Which of the following is not likely to be a deductible expense?
a. the cost of a party for all of dan's employees to celebrate a record-breaking profits year.
b. the dues for charles coke to join the city chamber of commerce to generally improve the reputation of his business in the community.
c. the cost of tickets to a stage play for a client and the taxpayer.
d. the cost for rosa to take a potential customer to lunch to describe a new service rosa's company is offering. unfortunately, the customer explains that they are not interested in the service.
e. none of these choices are deductible expenses.

At december 31, 2016, pina corporation had the following stock outstanding. 10% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par, 107,810 shares $10,781,000 common stock, $5 par, 4,026,000 shares 20,130,000 during 2017, pina did not issue any additional common stock. the following also occurred during 2017. income from continuing operations before taxes $21,950,000 discontinued operations (loss before taxes) $3,505,000 preferred dividends declared $1,078,100 common dividends declared $2,300,000 effective tax rate 35 % compute earnings per share data as it should appear in the 2017 income statement of pina corporation

Fly-by products, inc. operates primarily in the united states and has several segments. for the following segment, determine whether it is a cost center, profit center, or investment center: international operations- acts as an independent segment responsible for all facets of the business outside of the united states. select one: a. cost center b. profit center c. investment center

Which of the following best explains why online retail companies have an advantage over regular stores? a. their employees make less money because they mostly perform unskilled tasks. b. they are able to keep distribution costs low by negotiating deals with shipping companies. c. their transactions require expensive state-of-the-art technological devices. d. they have a larger number of potential customers because people anywhere can buy from them.