Ed has a summer beach cottage that he has owned for many years. the cottage is valued at $ 75 comma 000. this year, ed spends $400 on paint and $550 on trees, and then paints the exterior of the cottage and plants the trees himself. if he had hired a professional painter, it would have cost $1 comma 000 to paint the cottage (not including the cost of paint), and if he had hired a professional landscaper, it would have cost $450 (not including the cost of the trees) to do the planting.

Selected t-account balances for bloomfield company are shown below as of january 31, which reflect its accounting adjustments. the firm uses a calendar-year accounting period, but prepares monthly accounting adjustments. suppliesjan. 31 bal. 1,800 1,800 jan. 31 bal. supplies expensejan. 31 bal. 1,920 1,148 jan. 31 bal. prepaid insurancejan. 31 bal. 1,148 1,148 jan. 31 bal. insurance expensejan. 31 bal. 164 164 jan. 31 bal. wages payablejan. 31 bal. 1,400 1,400 jan. 31 bal. wages expensejan. 31 bal. 6,400 6,400 jan. 31 bal. truckjan. 31 bal. 17,376 17,376 jan. 31 bal. accumulated depreciation -truckjan. 31 bal. 5,068 5,068 jan. 31 bal. a. if the amount in supplies expense represents the january 31 adjustment for the supplies used in january, and $1,240 worth of supplies were purchased during january, what was the january 1 beginning balance of supplies? $answerb. the amount in the insurance expense account represents the adjustment made at january 31 for january insurance expense. if the original insurance premium was for one year, what was the amount of the premium, and on what date did the insurance policy start? amount of the premium $answerthe policy began on answerjune 1july 1august 1september 1october 1november 1 of the previous year. c. if we assume that no beginning balance existed in either in either wage payable or wage expense on january 1, how much cash was paid as wages during january? $answerd. if the truck has a useful life of four years (or 48 months), what is the monthly amount of depreciation expense, and how many months has bloomfield owned the truck? answermonths

R& m chatelaine is one of the largest tax-preparation firms in the united states. it wants to acquire the tax experts, a smaller rival. after the merger, chatelaine will be one of the two largest income-tax preparers in the u. s. market. what should chatelaine include in its acquisition plans? it should refocus its attention from the national to the international market. in addition to acquiring the tax experts, it should also determine the best way to drive independent "mom and pop" tax preparers out of business. chatelaine will need to explain to the federal trade commission how the acquisition will not result in an increase in prices for consumers. chatelaine should enter a price-based competition with its other major competitor to force it out of business and become a monopoly.

Wo firms, a and b, each currently dump 50 tons of chemicals into the local river. the government has decided to reduce the pollution and from now on will require a pollution permit for each ton of pollution dumped into the river. it costs firm a $100 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river, and it costs firm b $50 for each ton of pollution that it eliminates before it reaches the river. the government gives each firm 20 pollution permits. government officials are not sure whether to allow the firms to buy or sell the pollution permits to each other. what is the total cost of reducing pollution if firms are not allowed to buy and sell pollution permits from each other? what is the total cost of reducing pollution if the firms are allowed to buy and sell permits from each other? a. $3,000; $1,500 b. $4,500; $3,500 c. $4,500; $4,000 d. $4,500; $2,500