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Though facebook made a strategic move by purchasing whatsappmessaging service in 2014, still there are analysts and a mass ofpeople who believe that the deal is overpriced .

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Give suitable arguments for considering this deal as overpricedbuy or purchase. (500 words)

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Your cookie company is growing but not as rapidly as you wouldlike. You are exploring producing products for businesses. During arecent conversation with the owner of a local car dealership, heoffered to buy 500 cookies for a special event in the community. Heasked that the cookies be displayed in the shape of a car and hewould like the dealership's logo on each cookie. He has agreed thatthe cookies can be your signature flavor.

The display will cost $200 to build and the logo for each cookiewill cost $.03. This is a rush order and may require some overtime.You are required to deliver the cookies to the event and provide anapkin for each cookie.

The business owner would like a deal since he is purchasing somany cookies and you are "getting your name out there". This couldpotentially lead to more business.

Prepare calculations to determine what price you will charge thebusiness owner for the entire project. After presenting the bid tothe business owner, he offered to pay 85% of what you would like tocharge. Can you do it for the reduced price and still make aprofit? Prepare a new cost analysis assuming the new price.

Prepare detailed analysis for each part of the assignment,outlining all of your costs and revenues. Clearly explain whetheryou will take the job at the reduced price or pass on it.Explain

Save your assignment as an Excel spreadsheet.

Argue either in favor or against the estate tax. Then, respond to at least two other students' posts in the following manner:

Support one student’s argument with additional information or examples.

Counter one student’s argument with information and/or examples.

Student 1 answer : Samantha

Samantha Caterina 5 posts

Re:Module 7 DQ 2

The estate tax is very tricky, it can be argued both ways, for and against. For arguments sake I would be in favor of the estate tax. Currently for 2017 the federal estate tax threshold is 5.49 million. This is only targeting the wealthiest of people. The estate tax will tax any amount of an estate above this. It makes up for a small portion of the total tax collected by the federal government but it is still a substantial amount. The estate tax can be different in each state therefore being taxed more if the threshold is smaller. It is argued that the successful decedent should not be penalized for being successful I would not agree this is true. They are no longer the owner of the estate and the money would just be passed to a beneficiary. The beneficiary then has the rights to do what they please with the money. This can cause the beneficiaries to become non-productive members of society. If the estate tax was taken out tax would have to be made up somewhere, therefore cause middle class taxpayers to pay more taxes. The estate tax does not target the average person only the wealthiest are affected by it. I do not think the estate tax needs to be taken out of order.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/10/06/guest-post-pros-and-cons-of-the-federal-estate-tax/#6e3c8eb975a6

Student answer Andrea:

Andrea Robinson-Parker 4 posts

Re:Module 7 DQ 2

The estate tax was once known as the death tax, there is a pun in there somewhere. Firstly, it is associated with the inheritance of a dead relative and secondly, it can be the death of small family businesses. I believe that this tax is essential for our country to survive. Bob Rywick, in his article, Pros and Cons of the Federal Estate Tax argues both sides of the coin. I agree with his pro stance and here is why:

Revenue from the estate tax will create around $200 billion revenue in the next several years. There has been a great increase in wealth in the recent past and this number may climb.

The estate tax will help to dilute the concentration of wealth. This concentration can be damaging to our free democratic society.

Many wealthy people donate large sums to charities each year to lower their tax bracket. If there was no estate tax, these donations would most likely drop off significantly.

Small business, (making less than $5,000,000) will not be affected. There are also rules set in place to protect farms regarding the valuation of farm land.

Less than 2/10 of 1% of the descendants dying each year will be affected by this tax, based on the current exemption amount.

Lastly, I personally believe that estate planning can alleviate some of these taxes. Estate taxes should not be confused with gift taxes. This is an option that can protect inheritances.

Student Answer

Lakisha Minniefield 3 posts

Re:Module 7 DQ 2

I am against “estate tax” and feel that when the property value goes up, it will increase my mortgage payment each year. I agree with Justin Haskins article regarding scrapping property taxes because as a property owner, charging fees for a specific service should be allowable. Also, property owners should be able to choose where the property taxes should be allocated especially when it comes down to our public education. I have two children who are autistic and in the past it was very difficult to find a school who had the staff to supply all of their educational special needs. Even though we live in the best neighbors that were very costly, the schools zone in the area had 2 out of 10 rating so I would have to transfer my children our of the district in order to get better services. Currently, my husband is getting ready for retirement out of the military and we have looked at all 50 states within the United States to see which state would give us the most exemptions when purchasing a home. The state we chose to move back to is Texas because of the no state property taxes. Property tax for the state of Texas brings in the most money of all taxes available to local government to pay for schools, roads, police and firemen, emergency response services, libraries, parks and other services provided by local government. The state also has a variety of partial or total (absolute) exemptions from appraised property values used to determine local property taxes. A partial exemption removes a percentage or a fixed dollar amount of a property's value from taxation. A total (absolute) exemption excludes the entire property from taxation. Since we will be on a fixed income, Texas property tax exemptions for disabled veterans was the best out of all 50 states. However, we will still have to look for a county with low property tax rate. Since I am already a disabled veteran, Texas has a property tax exempt chart for qualifying disabled veterans.

The exemption amount that a qualified disabled veteran receives depends on the veteran's disability rating from the branch of the armed service.

Disability Exemption

Disability Rating

Exemption Amount Up To

10% to 29%

$5,000 from the property's value

30% to 49%

$7,500 from the property's value

50% to 69%

$10,000 from the property's value

70% to 100%

$12,000 from the property's value

*The Texas Comptroller website lists all of the benefits for disabled veterans regarding property tax exemptions.

Even as a disabled veteran, I would still have to pay property tax but the exemption will only exempt the amount of the disability rating off the value of property. Disabled veterans who are 100% total and permanently disable will be exempt from paying all property taxes. Financially, my family will still have to find a home affordable in a safe neighborhood, public education is rated above 7 out of 10 and choose a county that property taxes are low.

Reference:

https://www.comptroller.texas.gov/taxes

Case Study 4: (25 Marks)

Alum Tubes Ltd manufactures aluminium cylinders that are used ina variety of products, such as scuba diving equipment and fireextinguishers. The company has just introduced a performancerelatedpay system in their smallest manufacturing plant. Employees willreceive bonuses, based on their work team exceeding the team’sperformance targets. At this stage only three of the four workteams will participate in the scheme. If this system works well, itwill be introduced into all of the company’s plants.

There are four teams, and each team has been given quarterlyperformance targets for (1) time taken in manufacturing cycle time,(2) material cost per unit and (3) production output (number ofunits produced). Two of the work teams are organised sequentially,that is, the output of Team A becomes the input for Team B. Teams Cand D both manufacture their product independently of the otherteams. However, teams C and D do share some equipment with Team B.Team D is not participating in the new performance-related payscheme. Team D has just introduced some new production technologyand therefore management believe the team is facing a steeplearning curve at present with this new technology, and the lack ofknowledge and experience would make it difficult for team D toachieve any performance targets at this stage.

A bonus pool of $10,000 has been set aside each quarter. Thisbonus is to be shared only among each of the participating teamsthat achieves their targets for the quarter and shared equallyamong the members of these successful teams.

The employees are excited by the new scheme. They can only gainby such a system. However, at the end of the second month, tempersstart to fray. Sam Smart, a member of Team B, takes his complaintsto the production manager, Adam Dolittle:

Sam: This new system is just not working. Team A is sabotagingour performance. How can we meet our performance targets when TeamA gives us faulty product to process? “They have skimped on thequality of materials, so it takes us much longer to complete ourpart of the manufacturing process because of the amount of re-workto fix the products. We have had a 15% increase in the number ofunits we have had to scrap due to materials defects, which reducesthe number of units we can make in a day!. This is made worse whenthe purchasing department orders our material far too late (as theycan purchase materials cheaper if bought in larger quantities, butthis makes delivery slower), so we have to wait around fordeliveries. Also, someone has been leaving the calibrator machinein such a mess, so we waste valuable time resetting the gaugesbefore we can use it. I am sure it is a member of Team C. Thesystem is not fair. The other two teams are making their targetsand we are not- and it is not our fault! Additionally, John Grump,a member of our team, is clearly not working to capacity- and hisrewards will be the same as ours!”

Adam was not sympathetic. He has just had to deal with adelegation from Team D who is upset because they cannot share inthe performance bonuses.

Adam: Calm down Sam. I am sure that you are exaggerating. Theseproblems will iron themselves out over the next few months. It isup to each team to manage its performance. Go away and deal withthese problems.

Requirements:

1. If Adam Dolittle is wrong, then what features of theperformance-related pay system are causing problems? Support youranswer with an explanation. 5 marks

2. Are the three performance measures appropriate for assessingperformance and awarding bonuses? Explain your answer. 4 marks

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