Answer:
$0.12 billion; a budget surplus
Explanation:
Given that,
Total spending for the last fiscal year = $4.71 billion
Tax collected during the same fiscal year = $4.83 billion
Government transfers = $0
Lilliput's budget balance:
= (Taxes - Government transfers) - Total spending of government
= ($4.83 billion - $0) - $4.71 billion
= $0.12 billion
Therefore, the Lilliput has a budget surplus during the last fiscal year because of the positive budget balance.
Answer: $93,088
Explanation:
Rate is compounded monthly which makes it:
= 8% / 12
= 0.6667%
= 0.006667
The payment of $20,156 is to increase yearly at a rate of 5%. Payments are at the beginning of the period so the first payment does not have to be discounted.

= $93,088
Answer:
Explanation:
1. Please refer to the attached file.
2. The vertical analysis indicates that the costs other than selling expenses (cost of goods sold and administrative expenses) decreased as a percentage of sales. As a result: net income as a percentage of sales increased by 2.5 percentage points. The sales promotion campaign appears to have been increased. While selling expenses as a percent of sales increased slightly, the decreased cost was more than made up for by increased sales.