Business Finance

Discuss the main differences between deduction for AGI and deduction from AGI. Which deductions do the taxpayers prefer?

 During week eight we will be focused on cost volume profit analysis. We will be looking at the ways that cost, volume, and profit interact. This can be critical for a business to understand. Failure to understand these items can lead to a business failing. For our discussion board post in week four please be sure to read chapter 7. Then locate a news article about a store or business that has shut down and provide a link to the article. Then provide a summary of the article in your own words and brainstorm why this business or store may have failed. Then answer the question “What are some aspects of cost volume profit that may have been at play that led to the closure of this business?” Be sure to integrate the concepts of cost volume profit that you are learning about this week into your post. 

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question. Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information. Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself. If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.Discussion Question 2 (50 points)Provide examples for the situations in which each of the major decision styles of the Normative Decision Model would be appropriate and of how the Path-Goal Theory of leadership can be used to improve leadership effectiveness.

Within the Week 4 Assignment Forum, review and discuss Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) concepts as follows:When creating your initial post, assume you are the CFO of Hankins Corporation. Given the key financial data below, perform a detailed and thorough financial analysis (show and explain all calculations) that includes the following:Describe the firm’s market value capital structure:What is the market value for each type of financing used by the firm: equity, preferred stock, and debt?What is the total market value for Hankins Corporation?What are the respective market value weights for each component of the firm’s financing (equity, preferred stock, and debt)?If the firm is evaluating a new investment project that has the same risk as the firm’s typical project, what rate should the firm use to discount the project’s cash flows? Hint: the firm’s WACC is the appropriate discount rate. Compute Hankins’ WACC:What is the cost of equity using CAPM?If the YTM of the bonds is 5.93%, and YTM represents the cost of debt, what is the after-tax cost of this debt?What is the cost of the firm’s preferred stock?Based on this information, what is the WACC for Hankins Corporation?Key financial data for Hankins Corporation:Common stock outstanding = 5.4 million shares; market value = $64/share; beta = 1.135.6% Preferred stock outstanding = 290,000 shares issued with par value = $100 each. Current market value of preferred stock = $103/share. 6.7% semi-annual bonds outstanding = 125,000 bonds issued withpar value = $1,000 each; market value is 109% of par; all bonds mature in 20 years.Market risk premium = 6.8%T-bills current yield = 4.3%Corporate tax rate = 34%

The purpose of this assignment is to assess your energy balance and health outcome.Input your 3-day activity data into the Activity Journal within iProfile®.Write at least a 525-word response in APA format addressing the following questions:What are your current exercise habits?According to iProfile® report, what were your total expended calories? Provide a screenshot of your results summary.From Week 4, what was the average amount of calories you consumed through food?Are you in energy deficiency, balance, or excess?What everyday changes, if any, might you make to increase the amount of energy expended in your day-to-day activities?What types and amounts of exercise would work best for you?Can you perform these activities year-round? If not, suggest alternative activities and locations for inclement weather.Create a screenshot of your results summary by:Inputting your data within the Activity Journal oniProfile® after selecting the right dates. Access the energy balance report to determine how many calories you burned during the 3-day period. Access the Activity Journal Summary and the Energy Balance. Provide a screenshot of the results summary.Include references with citations in APA format.The Grading Guide for 3-Day Activity Analysis will be used for this assignment 

In this module, we focus on the concept of conversion, which is the actual monetizing of the fraudulent activity of the perpetrator. Please read the following scenario:Your boss has presented you with a fraud case which occurred at a manufacturing plant of a major auto supplier. In this case, circumstantial evidence has been collected that indicates the plant manager has been incorrectly booking revenues and costs to increase the performance level of the plant, and thus increase the bonus payout for himself and the remainder of the plant leadership team.You have been asked to employ the net worth method to provide evidence to support these claims. Available information includes the financial statements of the facility for the past five years and access to base activity information (invoices, etc.) to support the financial statements. Note: this information is not provided, you will develop your plan based on knowing the information is available.How      would you go about this investigation and why?What      key information would you request to support the analysis and why?What     specific steps would you take to identify the fraud and why? Integrate the      specific Internet search tips in your answerChapters 9 & 10 in Fraud ExaminationBryan, D., & Quirin, J. J. (2018). The obvious fraud revisited: The admission-seeking interview. Journal of Business Case Studies (Online), 14(4), 69-96.Cavico, F. J., & Mujtaba, B. G. (2017). Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal and its legal and ethical implications for management. S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal, 82(2), 4-19.Albrecht, W. S., Albrecht, C. O., Albrecht, C. C., & Zimbelman, M. F. (2019). Fraud examination (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Consider the “glass ceiling” effect and provide an example for each of the three messages from Sheryl Sandberg:  (1) sit at the table; (2) make your partner a real partners; and (3) don’t leave before you leave that you have experienced (or seen others experience) that may impact the glass ceiling effect.What are the potential ethical dilemmas from each example?  Please be specific in your post.

For Assessment 1 (Part B) please focus on the following tasks:Each student requires to “Critique” an original post (Part A) of 2 other students/peers.Each critique should be a maximum of 250 words. Overall Assessment 1 (Part B) should be 500 words. Please make sure to highlight the authors of the chosen posts as well.Your Critique should include “commentary” on:Whether the original post is holistic or not?Identify missing components (if any) and provide “constructive” feedback.Have all the plausible consequences been identified?Have “Systems Thinking” tools been used and used properly? Please provide a critique of these tools and their use in solving the identified problem.Please note the following information:This assessment is designed to create robust discussion around “Systems Thinking” with your peers. Please feel free to post more than what is specified to broaden your understanding and appreciation of the topic.While presenting your views, you are required to support claims either with the relevant experience or with the published literature. This includes journal articles, relevant website links, news article, magazines or text from related books.The views could be supporting comments or they may be a contradiction, but you need to provide appropriate justification as specified above.If referring to published literature to support stated views, you are required to provide a relevant reference (and citation) in the response. If you can provide appropriate articles to support the opinion, it will be valued considerably. Please keep in mind that for referencing we focus on APA 6th Edition Referencing Style Guide.Along with actively participating in the discussions, it is equally important to provide responses, which are relevant and add value to the discussion. The quality of response will be considered as one of the most important criteria for evaluating students in Assessment 1, Part B.Once you have a good understanding of the task, then you need to post your work in the Assessment 1 (Part B) Discussion Forum Thread.Please make sure to review the Assessment 1 (Part A and Part B) Rubric in the Assessment brief document.

 Refer to “Labor Relations Application Florida’s Fact-Finding System” on page 297 of the course textbook. Review the contents. If you were a public sector union official would you be satisfied with the Fact-Finding process? Why or why not? (ULO 2)