Beth just read that 40 years ago, milk was about $1.15 per gallon and today it is about $6 per gallon. She thought that seemed very high, especially if she can only earn 7% from her investments. She also thought that she would need about $3 million for retirement in today's dollars. If inflation is the same in the future as it has been over the last 40 years for a gallon of milk, how much will she need to have accumulated when she retires in 30 years

What are the general categories of capital budget scenarios? describe the overall decision-making context for each.

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.

Data for hermann corporation are shown below: per unit percent of sales selling price $ 125 100 % variable expenses 80 64 contribution margin $ 45 36 % fixed expenses are $85,000 per month and the company is selling 2,700 units per month. required: 1-a. how much will net operating income increase (decrease) per month if the monthly advertising budget increases by $9,000 and monthly sales increase by $20,000? 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased?