Liang Company began operations in Year 1. During its first two years, the company completed a number of transactions involving sales on credit, accounts receivable collections, and bad debts. These transactions are summarized as follows.

Year 1 Sold $1,345,434 of merchandise (that had cost $975,000) on credit, terms n/30.
Wrote off $18,300 of uncollectible accounts receivable.
Received $669,200 cash in payment of accounts receivable.

In adjusting the accounts on December 31, the company estimated that 1.5% of accounts receivable would be .

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?

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

Harry is 25 years old with a 1.55 rating factor for his auto insurance. if his annual base premium is $1,012, what is his total premium? $1,568.60 $2,530 $1,582.55 $1,842.25