Kwong Yuen Company is ready to buy an office unit. The company has $1,800,000 for the (1) down payment, (2) costs related to bank loan, and (3) interior renovation cost.
Costs related to bank loan are estimated to be 6% of the loan value. Interior renovation
cost is estimated to be $880,000.
The company has an annual EBIT of $960,000 and the bank is willing to allow monthly
mortgage payment not higher than 40% of the monthly EBIT.
The interest rate on the 26-year instalment loan is 5.27% per year with monthly
compounding.
a) Identify the Effective Annual Rate of the instalment loan. (3 marks)
b) Find out how much the bank loan could be. (Take numbers in full during the process
of calculation. Show the final answer with two decimal places.) (4 marks)
c) Find out the price of the office unit the company could afford, taking the costs related
to bank loan and interior renovation cost into consideration.

Alpha company uses the periodic inventory system for purchase & sales of merchandise. discount terms for both purchases & sales are, 2/10, n30 and the gross method is used. unless otherwise noted, fob destination will apply to all purchases & sales. the value of inventory is based on periodic system. on january 1, 2016, beginning inventory consisted of 350 units of widgets costing $10 each. alpha prepares monthly income statements. the following events occurred during the month of jan.: dateactivitya.jan. 3purchased on account 350 widgets for $11 each.b.jan. 5sold on account 400 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $150.c.jan. 10purchased on account 625 widgets for $12 each.d.jan. 11shipping cost for the january 10 purchased merchandise was $400 was paid with a cheque by alpha directly to the freight company.e.jan. 12returned 50 widgets received from jan. 10 purchase as they were not the correct item ordered.f.jan. 13paid for the purchases made on jan. 3.g.jan. 21sold on account 550 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $250.h.jan. 22authorize credit without return of goods for 50 widgets sold on jan. 21 when customer advised that they were received in defective condition.i.jan. 25received payment for the sale made on jan. 5.j.jan. 26paid for the purchases made on jan. 10.k.jan. 31received payment for the sale made on jan. 21.use this information to prepare the general journal entries (without explanation) for the january events. if no entry is required then enter the date and write "no entry required."