A consultant has recommended that you modernize a production line. Costs include $650,000 in equipment, a $10,000 investment in net working capital at the time of installation, and $5,000 in delivery and installation costs. The consultant has billed the firm for $7,500 for her analysis of the project. If the project is undertaken, an employee training program costing $8,000 would be required. The old machinery has no book value but can be sold for $100,000. Your firm's marginal tax rate is 34%. What is the initial outlay associated with the project?

a. $619,500
b. $612,000
c. $570,000
d. $578,000
e. $607,000

Identify which of the twelve basic functions listed below fit the description given.

Nichols inc. manufactures remote controls. currently the company uses a plantminuswide rate for allocating manufacturing overhead. the plant manager is considering switchingminusover to abc costing system and has asked the accounting department to identify the primary production activities and their cost drivers which are as follows: activities cost driver allocation rate material handling number of parts $5 per part assembly labor hours $20 per hour inspection time at inspection station $10 per minute the current traditional cost method allocates overhead based on direct manufacturing labor hours using a rate of $20 per labor hour. what are the indirect manufacturing costs per remote control assuming an method is used and a batch of 10 remote controls are produced? the batch requires 100 parts, 5 direct manufacturing labor hours, and 3 minutes of inspection time.

Jamie is saving for a trip to europe. she has an existing savings account that earns 3 percent annual interest and has a current balance of $4,200. jamie doesn’t want to use her current savings for vacation, so she decides to borrow the $1,600 she needs for travel expenses. she will repay the loan in exactly one year. the annual interest rate is 6 percent. a. if jamie were to withdraw the $1,600 from her savings account to finance the trip, how much interest would she forgo? .b. if jamie borrows the $1,600 how much will she pay in interest? c. how much does the trip cost her if she borrows rather than dip into her savings?