COST ACCOUNTING
COST ACCOUNTING
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ISBN: 9781323169261
Author: Horngren
Publisher: PEARSON C
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Chapter 21, Problem 21.37P

NPV and AARR, goal-congruence issues. Liam Mitchell, a manager of the Plate Division for the Harvest Manufacturing company, has the opportunity to expand the division by investing in additional machinery costing $495,000. He would depreciate the equipment using the straight-line method and expects it to have no residual value. It has a useful life of 9 years. The firm mandates a required after-tax rate of return of 14% on investments. Liam estimates annual net cash inflows for this investment of $130,000 before taxes and an investment in working capital of $5,000 that will be returned at the project’s end. Harvest’s tax rate is 30%.

  1. 1. Calculate the net present value of this investment.

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  2. 2. Calculate the accrual accounting rate of return based on net initial investment for this project.
  3. 3. Should Liam accept the project? Will Liam accept the project if his bonus depends on achieving an accrual accounting rate of return of 14%? How can this conflict be resolved?
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Michael McDowell Co. establishes a $108 million liability at the end of 2025 for the estimated site-cleanup costs at two of its manufacturing facilities. All related closing costs will be paid and deducted on the tax return in 2026. Also, at the end of 2025, the company has $54 million of temporary differences due to excess depreciation for tax purposes, $7.56 million of which will reverse in 2026. The enacted tax rate for all years is 20%, and the company pays taxes of $34.56 million on $172.80 million of taxable income in 2025. McDowell expects to have taxable income in 2026. Assuming that the only deferred tax account at the beginning of 2025 was a deferred tax liability of $5,400,000, draft the income tax expense portion of the income statement for 2025, beginning with the line "Income before income taxes." (Hint: You must first compute (1) the amount of temporary difference underlying the beginning $5,400,000 deferred tax liability, then (2) the amount of temporary differences…

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