James Webb Is the General Manager of the Industrial Product

question 24

Multiple Choice

James Webb is the general manager of the Industrial Product Division, and his performance is measured using the residual income (RI) method. Webb is reviewing the followed forecasted information for his division for the coming year: If the imputed interest charge is 15% and Webb wants to achieve an RI target of $2 million, what will costs have to be in order to achieve the target?

• A)$9,000,000.
• B)$10,800,000.
• C)$23,620,000.
• D)$25,150,000.
• E)$25,690,000.

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