After leaving on my headlights all night, my automotive battery from problem 1 is drained of all its energy. I plan to recharge the battery by connecting it to a battery charger powered by the 120 VAC power outlet in my garage. The battery charger is essentially a 120 VAC to 12 VDC power supply. The charger is 90% efficient at converting AC power into DC power. In other words, 90% of the 120 VAC power that goes into the charger shows up as 12 VDC power. The other 10% of the power that comes in is converted to heat within the charger. If I want to warm my garage, this heat is useful, otherwise it is considered a waste product. Batteries are not 100% efficient. In other words, not all of the energy you put into them during charging can be extracted during discharging. This is because the battery generates heat, and also undergoes some chemical reactions that consume energy. Assume to fully charge the battery of problem 1 you will need the charger to put in 120% of the energy that was extracted during discharging (actual lead acid batteries are probably less efficient than this). Assuming you pay the average rate for residential electrical power in the USA (you will need to look this up, or if you wish, you can use the rate that showed up on the last utility bill you paid). Required:
How much will it cost to recharge your battery?

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.

Cash flows during the first year of operations for the harman-kardon consulting company were as follows: cash collected from customers, $385,000; cash paid for rent, $49,000; cash paid to employees for services rendered during the year, $129,000; cash paid for utilities, $59,000. in addition, you determine that customers owed the company $69,000 at the end of the year and no bad debts were anticipated. also, the company owed the gas and electric company $2,900 at year-end, and the rent payment was for a two-year period.

Down under products, ltd., of australia has budgeted sales of its popular boomerang for the next four months as follows: unit salesapril 74,000may 85,000june 114,000july 92,000the company is now in the process of preparing a production budget for the second quarter. past experience has shown that end-of-month inventory levels must equal 10% of the following month’s unit sales. the inventory at the end of march was 7,400 units. required: prepare a production budget by month and in total, for the second quarter.