Leslie is charged with determining which small projects should be funded. along with this assignment, she has been granted the use of $15,000 for a maximum of two years on a discounted basis. she is considering three projects. project a costs $7,500 and has cash flows of $4,000 a year for years 1 to 3. project b costs $8,000 and has cash flows of $3,000, $4,000, and $3,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. project c costs $2,000 and has a cash inflow of $2,500 in year 2. what decisions should she make regarding these projects if she assigns them a mandatory discount rate of 8.5 percent? explain why.

Xt year baldwin plans to include an additional performance bonus of 0.25% in its compensation plan. this incentive will be provided in addition to the annual raise, if productivity goals are reached. assuming the goals are reached, how much will baldwin pay its employees per hour?

How can a poor housing market put home buyers in a financially unstable position? a. changing property values means it’s easier to find homes with low rental costs. b. when the home value decreases, property taxes and insurance costs increase. c. houses are valued lower than their purchase prices, so the home equity decreases. d. home buyers lose all tax benefits and tax incentives when the housing market goes down. e. mortgage payments can increase even though the home value decreases.

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?