Shovels R Us sends a purchase order to Acme Snow Shovel Inc. for 500 shovels to be delivered by September 30, 2017, in time for the winter season. Acme returns an acknowledgment form indicating that the shovels will be delivered on March 1, 2018. The acknowledgment letter forms a valid contract.

Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of