Industrial and highly technical products and services are differentiated solely on the basis of perception
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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An important point to keep in mind is that ________ not software, make decisions. ERP systems simply ________ better decision making.
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If payables turnover has increased significantly since the prior year, this is an indication that which of the following assertions for accounts payable might be violated?
A. Valuation and allocation. B. Completeness. C. Rights and obligations. D. Existence or occurrence.
________ projects evolve rather than are executed.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Fashion Trends, Inc., a regional fashion apparel retailer, wants to prepare a 2018 Pro Forma Income Statement and a 2018 Balance Sheet using the following 2017 and 2016 data:
The firm has forecasted sales of $7,100,000 and a tax rate of 40% for 2018. Cost of goods sold and S,G&A expense in 2018 are expected to be the average of their two-year proportion of sales. On the balance sheet, accounts receivable, inventory, accounts payable, and accrued expenses are expected to be at the two-year average of the proportion of these items in relation to sales. The firm has planned an investment of $500,000 in fixed assets in 2018, with an estimated life of 10 years and no salvage value. These fixed assets will be depreciated using the straight line depreciation method. All other financial statement items are expected to remain constant in 2018. Assume the firm pays 4% interest on short-term debt and 7% on long term debt. Assume that the dividends in 2018 will be the same as those paid in 2017.
a) What is the Discretionary Financing Needed (DFN) in 2018? Is this a surplus or deficit?
b) DFN will be absorbed by long-term debt. Set up an iterative worksheet to eliminate it.
c) Turn off iteration, and use the Scenario Manager to set up three scenarios:
1. Best Case — Sales are 15% higher than expected.
2. Base Case — Sales are exactly as expected.
3. Worst Case — Sales are 15% less than expected.
What is the DFN under each scenario?