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What are factors to be considered in estimating the useful alife of an intangible asset?

Outline the purpose of strategy maps.

Threshold Concept 9) 1. What risks are involved in buying the latest version of the iPhone? Compare these with the risks of buying a house. (Threshold Concept 9) 2. Give some examples of ways in which it is possible to buy better information. Your answer should suggest that there is profitable business to be made in supplying information. (Threshold Concept 9) 3. Is there a role for government intervention in the provision of information?

1. Give other examples of each of the four types of externality. 2. Redraw Figure 12.4, only this time assume there is only one producer, which is thus a monopoly. How does the existence of power affect the relationship between the private and the social optimum positions? 3. Redraw Figure 12.4, only this time assume that at low levels of production the good generates no external costs. Only once a certain outcome is reached (Qx) does the production of additional units generate rising external costs.

The following facts relate to Krung Thep Corporation. 1. Deferred tax liability, January 1, 2014, $40,000. 2. Deferred tax asset, January 1, 2014, $0. 3. Taxable income for 2014, $95,000. 4. Pretax financial income for 2014, $200,000. 5. Cumulative temporary difference at December 31, 2014, giving rise to future taxable amounts, $240,000. 6. Cumulative temporary difference at December 31, 2014, giving rise to future deductible amounts, $35,000. 7. Tax rate for all years, 40%. 8. The company is expected to operate profitably in the future. Instructions (a) Compute income taxes payable for 2014. (b) Prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2014. (c) Prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2014, beginning with the line “Income before income taxes.”

Balanced scorecard indicators Comment on how the inclusion of environmental and social indicators in a balanced scorecard might contribute to an organisation’s profitability.

Why were bank regulators concerned about credit default swaps during the credit crisis? (LO2)

At December 31, 2014, Burr Corporation owes $500,000 on a note payable due February 15, 2015. (a) If Burr refinances the obligation by issuing a long-term note on February 14 and using the proceeds to pay off the note due February 15, how much of the $500,000 should be reported as a current liability at December 31, 2014? (b) If Burr pays off the note on February 15, 2015, and then borrows $1,000,000 on a long-term basis on March 1, how much of the $500,000 should be reported as a current liability at December 31, 2014, the end of the fiscal year?

1.    : Netflix is transparent with executive salaries; guides team leader behavior with sayings like What is your North Star and Make decisions with context not control; and urges teams to be highly aligned, loosely coupled. What do these viewpoints mean to you, and what type of corporate culture do you think they would promote?

} Hank, a calendar-year taxpayer, uses the cash method of accounting for his sole proprietorship. In late December, he performed $20,000 of legal services for a client. Hank typically requires his clients to pay his bills immediately upon receipt. Assume his marginal tax rate is 32 percent this year and will be 37 percent next year, and that he can earn an after-tax rate of return of 12 percent on his investments. Should Hank send his client the bill in December or January?

Assume the bonds in BE14-2 were issued at 98. Prepare the journal entries for (a) January 1, (b) July 1, and (c) December 31. Assume The Colson Company records straight-line amortization semiannually.

Identify the two basic methods of making electrical connections.

The UK government introduced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy in April 2018. Explain how this tax works and discuss its impact on both soft drinks companies and consumer behaviour.

What is a precedence constraint in process planning?

Create a balance sheet for a typical bank, showing its main liabilities (sources of funds) and assets (uses of funds). (LO2, LO3)

How does a partner determine their basis in distributed assets when the partnership distributes other property in addition to money and hot assets?

1.    : The technique of stakeholder mapping lets managers classify which stakeholders they will consider more important and will invest more time to satisfy. Is it appropriate for management to define some stakeholders as more important than others? Explain.

What is meant by the term structural adhesive?

Solve Problem 24.15 except that in part (a), determine cutting speed for minimum cost.

Explain the meaning of surplus units and deficit units. Provide an example of each. Which types of financial institutions do you deal with? Explain whether you are acting as a surplus unit or a deficit unit in your relationship with each financial institution. (LO1)

Kase, an individual, purchased some property in Potomac, Maryland, for $150,000 approximately 10 years ago. Kase is approached by a real estate agent representing a client who would like to exchange a parcel of land in North Carolina for Kase’s Maryland property. Kase agrees to the exchange. What is Kase’s realized gain or loss, recognized gain or loss, and basis in the North Carolina property in each of the following alternative scenarios?   a. The transaction qualifies as a like-kind exchange, and the fair market value of each property is $675,000. b. The transaction qualifies as a like-kind exchange, and the fair market value of

What is a best-efforts agreement? (LO1)

If the negotiated wage rate were somewhere between W1 and W2, what would happen to employment?

In examining financial statements, financial analysts often write off goodwill immediately. Comment on this procedure.

Compare and contrast the three types of tax law sources and give examples of each.