Answer: Depreciation is tax deductible
Explanation:
Depreciation on assets is recognized by tax authorities as an expense that a business actually incurs so when the income statement is calculated, depreciation needs to be removed as the expense that it is so that taxes can be calculated on the profit.
Depreciation however, does not take actual cash from the company i.e the company does not actually pay anyone cash for depreciation like most other expenses. It needs therefore to be added back to the Free Cash Flow because the FCF deals with how much actual cash the company has which is something that Depreciation being a non-cash expense did not reduce.
The answer to the given situation is "the result of this oversight is that the liabilities are understated".
We can define understated as if someone say to you that your account is understated, it means that either the amount is incorrect or the amount is too small or it is less than the actual or true amount. In the given case the entry was not made due the understatement of liabilities.
Answer:
c. short-run average total cost is typically above long-run average total cost
Explanation:
In the case when the average of the total cost of the short run should be compared with the average of the total cost of the long run for a given output level so this means that the average of the total cost of the short run should be more than the average of the total cost of the long run
Therefore as per the given situation, the option c is considered
Answer: It is likely that BC Inc. is better enabled than GN Corp to gain and sustain a competitive advantage.
Explanation: Since BC Inc.'s intangible assets are valued at $45 billion more than GN corp, hence they are better enabled to gain and sustain competitive advantage.
