Niko has purchased a brand new machine to produce its High Flight line of shoes. The machine has an economic life of six years. The depreciation schedule for the machine is straight-line with no salvage value. The machine costs $750,000. The sales price per pair of shoes is $61, while the variable cost is $15. $175,000 of fixed costs per year are attributed to the machine. Assume that the corporate tax rate is 35 percent and the appropriate discount rate is 9 percent. Required:
What is the financial break-even point?

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6