A company has just received the latest in a series of annual payments; this payment was $620. The annual payments are expected to continue for three more years with each payment being increased by the expected rate of inflation. The real cost of capital is 8% per year and the expected rate of inflation is
6% per year.
What is the present value of the future payments the company expects to receive?
Give your answer to the nearest $.

It is often claimed that a two-part transfer pricing system offers a number of advantages to organizations which use it.
Which of the following statements is NOT an advantage of using a two-part transfer pricing system?

A company's competitor has just launched a rival product at a selling price of $38 per unit. Until now the company's selling price of $41.60 per unit has achieved a 30% mark-up on the product's unit cost. The company proposes to use a target costing approach to pricing to remain competitive.
Management has decided to match the competitor's selling price and has set a target cost to achieve a
20% return on the target price.
What is the cost gap?

During a Board meeting at a manufacturing company, concerns regarding the analysing of the current inventory management systems and processes are brought up.
Attendees of the meeting have made several claims and suggestions but the managing director admits that he does not know who to believe and so has asked you to let him know which statements of the following statements are TRUE?
Select ALL that apply.

The discount rate at which the net present value (NPV) is zero is known as the