Chapter 6, Problem 6.8E

General accounting questions

in the first day of a company’s fiscal year, it has paid for and installed a machine for servicing vehicle engines at one of its outlets. The machine costs $40,000. Its annual cash operating costs total $30,000. The machine will have a four-year useful life and a zero terminal disposal value. After the machine has been used for only one day, a consultant offers a different machine that promises to do the same job at annual cash operating costs of $18,000. The new machine will cost $48,000 cash, installed. The original machine is unique and can be sold outright for $20,000, minus $4,000 removal cost. The new machine, like the old one, will have a four-year useful life and zero terminal disposal value. Revenues, all in cash, will be $300,000 annually, and other cash costs will be $220,000 annually, regardless of this decision.  Ignore income taxes and the time value of money  Suppose the cost of the original (old) machine was $2 million rather than $40,000.Nevertheless, the old machine…

Lao Enterprises is preparing its direct labor budget for June. Projections for the month are that 18,200 units are to be produced and that direct labor time is 2.5 hours per unit. If the labor cost per hour is $14, what is the total budgeted direct labor cost for June?