Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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Chapter 14, Problem 8E
Quality attributes such as performance and aesthetics are important to customers. Performance refers to how consistently and how well a product functions. Aesthetics is concerned with the appearance of tangible products as well as the appearance of the facilities, equipment, personnel, and communication materials associated with services.
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- 1. Do you agree that aesthetics is an important quality dimension for services? Use dental services as the framework for providing your response.
- 2. For services, performance can be more carefully defined by expanding its definition to include responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. Describe what you think is meant by these three characteristics as applied to service quality.
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Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2023. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2023:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Office furniture
$ 400,000
02/03
Machinery
1,810,000
07/22
Used delivery truck *Note:
90,000
08/17
*Note:Not considered a luxury automobile.
During 2023, Karane was very successful (and had no §179 limitations) and decided to acquire more assets in 2024 to increase its production capacity. These are the assets acquired during 2024:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Computers and information system
$ 450,000
03/31
Luxury auto*Note:
92,500
05/26
Assembly equipment
1,200,000
08/15
Storage building
800,000
11/13
*Note:Used 100…
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Now assume that during 2024, Karane decides to buy a competitor's assets for a purchase price of $1,649,500. Compute the maximum 2024 cost recovery, including §179 expense and bonus depreciation. Karane purchased the following assets in 2024 for the lump-sum purchase price:
Note: Round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Inventory
$ 270,000
09/15
Office furniture
280,000
09/15
Machinery
300,000
09/15
Patent
243,000
09/15
Goodwill
6,500
09/15
Building
480,000
09/15
Land
70,000
09/15
Assume that Karane takes the maximum section 179 expense for the Assembly Equipment.
Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2023. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2023:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Office furniture
$ 400,000…
Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2023. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2023:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Office furniture
$ 400,000
02/03
Machinery
1,810,000
07/22
Used delivery truck*Note:
90,000
08/17
*Note:Not considered a luxury automobile.
During 2023, Karane was very successful (and had no §179 limitations) and decided to acquire more assets in 2024 to increase its production capacity. These are the assets acquired during 2024:
Asset
Cost
Date Placed in Service
Computers and information system
$ 450,000
03/31
Luxury auto*Note:
92,500
05/26
Assembly equipment
1,200,000
08/15
Storage building
800,000
11/13
*Note:Used 100 percent for business purposes.
Karane generated taxable income in 2024 of $1,795,000 for purposes of computing the §179 expense limitation. (Use MACRS Table 1, Table…
Chapter 14 Solutions
Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)
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