Samtech manufacturing purchased land and building for $4 million. in addition to the purchase price, samtech made the following expenditures in connection with the purchase of the land and building: title insurance $ 16,000 legal fees for drawing the contract 5,000 pro-rated property taxes for the period after acquisition 36,000 state transfer fees 4,000 an independent appraisal estimated the fair values of the land and building, if purchased separately, at $3.3 and $1.1 million, respectively. shortly after acquisition, samtech spent $82,000 to construct a parking lot and $40,000 for landscaping.

required: 1. determine the initial valuation of each asset samtech acquired in these transactions.

2. determine the initial valuation of each asset, assuming that immediately after acquisition, samtech demolished the building. demolition costs were $250,000 and the salvaged materials were sold for $6,000. in addition, samtech spent $86,000 clearing and grading the land in preparation for the construction of a new building.

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Mcdonald's fast-food restaurants have a well-designed training program for all new employees. each new employee is supposed to learn how to perform standardized tasks required to maintain mcdonald's service quality. due to labor shortages in some areas, new employees begin work as soon as they are hired and do not receive any off-the-job training. this nonconformity to standards creates

Brenda wants a new car that will be dependable transportation and look good. she wants to satisfy both functional and psychological needs. true or false