Which of the following statements is CORRECT? Assume that the project being considered has normal cash flows, with one outflow followed by a series of inflows. a. If Project A has a higher IRR than Project B, then Project A must also have a higher NPV.
b. If a project has normal cash flows and its IRR exceeds its cost of capital, then the project's NPV must be positive.
c. The IRR calculation implicitly assumes that all cash flows are reinvested at the cost of capital.
d. If Project A has a higher IRR than Project B, then Project A must have the lower NPV.
e. The IRR calculation implicitly assumes that cash flows are withdrawn from the business rather than being reinvested in the business.

Thirty years ago daniel bought a plot of land for $50,000 when the cpi was 50. now the cpi is 180 and he sold the land for $180,000. what issue might inflation cause for daniel?

Diggity dank corporation uses an activity-based costing system with two activity cost pools. diggity dank uses direct labor hours as the measure of activity in the first activity cost pool and the number of orders in the second activity cost pool. the following information relates to these two activity cost pools for last year: what was diggity dank's under- or overapplied overhead for last year? a. $17,000 overapplied b. $20,000 underapplied c. $27,000 underapplied d. $73,000 overapplied

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?