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provides products and services to oil and natural gas exploration, production, transmission, and processing companies. The following is taken from a recent income statement. (Dollaramounts are in millions.) Sales revenue $2,697.0 Service revenue 1,933.9 Share of earnings of unconsolidated affi liates 92.4 Total revenues 4,723.3 Cost of sales 1,722.7 Cost of services 1,799.9 Total costs of sales and services 3,522.6 Gross earnings $1,200.7 Selling, engineering, administrative and general expenses (919.8) Special charges (70.0) Other income (deductions) Interest expense (47.4) Interest earned 19.1 Other, net 4.8 Earnings before income taxes and other items below 187.4 Income taxes (79.4) Noncontrolling interest (10.3) Earnings from continuing operations 97.7 Discontinued operations (35.3) Earnings before extraordinary items 62.4 Extraordinary items (6.3) Net earnings $ 56.1 Instructions Assume that 177,636,000 shares of stock were issued and outstanding. Prepare the per share portion of the income statement. Remember to begin with “Earnings from continuing operations.”

Olga is married and files a joint tax return with her husband.  What amount of AMT exemption may she deduct under each of the following alternative circumstances?  a.  Her AMTI is $390,000.

Assume that (1) investors and borrowers expect that the economy will weaken and that inflation will decline, (2) investors require a small liquidity premium, and (3) markets are partially segmented and the Treasury currently has a preference for borrowing in shortterm markets. Explain how each of these forces would affect the term structure, holding other factors constant. Then explain the effect on the term structure overall. (LO3)

How does aggregate planning differ from the master production scheduling?

Assume the same information as in IFRS17-12 except that Roosevelt has an active trading strategy for these bonds. The fair value of the bonds at December 31 of each year-end is as follows. 2014 $534,200 2017 $517,000 2015 $515,000 2018 $500,000 2016 $513,000 Instructions (a) Prepare the journal entry at the date of the bond purchase. (b) Prepare the journal entries to record the interest received and recognition of fair value for 2014. (c) Prepare the journal entry to record the recognition of fair value for 2015.

How is shear strength S related to tensile strength TS, on average?

Describe some of the fintech innovations in the financial markets. (LO5)

Give some examples of how governments try to nudge people to help them make better decisions.

Residual income; ROI; EVA The following selected data pertain to Garfield Landscaping for last year.       Required (a)           Calculate the residual income. (b)           Calculate the return on investment. (c)           Calculate the economic value added.

Presented below are three independent situations. Answer the question at the end of each situation. 1. During 2014, Salt-n-Pepa Inc. became involved in a tax dispute with the IRS. Salt-n-Pepa’s attorneys have indicated that they believe it is probable that Salt-n-Pepa will lose this dispute. They also believe that Salt-n-Pepa will have to pay the IRS between $900,000 and $1,400,000. After the 2014 financial statements were issued, the case was settled with the IRS for $1,200,000. What amount, if any, should be reported as a liability for this contingency as of December 31, 2014? 2. On October 1, 2014, Alan Jackson Chemical was identified as a potentially responsible party by the Environmental Protection Agency. Jackson’s management along with its counsel have concluded that it is probable that Jackson will be responsible for damages, and a reasonable estimate of these damages is $5,000,000. Jackson’s insurance policy of $9,000,000 has a deductible clause of $500,000. How should Alan Jackson Chemical report this information in its financial statements at December 31, 2014? 3. Melissa Etheridge Inc. had a manufacturing plant in Sudan, which was destroyed in the civil war. It is not certain who will compensate Etheridge for this destruction, but Etheridge has been assured by governmental officials that it will receive a definite amount for this plant. The amount of the compensation will be less than the fair value of the plant, but more than its book value. How should the contingency be reported in the financial statements of Etheridge Inc.?

Why would a pension fund or insurance company consider selling stock index futures? (LO3)

Assume Rita’s consulting business generated $13,000 in gross income for the current year. Further, assume Rita uses the actual expense method for computing her home office expense deduction.

Brian Erlacher, an inventory control specialist, is interested in better understanding the accounting for inventories. Although Brian understands the more sophisticated computer inventory control systems, he has little knowledge of how inventory cost is determined. In studying the records of Strider Enterprises, which sells normal brand-name goods from its own store and on consignment through Chavez Inc., he asks you to answer the following questions. Instructions (a) Should Strider Enterprises include in its inventory normal brand-name goods purchased from its suppliers but not yet received if the terms of purchase are f.o.b. shipping point (manufacturer’s plant)? Why? (b) Should Strider Enterprises include freight-in expenditures as an inventory cost? Why? (c) If Strider Enterprises purchases its goods on terms 2/10, net 30, should the purchases be recorded gross or net? Why? (d) What are products on consignment? How should they be reported in the financial statements?

(Threshold Concept 13) When comparing two countries’ GDP growth rates, does it matter if we use nominal figures, provided we use them for both countries?

Who pays the first level of tax on a C corporation’s income? What is the tax rate applicable to the first level of tax?

: Compare and contrast programmed and nonprogrammed decisions, including how they relate to the presence of certainty, uncertainty, and ambiguity.

For the current year, LNS Corporation reported the following taxable income at the end of its first, second, and third quarters.  What are LNS’s minimum first, second, third, and fourth quarter estimated tax payments using the annualized income method?

What would happen to the ASL curve and the level of unemployment if unemployment benefits were increased?

Kathleen Battle Corporation was organized on January 1, 2014. It is authorized to issue 10,000 shares of 8%, $100 par value preferred stock, and 500,000 shares of no-par common stock with a stated value of $1 per share. The following stock transactions were completed during the first year. Jan. 10 Issued 80,000 shares of common stock for cash at $5 per share. Mar. 1 Issued 5,000 shares of preferred stock for cash at $108 per share. Apr. 1 Issued 24,000 shares of common stock for land. The asking price of the land was $90,000; the fair value of the land was $80,000. May 1 Issued 80,000 shares of common stock for cash at $7 per share. Aug. 1 Issued 10,000 shares of common stock to attorneys in payment of their bill of $50,000 for services rendered in helping the company organize. Sept. 1 Issued 10,000 shares of common stock for cash at $9 per share. Nov. 1 Issued 1,000 shares of preferred stock for cash at $112 per share. Instructions Prepare the journal entries to record the above transactions.

Refer to the data in BE6-7. Assuming quarterly compounding of amounts invested at 12%, how much of John Fillmore’s inheritance must be invested to have enough at retirement to buy the boat?

What is Goodhart’s Law? How is it relevant to (a) monetary policy; (b) using assignment grades to assess a student’s ability; (c) paying workers according to the amount of output they produce; (d) awarding local authority contracts to cleaning or refuse disposal companies on the basis of tendered prices?

Look through the costs and benefits that we identified from the completion of the internal market. Do the same costs and benefits arise from the enlarged EU of 27 members?

This year Jorge received a refund of property taxes that he deducted on his tax return last year. Jorge is not sure whether he should include the refund in his gross income. What would you tell him?

How do economies of scale in banking relate to the issue of interstate banking? (LO2)

: Explain globalization and why a global mind-set is so important for managers working internationally.