There are four steps in solving one's personal financial challenges:
1. considering opportunity costs
2. assessing risks and returns
3. setting short- and long-term goals
4. assessing needs and wants
which of these is the correct order of these steps?
2.3, 1, 4
1, 2, 3, 4
4.1. 23
3, 1, 4,2

Norton manufacturing expects to produce 2,900 units in january and 3,600 units in february. norton budgets $20 per unit for direct materials. indirect materials are insignificant and not considered for budgeting purposes. the balance in the raw materials inventory account (all direct materials) on january 1 is $38,650. norton desires the ending balance in raw materials inventory to be 10% of the next month's direct materials needed for production. desired ending balance for february is $51,100. what is the cost of budgeted purchases of direct materials needed for january? $58,000 $65,200 $26,550 $25,150

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debitingaccounts receivable and crediting notes receivable and interest revenue. accounts receivable and crediting interest revenue. notes receivable and crediting accounts receivable and interest revenue. notes receivable and crediting accounts receivable.