 5%                                
   2. Calculate the average unit cost of the power in present value terms (in cents/kWh) supplied by the technology over its lifetime at this real discount rate.
3. 1. What is the Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE) (in cents/kWh) for this case, with a salvage value of zero, and calculated using method 1 (that is, finding the constant price to charge for the electricity that gives a zero NPV at a real discount rate of 5% over 25 years)?
   2. Calculate this LCOE (add annualised capital cost to the annual operating cost, and divide by annual electricity supplied), and show that this gives the same value as method 1. Give values for the annualised capital cost and annual operating cost in your answer. (The annualised capital cost formula is the inverse of the Uniform Series Present Worth Factor formula.)

4. Using the figures in the table above as a baseline, work out an expression for Present Worth with real discount rate, assessment period, salvage value, and electricity price as independent variables. Then changing just one variable at a time (other things being kept equal) plot graphs of Present Worth versus each of these variables. Use a range of assessment periods up to the lifetime of the technology. Explore the effects of both positive and negative salvage values.

Note: to simplify the calculation of present worth, for assessment periods less than the lifetime, neglect the residual value of the technology, and assume salvage values are only incurred at the end of the lifetime of the technology.

I would appreciate if you can solve any part of this question.

CK investments (Pty) is a local hand sanitizing production company. The company was
incorporated in 2010.
The company was started by Charles Mujende who is the 100% shareholder. CK is run by the
owner’s brother in law, Lazareth Shilongo CA(NAM), the CEO of the company. Charles started
the company using his pension fund of N$ 200 000.00.
The start-up funds were used to build the production centre in Tsumeb where the sanitisers are
produced. The ingredients used to make the sanitiser include water from a nearby lake, alcohol
and fragrance. CK investments is known to make sanitizers that leave your skin clean, smelling
good and moisturized, they have patented their recipe and production processes. The sanitiser
is packaged in plastic bottles. It is company policy that all spoilage from production be dumped
in the lake to minimise waste management costs.

You are a charted accountant and you went to university with Lazareth, the two of you have
remained good friends since your time at university. Lazareth has asked you to assist the
company with accounting, finance and internal audit functions of the company as they do not
currently have a CFO or CAE. You accepted the job because he has promised you a handsome
service fee that you will be paid in cash at the end of every month, off the books.
The company employs 500 men to produce, package and sell the sanitisers. All the salesmen
are paid on a commission basis only. The company has a list of commercial suppliers whom
they have a three-year sales agreement with. The CEO is output driven and is known to fire
salespersons who do not sell more than N$10 000.00 worth of sanitiser per month. The CEO
and all executives receive annual bonuses based on the profit before tax of the company.
In 2020, the demand for hand sanitisers increased exponentially due to the Corona virus. The
government has put out a tender to local companies to produce hand sanitizers. The tendering
process is highly competitive.
Fortunately, the audit committee chair, who is also the sales executive at CK, Sidney Haufiku is
good friends with the government official who is overseeing the tender process. Sidney has
invited the government official and his family to a nearby lodge for the weekend. All expenses
for this trip were covered by CK investments and expensed in terms S11a of the income tax act.
On the Saturday afternoon Sidney had a drink with the government official to discuss the
tender. Sidney proposed that he could service the tender at a cost of N$3m, half the market
value of sanitizers to save the government money if he could be guaranteed that the tender
would be awarded to CK Investments. The government official agreed that given countries
financial position, they would agree to the N$3m.
On 30 March the board had their first and last board meeting for the year. The audit committee
has not had a meeting and no other committees have been established as yet. At that meeting
Sidney briefed the board on his deal with the government official. Wilhelm Gariseb, is the
production executive and a member of the board, his department has been experiencing a
shortage of pharmaceutical alcohol in 2020. He proposed that to be able to produce at such low
costs, they could use less alcohol and more water to make the sanitizers. The board consisting of Lazareth Shilongo (chair of the board), Sidney Haufiku (audit comm chair) and Wilhelm Gariseb (member of the board), resolved to apply for the tender at a low cost using less alcohol At the same meeting, the board learned that they were required to hire an external auditor.
Lazareth suggested that you be appointed as the auditor as you are already familiar with the
business. The board members agreed, and you were appointed as the auditor.
On 29 May 2020, a newspaper article published that a local company CK Investments had been
selling the government ineffective sanitizer that was not strong enough to cleanse or sanitize
skin. The government has distributed this sanitizer to schools and hospitals. As a result, the
virus was able to easily spread as people would go about day to day activities under the
assumption that they had effectively sanitized their hands.
After a legal inquiry the company was found guilty of several legal violations. As a result, the
company was liquidated, and all 500 employees were left unemployed.

Question 5 (2)
The executive and government official agreed that the company would benefit from the
contract as they would have more income and the government would save costs from the 3m
dollar deal. Which method of ethical evaluation did they use and why?
Question 6 (2)
What kind of economic system is CK investments operating in? Please provide a reason for your
conclusion.

question 7

Assume that CK is the only seller of sanitizer in the country. What kind of competitive
environment do they operate in? Please draw the demand curves for this type of competition.
Question 8 (5)
Would you agree or disagree that CK investments is operating sustainably? Please provide
reasons for your answer.
Question 9 (10)
Identify any ethical concerns you may in terms of the CPC, based on the company description
above.
Question 10 (12)
Please raise any corporate governance concerns you noted in the description above based on
your knowledge of King 3/4. Please state the principle first and then apply it to the scenario
above.

The Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) became law in 2010. Before then, not everyone capable of paying for comprehensive health insurance chose to do so. With some exceptions, after the law took effect, almost everyone who could pay for comprehensive health insurance did so. There were more people with health insurance after the law than before the law. Assume that the value to US society of one more person having health insurance is greater than the value the individual herself or himself believes she or he receives. This is because as more people have health insurance, individuals with potentially contagious conditions obtain medical help that stops the spread of those diseases to others. With these facts, show by supply and demand curves how the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) might have increased social welfare.

The 2010 insurance premiums from both Geico and 21st Century for a male driver licensed for 6–8 years who drives a Honda Accord 12,600 to 15,000 miles per year and has no violations are given in the table below. The table also indicates the city of residence. City Geico ($) 21st Century ($) Difference ($) Long Beach 2780 2352 Pomona 2411 2462 San Bernardino 2261 2284 Moreno Valley 2263 2520
(a) Fill in the entires in the difference column in the above table. (b) Compute the mean of the differences. (c) Verify that the sample standard deviation of the differences is s ≈288.68. (d) Compute the standard error of the differences, using n =4. (e) Using a significance level of α =0.01, do these data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that there is a difference in the premiums between Geico and 21st Century?

President Obama in 2010 passed law as a part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act. This act allowed business (one of many things the law allowed) to claim depreciation expense at a much fast rate than had been previously allowed. Businesses could claim up to 50% of the new asset put into use during the year it was purchased. How did this act help in capital budgeting of new projects?

Although there was a financial crisis in 2007-2010, some firms were able to weather the crisis. These firms had all of the following characteristics which were directly responsible for their ability to survive the crisis EXCEPT:

MSG at the beginnig on 2010, enters into a 20 year non-cancellable lease for equipment having an estimated useful life of 20 years. MSG's incremental borrowing rate is 4%, the implicit rate of the lessor is unknown. MSG uses the straight-line method to depreciate its assets. Following provisions are at the below for company :
1. Rental payments of $220,000 payable at the beginning of each year.
2. A guarantee by MSG that FD COMPANY will realize $200,000 from selling the asset at the expiration of the lease. However, the actual residual value is expected to be $70,000.

a)What is the present value of the lease payments for measurement of the lease liability? (PV factor for annuity due of 20 annual payments at 4% annual rate, 14.13394; PV factor for payment at the 20 the period at 4%, 0.45639.)
b) What journal entries would MSG record during the first two years of the lease? (Include an amortization schedule including latest 1/1/2012)