Assume you are considering two mutually exclusive machines and need to select one for a cost-cutting project. which one of these sets of characteristics best indicates the use of the equivalent annual cost method of analysis? a. differing costs with no replacement at end of life. b. differing lives and planned replacement at end of life. c. differing lives with no replacement at end of lifed. differing manufacturers and differing operating costs. e. differing required returns with no replacement at end of life.

The winston company estimates that the factory overhead for the following year will be $1,250,000. the company has decided that the basis for applying factory overhead should be machine hours, which is estimated to be 50,000 hours. the total machine hours for the year were 54,300. the actual factory overhead for the year were $1,375,000. determine the over- or underapplied amount for the year.

The simple interest in a loan of $200 at 10 percent interest per year is

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?