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Linda Butler is the new division controller of the snack-foods division of Daniel Foods. Daniel Foods has reported a minimum 15% growth in annual earnings for each of the past 5 years. The snack-foods division has reported annual earnings growth of more than 20% each year in this same period. During the current year, the economy went into a recession. The corporate controller estimates a 10% annual earnings growth rate for Daniel Foods this year. One month before the December 31 fiscal year-end of the current year. Butler estimates the snack foods division will report an annual earnings growth of only 8%. Rex Ray, the snack-foods division president, is not happy, but he notes that the "end-of-year actions" still need to be taken. Butler makes some inquiries and is able to compile the following list of end-of-year actions that were more or less accepted by the previous division controller. Why might the snack-foods division president want to take these end-of-year actions? Management incentives. Daniel Foods may have a division bonus scheme based on one-year reported division earnings. Effort to front-end revenue into the current year or transfer costs into the next year can increase this bonus. Promotion opportunity and job security. Top management of Daniel Foods likely will view those division managers that deliver high reported earnings growth rates as being the best prospects for promotion. If top management of Daniel Foods adopts a approach, divisions that report may attract a sizable increase in top management supervision. Linda Butler is the new division controller of the snack-foods division of Daniel Foods. Daniel Foods has reported a minimum 15% growth in annual earnings for each of the past 5 years. The snack-foods division has reported annual earnings growth of more than 20% each year in this same period. During the current year, the economy went into a recession. The corporate controller estimates a 10% annual earnings growth rate for Daniel Foods this year. One month before the December 31 fiscal year-end of the current year. Butler estimates the snack foods division will report an annual earnings growth of only 8%. Rex Ray, the snack-foods division president, is not happy, but he notes that the "end-of-year actions" still need to be taken. Butler makes some inquiries and is able to compile the following list of end-of-year actions that were more or less accepted by the previous division controller. Why might the snack-foods division president want to take these end-of-year actions? Management incentives. Daniel Foods may have a division bonus scheme based on one-year reported division earnings. Effort to front-end revenue into the current year or transfer costs into the next year can increase this bonus. Promotion opportunity and job security. Top management of Daniel Foods likely will view those division managers that deliver high reported earnings growth rates as being the best prospects for promotion. If top management of Daniel Foods adopts a approach, divisions that report may attract a sizable increase in top management supervision