Alberta Clean-Up Crews (ACC) is a small private firm located…

Alberta Clean-Up Crews (ACC) is a small private firm located in southern Alberta. It is a disaster restoration business offering cleanup and restoration services 24 hours a day, and 365 days a year. It specializes in restoring commercial and residential locations after disasters such as fires and floods.   Recently, ACC was accepted as a preferred supplier by a large insurance company, Big Insurance Group (BIG). Being approved for the Preferred Supplier List gives ACC the potential to at least double its current revenue.   Jack Blue, the owner of ACC, has hired you as his new accountant to assist in transitioning ACC to meet BIG’s requirements and prepare for this new venture. Jack has concerns with ACC’s current reporting processes since they will be important in reporting to BIG. He is interested in your recommendations on how to improve them.    ACC’S CURRENT REPORTING PROCESS Upon arriving at a client’s home, the employee enters all of the client’s information into a shared spreadsheet accessible over an unsecure connection.   Employees add job information as the job progresses, noting their names beside the information they enter. (Sharing the spreadsheets with all employees has facilitated easy access and limited the cost of the software.)   At the end of the job, the employees assigned to the job compile and prepare a summary of job expenses. They also finalize the hours they put into the job, correcting any errors they made in recording their hours along the way.   The supervisor on site is required to review just the portion of the job that he or she worked on, and requests that each employee check his or her own work.   Jack takes the figures as submitted and prepares an invoice for the client. Jack uses the number of hours to complete each job supplied on the spreadsheet to run payroll.   As ACC has grown, some clients have complained about receiving the same invoice twice, while some suppliers have complained that they have not received payment. Jack has spent a lot of time investigating these issues and going through related invoices and receipts on his desk since everything is a mess. In the end, he usually assumes the client or supplier is right and either stops sending invoice reminders to the client or pays the supplier the amount they say they are owed.    Required: Identify the weaknesses and risks in current job costing, payroll, billing, and payable processes and controls. (4 marks) Present your recommendations to improve the processes. (10 marks)

Court and Travis took out a 36 month, $10,000 loan exactly 1…

Court and Travis took out a 36 month, $10,000 loan exactly 1 year ago to buy their 2013 Nissan Maxima. They have faithfully made each monthly payment of $300 each month. The loan was a 36-month loan and they now have $7,000 left on the loan. Court just received an $10,000 bonus at work! She and Travis agree that they should pay off their Maxima loan with some of the extra cash. If they agree to pay off the remaining balance, how much future interest will they avoid paying on the car? 

This swimmer’s right arm is pushing the water down and back…

This swimmer’s right arm is pushing the water down and back to propel her through the water. The motion began where her left arm is in this photo. The main muscle used for this propulsion with her right arm (as described above) when doing the activity shown in the picture is the _______________.