The equivalent annual cost method is useful in determining: a. the annual operating cost of a machine if the annual maintenance is performed versus when the maintenance is not performed as recommended.
b. the tax shield benefits of depreciation given the purchase of new assets for a project.
c. operating cash flows for cost-cutting projects of equal duration.
d. which one of two machines to acquire given equal machine lives but unequal machine costs.
e. which one of two machines to purchase when the machines are mutually exclusive, have different machine lives, and will be replaced once they are worn out.

Suppose there are only three people in the economy: jane, harry, and bob. the individual demand for corn for each of these consumers is given in exhibit 3-1. the total quantity demanded of corn if the market price is $5 is

Trecek corporation incurs research and development costs of $625,000 in 2017, 30 percent of which relate to development activities subsequent to ias 38 criteria having been met that indicate an intangible asset has been created. the newly developed product is brought to market in january 2018 and is expected to generate sales revenue for 10 years. assume that a u.s.–based company is issuing securities to foreign investors who require financial statements prepared in accordance with ifrs. thus, adjustments to convert from u.s. gaap to ifrs must be made. ignore income taxes. required: (a) prepare journal entries for research and development costs for the years ending december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, under (1) u.s. gaap and (2) ifrs. (c) prepare the entry(ies) that trecek would make on the december 31, 2017, and december 31, 2018, conversion worksheets to convert u.s. gaap balances to ifrs.

Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?