The objective of general-purpose financial reporting is to provide financial information about a reporting entity to each of the following except:
a. potential equity investors.
b. potential lenders.
c. present investors.
d. all of these answers are correct.

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?

How did the contribution of the goods producing sector to gdp growth change between 2010 and 2011 a. it fell by 0.3%. b. it fell by 2.3%. c. it rose by 2.3%. d. it rose by 0.6%. the answer is b

)a business incurs the following costs per unit: labor $125/unit, materials $45/unit, and rent $250,000/month. if the firm produces 1,000,000 units a month, calculate the following: a. total variable costs b. total fixed costs c. total costs