Required: 1.Prepare a table with five columns to present your figures as follows:
Show each expense on a separate line and show your calculations below the table.
In column 2: add Yates Ltd and Porte Ltd expenses together.
In column 5: indicate a reference number which you will then use to answer question 2.
2.Use the reference number in column 5 in question 1 and discuss the decisions you made to derive at your figures presented in column 3. Thus explain the figures you present in columns 3 and 4. Discuss which expenses are relevant and which are irrelevant and justify your arguments. (Tip: demonstrate that you can follow a simple, logical process when making decisions, including making predictions, making a choice  and acting on that choice, including deciding what costs and benefits each choice affords).
3.Discuss a minimum of five (5) qualitative and non-financial issues Yates Ltd will have to consider in deciding whether to merge with Porte Ltd.                (10 marks)
4.Based on your answers in questions 2 and 3 above, should Yates Ltd merge with Porte Ltd? Justify your answer.

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