Answer: WorldCom
Explanation:
The WorldCom scandal of 2002 was the worst one in U.S. history and led to shareholders losing over $30 billion as a result of share prices falling drastically when it was revealed that the company had been making fraudulent accounting entries to look successful when it fact it had been losing money.
Betty Vinson was the company's Director of Corporate Reporting and her boss, CEO Bernie Ebbers, pressured her into making fraudulent entries because it was said that he "didn't want to disappoint Wall Street". This scandal was one of those that directly led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act being passed.
Sayid is the sole shareholder of an S corporation in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. At a time when his stock basis is $20,000, the corporation distributes appreciated property worth $40,000 (basis of $20,000). There is no built-in gain. Sayid's taxable gain is:
Answer:
$20,000
Explanation:
The computation of the taxable gain is shown below:
The corporate gain is
= $40,000 - $20,000
= $20,000
Now the stock basis is increased i.e.
= $20,000 + $20,000
= $40.000
Now the stock basis decreased to zero i.e.
= $40,000 - $40,000
= $0
So, here the taxable gain is of $20,000
Free Skies Inc.'s annual report contained the following information (dollars in millions): Net loss $ (13,302 ) Depreciation, amortization, and impairments 34,990 Decrease in receivables 2,045 Increase in inventories 6,266 Decrease in accounts payable 505 Additions to equipment 4,677 Required: 1. Based on this information, compute cash flow from operating activities using the indirect method.
Answer: $16,962
Explanation:
The cashflow from operating activities of a company shows the cash it gets from its day-to-day operations.
It is calculated as follows:
= (Net loss) + Depreciation + Decrease in receivables - increase in inventory - Decrease in accounts payable
= -13,302 + 34,990 + 2,045 - 6,266 - 505
= $16,962
everyone makes mistakes sometimes. when we ask your most recent manager what types of mistakes you would be least likely to make on the job what will they say
Answer:
needs to be more spefic
Explanation:
What is another name for a job fair?
Which of the following statements is incorrect? Employment insurance compensation encourages longer job searches, which may lead to a better match between jobs and employees. Employment insurance compensation increases the opportunity cost of being unemployed. The typical employment insurance compensation is roughly one third of one's latest salary for up to 26 weeks. Demand and supply curves for labor are constantly shifting.
Answer:
Employment insurance compensation increases the opportunity cost of being
unemployed.
Explanation:
The Employment insurance program is the benefit that is provided temporarily to the people who do not have jobs or had lost their jobs of no fault of their own. This program helps the unemployed with financial help temporarily so that they can survive and search for another jobs.
The compensations provided from the employment insurance encourages the people for a longer job search and better match between the employees and the jobs. This financial aid is provided for up to a maximum of 26 months and for 1/3rd of one's latest salary. The demand and supply curve for te labor is shifting constantly.
Thus the incorrect statement is :
Employment insurance compensation increases the opportunity cost of being
unemployed.
Assume declining profits in the market for Internet service force several firms in the area to drop out of the market. All else constant, this would cause the:
Answer:
Equilibrium quantity will decrease and Price will increase.
Explanation:
The decrease in the number of firms will result in a decrease in supply or quantity in the market. As the quantity decreases, the prices tend to increase. Therefore, the drop of firms in the market will decrease the supply and increase the price.
On March 1, 2018, Lewis Services issued a 5% long-term notes payable for $25,000. It is payable over a 5-year term in $5,000 principal installments on March 1 of each year, beginning March 1, 2019. Which of the following entries needs to be made on March 1, 2018?
A. Long - Term Notes Payable 25,000
Accounts Payable 25,000
B. Long - Term Notes Payable 5,000
Cash 5,000
C. Cash 25,000
Long - Term Notes Payable 25,000
D. Current Portion of Long - Term Notes Payable 25,000
Long - Term Notes Payable 25,000
Answer:
C. Cash 25,000
Long - Term Notes Payable 25,000
Explanation:
Based on the information given we were told that on MARCH 1, 2018, the company issued a 5% long-term notes payable for the amount of $25,000 which therefore means that the appropriate journal entries that is needed to be made on March 1, 2018 will be:
March 1, 2018
Dr Cash $25,000
Cr Long term notes payable $25,000
Classify each statement about the Federal Reserve System as either true or false.
1. The Federal Reserve was established by the U.S. Constitution in the late 1700s.
2. The national objectives of the Federal Reserve include promoting economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and moderate interest rates.
3. All Federal Reserve actions are subject to veto by the executive branch.
4. The Federal Reserve determines monetary policy in the United States.
5. The Federal Reserve was created by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
Answer:
1. The Federal Reserve was established by the U.S. Constitution in the late 1700s
Classification: False
2. The national objectives of the Federal Reserve include promoting economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and moderate interest rates.
Classification: True
3. All Federal Reserve actions are subject to veto by the executive branch.
Classification: False
4. The Federal Reserve determines monetary policy in the United States.
Classification: True
5. The Federal Reserve was created by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
Classification: True
Francisco buys five million sheets of paper from a vendor for his printing firm. He is satisfied with the product, and he orders the same quantity from the same vendor every week. This is most likely an example of a(n) ______.
Answer: Straight rebuy
Explanation:
A straight rebuy is used to describe a situation where a person or company buys the same good, in the same quantity, from the same supplier, on a routine basis.
Francisco here is going to be buying the same quantity of paper from this particular vendor every week. This is the textbook definition of a straight rebuy.
The shareholders' equity of Green Corporation includes $232,000 of $1 par common stock and $430,000 par of 7% cumulative preferred stock. The board of directors of Green declared cash dividends of $53,000 in 2021 after paying $23,000 cash dividends in each of 2020 and 2019. What is the amount of dividends common shareholders will receive in 2021
Answer:
$8,700
Explanation:
Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = [($430,000*7%)*2 - ($23,000*2)] + ($430,000*7%)
Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = [$60,200 - $46,000] + $30,100
Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = $14,200 + $30,100
Dividends payable to preferred shareholders = $44,300
Dividend available to common shareholders = Total dividend - Dividends payable to preferred shareholders
Dividend available to common shareholders = $53,000 - $44,300
Dividend available to common shareholders = $8,700
So, the amount of dividends common shareholders will receive in 2021 is $8,700.
What does the president consider to be the most important criterion when making political appointments to the bureaucracy?
Answer:
loyalty to the President
Explanation:
The President of the United States makes all the important political appointment of the bureaucracy to the Government offices. He does that appointing his favorite officials to the offices of the United States different federal agencies. One of the most important criteria that the President considers while appointing the bureaucracy officials is "loyalty to the President."
The President seeks those people who are loyal to him and follows every orders and advices of the President. The President keeps in mind that no one disobeys him and follows his order without any hesitations.
Thus the answer is "loyalty to the President."
Global institutions are needed to _____. Multiple choice question. shift economic power away from national governments prevent firms from offshoring their production activities stabilize and monitor the global marketplace promote the raising of barriers to cross-trade and investment
Answer:
stabilize and monitor the global marketplace
Explanation:
In simple words, global institutions are the organisations that work for the regulation and monitoring of certain activities all around the world. International monetary fund and International labor authority are two of the prime examples of such institutions.
In respect of market place, the primary goal of such institutions is to stabilize the market place so that it can run more efficiently.
Specter Co. has identified an investment project with the following cash flows. Year Cash Flow 1 $ 810 2 1,110 3 1,370 4 1,500 a. If the discount rate is 11 percent, what is the present value of these cash flows
Answer:
3620.46
Explanation:
Use basic principles to find the present value of a cash flow
PV(1+i)ⁿ=CF
CF*(1+i)⁻ⁿ=PV
so we would have
[tex]810(1+.11)^{-1}+1110*1.11^{-2}+1370*1.11^{-3}+1500*1.11^{-4}=[/tex]3620.459284
which rounds to 3620.46
Dong Wang wants to retire when he has saved $1,500,000. He can make 30 payments of $15,000 each, with each payment made at the beginning of the year. What would be the interest rate required to help him achieve his goal
Answer: 6.94%
Explanation:
You can use an Excel worksheet to solve for this:
Number of periods = 30
Payment = 15,000 (should be a negative number)
Present value = 0
Future value = 1,500,000
Type = 1 (this shows that it is an annuity due because payments are at the beginning of the year).
Rate = 6.94%
Suppose the black market shrinks because firms shift to the formal sector, but production remains the same. GDP
Answer: will increase but this will not affect living standards
Explanation:
GDP is sometimes called an incomplete measure because there are certain measures that it does not include such as the black market.
If firms in the black market shift to the formal sector, they will now be included in GDP which means that GDP will increase.
The living standards of people in the country will probably not change however because the firms involved were simply shifting sectors and are not said to be more or less prosperous as a result. Assuming they remained the same, nothing changes for living standards.
The firm's fixed costs are $60 000, variable cost per unit is $15 and selling price per unit is $20. The contribution margin per unit is: Group of answer choices $5 $15 $20 $35 g
Answer:
See below
Explanation:
With regards to the above, the contribution margin is computed as;
Contribution margin per unit = Selling price per unit - Variable cost per unit
Selling price per unit = $20
Variable cost per unit = $15
Then,
Contribution margin per unit = $20 - $15
Contribution margin per unit = $5
Consider public policy aimed at smoking.
a. Studies indicate that the price elasticity of demand for cigarettes is about 0.4. If a pack of cigarettes currently costs $2 and the government wants to reduce smoking by 20 percent, by how much should it increase the price?
b. If the government permanently increases the price of cigarettes, will the policy have a larger effect on smoking one year from now or five years from now?
c. Studies also find that teenagers have a higher price elasticity of demand than do adults. Why might this be true?
Answer:
1. government shoud increase price by 50%. so it would be $3
2. larger effect 5 years from now
3. this is true due to their limited finance compared to adults
Explanation:
1. prices elasticity = % change in quantity demanded ÷ % change in price
price elasticity = 0.4
% change in dmd = 20%
% change in price = ?
[tex]0.4=\frac{0.20}{?}[/tex]
we cross multiply
? = 0.20/0.4
= 0.5
= 50%
so if the government wants to reduce smoking by 20%, it has to increase the price of cigarettes by half of its price= $2 + $1 = $3
2. goods usually have more elastic demand as time goes on. So if cigarette price is permanently raised, it would have a bigger effect five years from now. This is based on the fact that the people may not feel short run effect of the increase as they would in the long run. But gradually given this increase, people may start to gradually reduce their smoking.
3. The effect of the change in price would be more felt on the teenagers. this is due to the fact that they have limited financial strength compared to adults. Also they are new to smoking compared to the adults and are more likely to be less involved in the habit.
.What are economies of scale? Take an analysis example
Answer:
The summary of the given topic is explained below throughout the following portion.
Explanation:
The production phenomenon known might be why the additional expenses you generate that for each unit, are considered as Economies of scale. Mostly since the greater optimized production operations you develop, the further optimized they are.Example:
Because of its scale, perhaps the company could be interested in receiving credit standards.
On the balance sheet, total assets minus net fixed assets equals:________.
a. current assets
b. current liabilities
c. gross fixed assets
d. total assets
Answer:
Current assets
Explanation:
the Answer is subtracting from total assets so it can’t be d. It also doesn’t include liabilities as your answer is something in the asset category. You are already subtracting fixed assets so it can’t be c. The answer is a. Current assets
Hamell Company has gathered the following data on a proposed investment project: Discount rate 8% Life of the project 8 years Initial investment $330,000 Annual cash inflows 54,450 Salvage value 0 Assume that excess of incremental revenues over the incremental expenses (including depreciation) equal the annual cash inflows. The simple rate of return on the proposed investment is closest to: (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Answer: 16.5%
Explanation:
Following the information given in the question, the simple rate of return on the proposed investment will be calculated thus:
= Annual cash flow / Initial investment
= $54,450 / $330,000
= 0.165
= 16.5%
Therefore, the simple rate of return on the proposed investment is 16.5%.
You buy a lottery ticket to a lottery that costs $10 per ticket. There are only 100 tickets available to be sold in this lottery. In this lottery there are one $455 prize, two $75 prizes, and four $20 prizes. Find your expected gain or loss. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
Answer: Expected loss of $2.45
Explanation:
The expected gain is a weighted probability of the expected outcomes and their individual probabilities.
There is one $455 prize out of 100 tickets so the probability is: 1/100 = 0.01
There are two $75 prizes so the probability is: 2/100 = 0.02
There are four $20 prizes so the probability is: 4/100 = 0.04
There is a chance that you will lose the $10 and that probability is the :
= 1 - 0.01 - 0.02 - 0.04
= 0.93
Expected gain (loss) = (0.01 * 455) + (0.02 * 75) + (0.04 * 20) + (0.93 * -10)
= ($2.45)
Mauro Products distributes a single product, a woven basket whose selling price is $19 per unit and whose variable expense is $15 per unit. The company’s monthly fixed expense is $12,000. Required: 1. Calculate the company’s break-even point in unit sales. 2. Calculate the company’s break-even point in dollar sales. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) 3. If the company's fixed expenses increase by $600, what would become the new break-even point in unit sales? In dollar sales? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Selling price= $19
Unitary variable cost= $15
Fixed costs= $12,000
To calculate the break-even point in units and dollars, we need to use the following formulas:
Break-even point in units= fixed costs/ contribution margin per unit
Break-even point in units= 12,000 / 4
Break-even point in units= 3,000
Break-even point (dollars)= fixed costs/ contribution margin ratio
Break-even point (dollars)= 12,000 / (4/19)
Break-even point (dollars)= $57,000
Now, the fixed costs are $12,600:
Break-even point in units= 12,600 / 4
Break-even point in units= 3,150
Break-even point (dollars)= 12,600 / (4/19)
Break-even point (dollars)= $59,850
What is the fundamental accounting equation?
Answer:
Explanation:
Asset=Liabilities + Equities
Sales $ 610,000 Cost of goods sold 430,000 Salaries 111,000 ($25,200 is indirect) Utilities 17,000 ($6,000 is indirect) Depreciation 48,800 ($17,200 is indirect) Office expenses 26,200 (all indirect) 1. Prepare a departmental income statement for 2019. 2.
Answer:
Sales $610,000
Less: Cost of Goods sold ($430,000)
Gross Profit $180,000
Less:
Salaries $111,000
Utilities $17,000
Depreciation $48,800
Office expenses $26,200 ($203,000)
Operating loss ($23,000)
A company purchased factory equipment for $350,000. It is estimated that the equipment will have a $35,000 salvage value at the end of its estimated 5-year useful life. If the company uses the double-declining-balance method of depreciation, the amount of annual depreciation recorded for the second year after purchase would be:_________ a. $140,000 b. $84,000. c. $126,000 d. $75,600
Answer:
Annual depreciation= $126,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Purchase price= $350,000
Useful life= 5 years
Salvage value= $35,000
To calculate the annual depreciation under the double-declining balance, we need to use the following formula:
Annual depreciation= 2*[(book value)/estimated life (years)]
Annual depreciation= 2*[(350,000 - 35,000) / 5]
Annual depreciation= $126,000
To select a strategy in a two-person, zero-sum game, Player A follows a ________ procedure and Player B follows a ________ procedure.
Answer:
None of these is correct
Explanation:
None of these is correct. The correct answer is that; it should be minimax
Ideally, a profit oriented firm desires to denominate bonds in a currency that: ________.
a. Exhibits a low interest rate and is expected to depreciate.
b. Exhibits a high interest rate and is expected to depreciate.
c. Exhibits a low interest rate and is expected to appreciate.
d. Exhibits a high interest rate and is expected to appreciate.
Answer: exhibits a low interest rate and is expected to depreciate.
Explanation:
Bonds are the debt securities which are issued by the governments or corporations, and usually have a lower risk and reward than stocks.
A profit oriented firm desires to denominate bonds in a currency that exhibits a low interest rate and is expected to depreciate.
On June 5, Staley Electronics purchases 100 units of inventory on account for $10 each. After closer examination, Staley determines 20 units are defective and returns them to its supplier for full credit on June 9. All remaining inventory is sold on account on June 16 for $15 each.Required:Record transactions for the purchase, return, and sale of inventory.
Answer:
See the journal entries below.
Explanation:
First, we have:
Units of inventory purchased = 100
Units of inventory returned = 20
Units of inventory sold = Units of inventory purchased - Units of inventory returned = 100 - 20 = 80
Therefore, the journal entries will be as follows:
Date Details Debit ($) Credit ($)
June 5 Inventory (100 * $10) 1,000
Accounts payable 1,000
(To inventory purchased on account.)
June 9 Accounts payable (20 * $10 ) 200
Inventory 200
(To record inventory return.)
June 16 Account receivable (80 * $15) 1,200
Sales 1200
(To record sales on account.)
Cost of goods sold (80 * $10) 800
Inventory 800
(To record cost of goods sold on account)
Your firm uses half debt and half equity. The shareholders need to earn 20%. The firm can borrow at 5%. The risk free rate is 2%. The tax rate is 40%. Find the weighted average cost of capital.
Answer:
11.5%
Explanation:
WACC = weight of equity x cost of equity + weight of debt x cost of debt x (1 - tax rate)
Felix's profit is maximized when he produces teddy bears. When he does this, the marginal cost of the last teddy bear he produces is $ , which is than the price Felix receives for each teddy bear he sells. The marginal cost of producing an additional teddy bear (that is, one more teddy bear than would maximize his profit) is $ , which is than the price Felix receives for each teddy bear he sells. Therefore, Felix's profit-maximizing quantity corresponds to the intersection of the curves. Because Felix is a price taker, this last condition can also be written as .