Porter Corporation's capital structure consists of 50,000 shares of common stock. At December 31, 2017 an analysis of the accounts and discussions with company officials revealed the following information: Sales revenue Discontinued operations loss (net of tax) 63,000 Selling expenses 128,000 Cash 60,000 Accounts receivable 90,000 Common stock 200,000 Cost of goods sold 700,000 Accumulated depreciation-machinery 180,000 Dividend revenue 8,000 Unearned service revenue 4,400 Interest payable 1 ,ooo Land 370,000 Patents 100,000 Retained earnings, January 1, 2017 270,000 Interest expense 17,000 Administrative expenses 170,000 Dividends declared 24,000 Allowance for doubtful accounts 5,000 Notes payable (maturity 7/1/20) 200,000 Machinery 450,000 Materials 40,000 Accounts payable 60,000 The amount of income taxes applicable to income was $72,900, excluding the tax effect of the discontinued operations loss which amounted to $27,000. Instructions (a) Prepare a multiple-step income statement. (b) Prepare a retained earnings statement.

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of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.