The revenue manager at the 133-room Big Bluff Bunkhouse Hotel noticed that, based on information from the past several years, there was a trend in the first week of September: it was quite common on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights for four or five guests to cancel at the last minute or just not show up. Therefore, this year the revenue manager made a decision to accept 138 reservations to ensure filling every guest room. This business approach is referred to as , fill in the blank,.

9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u. s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u. s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u. s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u. s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation

The following information is needed to reconcile the cash balance for gourmet catering services. * a deposit of $5,600 is in transit. * outstanding checks total $1,000. * the book balance is $6,400 at february 28, 2019. * the bookkeeper recorded a $1,800 check as $17,200 in payment of the current month's rent. * the bank balance at february 28, 2019 was $17,410. * a deposit of $400 was credited by the bank for $4,000. * a customer's check for $3,300 was returned for nonsufficient funds. * the bank service charge is $90. what was the adjusted book balance?

In 2015, lori assigned a paid-up whole life insurance policy to an irrevocable life insurance trust (ilit) for the benefit of her three children. the ilit contained a crummey provision for the benefit of each child. at the time of the transfer, the whole life insurance policy was valued at $200,000, and since lori had not made any other taxable gifts during her lifetime, she did not owe any gift tax. lori died in 2016, and the face value of the whole life insurance policy of $2,000,000 was paid to the ilit. regarding this transfer, how much is included in lori’s gross estate at her death?