Jerry Recently Was Offered a Position with a Major Accounting

question 49

Multiple Choice

Jerry recently was offered a position with a major accounting firm.The firm offered Jerry either a signing bonus of $23,000 payable on the first day of work or a signing bonus of $26,000 payable after one year of employment.Assuming that the relevant interest rate is 10%, which option should Jerry choose?

• A)The options are equivalent.
• B)Insufficient information to determine.
• C)The signing bonus of $23,000 payable on the first day of work.
• D)The signing bonus of $26,000 payable after one year of employment. Items 56 through 58 apply to the appropriate use of interest tables.Given below are the future value factors for 1 at 8% for one to five periods.Each of the items 56 to 58 is based on 8% interest Compounded annually.

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