Consider the milestones that must be achieved
to reduce the cost of the health insurance being provided. Provide
a timeline that is realistic.
Consider the following case: Plumeria Inc. is a local employer of more than 5,000 employees that manufactures metal parts for automobiles. It provides health insurance for its employees and their families. Over the last five years, the premium costs of the insurance have been rising at an average rate of 30 percent annually. Next year, the premium is expected to rise another 28 percent. Health benefits now account for more than 30 percent of the cost structure. The operating margin for the company is 3 percent per year. Revenue growth during the same period has been 8 percent per year. Health costs have grown faster than revenue growth. The company's chief financial officer has advised that next year's budget will show a 1 percent margin, and if the cost structure does not improve, the company will operate at a loss in two years. Leadership has identified that, along with a general cost-cutting strategy, a targeted reduction in healthcare costs is critical to ensure sustainability and profitability. You are the company's chief human resources officer.
In: Operations Management
Flint Inc. reports accounting income of $106,200 for 2020, its
first year of operations. The following items cause taxable income
to be different than income reported on the financial
statements.
| 1. | Capital cost allowance (on the tax return) is greater than depreciation on the income statement by $16,800. | |
| 2. | Rent revenue reported on the tax return is $30,400 higher than rent revenue reported on the income statement. | |
| 3. | Non-deductible fines appear as an expense of $24,900 on the income statement. | |
| 4. | Flint’s tax rate is 30% for all years and the company expects to report taxable income in all future years. |
Assume that the company follows the taxes payable method of
accounting for income taxes under ASPE. During the year, Flint Inc.
made tax instalment payments of $46,910.
QUESTIONS:
A) Calculate the taxable income and income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2020.
B) Prepare the journal entry to record income taxes at December 31, 2020.
C) Prepare the income statement for 2020, beginning with the line “Income before income tax.”
D) Provide the balance sheet presentation for any resulting income tax accounts at December 31, 2020.
In: Accounting
Case 6-29 Variable and Absorption Costing Unit Product Costs and Income Statements [LO6-1, LO6-2]
[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
O’Brien Company manufactures and sells one product. The following information pertains to each of the company’s first three years of operations:
| Variable costs per unit: | ||
| Manufacturing: | ||
| Direct materials | $ | 27 |
| Direct labor | $ | 15 |
| Variable manufacturing overhead | $ | 4 |
| Variable selling and administrative | $ | 3 |
| Fixed costs per year: | ||
| Fixed manufacturing overhead | $ | 580,000 |
| Fixed selling and administrative expenses | $ | 110,000 |
During its first year of operations, O’Brien produced 91,000 units and sold 79,000 units. During its second year of operations, it produced 84,000 units and sold 91,000 units. In its third year, O’Brien produced 83,000 units and sold 78,000 units. The selling price of the company’s product is $78 per unit.
Case 6-29 Part-1
Required:
1. Assume the company uses variable costing and a FIFO inventory flow assumption (FIFO means first-in first-out. In other words, it assumes that the oldest units in inventory are sold first):
a. Compute the unit product cost for Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3.
b. Prepare an income statement for Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3.
In: Accounting
Consider the following information. Which of the following is correct? Check all that apply.
Date: October 8, 2020. Name: Apple Computer. Symbol: AAPL. Close: 116, up $1. Day high: 117. Day low: 115. Volume: 133 million shares. 10-day average volume: 139.5 million shares. Market capitalization: $2 trillion. Dividend: 2.5%. PE: 35. Beta 1.3. YTD % change: 55%.
Check All That Apply
Annual dividends total $2.50.
Annual dividends total $2.50.Earnings per share in the last four quarters was $3.31.
Earnings per share in the last four quarters was $3.31.The dollar volume of shares traded October 8 was $15,428,000.
The dollar volume of shares traded October 8 was $15,428,000.The stock price at the beginning of the year was $74.84. The stock price at the beginning of the year was $74.84.
The stock is more volatile than the general market.
In: Finance
MULTIPLE CHOICE Question 7
All of the following are typically characteristics of an exchange-traded fund EXCEPT:
| Active asset management |
| Have low or no minimum investment amount |
| Are traded on securities exchanges or over-the-counter markets |
| Appeal to investors because of their relatively low costs |
| Typically designed to reflect market indexes |
Question 8
What is the name of the type of mutual fund that invests in certificates of deposit, government securities, and other very safe and liquid assets? This type of mutual fund is low risk and low return.
| Small cap |
| Balanced |
| Municipal |
| Money market |
| Index |
Question 9
Shares of mutual funds come in different classes, depending on how and when sales charges are incurred. Which of the following share classes tends to impose the highest front-load, that is, commission charged when the shares are purchase?
| Class A |
| Class B |
| Class C |
| Class D |
| Class E |
In: Economics
For the following questions the price of an S&P 500 Index Futures contract equals 250 ∙ Current S&P 500 Index Value. The margin requirement on each contract is $20,000.
Please answer the following questions:
|
Last Traded S&P 500 Index Value |
Date |
|
Month/Year |
Last Price |
In: Finance
Organization: Freestanding ER Services
Title: ER Operations Manager
Outline:
Description of each Section
Purpose: Identify the purpose of the analysis in this section. What questions do you hope to answer?
Importance: State and explain the importance of this analysis to the department/organization. How will the findings be used?
Variables: List all variables, explain how they will be measured, and how they will be collected.
Sample Size: State your sample size and when data is collected.
Hypothesis: What are your null and alternate hypothesis?
Methodology: State the statistical method used in this section.
Findings: Copy and Paste all relevant output from Excel into this section. State your major findings from the included tables/charts.
Interpretaions/Implications: Discuss what the department/organization needs to do based on the findings.
| ID | Insurance | Location | Wait Time | Age | GHSS | Cost |
| 126 | Uninsured | Moore | 60 | 11 | 12 | $12,000 |
| 107 | Uninsured | Moore | 25 | 13 | 99 | $7,800 |
| 110 | Uninsured | Moore | 45 | 16 | 13 | $478 |
| 141 | Uninsured | West | 34 | 31 | 1 | $135 |
| 160 | Insurance | Moore | 2 | 47 | 14 | $1,200 |
| 128 | Uninsured | Moore | 22 | 47 | 16 | $4,600 |
| 166 | Insurance | Moore | 12 | 49 | 77 | $4,400 |
| 121 | Insurance | Moore | 25 | 52 | 15 | $4,500 |
| 120 | Insurance | West | 15 | 56 | 67 | $4,450 |
| 124 | Insurance | Moore | 22 | 57 | 61 | $1,200 |
| 132 | Insurance | Moore | 54 | 59 | 16 | $1,200 |
| 130 | Insurance | Moore | 55 | 60 | 25 | $1,200 |
| 108 | Uninsured | Moore | 10 | 60 | 26 | $1,365 |
| 161 | Insurance | Moore | 56 | 62 | 27 | $1,200 |
| 115 | Government | Moore | 15 | 63 | 66 | $13,000 |
| 163 | Insurance | Moore | 61 | 66 | 34 | $1,400 |
| 158 | Uninsured | Moore | 56 | 71 | 45 | $1,300 |
| 138 | Uninsured | Moore | 15 | 74 | 79 | $4,900 |
| 113 | Government | Moore | 25 | 78 | 56 | $13,000 |
| 139 | Uninsured | West | 13 | 78 | 77 | $4,850 |
| 180 | Government | Moore | 33 | 79 | 86 | $12,000 |
| 182 | Government | Moore | 34 | 80 | 57 | $900 |
| 176 | Government | Moore | 55 | 85 | 79 | $1,245 |
| 177 | Government | Moore | 60 | 87 | 49 | $678 |
| 178 | Government | Moore | 45 | 89 | 73 | $450 |
| 133 | Uninsured | West | 45 | 89 | 93 | $9,850 |
| 149 | Uninsured | Moore | 14 | 90 | 88 | $4,500 |
| 193 | Government | Moore | 34 | 90 | 99 | $8,700 |
| 114 | Government | Moore | 44 | 91 | 90 | $5,000 |
| 102 | Government | Pelican | 20 | 5 | 1 | $680 |
| 165 | Uninsured | Pelican | 11 | 5 | 2 | $899 |
| 109 | Uninsured | Pelican | 89 | 6 | 77 | $12,000 |
| 152 | Insurance | Pelican | 15 | 6 | 77 | $14,000 |
| 140 | Insurance | Pelican | 20 | 7 | 11 | $9,000 |
| 192 | Government | West | 20 | 7 | 13 | $450 |
| 174 | Government | Pelican | 20 | 7 | 15 | $6,785 |
| 155 | Insurance | Pelican | 20 | 7 | 24 | $850 |
| 112 | Government | West | 22 | 8 | 26 | $450 |
| 169 | Insurance | Pelican | 20 | 8 | 36 | $960 |
| 137 | Insurance | Pelican | 25 | 9 | 1 | $6,000 |
| 194 | Government | West | 22 | 9 | 11 | $450 |
| 156 | Insurance | West | 25 | 10 | 13 | $11,000 |
| 197 | Government | Pelican | 23 | 12 | 18 | $195 |
| 143 | Insurance | Pelican | 26 | 14 | 66 | $650 |
| 164 | Uninsured | West | 22 | 14 | 89 | $4,500 |
| 170 | Government | West | 24 | 15 | 99 | $4,630 |
| 135 | Insurance | Pelican | 31 | 16 | 14 | $9,000 |
| 119 | Insurance | Pelican | 34 | 17 | 16 | $1,200 |
| 196 | Government | Pelican | 24 | 18 | 19 | $1,645 |
| 150 | Uninsured | Pelican | 23 | 18 | 25 | $879 |
| 134 | Insurance | Pelican | 36 | 19 | 22 | $950 |
| 185 | Government | Pelican | 26 | 19 | 26 | $1,200 |
| 145 | Government | West | 28 | 19 | 88 | $13,000 |
| 179 | Government | West | 28 | 22 | 1 | $456 |
| 157 | Insurance | West | 36 | 22 | 44 | $980 |
| 181 | Government | Pelican | 29 | 24 | 13 | $7,100 |
| 144 | Insurance | Pelican | 44 | 24 | 36 | $1,300 |
| 100 | Uninsured | Pelican | 45 | 27 | 26 | $1,500 |
| 159 | Insurance | Pelican | 44 | 27 | 48 | $15,000 |
| 131 | Insurance | Pelican | 45 | 30 | 79 | $1,500 |
| 125 | Uninsured | Pelican | 56 | 30 | 99 | $12,000 |
| 186 | Government | West | 36 | 34 | 13 | $156 |
| 136 | Insurance | Pelican | 45 | 34 | 99 | $4,500 |
| 116 | Government | West | 36 | 36 | 16 | $4,900 |
| 148 | Insurance | West | 48 | 36 | 89 | $14,800 |
| 106 | Insurance | West | 55 | 38 | 36 | $1,356 |
| 129 | Insurance | Pelican | 55 | 43 | 46 | $4,500 |
| 190 | Government | Pelican | 36 | 44 | 16 | $1,200 |
| 123 | Insurance | Pelican | 56 | 44 | 36 | $1,630 |
| 142 | Uninsured | Pelican | 61 | 45 | 49 | $4,680 |
| 117 | Government | Pelican | 39 | 46 | 36 | $4,950 |
| 104 | Government | Pelican | 43 | 47 | 12 | $4,977 |
| 154 | Government | Pelican | 44 | 48 | 24 | $1,200 |
| 103 | Government | West | 46 | 50 | 56 | $5,500 |
| 184 | Government | Pelican | 24 | 51 | 57 | $5,500 |
| 189 | Government | Pelican | 46 | 55 | 23 | $1,300 |
| 122 | Government | West | 49 | 56 | 66 | $1,230 |
| 153 | Government | West | 15 | 56 | 99 | $5,600 |
| 191 | Government | West | 15 | 57 | 68 | $1,340 |
| 183 | Uninsured | Pelican | 9 | 58 | 63 | $1,345 |
| 101 | Government | Pelican | 18 | 59 | 89 | $8,800 |
| 151 | Insurance | Pelican | 14 | 64 | 89 | $5,600 |
| 173 | Government | Pelican | 13 | 66 | 23 | $2,300 |
| 172 | Government | Pelican | 55 | 67 | 69 | $678 |
| 146 | Government | Pelican | 14 | 67 | 88 | $6,600 |
| 175 | Government | Pelican | 24 | 74 | 37 | $1,300 |
| 105 | Government | Pelican | 15 | 74 | 88 | $8,890 |
| 188 | Government | Pelican | 4 | 76 | 36 | $134 |
| 187 | Government | Pelican | 3 | 78 | 69 | $7,400 |
| 162 | Insurance | Pelican | 14 | 88 | 90 | $2,000 |
| 147 | Government | Pelican | 13 | 88 | 99 | $9,450 |
| 168 | Government | Pelican | 13 | 91 | 73 | $8,700 |
| 118 | Insurance | Pelican | 13 | 91 | 94 | $10,000 |
| 167 | Insurance | Pelican | 13 | 93 | 93 | $8,999 |
| 127 | Insurance | Pelican | 14 | 94 | 74 | $550 |
| 171 | Government | Pelican | 14 | 98 | 74 | $15,000 |
| 111 | Insurance | Pelican | 12 | 99 | 73 | $900 |
| 197 | Uninsured | West | 55 | 80 | 59 | $780 |
| 197 | Government | West | 21 | 19 | 26 | $1,450 |
| 197 | Uninsured | West | 14 | 29 | 88 | $8,900 |
| 197 | Government | West | 19 | 36 | 44 | $1,200 |
| 197 | Uninsured | West | 15 | 36 | 55 | $1,300 |
| 197 | Government | West | 17 | 43 | 99 | $900 |
| 197 | Uninsured | West | 16 | 44 | 46 | $4,400 |
| 197 | Government | West | 35 | 45 | 78 | $7,780 |
| 197 | Uninsured | Pelican | 19 | 45 | 86 | $4,465 |
| 197 | Uninsured | West | 60 | 47 | 23 | $1,200 |
| 197 | Government | Pelican | 47 | 48 | 22 | $1,430 |
| 197 | Government | Pelican | 14 | 55 | 88 | $12,800 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 10 | 65 | 10 | $1,200 |
| 197 | Government | West | 46 | 67 | 67 | $650 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 21 | 69 | 79 | $4,458 |
| 197 | Insured | West | 22 | 70 | 15 | $1,200 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 27 | 73 | 66 | $4,600 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 28 | 74 | 78 | $7,748 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 36 | 76 | 19 | $1,200 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 25 | 77 | 48 | $1,400 |
| 197 | Government | Pelican | 13 | 77 | 79 | $12,000 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 44 | 78 | 79 | $9,900 |
| 197 | Government | Pelican | 25 | 78 | 99 | $1,800 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 76 | 81 | 89 | $4,500 |
| 197 | Insured | Pelican | 38 | 82 | 79 | $5,000 |
| 197 | Government | Pelican | 19 | 89 | 44 | $3,000 |
| 197 | Government | Moore | 55 | 89 | 96 | $5,750 |
| 197 | Insured | Moore | 37 | 89 | 99 | $12,000 |
| 197 | Government | Moore | 56 | 90 | 79 | $10,000 |
| 197 | Insured | Moore | 44 | 94 | 86 | $55 |
| 51.18898 | 53.24409 | 4486.15 |
In: Statistics and Probability
Data are drawn from a relatively symmetric and bell shaped distribution with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 3.
a.) what percentage of the observations fall between 27 and 33?
b.) what percentage of the observations fall between 24 and 36?
c.) what percentage of the observations are less than 24?
In: Economics
Henry Baer, below, with his mother, Violet Cunningham. Baer, 39, died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection after his bloodline had become disconnected during a dialysis treatment. (Photo courtesy of Karen Gable) Henry Baer went in for his third dialysis treatment on New Year's Eve day in 2005. It turned out to be his last. He was only 39, but years of diabetes and high blood pressure had caused Baer's kidneys to shut down. Built-up waste and fluid were causing his limbs to swell and making him short of breath. He was sent for what's called in-center hemodialysis, the most common type of dialysis, at a beige-toned clinic near his home in Prescott Valley, Ariz. His first two sessions were pretty normal. A patient-care technician hooked Baer to a machine the size of a filing cabinet, connecting it with plastic tubing to the catheter in his chest. He sat in a lounge chair, still as stone, for about four hours as the machine, whirring gently, moved his blood through a specialized filter, then returned it, cleansed of toxins. It was uncomfortable and boring. "Sis, this isn't for me," he told his older sister, Karen Gable, vowing to make himself a viable candidate for a kidney transplant. Just over two hours into his next session, Baer's incoming bloodline "became disconnected," a federal inspection report says. The attending technician panicked, "yelling and screaming hysterically." Blood sprayed onto Baer's shirt, pants, arms and hands. Then, "contrary to emergency standing orders," the report continued, she reconnected the line to Baer's catheter, infusing him with "potentially contaminated blood." By the time Mike Wright, Baer's boss at a local car dealership, picked Baer up after the treatment, he was complaining of nausea. Over the next two days, Baer spiked a fever. His wife found him in bed, having a convulsion. He was taken to the hospital, where tests later showed that his catheter had become infected with antibiotic-resistant staph. The infection moved swiftly to his heart and brain. He died a few days later, on Jan. 7, 2006, leaving behind a 2-month-old daughter.
Questions: 1. What is venous needle dislodgement (VND)?
2. What causes VND?
3. What are the consequences of VND?
4. What are the risk factors for VND?
5. How do you prevent VND?
In: Nursing
KPNG Consulting has five projects to consider. Each will require time in the next four quarters according to the table below
| Project | Time in 1st quarter | Time in 2nd quarter | Time in 3rd quarter | Time in 4th quarter | Revenue $k |
| A | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 240 |
| B | 4 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 120 |
| C | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 150 |
| D | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 60 |
| E | 12 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 250 |
Revenue from each project is also shown. Develop a model whose solution would maximize revenue, meet the time budget of: 28 in the 1st quarter, 20 in the 2nd quarter, 18 in the 3rd quarter and 16 in the 4th quarter; at least three projects; and not do both projects C and D. If project B is chosen, project D must be chosen.
In: Operations Management