Harry Haney, manager of the Eastern Division of MertockCo., made the following comment to the manager of theCentral Division: It’s all well and good for you to say that I should dis-regard sunk costs when I consider whether to replace the old, inefficient equipment with new, more efficientequipment. But my performance evaluation is based onnet operating profits divided by total assets. The newequipment will increase my total asset base and lowerthe ratio of profits to assets, hurting my performance.Thus, I will not sell the old equipment.Do you agree with Haney’s statement? Why or why not?

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Overheads

In cost accounting, overhead refers to those expenses which occur during the operating of a business. Overhead includes the fixed, variable, or semi-variable which is not directly involved with a company product or service. It is very important to analyze overhead expense as it helps the company in determining how much a company must charge for its products and services so that they can generate profit.  Overhead expenses depend upon the nature of the business operations.