Guardian Inc. is trying to develop an asset-financing plan. The firm has $490,000 in temporary current assets and $390,000 in permanent current assets. Guardian also has $590,000 in fixed assets. Assume a tax rate of 30 percent. a. Construct two alternative financing plans for Guardian. One of the plans should be conservative, with 70 percent of assets financed by long-term sources, and the other should be aggressive, with only 56.25 percent of assets financed by long-term sources. The current interest rate is 12 percent on long-term funds and 8 percent on short-term financing. Compute the annual interest payments under each plan.

Teller co. is planning to sell 900 boxes of ceramic tile, with production estimated at 870 boxes during may. each box of tile requires 44 pounds of clay mix and a quarter hour of direct labor. clay mix costs $0.40 per pound and employees of the company are paid $12.00 per hour. manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. teller has 3,900 pounds of clay mix in beginning inventory and wants to have 4,500 pounds in ending inventory. what is the total amount to be budgeted for manufacturing overhead for the month?

Accublade castings inc. casts blades for turbine engines. within the casting department, alloy is first melted in a crucible, then poured into molds to produce the castings. on may 1, there were 230 pounds of alloy in process, which were 60% complete as to conversion. the work in process balance for these 230 pounds was $32,844, determined as follows: exercises during may, the casting department was charged $350,000 for 2,500 pounds of alloy and $19,840 for direct labor. factory overhead is applied to the department at a rate of 150% of direct labor. the department transferred out 2,530 pounds of finished castings to the machining department. the may 31 inventory in process was 44% complete as to conversion. prepare the following may journal entries for the casting department: the materials charged to production the conversion costs charged to production the completed production transferred to the machining department determine the work in process"casting department may 31 balance.

The simple interest in a loan of $200 at 10 percent interest per year is