The management of Brinkley Corporation is interested in using simulation to estimate the profit per unit for a new product. The selling price for the product will be $45 per unit.

Procurement Probability Labor Probability Transportation Probability

10 0.25 20 0.10 3 0.75

11 0.45 22 0.25 5 0.25

12 0.30 24 0.35

25 0.30

a. Compute profit per unit for the base-case, worst-case, and best-case scenarios.

b. Construct a simulation model to estimate the mean profit per unit.

c. Why is the simulation approach to risk analysis preferable to generating a variety of what-if scenarios?

d. Management believes the project may not be sustainable if the profit per unit is less than $5. Use simulation to estimate the probability the profit per unit will be less than $5.

9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u. s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u. s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u. s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u. s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation

In its first year of operations, sunland company recognized $30,000 in service revenue, $8,100 of which was on account and still outstanding at year-end. the remaining $21,900 was received in cash from customers. the company incurred operating expenses of $18,600. of these expenses, $12,880 were paid in cash; $5,720 was still owed on account at year-end. in addition, sunland prepaid $3,270 for insurance coverage that would not be used until the second year of operations. (a) calculate the first year's net earnings under the cash basis of accounting, and the first year's net earnings under the accrual basis of accounting.

1. the corporate form of business organization has an advantage over both the sole proprietorship and the general partnership in ease of 2. the corporate form of business organization has an advantage over both the sole proprietorship and the general partnership in external liability for business 3. a partnership is an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for 4. any one partner may be held liable for the entire indebtedness of the 5. a limited partner is liable for the partnership debt only to the extent of her capital 6. a person may be a partner even though he has no authority to conduct the ordinary activities of the 7. a partner may withdraw his capital contribution without the consent of all the 8. when a partner sells his interest in the partnership, the buyer becomes a new 9.every partner owes a duty of good faith, fairness, and loyalty to the other 10. a partner who fails to use ordinary care and skill in discharging assigned duties will be personally liable to the partners for any resulting loss.