Trevor is a single individual who is a cash-method, calendar-year taxpayer. For each of the next two years (2020 and 2021), Trevor expects to report AGI of $80,000, contribute $8,000 to charity, and pay $2,800 in state income taxes.

Required:
a. Estimate Trevor’s taxable income for 2020 and 2021 using the 2020 amounts for the standard deduction for both years.
b. Now assume that Trevor combines his anticipated charitable contributions for the next two years and makes the combined contribution in December of 2020. Estimate Trevor’s taxable income for each of the next two years using the 2020 amounts for the standard deduction.
c. Trevor plans to purchase a residence next year, and he estimates that additional property taxes and residential interest will cost $2,000 and $10,000, respectively, each year. Estimate Trevor’s taxable income for each of the next two years (2020 and 2021) using the 2020 amounts for the standard deduction and also assuming Trevor makes the charitable contribution of $8,000 and state tax payments of $2,800 in each year.
d. Trevor plans to purchase a residence next year, and he estimates that additional property taxes and residential interest will cost $2,000 and $10,000, respectively, each year. Assume that Trevor makes the charitable contribution for 2021 and pays the real estate taxes for 2021 in December of 2020. Estimate Trevor’s taxable income for 2020 and 2021 using the 2020 amounts for the standard deduction.

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Balance sheet information for Pawn Company and its 90%-owned subsidiary, Sox Corporation, at December 31, 20X1, is summarized as follows:
Pawn Sox
Current assets-net $200,000 $50,000
Property, plant, and equipment-net 1,000,000 600,000
Investment in Sox 558,000
$1,758,000 $650,000
Current liabilities $100,000 $30,000
Capital stock 800,000 400,000
Retained earnings 858,000 220,000
$1,758,000 $650,000
Pawn acquired its interest in S for cash when S's assets and liabilities were smaller than their fair values. The consolidated balance sheet of P and S at December 31, 20X1 will show:
a. non-controlling interest, $65,000
b capital stock, $800,000
c. investment in Sioux, $558,000
d. retained earnings, $1,078,000

Robert has set-up a start-up business. You have been appointed as an accountant for his business. Prepare journal entries for the following
transactions
1. On January 1, 2015, Robert invested $50,000 in his business.
2. On January 4, 2015, Robert bought a laptop for $2,800 for business use.
3. On January 20, 2015, Robert received $13,000 for services rendered.
4. On January 23, 2015, Robert paid salaries to his staff for $3,500

so what would you do if your friend expose you for being on brainly?

Describe a scenario in which you thought you were making a good decision but there was still a negative outcome.

An injunction is a court order for a party to a contract to

Recall the text’s definition of diminishing marginal utility: "the common pattern that each marginal unit of a good consumed provides less of an addition to utility than the previous unit." The reason for this behavior is because of biology. Our body sends our brains a signal once too much of a good or service has been consumed. This prevents a person from literally eating until they explode. In your own experience, share two times instances where the law of diminishing marginal utility applied to you. Can you think of any time when the law of diminishing marginal utility failed for someone? Please answer in 150 words or more. Use your own words - please do not copy and paste from a web site. Be sure to reference your sources.

Predetermined Overhead Rate, Application of Overhead to Jobs, Job Cost On April 1, Sangvikar Company had the following balances in its inventory accounts:

Materials Inventory $12,670
Work-in-Process Inventory 21,090
Finished Goods Inventory 8,680

Work-in-process inventory is made up of three jobs with the following costs:

Job 114 Job 115 Job 116
Direct materials $2,360 $2,647 $3,807
Direct labor 1,780 1,540 4,120
Applied overhead 1,157 1,001 2,678

During April, Sangvikar experienced the transactions listed below. Materials purchased on account, $28,520. Materials requisitioned: Job 114, $16,190; Job 115, $12,340; and Job 116, $4,850. Job tickets were collected and summarized: Job 114, 170 hours at $11 per hour; Job 115, 210 hours at $14 per hour; and Job 116, 90 hours at $17 per hour. Overhead is applied on the basis of direct labor cost. Actual overhead was $4,590. Job 115 was completed and transferred to the finished goods warehouse. Job 115 was shipped, and the customer was billed for 125 percent of the cost.

Required:

a. Calculate the predetermined overhead rate based on direct labor cost.
b. Calculate the ending balance for each job as of April 30.

How should you handle an employee who keeps coming to you asking for information regarding major policies, vacations, and benefit(s)?

Suppose that the ToyCo Shoppe allocates overhead by a traditional production volume-based method using direct labor dollars as the allocation base and one cost pool. Determine the overhead rate per direct labor dollar and the per unit overhead assigned to the strawberry cheesecake. (Round answers to 3 decimal places, e.g. 15.254.) Overhead rate $enter a dollar amount per direct labor dollar rounded to 3 decimal places per direct labor dollar Direct labor cost $enter a dollar amount per unit rounded to 3 decimal places per unit Overhead assigned $enter a dollar amount per unit rounded to 3 decimal places per unit

You predict that interest rates are about to fall. Which bond will give you the highest capital gain

Thomas, a senior manager at a manufacturing firm, is coming up with
ideas for a new product. Thomas has made a list of the following tasks that form a part of this project, along with their respective durations.
Create questionnaires to interview potential customers (7 days)
Find existing information about the market from online sources and trade journals (6 days)
Interview the respondents with the help of the questionnaire (10 days)
Design a new product according to the information obtained through the interviews (30 days)
If Thomas conducts a Critical Path Analysis to schedule these activities, what is the most likely duration that the activities will take to be completed?
A. 50 days
B. 40 days
C. 57 days
D. 47 days
E. 67 days

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What happens to your tax liability with proper financial planning?
You can
your tax liability through proper financial planning.

One of your suppliers has been providing LED lights for your facilities for several years. One of the new hires on the maintenance staff reports that he noticed a discrepancy between the model numbers of the LEDs he has been replacing in the fixtures and the model numbers cited in the work orders. When you call the maintenance director, she assures you the specifications are the same for both models with regard to luminous emittance (lux measurement). She is an engineer so you should ignore the lower ranking, inexperienced person's report (especially since he isn't in your chain of command).

a. True
b. False

Identify cash equivalents from the listed items.

a. Money market funds
b. Supplies
c. Three-month Treasury bills
d. Accounts receivable
e. Prepaid rent

A client-server relationship is the basic form of a _____.
A. customized software package
B. work for hire contract
C. computer network
D. service support contract

Cost of Production Report
The Cutting Department of Karachi Carpet Company provides the following data for January. Assume that all materials are added at the beginning of the process.
Work in process, January 1, 7,000 units, 70% completed $81,970
Direct materials (7,000 × $8.00) $56,000
Conversion (7,000 × 70% × $5.30) 25,970
$81,970
Materials added during January from Weaving
Department, 108,000 units $869,400
Direct labor for January 248,134
Factory overhead for January 303,274
Goods finished during January (includes goods in
process, January 1), 109,200 units —
Work in process, January 31, 5,800 units, 30% completed —
A. Prepare a cost of production report for the Cutting Department. If an amount is zero or a blank, enter in "0".
B. Compute and evaluate the change in the costs per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion from the previous month (December).

The concept of demand is best described as:_____.
a. the quantity of a good or a service that people are willing and able to purchase at different possible prices.
b. the total satisfaction that consuming a good provides people at different prices.
c. the additional satisfaction derived from a quantity of goods and services obtained when income increases.
d. the quantity of a good or a service that people will offer for sale at different possible prices.
e. the quantity of a good or service that consumers will substitute when the price of a good changes.
The basic proposition of the law of demand is that:_____.
a. higher prices cause buyers to demand more.
b. buyers demand lower prices.
c. higher prices cause less demand.
d. as the price of a good decreases, buyers are willing and able to purchase less.
e. as the price of a good increases, buyers are willing and able to purchase less.
In a market economy, there is relationship between the price of a good and the amount of a good that buyers are willing and able to purchase.

On an average hourly basis, how much does Butcher Enterprises spend on wages and benefits, respectively, in dollars?

Slamburger's sells three cheeseburgers for every three regular hamburgers. A cheeseburger sells for $4.75 with a variable cost of $2.00. A regular hamburger sells for $4.25 with a variable cost of $1.75. What is the weighted average contribution margin

According to the table, which religion had the most active congregations in New Jersey in 1765?


New Jersey – Active Congregations (1765)

Which best explains why producers choose to specialize? Check all that apply.
to increase competition
Oto gain a comparative advantage
Oto decrease the amount of goods produced
O to maintain market share
to increase efficiency

Firms usually offer their customers some form of trade credit. This allowance comes with certain terms of credit, which affect the cost of asset of sale for the buyer as well as the seller. Consider this case:Primatech Goods Corp. buys most of its raw materials from a single supplier. This supplier sells to Primatech Goods Corp. on terms of 2/20, net 30.What is the cost per period of the trade credit extended to Primatech Goods Corp.?a. 2.04%b. 2.24%c. 1.73%d. 1.94%What is the nominal annual cost of Primatech Goods Corp.'s trade credit?a. 63.29%b. 78.18%c. 81.91%d. 74.46%If Primatech Goods Corp.'s supplier shortens the discount period to five days, it will _____ the cost of the trade credit.a. increaseb. decrease

What's the diffrence between division manager and regional manager? please i need help i don't understand the difference.​

Assume that you have a $100,000 account and you are willing to risk 5% of your capital on an idea. You determine that the there is $4 of risk in your trade. What should be your maximum position size

Banks make money mainly by

A.receiving tax dollars from the government

B.the spread between paying high interest rates on money deposited in the bank and low interest rates on the money loaned out by the bank.

C.the spread between paying low interest rates on money deposited in the bank and high interest rates on the money loaned out by the bank

D.printing money.

Western University has only one women’s softball scholarship remaining for the coming year. The final two players that Western is considering are Allison Fealey and Emily Janson. The coaching staff has concluded that the speed and defensive skills are virtually identical for the two players, and that the final decision will be based on which player has the best batting average. Crosstabulations of each player’s batting performance in their junior and senior years of high school are as follows:
Allison Fealey
Outcome Senior Junior
Hit 15 75
No Hit 25 175
Total At-Bats 40 250
Emily JansonOutcome Senior JuniorHit 70 35No Hit 130 85Total At-Bats 200 120
Western University has only one women’s softball scholarship remaining for
A player’s batting average is computed by dividing the number of hits a player has by the total number of at-bats. Batting averages are represented as a decimal number with three places after the decimal.
a. Calculate the batting average for each player in her junior year. Then calculate the batting average of each player in her senior year. Using this analysis, which player should be awarded the scholarship? Explain.
b. Combine or aggregate the data for the junior and senior years into one crosstabulation as follows:
Western University has only one women’s softball scholarship remaining for
Calculate each player’s batting average for the combined two years. Using this analysis, which player should be awarded the scholarship? Explain.
c. Are the recommendations you made in parts (a) and (b) consistent? Explain any apparentinconsistencies

Under corporate law, corporations are given the same rights as
A. the Federal Reserve
B. intellectual property
C. individuals
D. foreign countries

Electronic Distribution has a defined benefit pension plan. Characteristics of the plan during 2021 are as follows: ($ millions)


PBO balance, January 1 $530
Plan assets balance, January 1 300
Service cost 50
Interest cost 30
Gain from change in actuarial assumption 36
Benefits paid (46 )
Actual return on plan assets 23
Contributions 2021 40

The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 9%. There were no AOCI balances related to pensions on January 1, 2021, but at the end of 2021, the company amended the pension formula, creating a prior service cost of $18 million.

Required:
a. Calculate the pension expense for 2021.
b. Prepare the journal entries to record (a) pension expense, (b) gains or losses, (c) prior service cost, (d) funding, and (e) payment of benefits for 2021.
c. What amount will Electronic Distribution report in its 2021 balance sheet as a net pension asset or net pension liability?

The balance sheet for Appalachian Corporation at the end of the current year includes the following:

Bonds payable, 6% $5,000,000 6%
Preferred stock, $100 par 1,000,000
Common stock, $10 par 2,000,000
Net income was $565,000 and income tax expense for the current year amounted to $285,000.
Cash dividends paid on common stock were $200,000, and the common stock was selling for $28 per share at the end of the year.

There were no ownership changes during the year. Determine each of the following:
a. Number of times bond interest charges are earned;
b. Number of times preferred dividends are earned;
c. Earnings per share on common stock;
d. Price-earnings ratio;
e. Dividends per share of common stock; and
f. Dividend yield.

Long before a single vote is cast, candidates are hard at work weighing the costs and benefits of running for office. As a part of this calculus, a strong candidate will spend time crafting a winning strategy for each stage of the contemporary campaign process In the following dialogue, a candidate is considering making a run for office in Texas. She is meeting with a political consultant to discuss her chances in the upcoming election. Use the dropdown menus to complete their conversation
CANDIDATE: Thank you for coming to my office today to discuss my viability as a candidate in the upcoming election.
CONSULTANT: You're welcome. I have conducted some research with the help of my staff on your chances, and we feel that if you choose your issues carefully, mobilize groups properly, and advertise persuasively, you could win
CANDIDATE: By "advertise persuasively," are you referring to 1. that I'm ready to sling mud just yet.
a) Character
b) Retail
c) Negative
CONSULTANT: I agree. It's best to get through the primary season without running attack ads Remember, because this is 2. and any registered voter may participate. The best-case scenario is that you'll win a clear majority of support. Options for 2. primary, voters don't have to declare their party identification,
a) A closed
b) An open
c) Non-partisan
CANDIDATE: Absolutely. I want to have a decisive victory and avoid 3. possible. In your opinion, what is the best way to accomplish this?
a) A recall
b) A runoff
c) An initiative
CONSULTANT: Name recognition is essential. Retail politics is still relevant, as is a good field organization. Our main focus, however, needs to be on the fundraising that will make it all possible. Without a lot of money in the bank, you will quickly be written off as unelectable because Texas campaigns are often quite.
a) Lopsided
b) Expensive
c) Inexpensive