how to calculate the overhead cost applied to a job in accounting

How does the cost of money affect the value of an asset?

Equipment was acquired at the beginning of the year at a cost of $562,500. The equipment was depreciated using the straight-line method based on an estimated useful life of 9 years and an estimated residual value of $40,600. a. What was the depreciation for the first year? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

b. Using the rounded amount from Part a in your computation, determine the gain(loss) on the sale of the equipment, assuming it was sold at the end of year eight for $92,889. Round your answer to the nearest cent and enter as a positive amount.

c. Journalize the entry to record the sale. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. Round your answers to the nearest cent.

The mean cost of a meal for two in a midrange restaurant in City A is $48. How do prices for comparable meals in Hong Kong compare? The file HongKongMeals contains the costs for a sample of 42 recent meals for two in Hong Kong midrange restaurants.

(a)

With 95% confidence, what is the margin of error for the estimated mean cost in dollars for a mid-range meal for two in Hong Kong? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.)

$

(b)

What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean cost in dollars for a mid-range meal for two in Hong Kong? (Round your answers to the nearest cent.)

$  to $

Why is prevention the least expensive form of quality cost?

Below is a partial list of cost associated with Company X                                                                           

Required:                                                                                                      

Categorize each Cost as either: Direct material, Direct labor, Manufacturing overhead, or period cost.

Prepare a schedule for each cost category.                                                                                                                                                                               

Cost

1.            Identifiable material used to Manufacture a product .   1,000,000

2.            Unidentifiable material used in the manufacture of product                                                                                     500,000

3.            labor used to assemble a product                                                                                                                                     750,000

4.            labor used to clean the floor in a manufacturing plant                                                                                                50,000

5.            Labor to move product from point A to point B                                                                                                            45,000

6.            Insurance on the production equipment                                                                                                                          20,000

7.            Depreciation on the production equipment                                                                                                                    100,000

8.            Security personnel for the production facility                                                                                                                30,000

9.            Chief executive salary                                                                                                                                                           150,000

10.         Salary of the secretary to the production manager                                                                                                      30,000

Which of the following statements is (are) correct? (x) If the cost of an investment is $20,000 and the annual sales from the investment is 12.5 percent of the cost, then the payback period is 8.0 years.
(y) It is always possible to determine a payback period when the cash inflows from the project are uneven as long as the cash inflows exceed the cost of the project.
(z) If the discounted payback period for a given project is longer than the payback benchmark then the firm will not pursue the project even though it may have a NPV greater than zero.
A. (x), (y) and (z)
B. (x) and (y) only
C. (x) and (z) only
D. (y) and (z) only
E. (z) only

You are considering the purchase of an investment that would pay you $2,450 per year for Years 1, 2 and 3, $2,225 per year for Years 4, 5, 6 and 7, and $1,850 per year for Years 8, 9 and 10. If you require a 11.25% rate of return, and the cash flows occur at the end of each year, then how much should you be willing to pay for this investment?
A. more than $14,550
B. between $14,100 and $14,550
C. between $13,650 and $14,100
D. between $13,200 and $13,650
E. between $12,750 and $13,200

As a student of finance, you predict that the net present value (NPV) of a proposed new $12.5 million warehouse is $1 million. You determined that the firm’s cost of capital is 8.75%. How should these findings be interpreted?
A. More information such as the payback period should be evaluated since the reliance on only one capital budgeting technique should be discouraged.
B. Although NPV is positive, its value is too low for such a large expenditure and as a result, the project should be rejected.
C. The project should be rejected because the NPV is less than the 8.75% of the cost of the warehouse.
D. The project does not meet the acceptance criteria of the NPV method and should be rejected.
E. The project should be accepted because it will add value to the firm.

Define Activity Based Cost and its impact on profitbility.

Please explain Cost of Capital and what is the formula to calculate.

What is Cost-Benefit Analysis? Why is it hard to do?