Maria Bakery is considering a 3-year project with an initial cost of $93,000. The project will not directly produce any sales but will reduce operating costs by $31,000 a year. The equipment is classified as MACRS 7-year property. The MACRS table values are .1429, .2449, .1749, .1249, .0893, .0892, .0893, and .0446 for Years 1 to 8, respectively. At the end of the project, the equipment will be sold for an estimated $43,270. The tax rate is 34 percent and the required return is 10 percent. An extra $12,000 of inventory will be required for the life of the project. What is the total cash flow for Year 3?

2. Deb is the sole shareholder of Timeless Corporation, a calendar year C corporation. In the current year, Trash earned taxable income of $250,000 and distributed $175,000 to Deb. Kyle is the sole shareholder of Swanky Corporation, an S corporation. In the current year, Swanky earned taxable income of $250,000 and distributed $175,000 to Kyle. Assume both Kyle and Deb are in the highest regular tax bracket (use 37%). Contrast the tax treatment of Timeless Corporation and Deb with the tax treatment of Swanky Corporation and Kyle.

Budgets are developed months before the end of the current year and are best guess estimates of future performance. What do you think might be some pitfalls of budgeting, and how can they be avoided?

5. The price of a stock is $40. The price of a one-year European put option on the stock with a strike price of $30 is quoted as $7 and the price of a one-year European call option on the stock with a strike price of $50 is quoted as $5. Suppose that an investor buys 100 shares, shorts 100 call options, and buys 100 put options. a. Construct a payoff and profit/loss table b. Draw a diagram illustrating how the investor’s payoff and profit or loss at expiation.

DataSpan, Inc., automated its plant at the start of the current year and installed a flexible manufacturing system. The company is also evaluating its suppliers and moving toward Lean Production. Many adjustment problems have been encountered, including problems relating to performance measurement. After much study, the company has decided to use the performance measures below, and it has gathered data relating to these measures for the first four months of operations.

Management has asked for your help in computing throughput time, delivery cycle time, and MCE. The following average times have been logged over the last four months:

Required:

1-a. Compute the throughput time for each month.

1-b. Compute the delivery cycle time for each month.

1-c. Compute the manufacturing cycle efficiency (MCE) for each month.

2. Evaluate the company’s performance over the last four months.

3-a. Refer to the move time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume that in month 5 the move time, process time, and so forth, are the same as in month 4, except that through the use of Lean Production the company is able to completely eliminate the queue time during production. Compute the new throughput time and MCE.

3-b. Refer to the move time, process time, and so forth, given for month 4. Assume in month 6 that the move time, process time, and so forth, are again the same as in month 4, except that the company is able to completely eliminate both the queue time during production and the inspection time. Compute the new throughput time and MCE.

2. Ronald Zoller is planning to retire at the end of the current year. He estimates that he will need $18,000 a year for the next 15 years to meet his needs. Assuming the appropriate interest rate is $8%, how much should Zoller deposit on December 31 of the current year in order to be able to withdraw $18,000 at the end of each of the next 15 years.

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An 8 year bond with a par value of $1000 has a semiannual coupon of 7.1% and yield of 5%. What is the approximate price of this bond? Please provide excel formula.

a) $864

b) $1,000

c)$1085

d) $1106

e)$1137

In year 0, Longworth Partnership purchased a machine for $58,500 to use in its business. In year 3, Longworth sold the machine for $36,600. Between the date of the purchase and the date of the sale, Longworth depreciated the machine by $26,000. a.What is the amount and character of the gain Longworth will recognize on the sale? b.What is the amount and character of the gain Longworth will recognize on the sale if the sale proceeds were increased to $59,750? c. What is the amount and character of the gain Longworth will recognize on the sale if the sale proceeds were decreased to $19,200 (before the §1231 netting process, if applicable)?

A company is considering a new 6-year project that will have annual sales of $189,000 and costs of $116,000. The project will require fixed assets of $235,000, which will be depreciated on a 5-year MACRS schedule. The annual depreciation percentages are 20.00 percent, 32.00 percent, 19.20 percent, 11.52 percent, 11.52 percent, and 5.76 percent, respectively. The company has a tax rate of 40 percent. What is the operating cash flow for Year 2?

$61,848

$59,280

$59,467

$73,880

$54,629