Several financial or economic factors are relevant to the rent-or-buy decision. From the following list, identify the financial or economic factors that should be considered when performing this analysis. Check all that apply.

a. The pride that comes from owning your own home
b. Current and expected future housing prices
c. Current and expected future housing-related tax deductions

Answer:

The financial and economic factors that should be considered when performing this analysis are:

b. Current and expected future housing prices

c. Current and expected future housing-related tax deductions

Explanation:

a) A rent-or-buy decision should be based on financial and economic factors.  There is the financial implication of making a down payment, closing costs, and maintenance expenses when one decides to own a home instead of renting an apartment.   However, for the occupant, renting provides the advantage of known monthly costs.  Some advantages of owning a house are building equity and tax benefits.  The pride that comes that comes from owning a home is not a financial and economic benefit.

Lionel is an unmarried law student at State University Law School, a qualified educational institution. This year Lionel borrowed $30,000 from County Bank and paid interest of $1,800. Lionel used the loan proceeds to pay his law school tuition. Calculate the amounts Lionel can deduct for higher education expenses and interest on higher-education loans under the following circumstances:

The transactions listed below are typical of those involving Amalgamated Textiles and American Fashions. Amalgamated is a wholesale merchandiser and American Fashions is a retail merchandiser. Assume all sales of merchandise from Amalgamated to American Fashions are made with terms n/60, and the two companies use perpetual inventory systems. Assume the following transactions between the two companies occurred in the order listed during the year ended December 31.
a. Amalgamated sold merchandise to American Fashions at a selling price of $270,000. The merchandise had cost Amalgamated $191,000.
b. Two days later, American Fashions returned goods that had been sold to the company at a price of $27,500 and complained to Amalgamated that some of the remaining merchandise differed from what American Fashions had ordered. Amalgamated agreed to give an allowance of $9,000 to American Fashions. The goods returned by American Fashions had cost Amalgamated $19,270
c. Just three days later, American Fashions paid Amalgamated, which settled all amounts owed
Required:
For each of the events (a) through (c), indicate the amount and direction of the effect on Amalgamated Textiles in terms of the following items. (Enter any decreases to account balances with a minus sign.) Prepare the journal entries that Amalgamated Textiles would record. TIP: When using a perpetual inventory system, the seller always makes two journal entries when goods are sold. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)

On December 30, 2017, the Board of Directors of Blue Manufacturing, Inc. committed to a plan to discontinue the operations of its Owl division. Blue estimated that Owl's 2018 operating loss would be $750,000 and that the fair value of Owl's facilities was $450,000 less than their carrying amounts. The estimate for the 2018 operating loss turned out to be correct. Owl's 2017 operating loss was $1,000,000, and the division was actually sold for $400,000 less than its carrying amount in 2018. Blue's effective tax rate is 35%. In its 2017 income statement, what amount should Blue report as loss from discontinued operations

In January, Prahbu purchased a new machine for use in an existing production line of his manufacturing business for $98,000. Assume that the machine is a unit of property and is not a material or supply. Prahbu pays $3,925 to install the machine, and after the machine is installed, he pays $2,250 to perform a critical test on the machine to ensure that it will operate in accordance with quality standards. On November 1, the critical test is complete, and Prahbu places the machine in service on the production line. On December 3, Prahbu pays another $5,200 to perform periodic quality control testing after the machine is placed in service. How much will Prahbu be required to capitalize as the cost of the machine

Bruin Company received a $100,000 insurance payment on the death of its company president. The company annually paid $1,000 of non-deductible insurance premiums on the policy. Bruin reported the insurance receipt as income and deducted the premium payments on its books. For ASC 740 purposes, the income and deduction are characterized as:

The governor has proposed to clean up all the trash on the side of the highway. The project is estimated to cost the tax payers and additional $15,000. The city will benefit by having a clean highway which will entice tourists to stop along their routes. The project is estimated to bring in $12,000 of revenue from the highway being cleaned. Should the governor continue with the project

Zhang Industries sells a product for $700. Unit sales for May were 400 and each month's sales are expected to grow by 3%. Zhang pays a sales manager a monthly salary of $3,000 and a commission of 2% of sales in dollars. Assume 30% of Zhang's sales are for cash. The remaining 70% are credit sales; these customers pay in the month following the sale. Compute the budgeted cash receipts for June.Multiple Choice$282,520.$196,000.$280,000.$201,880.$285,880.

Forten Company's current year income statement, comparative balance sheets, and additional information follow. For the year, (1) all sales are credit sales, (2) all credits to Accounts Receivable reflect cash receipts from customers, (3) all purchases of inventory are on credit, (4) all debits to Accounts Payable reflect cash payments for inventory, and (5) Other Expenses are paid in advance and are initially debited to Prepaid Expenses.
FORTEN COMPANY
Comparative Balance Sheets
December 31
Current Year Prior Year
Assets
Cash $ 66,400 $ 84,500
Accounts receivable 82,380 61,625
Inventory 292,156 262,800
Prepaid expenses 1,320 2,115
Total current assets 442,256 411,040
Equipment 146,500 119,000
Accum. depreciation—Equipment (42,125) (51,500)
Total assets $ 546,631 $ 478,540
Liabilities and Equity
Accounts payable $ 64,141 $ 131,175
Short-term notes payable 13,300 8,200
Total current liabilities 77,441 139,375
Long-term notes payable 59,500 59,750
Total liabilities 136,941 199,125
Equity
Common stock, $5 par value 179,250 161,250
Paid-in capital in excess of par, common stock 54,000 0
Retained earnings 176,440 118,165
Total liabilities and equity $ 546,631 $ 478,540
FORTEN COMPANY
Income Statement
For Current Year Ended December 31
Sales $ 637,500
Cost of goods sold 296,000
Gross profit 341,500
Operating expenses
Depreciation expense $ 31,750
Other expenses 143,400 175,150
Other gains (losses)
Loss on sale of equipment (16,125)
Income before taxes 150,225
Income taxes expense 39,650
Net income $ 110,575
Additional Information on Current Year Transactions
The loss on the cash sale of equipment was $16,125 (details in b).
Sold equipment costing $79,875, with accumulated depreciation of $41,125, for $22,625 cash.
Purchased equipment costing $107,375 by paying $52,000 cash and signing a long-term note payable for the balance.
Borrowed $5,100 cash by signing a short-term note payable.
Paid $55,625 cash to reduce the long-term notes payable.
Issued 3,600 shares of common stock for $20 cash per share.
Declared and paid cash dividends of $52,300.
Required:
Prepare a complete statement of cash flows using a spreadsheet using the indirect method. (Enter all amounts as positive values.)

A cement manufacturer has supplied the following data:

Tons of cement produced and sold 235,000
Sales revenue $1,010,500
Variable manufacturing expense $416,000
Fixed manufacturing expense $275,000
Variable selling and administrative expense $54,000
Fixed selling and administrative expense $215,000
Net operating income $50,500

Required:
What is the company's unit contribution margin?

A ship valued at $1,337,500 is carrying a cargo of iron ore valued at $125,000, and a cargo of coal valued at $100,000. The ship is stranded and the captain jettisons what is later determined to be $12,500 worth of iron ore. The stranded ship is towed to port, receives a bill from the tug company of $56,250 and is determined to have suffered $71,875 worth of damage to the ship. The captain declares a general average.
How much liability will the company shipping the coal have?

Illumination Corporation operates one central plant that has two divisions, the Flashlight Division and the Night Light Division. The following data apply to the coming budget year: Budgeted costs of operating the plant for 2000 to 3000 hours: Fixed operating costs per year $480,000 Variable operating costs $800 per hour Budgeted long-run usage per year: Flashlight Division 1500 hours Night Light Division 700 hours Practical capacity 3000 hours Assume that practical capacity is used to calculate the allocation rates. Actual usage for the year by the Flashlight Division was 1400 hours and by the Night Light Division was 600 hours. If a single-rate cost-allocation method is used, what amount of operating costs will be allocated to the Night Light Division

Bob is the owner of Apartments Complex. Betty is his manager. Bob informs all tenants in writing as part of their lease that rent may ONLY be paid to Bob and not to Betty. However, over the years, tenants pay Betty directly who gives the rent to Bob. Bob never objects. What types of agency authority does Betty have

Perry Investments bought 2,000 shares of Able, Inc. common stock on January 1, 20X1, for $20,000 and 2,000 shares of Baker, Inc. common stock on July 1, 20X1 for $24,000. Baker paid $2,400 of previously declared dividends to Perry on December 31, 20X1. At the end of 20X1, the fair value of the Able stock was $18,000 and the fair value of the Baker stock was $28,000. The stocks were purchased for short-term speculation prior to the effective date of the change in accounting rules for equity investments. Perry owns 10% of each company.

Perry should record the receipt of the Baker dividend as:______

a. DR Cash 2,400 CR Investment in Baker 2,400
b. DR Cash 240 CR Dividend income 240
c. DR Cash 2,400 CR Dividends receivable 2,400
d. DR Dividends receivable 2,400 CR Dividend income 2,400

define federal deposit insurance corporation.​

The Sandeep Company's April 30 pre-reconciliation cash balance on its books was $35,000. While preparing the April 30 bank reconciliation, Sandeep determined that outstanding checks total $11,000, deposits in transit total $7,000, and bank service charges are $50. Assuming there are no other reconciling items, what was Sandeep's April 30 cash balance per the bank statement

Farris Corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: Selling price $108 Units in beginning inventory 0 Units produced 8,900 Units sold 8,500 Units in ending inventory 400 Variable costs per unit: Direct materials $ 17 Direct labor $ 59 Variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 Variable selling and administrative expense $ 9 Fixed costs: Fixed manufacturing overhead $133,500 Fixed selling and administrative expense $ 8,700 What is the net operating income for the month under absorption costing

ystem anticipates that spending $300,000 on an advertising campaign will increase bed days by 650. The marketing department anticipates that each additional bed day will yield $2,100 in additional revenue and will increase costs by $1,700. The campaign Group of answer choices will reduce profits by $40,000. will increase profits by $40,000. will increase profits by $90,000. will increase profits by $210,000.

Swifty Corporation had a 1/1/20 balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts of $35500. During 2020, it wrote off $23000 of accounts and collected $8000 on accounts previously written off. The balance in Accounts Receivable was $780000 at 1/1 and $960000 at 12/31. At 12/31/20, Swifty estimates that 5% of accounts receivable will prove to be uncollectible. What should Swifty report as its Allowance for Doubtful Accounts at 12/31/20

You want to have $3 million in real dollars in an account when you retire in 40 years. The nominal return on your investment is 10 percent and the inflation rate is 4.8 percent. What real amount must you deposit each year to achieve your goal

The auto repair shop of Quality Motor Company uses standards to control the labor time and labor cost in the shop.The standard labor cost for a motor tune-up is given below:
Standard Hours Standard Rate Standard Cost
Motor tune-up 2.50 $35.00 $87.50
The record showing the time spent in the shop last week on motor tune-ups has been misplaced. However, the shop supervisor recalls that 60 tune-ups were completed during the week, and the controller recalls the following variance data relating to tune-ups:
Labor rate variance $ 50 F
Labor spending variance $ 55 U
Required:
1. Determine the number of actual labor-hours spent on tune-ups during the week.
2. Determine the actual hourly rate of pay for tune-ups last week.

What kind of policy is minimum wage?
Fiscal or Monetary?

Information from the records of the Abel Corporation for July 2018 was as follows:
Sales $1,230,000
Selling and administrative expenses 210,000
Direct materials used 264,000
Direct labor 300,000
Factory overhead * 405,000
*variable overhead is $205,000, fixed overhead is $200,000
Inventories
July 1, 2018 July 31, 2018
Direct materials $36,000 $42,000
Work in process 75,000 84,000
Finished goods 69,000 57,000
The total product cost is:_______.
a. $969,000
b. $1,179,000
c. $764,000
d. $615,000

in managing production worker compensation and expenditures for best practice training, the overriding objective of company managers should be to

Warbler Corporation has Federal taxable income of $10,000,000. Warbler apportions 70% of its manufacturing income to State C. Warbler generates $4,000,000 of nonapportionable income each year, and 30% of that income is allocated to State C. Applying the state income tax modifications, Warbler's total business income from the manufacturing operation this year is $12,000,000.
a. How much of Warbler's manufacturing income does State C tax?
b. How much of Warbler's allocable income does State C tax?

The owners of Whitewater rafting are currently contemplating a manufacturing process (Old Process) that will require an investment of $4,000 and a variable cost of $6 per raft vs. a larger (New Process) initial investment of $20,000 with more automated equipment that would reduce their variable cost of manufacture to $2 per raft. Compare the two manufacturing processes proposed here. For what volume demand should each process be chosen?
A. From 0 to 1000 choose Old Process, From 1000 to infinity choose New Process
B. From 0 to 4000 choose New Process, From 4000 to infinity choose Old Process
C. From 0 to 4000 choose Old Process, From 4000 to infinity choose New Process
D. Always use the Old Process and never use the New Process
E Always use the New Process and never use the Old Process

Required: a. - d. Prepare the pro forma income statement that would appear in the master budget and also flexible budget income statements, assuming production volumes of 30,000 and 32,000 units. Determine the sales and variable cost volume variances, assuming volume is actually 32,000 units. Indicate whether the variances are favorable (F) or unfavorable (U). (Select "None" if there is no effect (i.e.,

Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. More of Project A's cash flows occur in the later years. b. We must have information on the cost of capital in order to determine which project has the larger early cash flows. c. The crossover rate, i.e., the rate at which Projects A and B have the same NPV, is greater than either project's IRR. d. The NPV profile graph is inconsistent with the statement made in the problem. e. More of Project B's cash flows occur in the later years.

If The Wall Street Journal lists a stock's dividend as $1, then it is most likely the case that the stock: Multiple Choice pays $1 per share per quarter. paid $.25 per share per quarter for the past year. paid $1 during the past quarter, with no future dividends forecast. is expected to pay a dividend of $1 per share at the end of next year.

Krepps Corporation produces a single product. Last year, Krepps manufactured 34,250 units and sold 28,400 units. Production costs for the year were as follows: Direct materials $284,275 Direct labor $140,425 Variable manufacturing overhead $256,875 Fixed manufacturing overhead $650,750 Sales totaled $1,434,200 for the year, variable selling and administrative expenses totaled $167,560, and fixed selling and administrative expenses totaled $215,775. There was no beginning inventory. Assume that direct labor is a variable cost. Under variable costing, the company's net operating income for the year would be:

Jack and Jill are the only two residents in a neighbourhood, and they would like to hire a security guard. The value of a security guard is $50 per month to Jack and $90 per month to Jill. Irrespective of who pays the guard, the guard will protect the entire neighbourhood and charge $120 per month for the service. Suppose Jack earns $4,000 per month and Jill earns $8,000 per month.
a. With a proportional tax of 1 percent on income, how much would Jack and Jill pay, and would it be enough to pay for the security guard?
Jack would pay $ _____.
Jill would pay $ _____.
This tax _____ be enough to pay for the security guard.
b. Suppose instead that Jack proposes a payment scheme under which Jack and Jill would each receive the same net benefit from hiring the guard. How much would Jack and Jill pay now?
Jack would pay $ _____.
Jill would pay $ _____.
Would both Jack and Jill vote for this scheme? _____