• Q : Mean absolute deviation....
    Accounting Basics :

    Given forecast errors of -1, 4, 8, and -3, what is the mean absolute deviation?

  • Q : Richard adjusted gross income....
    Accounting Basics :

    Problem: Richard, age 19, is a full-time student at State College and a candidate for a bachelor's degree. During 2004, he received the following payments: What is Richard's adjusted gross income fo

  • Q : Buy furniture at the wholesaler price....
    Accounting Basics :

    The parking fee was $2,000 for the year. Only highly compensated employees are allowed to buy furniture at the wholesaler's price. In addition, the company does not pay other employees' parking fees

  • Q : Determine velma agi....
    Accounting Basics :

    Velma, a married taxpayer filing a joint return, had the following items for 2004: Determine Velma's AGI for 2004.

  • Q : Deductions for trip expenses....
    Accounting Basics :

    During the year, Rose took a trip from Chicago to Madrid. She was away from home for 20 days. She spent five days vacationing and fifteen days on business (including the three travel days). Her expe

  • Q : Proper substantiation-brennans deduction....
    Accounting Basics :

    Problem: Brennan entertains one of his clients on January 1 of the current year. Expenses paid by Brennan are as follows:Presuming proper substantiation, Brennan's deduction is:

  • Q : Regular income tax liability....
    Accounting Basics :

    Problem: Beatrice's regular income tax liability is $170,000 and her tentative AMT is $240,000. Beatrice's AMT is:

  • Q : What is the amount of loss waylan....
    Accounting Basics :

    The highway project was abandoned in 2004 and the value of the land fell to $80,000. What is the amount of loss Waylan can claim in 2004?

  • Q : What is the amount realized by cassandra....
    Accounting Basics :

    Cassandra paid $9,000 in commissions and $1,500 in legal fees connected with the sale of her property. What is the amount realized by Cassandra from the sale of her property?

  • Q : Deducting depreciation expense....
    Accounting Basics :

    In Year 2, Guthrie sustained losses in his business; therefore, no depreciation was taken on the home office. Had he been allowed to deduct depreciation expense, his depreciation expense would have

  • Q : Determine the recognized gain or loss....
    Accounting Basics :

    Manuel exchanges a rental house at the beach with an adjusted basis of $150,000 and a fair market value of $125,000 for a rental house at the mountains with a fair market value of $100,000 and cash

  • Q : What is the recognized gain or loss-basis of new machine....
    Accounting Basics :

    The old machine has an adjusted basis of $30,000 and the new machine has a fair market value of $80,000. What is the recognized gain or loss and the basis of the new machine?

  • Q : Estimate distribution costs per customer....
    Accounting Basics :

    Centennial Shipping (CS) wishes to trace its distribution costs to each of its four customer types, A, B, C, and D, CS delivers some shipments itself and outsources the delivery of others. Use the f

  • Q : Determine the theoretical ex-rights price....
    Accounting Basics :

    Specify the terms of the issue and determine the theoretical ex-rights price, assuming that the announcement of the issue does not affect the share price, and the value of a right.

  • Q : Payment on the fra....
    Accounting Basics :

    Problem: Suppose that the payment on the FRA is in arrears, that is, at day 210. Then the investor who has purchased the FRA receives a payment on day 210 which depends on the 180 day LIBOR rate at da

  • Q : Pension plan calculations and journal entry....
    Accounting Basics :

    (a) Determine the projected benefit obligation at December 31, 2004. There are no net gains or losses. (b) Determine the fair value of plan assets at December 31, 2004. (c) Calculate pension expense f

  • Q : Advantages and disadvantages of by-product processing....
    Accounting Basics :

    The operations manager would like to propose a use for the orange peel waste an essence of orange room-deodorant spray. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of by-product processing.

  • Q : Amortization by straight-line method of bond premium....
    Accounting Basics :

    (1) Purchase of bonds. (2) Receipt of first semiannual interest amount on December 31, 2006. (3) Amortization by straight-line method of bond premium on December 31, 2006.

  • Q : Example of a profitability ratio....
    Accounting Basics :

    Which of the following is an example of a profitability ratio?

  • Q : Operating leverage of a firm....
    Accounting Basics :

    Problem: A management decision that would have a long term influence on the operating leverage of a firm would be:

  • Q : Sample type-sample size-type of data....
    Accounting Basics :

    Catherine Chao, Director of Marketing Research, is evaluating consumer acceptance of a new toothpaste package. She plans to use a 80% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of households whi

  • Q : Critical values of chi-square....
    Accounting Basics :

    His staff randomly selected personnel files for 15 tellers in the Southwest Region, and determined that their mean training time was 25 hours and that the standard deviation was 4 hours. Using &

  • Q : What is the probability of a type ii error....
    Accounting Basics :

    A null hypothesis is p greater than or equal to 0.65. To test this hypothesis, a sample of 400 is taken and alpha is set at 0.05. If the true proportion is p = 0.60, what is the probability of a typ

  • Q : Cash disbursements journal....
    Accounting Basics :

    Prepare headings for a cash disbursements journal. Journalize the April transactions that should be recorded in the cash disbursements journal.

  • Q : Gross profit-operating income....
    Accounting Basics :

    Calculate the following and show the computations. a. Gross profit b. Operating income c. Income before income taxes and extraordinary item d. Net income

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