During the current year holiday season, Bob, a barber, gave business gifts to 34 customers. The values of the gifts, which were not of a promotional nature, were as follows: 10 at $10 each 8 at $25 each 8 at $50 each 8 at $100 each For the current year, what is the amount of Bob's business gift deduction?

American gas products manufactures a device called a can-emitor that empties the contents of old aerosol cans in 2 to 3 seconds. this eliminates having to dispose of the cans as hazardous wastes. if a certain paint company can save $75,000 per year in waste disposal costs, how much could the company afford to spend now on the can-emitor if it wants to recover its investment in 3 years at an interest rate of 20% per year?

Highland company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below

Lambert manufacturing has $100,000 to invest in either project a or project b. the following data are available on these projects (ignore income taxes.): project a project b cost of equipment needed now $100,000 $60,000 working capital investment needed now - $40,000 annual cash operating inflows $40,000 $35,000 salvage value of equipment in 6 years $10,000 - both projects will have a useful life of 6 years and the total cost approach to net present value analysis. at the end of 6 years, the working capital investment will be released for use elsewhere. lambert's required rate of return is 14%. the net present value of project b is: