Answer:
Explanation:
Because land never depreciates, Western Bank & Trust wanted to distribute a higher percentage of the purchase price to the building, rather than the land. By allocating 90% of the purchase price to the building, rather than a more accurate 70%, Western Bank & Trust increases the depreciation amount of the building each year. For tax purposes, the IRS requires that the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) be used as the depreciation method used by companies. Under this method, the IRS specifies the useful life for a specific asset. MACRS also ignores residual value of an asset at the end of its useful life. By stating that the building was worth 90% of the total purchase price, Western Bank is attempting to increase its tax deduction from the IRS, because only the building depreciates, not the land. This improper allocation of the total purchase amount violates GAAP principles, which require that accounting information be “relevant and have faithful representation.” The information must be “complete, neutral, and free from error” (Nobles, Mattison, & Matsumura, 2014). For Western Bank to provide complete, neutral, and free from error information, it should record the transaction honestly: 70% to the building, 30% to the land. This dishonest representation is harmful to the federal government in that it is allowing Western Bank to take more money than what it is owed. If these kinds of situations happen on a large scale, it could have a huge impact on the economy in general. Source: Nobles, T., Mattison, B., & Matsumura, E. M. (2014). Horngren's Accounting, 10th Edition. Pearson Education, Inc. Student 2
Answer:
A.Land $100,000
Building 400,000
B.Land $100,000
Building 395,292
Explanation:
a. Logan's adjusted basis at acquisition date will be the cost of the land and that of the building which is:
Land $100,000
Building 400,000
b. What will be Logan adjusted basis at the end of 2017 :
Land will be: $100,000
Building will be :395,292
($400,000 − $4,708)
Thus the Depreciation is a capital recovery.
1. Find a good business idea
A good business idea isn’t just one that turns a profit. It’s one that’s a good fit for you personally, for your target market, and for your location. You’re going to be in business for the long haul, so you really should pick something you can live and breathe.
<span><span>Identify your strengths and weaknesses <span>Conduct a SWOT analysis<span> on yourself </span></span></span><span><span>Come up with a business idea </span>that caters to your strengths </span><span><span>How to start inventing things </span>(or how to find something to invent)</span>Define what success looks like for you <span><span>Do your research: </span><span>What are popular businesses today?</span></span></span>
Answer:
Correctly ignored a sunk cost.
Explanation:
In economics a sunk cost is one that an individual has already paid for and cannot recover. For example when payment is made for rent it is no longer recoverable.
In this instance Eric has already bought a $50 ticket that is nonrefundable, nonexchangeable, and nontransferable. This is a sunk cost.
Eric wants to go to the concert with Ginny who he wanted to date for a long time.
He will correctly ignore the sunk cost of going to the play because any more time spent on the play will not help recover the $50 already spent.
Answer:
Prime costs= $480,000
Explanation:
Giving the following information:
Grin produced 4,000 cameras with the following costs:
Direct materials $400,000
Direct labor 80,000
Manufacturing overhead 320,000
To calculate the prime costs we need to use the following formula:
Prime costs= direct material + direct labor
Prime costs= 400,000 + 80,000= $480,000
