Argentina Partners is concerned about the possible effects of inflation on its operations. Presently, the company sells 68,000 units for $45 per unit. The variable production costs are $25, and fixed costs amount to $780,000. Production engineers have advised management that they expect unit labor costs to rise by 20 percent and unit materials costs to rise by 15 percent in the coming year. Of the $25 variable costs, 50 percent are from labor and 25 percent are from materials. Variable overhead costs are expected to increase by 25 percent. Sales prices cannot increase more than 10 percent. It is also expected that fixed costs will rise by 5 percent as a result of increased taxes and other miscellaneous fixed charges. The company wishes to maintain the same level of profit in real dollar terms. It is expected that to accomplish this objective, profits must increase by 5 percent during the year.

Compute the volume in units and the dollar sales level necessary to maintain the present profit level, assuming that the maximum price increase is implemented.

Ineed this asap miguel's boss asks him to distribute information to the entire staff about a mandatory meeting. in 1–2 sentences, describe what miguel should do.

Alpha company uses the periodic inventory system for purchase & sales of merchandise. discount terms for both purchases & sales are, 2/10, n30 and the gross method is used. unless otherwise noted, fob destination will apply to all purchases & sales. the value of inventory is based on periodic system. on january 1, 2016, beginning inventory consisted of 350 units of widgets costing $10 each. alpha prepares monthly income statements. the following events occurred during the month of jan.: dateactivitya.jan. 3purchased on account 350 widgets for $11 each.b.jan. 5sold on account 400 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $150.c.jan. 10purchased on account 625 widgets for $12 each.d.jan. 11shipping cost for the january 10 purchased merchandise was $400 was paid with a cheque by alpha directly to the freight company.e.jan. 12returned 50 widgets received from jan. 10 purchase as they were not the correct item ordered.f.jan. 13paid for the purchases made on jan. 3.g.jan. 21sold on account 550 widgets for $30 each. paid freight out with petty cash of $250.h.jan. 22authorize credit without return of goods for 50 widgets sold on jan. 21 when customer advised that they were received in defective condition.i.jan. 25received payment for the sale made on jan. 5.j.jan. 26paid for the purchases made on jan. 10.k.jan. 31received payment for the sale made on jan. 21.use this information to prepare the general journal entries (without explanation) for the january events. if no entry is required then enter the date and write "no entry required."

Afinancing project has an initial cash inflow of $42,000 and cash flows of −$15,600, −$22,200, and −$18,000 for years 1 to 3, respectively. the required rate of return is 13 percent. what is the internal rate of return? should the project be accepted?