An investment project has annual cash inflows of $2,800, $3,700, $5,100, and $4,300, for the next four years, respectively. The discount rate is 11 percent. a. What is the discounted payback period for these cash flows if the initial cost is $5,200? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) b. What is the discounted payback period for these cash flows if the initial cost is $6,400? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.) c. What is the discounted payback period for these cash flows if the initial cost is $10,400? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e. g., 32.16.)

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?

Consider derek's budget information: materials to be used totals $64,750; direct labor totals $198,400; factory overhead totals $394,800; work in process inventory january 1, $189,100; and work in progress inventory on december 31, $197,600. what is the budgeted cost of goods manufactured for the year? a. $1,044,650 b. $649,450 c. $657,950 d. $197,600

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