Answer:
Net earnings before taxes = $9,300
Explanation:
Provided information, we have
Sales for the period = $20,000
Less: Operating Cost = $8,250
Less: Depreciation = $1,750
Operating income = $10,000
Less: Interest = $10,000 7% = $700
Thus, net earnings before taxes = $9,300
Note: All the expenses including depreciation, and interest are charged before taxes.
Therefore, depreciation and interest has been deducted before charging taxes.
Answer:
Explanation:
We list them and subtract budget - actual
When actual is greater than budget the variance is negatine.
While budget being lower than actual is considered a positive variance.
Answer:
a. Decrease
b. Decline
c. Exit
d. No change
Explanation:
The market for gourmet chocolate is in the long-run equilibrium, and an economic downturn has caused the consumer disposable income to fall. Chocolate is a normal good, and the chocolate producers have identical cost structures.
a. This decline in the consumer income will reduce the purchasing power of the consumers. As a result, the demand will decrease. The demand curve will move to the left.
b. This leftward shift in the demand curve will cause the price to decline, As the price falls, the profits earned by the producers will decline as well.
c. In the long run, the firms operate at zero economic profits. So a decline in profits imply that the firms are operating at an economic loss. This will cause the loss incurring firms to exit the market.
d. The long run supply curve will remain the same. It is not affected by change in profits, it changes only with change in the state of technology or availability of resources.
