In january 2016, vega corporation purchased a patent at a cost of $200,000. legal and filing fees of $50,000 were paid to acquire the patent. the company estimated a 10-year useful life for the patent and uses the straight-line amortization method for all intangible assets. in january, 2019, vega spent $40,000 in legal fees for an unsuccessful defense of the patent and the patent is no longer usable. the amount charged to income (expense and loss) in 2019 related to the patent should be:

The systems analysis phase includes three activities – requirements modeling, data and process modeling, and consideration of development strategies. choose two of these activities, explain their differences, and discuss how they are used to accomplish the main objective which is to understand the proposed project.

Exercise 8-6 goods in transit [lo8-2] the kwok company's inventory balance on december 31, 2016, was $190,000 (based on a 12/31/16 physical count) before considering the following transactions: 1. goods shipped to kwok f. o.b. destination on december 20, 2016, were received on january 4, 2017. the invoice cost was $35,000. 2. goods shipped to kwok f. o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received on january 5, 2017. the invoice cost was $22,000. 3. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f. o.b. destination on december 27, 2016, were received by the customer on january 3, 2017. the sales price was $45,000 and the merchandise cost $27,000. 4. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f. o.b. destination on december 26, 2016, were received by the customer on december 30, 2016. the sales price was $25,000 and the merchandise cost $18,000. 5. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f. o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received by the customer on january 4, 2017. the sales price was $30,000 and the merchandise cost $17,000. required: determine the correct inventory amount to be reported in kwok's 2016 balance sheet.

According to herman, one of the differences of managing a nonprofit versus a for-profit corporation is