As a young boy, drew remembers his grandfather telling him, "son, if you can find something you like to do, and somebody is willing to pay you to do it, well, that's the secret to a great life." the way drew saw it, this was his big break. for the past five years, he split his time between school and working for a local tree farm/nursery business. the owner recently announced he was ready to retire. as drew began creating a business plan, he contemplated what the business might be worth. how much will he need to buy this business? for starters, drew: a) needs to find a government data base that outlines what nursery businesses are worth, on average, across the country. b) should speak with the current owner and determine the total value of assets (what the business owns), its earning potential, and its unique advantage. c) will want to determine the assessed value of the acreage that the business owns, and then bid competitively. d) needs to understand that it's difficult to buy an existing business, rather than start your own. the key will be to meet with the company's accountant, and explain your interest. the accountant will have all the answers.

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Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

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