Excerpts from Dowling Company's December 31, 2021 and 2020, financial statements and key ratios are presented below (all numbers are in millions): 2021 2020Accounts receivable (net) $22 $33 Net sales $132 $117 Cost of goods sold $77 $72 Net income $22 $34 Inventory turnover 6.05 Return on assets 12.3 % Equity multiplier 2.53 Dowling's return on equity for 2021 is: (Round your answer to 1 decimal places.)Multiple Choicea) 7.7%.b) 16.7%.c) 31.1%.d) 24.1%.

When calculating the bountiful returns that retirees allegedly would glean from stock investments, privateers use rosy projections about a continually booming market. but when predicting bankruptcy for social security, they switch to pessimistic projections of a low-growth economy with abnormally low payments into the fund. in fact, far from going broke, social security produces enormous surpluses. from __ to americans paid more in social security taxes than were paid out in benefits. according to the congressional budget office, the social security trust fund will remain solvent until at least social security is the only federal program that produces about $150 billion yearly surplus, the only program that shows every sign of being selfsupporting and solvent for over thirty years to come yet is repeatedly described by its enemies as being in danger of insolvency?

Suppose that the free states of eldricia, a small nation, has consumption, investment, government purchases, imports, and exports as follows. consumption $140 investment $50 government purchases $45 imports $30 exports $15 calculate the free states of eldricia's gdp

Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?