each other. Criteria Hoteling and sharing of work were compared using measurable criteria that are common in both cases. To pick the better idea, five criteria were used to measure their worth. One of the criteria used is cost which refers to the expenses in terms of monetary value to be spent to implement each idea. Additionally, the funds saved as a result of adopting each idea will provide good criteria to choose the better option. Secondly, the productivity of the two ideas was measured.…
The Commissioner of the IRS appealed the decision of the US Tax Court in regards to a business expense deduction for clothing expenditures by the defendant in the taxable year 1975. The defendant, Sandra Pevsner, taxpayer, had been working as a manager at the Sakowitz Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche Boutique (YSL), a shop for highly fashionable and expensive women’s apparel. As a manager of the shop, she was expected to wear the YSL clothes and project the image of an exclusive lifestyle while at…
Deciding to go back to school to complete the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program is a challenge for many nurses. I recognize the top two potential challenges for me are the time commitment and added expense. Similar to completing nursing school, deciding to complete the BSN program is going to be a team effort and all hands are going to need to be on deck. I am going to need support from family, friends, and coworkers in order to be successful. I am telling everyone who is close…
double-declining-balance. Summary = Annual depreciation = $9000 Year Straight Line UOP DDB 20x3 9000 9180 20000 20x4 9000 8640 12000 20x5 9000 5760 7200 20x6 9000 10800 4320 20x7 9000 10620 1480 Straight Line Method Year Depreciation Expense Accumulated Dep Book…
RATIO ANALYSIS Financial ratios help external stakeholders, and enterprise managers know how well or poorly a business is performing and pinpoint areas that could do with improvement. Companies can also compare themselves to the competition or to diverse companies in other industries. Size need not be an issue since ratios standardize accounting relationships to provide management with a raw reckoning of financial status and trends. To better categorize them, financial ratios are generally…
you can compare your expenses to the average and find areas where you could try to save. And we settle an old debate: Should you trade in before your car gets too old or should you drive it into the ground? Let’s look at what AAA says about the average costs of a “typical sedan” that is driven 15,000 miles per year: The six major costs of owning a car AAA actually lists seven expenses, because they consider tires to be a separate category. To cut down on the number of expenses, I’m lumping…
2010/ 2011 Analysis: the Gross Income Margin increase in 2011 as a result in an increase in interest margin this means that there are enough money from the earring asset to cover the interest expense , Higher ratio represents a more effective use of assets , the net interest income increased by 22 over 2010, increase in other operating income and a little decrease in the net fees and commission by 3.5 over 2010, a decrease in the Net Gains…
difference between profits and cash flows is that profits data use accrual accounting, while cash flows base on real figures. Precisely, profit data will be recorded in the current period regardless of a company received money or not. Meanwhile, the other expenses such as wages, interest and rents must be paid by cash. Therefore, a company might be broken if sales is mainly from account receivable. In addition, the statement of cash flows is usually more reliable than profit data because profit…
six steps. The first step, we tried to know our net worth and took an inventory of our financial assets by creating a balance sheet. We found this year that our tangible assets exceeded our liabilities. The second step, we kept a record of all the expenses in a spending journal in order…
What is it worth to have totally altered the way you go about your life? I respect the integrity that Maine Medical Center has shown in taking responsibility for all of my medical expenses related to this accident. However beyond expenses, I ask again; what is an eye worth? Certainly more than your original offer of $10,000.00. I 've thought long and hard about how greatly this has and forever will affect. my life to a much larger degree than I would have…