settlement as incompletely constituted trust. Once the settlement is deemed to be incompletely constituted trust‚ the beneficiary could not enforce their right in the trust. This is due to the maxim in equity “equity will not assist a volunteer” and “equity will not perfect an imperfect gift”‚ which meant that equity is reluctant to offer assistance to those who does not provide consideration. Hence an absolute owner must transfer the legal ownership of the property to the trustee in accordance to the relevant
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Navigating Pay Equity: Developments in Legislation March 24‚ 2014 Agenda • Historical legislation • Lilly Ledbetter • Paycheck Fairness Act • Impact and advice for HR professionals Equal Pay Act (EPA) • Passed in 1963 as an amendment to the FLSA • Requires equal pay for substantially equal work ▫Skill‚ Effort‚ Responsibility‚ Working Conditions • Gender claims only • Not required to show discriminatory intent EPA - Affirmative Defenses • Seniority system • Merit system • System which measures
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Generally‚ the term cost of production refers to the ‘money expenses’ incurred in the production of a commodity. But money expenses are not the only expenses incurred on the production of a commodity. There are number of services and inputs such as entrepreneurship‚ land‚ capital etc.‚ which are offered by an entrepreneur without changing any price or receiving any payment for them. While computing the total cost of production‚ allowance should be made for such expenses. It is therefore essential
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Cost reduction Generally defined as the act of cutting costs to improve profitability. Cost reduction‚ should therefore‚ not be confused with cost saving and cost control. Cost saving could be a temporary affair and may be at the cost of quality. Cost reduction implies the retention of essential characteristics and quality of the product and thus it must be confined to permanent and genuine savings in the costs of manufacture‚ administration‚ distribution and selling‚ brought about by elimination
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accounting profits and economic profits for Gomez’s pottery. Explicit costs: $37‚000 (= $12‚000 for the helper + $5‚000 of rent + $20‚000 of materials). Implicit costs: $22‚000 (= $4‚000 of forgone interest + $15‚000 of forgone salary + $3‚000 of entreprenuership). Accounting profit = $35‚000 (= $72‚000 of revenue - $37‚000 of explicit costs); Economic profit = $13‚000 (= $72‚000 - $37‚000 of explicit costs - $22‚000 of implicit costs). 8-4 (Key Question) Complete the following table by calculating
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Business (UKM-GSB-LHDN) Cost Classification: Government Agency PROBLEM 2-56 The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for maintaining the state’s parks and forest lands‚ stocking the lakes and rivers with fish‚ and generally overseeing the protection of the environment. Several cost incurred by the agency are listed below. For each cost‚ indicate which of the following classifications best describe the cost. More than one classification may apply to the same cost item. The Answers
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does Mortensen estimate Midland’s cost of capital? What would be the potential consequences of a too high estimate compared to the firm’s “true” cost of capital? What about a too low estimate? The purpose is that the cost capital will be used for capital budgeting‚ financial accounting‚ performance assessment‚ stock repurchases estimations. Also the cost of capital is a necessary basis for the expected growth and forecasted demand. The too high estimated cost of capital means that Midland may miss
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. Debt and Equity Financing Debt Versus Equity Financing ACC400/University of Phoenix June 13‚ 2011 Debt Versus Equity Financing In the accounting industry financing is an important concept. Many companies would not be operable without acquiring some for of financing options. Although there are many types of financing‚ the two that will be discussed in this paper are debt financing and equity financing. Also this paper will give two examples of each type of financing and discuss which
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Private Equity? some of us reading this stories‚ the word private equity may seems a little bit unfamiliar. The definition of private equity by the famous Investopedia is as follows‚ “Equity capital that is not quoted on a public exchange.” Simple isn’t it? Example of private equity in Indonesia is the Orang Tua group. So now we understand about private equity‚ but what’s in it for us finance students? The answer is the Private Equity Firm who specializes in dealing about the private equity. A
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IntroductionNike Corporation was incorporated in 1968. In their thirty-four year history‚ Nike has primarily been in the business of designing‚ developing‚ and marketing athletic footwear‚ attire‚ equipment and accessories‚ а lot of companies go out on a limb when it comes to business decision or management strategies with Nike Corporation. Nike is а powerful company. Nike Corporation is a well managed company in а striking industry‚ the company has a strong brand image‚ and they are effectively
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