Dilly’s dream was to open a cookie shop, so she did her homework carefully be-fore finally opening “Dilly’s Delights” on July 1, 2019. Before that date, she had incurred the following “soft costs” –   $12,000 realtor’s fee for finding a storefront to rent, $16,000 attorneys’ fees for negotiating a lease and trademark services, $8,000 wage expense for employees during the pre-opening period, and $18,000 for pre-opening TV and other advertising.   Calculate and state the exact amount that you, in preparing Dilly’s 2019 return, will enter as her 2019 start-up costs deduction.

Lois is planning to make fancy, multi-tiered wedding cakes for the next wedding season. To make the cakes, she must invest $2900 in some special baking tools. To promote her business, she also needs to spend $6265 to advertise in the newspaper. She estimates that supplies and materials for each cake will cost $690. She is planning to set the price for each cake at $925. (a) Compute the contribution margin. (b) Compute the contribution rate. (c) Compute the break-even point in units. (d) Compute the break-even point in sales dollars. (a) The contribution margin per unit is $ (Type a whole number.) (b) The contribution rate is%. (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (c) The break-even point is cakes. (Round up to the nearest unit.) (d) The break-even point in sales dollars is $. (Type a whole number.)

Sara makes wedding cakes from her home. A customer has requested two duplicate wedding cakes: one for the wedding and one to be frozen for their anniversary. The couple has offered $400 for both cakes instead of $500 ($250 each). The cost information to make one cake is shown in the image. What is the cost for the first cake?   What cost would not be included in the second cake?   What is the cost of the second cake?   What would be the total cost of this order if the offer was accepted?   How much profit will Sara be recording for this special order?   If your company policy is to always have a 15% profit on all order, would you still accept this order?   If you would not accept the order, what price would you negotiate?

Because Natalie has had such a successful first few months, she is considering other opportunities to develop her business. One opportunity is the sale of fine European mixers. The owner of Kzinski Supply Co. has approached Natalie to become the exclusive distributor of these fine mixers in her state. The current cost of a mixer is approximately $575, and Natalie would sell each one for $1,150. Natalie comes to you for advice on how to account for these mixers. Each appliance has a serial number and can be easily identified. Natalie asks you the following questions. 1. "Would you consider these mixers to be inventory or should they be classified as supplies or equipment?" 2. 3. "I've learned a little about keeping track of inventory using both the perpetual and the periodic systems of accounting for inventory. Which system do you think is better? Which one would you recommend for the type of inventory that I want to sell?" "How often do I need to count inventory if I maintain it using…

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Each Section should be completed in a separate spreadsheet tab and all calculations should be performed using Excel formulas:   You graduated from college and landed a new job that will start in a couple of weeks. You need to purchase a car to commute to and from your new place of employment. You have decided to buy a car that costs $40,000, and will make a $5,000 down payment, resulting in the need to take out a $35,000 loan with a 5% annual interest rate that you will pay off in equal monthly installments over the next 5 years (60 months). Calculate and provide the following information:   a) Calculate the monthly payment on the car loan.   b) Prepare an amortization table for the car loan that provides separate columns for the following for each month of the car loan: Beginning loan balance; total payment amount, amount of monthly payment allocated to interest; amount of monthly payment allocated to the principal balance; and ending loan balance. (Your amortization table is likely…

For he 3 part question that follows, provide your answer to each part. Identify each part with coordinating response. Part A: What is the approxiamate APR formula? Part B: Keely buys a car for 18,000 with down payment of 1000. Estimate her APR to the nearest tenth of a percent if her monthly payments are 375 per onth for 60 months. OPart C: show your work to support your answer for Part B