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Chapter 6: Question 9BE (page 302)
Morgan Freeman is investing \(9,069 at the end of each year in a fund that earns 5% interest. In how many years will the fund be at \)100,000?
The fund will be at $100,000 in 9 years.
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Nerwin, Inc. is a furniture manufacturing company with 50 employees. Recently, after a long negotiation with the local labor union, the company decided to initiate a pension plan as a part of its compensation plan. The plan will start on January 1, 2017. Each employee covered by the plan is entitled to a pension payment each year after retirement. As required by accounting standards, the controller of the company needs to report the pension obligation (liability). On the basis of a discussion with the supervisor of the Personnel Department and an actuary from an insurance company, the controller develops the following information related to the pension plan. Average length of time to retirement 15 years Expected life duration after retirement 10 years Total pension payment expected each year after retirement for all employees. Payment made at the end of the year. $700,000 per year The interest rate to be used is 8%.
Instructions On the basis of the information above, determine the present value of the pension obligation (liability).
Maria Alvarez is investing $300,000 in a fund that earns 4% interest compounded annually. What equal amounts can Maria withdraw at the end of each of the next 20 years?
Candice Willis will invest \(30,000 today. She needs \)150,000 in 21 years. What annual interest rate must she earn?
Howie Long has just learned he has won a \(500,000 prize in the lottery. The lottery has given him two options for receiving the payments. (1) If Howie takes all the money today, the state and federal governments will deduct taxes at a rate of 46% immediately. (2) Alternatively, the lottery offers Howie a payout of 20 equal payments of \)36,000 with the first payment occurring when Howie turns in the winning ticket. Howie will be taxed on each of these payments at a rate of 25%.
Instructions Assuming Howie can earn an 8% rate of return (compounded annually) on any money invested during this period, which payout option should he choose?
Question: At a recent meeting of the accounting staff in your company, the controller raised the issue of using present value techniques to conduct impairment tests for some of the company’s fixed assets. Some of the more senior members of the staff admitted having little knowledge of present value concepts in this context, but they had heard about a FASB Concepts Statement that may be relevant. As the junior staff in the department, you have been asked to conduct some research of the authoritative literature on this topic and report back at the staff meeting next week. Instructions If your school has a subscription to the FASB Codification, go to http://aaahq.org/asclogin.cfm to log in and access the FASB Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts. When you have accessed the documents, you can use the search tool in your Internet browser to respond to the following items. (Provide paragraph citations.) (a) Identify the concept statement that addresses present value measurement in accounting. (b) What are some of the contexts in which present value concepts are applied in accounting measurement? (c) Provide definitions for the following terms: (1) Best estimate. (2) Estimated cash flow (contrasted to expected cash flow). (3) Fresh-start measurement. (4) Interest methods of allocation
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