Nancy, the owner of a very successful hotel chain in the Southeast, is exploring the possibility of expanding the chain into a city in the Northeast. She incurs $35,000 of expenses associated with this investigation. Based on the regulatory environment for hotels in the city, she decides not to expand. During the year, she also investigates opening a restaurant that will be part of a national restaurant chain. Her expenses for this are $53,000. The restaurant begins operations on September 1.
Determine the amount Nancy can deduct in the current year for investigating these two businesses.

Answer:

$3,133.

As regard to opening a restaurant,  investigation expense = 53,000 - 2000 = $51,000.

Explanation:

Before diving straight into the solution to this problem, let's take out some of the parameters given in the question above.

=> Nancy incurs $35,000 of expenses associated with the investigation of the possibility of expanding the chain into a city in the Northeast.

=> Nancy expenses for investigates opening a restaurant that will be part of a national restaurant chain are $53,000.

The first thing to do right now is to determine the value for the  investigation as regard to the opening of a restaurant = [ 2000 × (51,000/180 months) × 4] = $3,133.

The next thing is to determine the value for the deduction which is available. This can be done below as:

The amount Nancy can deduct in the current year for investigating these two businesses = 5000 - [ 53000 - 50000] = $2, 000

As regard to opening a restaurant,  investigation expense = 53,000 - 2000 = $51,000.

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Suppose a monopolist is producing a level of output such that MR > MC. Which of the following best describes what will happen as the firm moves to its profit-maximizing equilibrium? A) Marginal revenue will rise and marginal cost will fall. B) Marginal cost and marginal revenue will both rise. C) Marginal revenue will fall and marginal cost will rise. D) Marginal cost and marginal revenue will both fall.

Suppose that Perry and Taimur both produce poems and novels. Perry’s productive capabilities are as follows. He can produce 12 poems if he spends all of his time writing poems or he can write 2 novels if he spends all of his time writing novels. He can also produce any linear combination in between. Taimur’s productive capabilities are as follows. He can produce 12 poems if he spends all of his time writing poems or he can write 4 novels if he spends all of his time writing novels. He can also produce any linear combination in between.
A. Which person can produce poems at lower opportunity cost? Explain. Which person can produce novels at a lower opportunity cost? Explain.
B. Suppose that Perry and Taimur make the following deal. Perry will spend all of his time making poems and Taimur will spend all of his time making novels. Taimur will then send 1 novel to Perry and in return Perry will send Taimur 4 poems. How many poems and novels will Perry have after this trade? How may poems and novels will Taimur have after this trade?
C. I claim that after trading with Taimur, Perry can now consume a combination of poems and novels that he never could have produced for himself. Likewise, Taimur can now consume a combination of poems and novels that he never could have produced for himself after trading with Perry. Use equations and a couple of simple calculations to demonstrate that I am correct.
D. What do you think is going on here? Why can both Perry and Taimur now consume a quantity of goods that they never could have produced for themselves?

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Catena's Marketing Company has the following adjusted trial balance at the end of the current year. Cash dividends of $630 were declared at the end of the year, and 590 additional shares of common stock ($0.10 par value per share) were issued at the end of the year for $2,910 in cash for a total at the end of the year of 810 shares). These effects are included below
Cash Catena's Marketing Company Adjusted Trial Balance End of the Current Year
Debit Credit
Cash $ 1,370
Accounts receivable 2,230
Interest receivable 170
Prepaid insurance 1,620
Long-term notes
receivable 2,890
Equipment 15,700
Accumulated depreciation $ 3.060
Accounts payable 2,400
Dividends payable 630
Accrued expenses payable 3,740
Income taxes payable 2,640
Unearned rent revenue 430
Common Stock (810 shares) 81
Additional paid in capital 3.589
Retained earnings 1,870
Sales revenue 38,780
Interest revenue 150
Rent revenue 760
Wages expense 20,700
Depreciation expense 1,700
Utilities expense
Insurance expense 760
Rent expense 7,880
Income tax expense 2,780
Total $58,130 $58,130
Prepare the closing entry at the end of the current year, (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

Milliken Company paid $3.00 million to purchase stock in another company, $1.40 million to repurchase treasury shares, $1.50 million to buy short-term investments, sold used equipment for $0.84 million when its book value was $1.20 million, and purchased new equipment for $3.8 million. What was the net cash flow from investing activities

Presented below is a condensed version of the comparative balance sheets for Ravensclaw Corporation for the last two years at December 31.

2019 2018
Cash $230,100 $101,400
Accounts receivable 234,000 240,500
Investments 67,600 96,200
Equipment 387,400 312,000
Accumulated Depreciation-Equipment (137,800 ) (115,700 )
Current liabilities 174,200 196,300
Common stock 208,000 208,000
Retained earnings 399,100 230,100

Additional information:
Investments were sold at a loss of $13,000; no equipment was sold; cash dividends paid were $39,000; and net income was $208,000.

Required:
Create a Statement of Cash Flows for 2019.

Manson Industries incurs unit costs of $6 ($4 variable and $2 fixed) in making an assembly part for its finished product. A supplier offers to make 15,000 of the assembly part at $5 per unit. If the offer is accepted, Manson will save all variable costs but no fixed costs. Prepare an analysis showing the total cost saving, if any, Manson will realize by buying the part.

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Windsor, Inc. just began business and made the following four inventory purchases in June:
June 1 129 units $890 June 10 172 units 1340 June 15 172 units 1440 June 28 129 units 1140 $4810
A physical count of merchandise inventory (rounded to whole dollar) on June 30 reveals that there are 180 units on hand. The inventory method which results in the highest gross profit for June is:_______.
a. the FIFO method.
b. the LIFO method.
c. the average cost method.
d. not determinable.

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The information below pertains to Barkley Company for 2015.
Net income for the year $2,240,000
9% convertible bonds issued at par ($1,000 per bond); each bond is convertible into 30 shares of common stock 2,112,000
6% convertible, cumulative preferred stock, $100 par value; each share is convertible into 3 shares of common stock 4,707,000
Common stock, $10 par value 6,959,000
Tax rate for 2015 45%
Average market price of common stock $25 per share
There were no changes during 2015 in the number of common shares, preferred shares, or convertible bonds outstanding. There is no treasury stock. The company also has common stock options (granted in a prior year) to purchase 75,800 shares of common stock at $15 per share.
(a) Compute basic earnings per share for 2015. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. $2.55.)
Basic earnings per share
$
(b) Compute diluted earnings per share for 2015. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. $2.55.)
Diluted earnings per share
$

Gilligan Co.'s bonds currently sell for $1,230. They have a 6.75% annual coupon rate and a 15-year maturity, and are callable in 6 years at $1,067.50. Assume that no costs other than the call premium would be incurred to call and refund the bonds, and also assume that the yield curve is horizontal, with rates expected to remain at current levels on into the future. Under these conditions, what rate of return should an investor expect to earn if he or she purchases these bonds, the YTC or the YTM? Select the correct answer. a. 3.20% b. 3.47% c. 4.01% d. 2.93% e. 3.74%

Wildhorse Warehouse distributes hardback books to retail stores and extends credit terms of 4/10, n/30 to all of its customers. During the month of June, the following merchandising transactions occurred. June 1 Purchased books on account for $2,265 (including freight) from Catlin Publishers, terms 4/10, n/30. 3 Sold books on account to Garfunkel Bookstore for $1,400. The cost of the merchandise sold was $800. 6 Received $65 credit for books returned to Catlin Publishers. 9 Paid Catlin Publishers in full. 15 Received payment in full from Garfunkel Bookstore. 17 Sold books on account to Bell Tower for $1,000, terms of 4/10, n/30. The cost of the merchandise sold was $850. 20 Purchased books on account for $800 from Priceless Book Publishers, terms 3/15, n/30. 24 Received payment in full, less discount from Bell Tower. 26 Paid Priceless Book Publishers in full. 28 Sold books on account to General Bookstore for $2,950. The cost of the merchandise sold was $830. 30 Granted General Bookstore $120 credit for books returned costing $60. Journalize the transactions for the month of June for Wildhorse Warehouse, using a perpetual inventor

Surendra’s personal residence originally cost $340,000 (ignore land). After living in the house for five years, he converts it to rental property. At the date of conversion, the fair market value of the house is $320,000. As to the rental property, calculate Surendra’s basis for:________.
a. Loss.
b. Depreciation.
c. Gain.
d. Could Surendra have obtained better tax results if he had sold his personal residence for $320,000 to hold as rental property?

Stock Options
On December 30, 2014, Yang Corporation granted compensatory stock options for 5,000 shares of its $1 par value common stock to certain of its key employees. The options may be exercised after 2 years of employment. Market price of the common stock on that date was $30 per share and the option price was $30 per share. Using a fair value option pricing model, total compensation expense is determined to be $80,000. The options are exercisable beginning January 1, 2017, providing those key employees are still in the employ of the company at the time the options are exercised. The options expire on January 1, 2018.
Instructions:
Prepare the following selected journal entries for the company on the answer sheet (if no entry required, state "no entry").
(1) December 30, 2014.
(2) December 31, 2015.
(3) January 1, 2017, assuming 90% of the options were exercised at that date.
(4) January 1, 2018, for the 10% of the options that expired.

Barbur, Inc. reported net income of $20.35 million. During the year the average number of common shares outstanding was 3.7 million. The price of a share of common stock at the end of the year was $5. There were 680,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding on average and no dividends were declared and the preferred stock is non-cumulative.
1A. Use the information above, the EPS is approximately:_____.
a. $0.40.b. $1.76.c. $1.86.d. $2.00.
1B. Use the information above, the Price/Earnings ratio is approximately:_____.a. 2.00.b. 2.50.c. 2.84.d. 12.50.