The Importance of Guidelines in Capital Budgeting: Lessons from the I-35W Bridge Collapse

Anticipating and avoiding critical missteps in the planning, implementation, and accounting of a capital budget are crucial skills when developing a budget. In this assignment, you will explain the importance of creating guidelines to ensure fiscal responsibility and discipline.

Review the following resources before completing your assignment:

Watch When a Bridge Falls, located in the Week 4 University Library Resources. This video provides a synopsis of the critical errors that may have led to the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis.
Review the ” resource guide for legislative reports and documents related to the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse.
Review Ch. 7, Capital Budgeting, Time Value of Money, and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Process, Structure, and Basic Tools, of Fiscal Administration. This chapter explains concepts related to processes and guidelines for managing capital expenditures in a budget.
Watch “.” Review the presentation tips provided in this tutorial before completing the assignment.
Imagine that you are a criminal justice employee responsible for managing a budget at your agency. You have been asked to present to the budget planning team errors in budgeting so that your agency can avoid making these errors in your next budget proposal.

Financial Plan for Apple Inc.

As a manager of the Fortune 500 company (Apple Inc.) you need to be able to determine larger funding sources by creating a financial plan to help reduce duplication of resources, identify requirements and risks, and determine various financing options. Completing this planning is an essential step for all businesses to take if they want to succeed.

You decide to create a financial plan for leaders of Apple Inc. to help distinguish between sources, requirements, and risks associated with various types of long- and short-term financing capital structure that your company can potentially use in the future.

Assessment Deliverable
Draft a 3- to 4-page financial plan for your company. This plan should include sections for a business case and profit-and-loss statements for 2025, 2026, and 2027. Include the following items:
• A business case that includes a description, type of business, and sources of funding
• A profit-and-loss statement for a 3-year period in Microsoft Excel (2025, 2026, and 2027).
• Project revenue for 2025, 2026, and 2027. State realistic assumptions, such as growth per year, in your projections.
• Estimate direct costs, including capital, marketing, labor, and supply, for 2025, 2026, and 2027.
• A conclusion that includes an explanation of what working through a financial plan can do for a company.

 

Navigating International Legal Challenges and Opportunities in the Renewable Energy Sector: A Focus on India

After reviewing chapters 6-7 and the research papers of Cobb, Hall, & Hederman and Seager, Walker, & Zatechka, discuss the international legal challenges and opportunities facing your industry and its applications and how you, as a leader in your industry, would approach doing business in an emerging economy given the macroeconomic and socioeconomic conditions in the world today. You may choose a country for your focus if that helps you be more specificwith your response.

 

 

Exploring Ethical Perceptions of Tax Evasion in Madagascar’s Banking Sector

 

Write a thesis on ethical perceptions of tax evasion in the banking sector of madagascar. hypothesis statements: H Statement: “Perceptions of the fairness of tax evasion do not differ between operational staff and compliance officers in Madagascar’s Banks.” H Statement “Compliance officers in Madagascar’s banks perceive tax evasion as less fair compared to operational staff.”

 

Profit Maximization Analysis for Game-Day Shuttle Service

You run a game-day shuttle service for parking services for the local ball club. Suppose you are compensated $16 per customer, per ride. In other words, your marginal revenue is $16. Your costs for different customer loads are summarized in the following table.
For each customer load, calculate both the marginal cost and the average cost. Then answer the question that follows.
Note: Round your answers to the nearest cent.
Customers Total Cost Marginal Cost Average Cost
($)($ per customer)($ per customer)
1$30
2$34
3$42
4$54
5$70
6$90
7$114
8$142
In order to maximize profits, you should carry 2,5, 7 or 6     customers per load.

Evaluating the Impact of Adding Another Copier or Hiring Another Worker

 

A copy company wants to expand production. It currently has 20 workers who share eight copiers. Two months ago, the firm added two copiers, and output increased by 60,000 pages per day. One month ago, the firm added five workers, and productivity also increased by 25,000 pages per day. A copier costs about three times as much as a worker.
Assume these increases in productivity per worker and productivity per copier are good proxies for future increases in productivity when hiring additional workers or purchasing additional copiers.
Based on this information, the copy company should Purchase another copier/Hire another worker in order to expand output.