Lawson Ltd. has the opportunity to increase annual sales US $100,000 by selling to a new, riskier group of customers. Based on sales, the uncollectible expense this increase to be 15%, and collection costs will be 5%. Manufacturing and selling expenses are 70% of sales, and the effective tax rate is 40%. If Lawson accepts this opportunity, the after-tax profit will increase by:
In an economic order quantity (EOQ) model, both the costs per order and the holding costs are estimates. If those estimates are varied to determine how much the changes affect the optimal EOQ, such an analysis would be called a:
In making a cash flow analysis of property, plant, and equipment PPE), the internal auditor discovered that depreciation expense for the period was US $10,000. PPE with a cost of US $50,000 and related accumulated depreciation of US $30,000 was sold for a gain of US $1.000. If the carrying amount of PPE increased by US $80,000 during the period, how much PPE was purchased this period?
A manufacturer uses a materials requirements planning 1RP) system to track inventory, orders, and raw material requirements. A preliminary audit assessment indicates that the organization's inventory is understated. Using audit software, what conditions should the auditor search for in the MRP database to support this hypothesis?
I. Item cost set at zero.
II. Negative quantities on hand.
III. Order quantity exceeding requirements.
IV.
Inventory lead times exceeding delivery schedule.
Which of the following types of analytics would be used by an organization to examine metrics by business units and identity the most profitable business units?
