Vaughn Service Center just purchased an automobile hoist for $34,000. The hoist has an 8-year life and an estimated salvage value of $3,400. Installation costs and freight charges were $4,200 and $800, respectively. Vaughn uses straight-line depreciation. The new hoist will be used to replace mufflers and tires on automobiles. Vaughn estimates that the new hoist will enable his mechanics to replace 5 extra mufflers per week. Each muffler sells for $77 installed. The cost of a muffler is $38, and the labor cost to install a muffler is $14. (a) Compute the cash payback period for the new hoist. Cash payback period years (b) Compute the annual rate of return for the new hoist. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e. g. 10.52%.) Annual rate of return %

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

You get your monthly banking statement and notice that the number is lower than expected. you decide that you should create a cash flow statement. why are cash flow statements useful in managing money? what are the steps in creating a statement?

Mart's boutique has sales of $820,000 and costs of $540,000. interest expense is $36,000 and depreciation is $59,000. the tax rate is 21 percent. what is the net income? $146,150 221,200 105,000 139,050