Memo To: John & Jane Smith From: Date: Re: Memo summarizing various tax issues 1. John Smith ’s tax issues: Issue a) How is the $300‚000 treated for purposes of federal tax income? John Smith’s earned income of $300‚000 will reported as gross income either on Schedule c of the individual return or as gross income on the LLC return. As a result of the variance in the state laws as to whether or not a single person LLC can report on a business return is the reasons why it could be
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Ethics case (a) Who will suffer negative effects if you do not comply with Gena Schmitt’s instructions? Who will suffer if you do comply? The negative effects of not complying with Gena Schmitt’s instructions can be detrimental to all stakeholders of the business. Those include the business‚ the employees‚ customers‚ and the assistant controller since he or she is disobeying a direct order. If the controller does comply with the instructions the controller can be held ethically responsible
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Chapter One Sole Proprietorship: A business with one owner (and is not a taxable entity) Partnerships: Owned by two or more individuals (also not a taxable entity) Non-business entities: organized for a purpose other than earning a profit Economic Entity Concept: Assuming that everything is accounted for in a business. Personal costs must be separate from the business. Operating Activities: “Day to day” activities Investing Activities: Purchase and sale of long-term assets Financing: Money needed
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Nicola Elvy Week Five Questions Chapter 11 (#1‚ 11‚ 12) 1. Why do we use the overall cost of capital for investment decisions even when only one source of capital will be used (e.g.‚ debt)? One may think that an investment financed with a low-cost debt facility is adequate on paper but in the long run that very use of that debt can be the cause of an increase the general risk of the firm and in turn will make any future financing more costly. Every project should be scrutinized to
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U1-40 (30 min) Benefit-cost analysis—add a project a. and b. | Income Statement | New contract changes | Dollar impact of new contract | Income with new contract | Sales revenue | $ 1‚500‚000 | $ 200‚000 | $ 200‚000 | $ 1‚700‚000 | Costs | | | | | Labor | 700‚000 | 175‚000 | 175‚000 | 875‚000 | Equipment lease | 104‚000 | 12% | 12‚480 | 116‚480 | Rent | 120‚000 |
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You are an Investment Analyst Strayer University ACC557 – Financial Accounting Professor Levi Beckwith March 16‚ 2014 1. Analyze each company’s history‚ product/services‚ major customers‚ major suppliers‚ and leadership and provide a synopsis of each company. The Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO ) vs. PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP ) war is one of the greatest rivalries in corporate history‚ just like Apple vs. Microsoft. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the two most popular and widely recognized
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EC 109 Autumn 2011 Dr. Mani Problem Set 2 Due Date: Oct31‚ Monday – between 9 & 11 AM in room S 2.132 Please keep a copy of your assignment and show all your work clearly. (1) Mr. J. Bond‚ a retired movie actor‚ consumes only grapes and the composite good Y (i.e. price of Y is £1). His income consists of £10000 a year from his investment fund plus the proceeds of whatever he sells of the 2000 bushels of grapes he harvests
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1. Based on historical data‚ you have estimated the following probability distributions for the returns on two individual securities (SMALL and BIG) and the value-weighted market portfolio: State probability Small Big Market Expansion 0.30 25% 8% 12% Normal 0.5 15% 6% 10% Recession 0.20 0% 2% 3% a) Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of return for Small‚ Big and the market portfolio b) Calculate the covariance between Small and Big; between Small
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Memorandum To: Ms. Katryna Faith CC: Personal Budget‚ Balance Sheet and Statement of Cash Flows From: Ms. Shelle Avis Date: 5/12/2013 Re: Recommendations Confidential Ms. Katryna Faith is a 27 year old woman who currently works as a Customer Service Representative for Phoenix Associates. Ms. Faith also has a Bachelor’s in Accounting that she received last year and seeking her Master’s degree in the Accounting. She has no dependents but she does have a puppy. Ms. Faith wants to develop a
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Juliana Borges Connie Robin Gibson XACC/290 June 9‚ 2013 BE5-1: A. $181‚500 B. $41‚200 C. $38‚000 D. $17‚900 E. $8‚500 F. $63‚400 BE5-2: Pocras Company buys merchandise on account from Wedell Company. The selling price of the goods is $900 and the cost of the goods sold is $590. Both companies use perpetual inventory systems. Journalize the transactions on the books of both companies. Pocras Company: Accounts Receivable: Debit = $900‚ Credit = $900. Cost of Goods Sold: Debit = $590
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