Answer
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Explanation
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<span>Yes
because the AICPA standard for due care does not require CPAs to be infallible.
Since the definition of infallible means incapable of making a mistake. Which
this is not necessarily true. CPAs are capable of making mistakes and as long
as they performed their work with professional due care then they cannot be
held accountable for mistakes that may have happened. </span>
Answer:
a. 2 years
b. 1 year
c. 12 times
Explanation:
Interest period is the duration of the deposit. It is the length of time the money would remain in deposit. This is 2 years according to the question
Compounding period = number of times interest would be paid. In the question, this is a year. So interest would be paid every year
The compounding frequency - it is the number of times the deposit would be compounded. It is 12 months
The future value of the deposit can be determined using this formula :
FV = P (1 + r/m)^nm
FV = Future value
P = Present value
R = interest rate
N = number of years
m = number of compounding
Answer:
1.
The annual net cost savings promised by the automated welding machine
Annual Costs savings in replacing 6 welders $108,000
Reduced Material costs $6,500
Total annual Costs savings = $114,500
Note there is a $3,000 annual maintenance cost that will then be taken off this savings amount to make up the Annual Net cash inflow of $111,500
2
A. The Net Present value is $72,227. Kindly refer to the attached document for the clear presentation
B. The project should be accepted because it delivers a positive NPV. Meaning the net benefit outweighs the cost of owning the new Assets.
3.
The Discounted net Cash flow for the 6 years (aside the initial outlay) is $402,227.
Annually this comes to $67,038.
The benefit the business gets in the switch to the automatic welders is approximately $67,038 annually.
Answer:
Multiple IRRs:
Said another way, Multiple IRRs occur when a project has more than one <em>internal rate of return.</em> The problem arises where a project has non-normal cash flow (non-conventional cash flow pattern).
Internal rate of return (IRR) is one of the most commonly used capital budgeting tools. Investors make decisions by comparing the IRR of the project under consideration with the <em>hurdle rate</em>. If the IRR is greater than the hurdle rate, the project is accepted, otherwise it is rejected. When there are more than two IRRs, it is not exactly clear which IRR to compare with the hurdle rate.
Hurdle rate is the minimum required rate of return which businesses use as a benchmark to decide whether to invest in a project or not.
<em>So a typical situation which can generate negative cashflows which can in turn lead to multiple IRRs towards the end of the project is where the conditions of investment become adverse towards the end of the project.</em>
Imagine that toward the end of the lifecycle of a project, a forecasted increase external costs such as Interest Rate, influenced by government policies translates to an erosion of the bottom line generated by the business in that year.
Period 0 1 3 3 4 5
Unconventional cash flows ($)-19,000 16,000 16,000 6,000 6,000 -52,000
The series is non-conventional cash-flow pattern, which has two sign changes. This is the range in which the net present value of the non-conventional cash flow series is positive. The multiple IRR problem poses a series problem to analysts because the decision is not obvious.
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