Harbour Company disclosed estimated product warranty payable for comparative years as follows: (in millions) Current YearPrior Year Current estimated product warranty payable$14,047 $13,467 Noncurrent estimated product warranty payable8,544 7,530 Total$22,591 $20,997 Assume that Harbour's sales were $165,663 million in current Year and that the total paid on warranty claims during the current year was $14,481 million. a. The distinction between short- and long-term liabilities is important to creditors in order to accurately evaluate the near-term cash the business relative to the quick current assets and other longer-term . b. Provide the journal entry for the Current Year product warranty expense. Enter your answers in millions. c. What two conditions must be met in order for a product warranty liability to be reported in the financial statements

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?

11.     before adding cream to a simmering soup, you need to a. simmer the cream. b. chill the cream. c. strain the cream through cheesecloth. d. allow the cream reach room temperature. student d   incorrect which answer is right?

When it is 4: 00 a. m. in halifax, it is 1: 00 p. m. in karachi, and when it is 9: 00 a. m. in karachi, it is 5: 00 a. m. in warsaw. mary left halifax to fly to karachi, but she accidentally left her watch on warsaw time. according to mary’s watch, she left halifax at 9: 40 p. m. on monday. the local time when she arrived at karachi was 3: 00 p. m. tuesday. how long was mary’s flight? a. 9 hours, 20 minutes b. 13 hours, 20 minutes c. 14 hours, 20 minutes d. 17 hours, 20 minutes