1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
denis23 [38]
3 years ago
6

Peggy is in the business of factoring accounts receivable. Last year, she purchased a $30,000 account receivable for $25,000. Th

is year, the account was settled for $25,000. How much loss can Peggy deduct and in which year?
a. $5,000 for the current year
b. $5,000 for the prior year and $5,000 for the current year.
c. $10,000 for the current year
d. None of the above
Business
1 answer:
Vanyuwa [196]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The correct option is D

Explanation:

Accounts receivable is the balance amount of money is which due to a firm or business for goods or services that is delivered or used but the money is not yet paid by the customers.

So, last year, she has account receivable for $25,000 and current year, the account settled for $25,000. Therefore, there is no loss which means it is $0 in the current year. ($25,000 - $25,000 = $0).

You might be interested in
1. All of the following would be classified as manufacturing overhead except the: A) wages of supervisor of the machining shop.
jek_recluse [69]

Answer:

D) All of the above would be classified as manufacturing overhead.

Explanation:

Manufacturing overhead is the overhead incurred directly in relation to the manufacturing process.

It can be fixed as well as variable, there is no standard conclusion for the above on the basis of nature of overhead.

Machining shop is a part of manufacturing process, and all expense related to that will be classified as manufacturing overhead, whether the expense is in cash like supervisor salary, property taxes of building of machining shop, or non cash expense like depreciation.

Therefore, all the expenses will be included in manufacturing overhead.

8 0
3 years ago
Andy worked weekends for a month to complete a difficult project. he hoped that he would receive a raise if he successfully comp
bekas [8.4K]

<span>Andy’s motivation for working so hard is most likely the extrinsic motivation of a raise in his salary (money). </span><span> 

Extrinsic motivation refers to the phenomenon when behavior and actions are motivated  by external factors, such as rewards, fame or praise rather than intrinsic factors which lie within an individual (such as: improving one’s skills and work ethic or genuine interest in the task or project at hand).

In Andy’s case, where he is working so hard in hopes for a raise, he is externally motivated rather than internally motivated since he hopes to be monetarily rewarded </span>(extrinsic factor)for his hard work. 

7 0
3 years ago
You work for a company that always pushes the envelope with respect to reporting revenues and expenses. You often disagree with
Artemon [7]

Answer:

Ethical Dissonance

Explanation:

Ethical Dissonance refers to a  divide between an individual desired moral identity and the  benefit they derive from acting against such ethical codes, conducts, beliefs or values.

The culture of the company is not in alignment with the my ethical codes', because its approach to reporting  amounts cannot be justified from a GAAP perspective, the ethical issues of concern is Ethical Dissonance

7 0
3 years ago
jervis sells 3400 of its accounts receivable to northern bank in order to obtain necessary cash northern bank charges a 2% facto
lesya692 [45]

Answer:

Factoring fee = 2% * Account Receivable

= 2% * $3,400

= $68

​

Date  Account Titles and Explanation     Debit    Credit

          Cash                                                   $3,332

          Factoring expenses                           $68

                    Account receivables                             $3,400

          (To record the receipt of cash against the receivables)

6 0
3 years ago
cientists have developed a bacteria that they believe will lower the freezing point of agricultural products. This innovation co
alex41 [277]

Answer:

equilibrium price would fall and equilibrium quantity would increase

Explanation:

The discovery would reduce the amount of crops now lost to frost damage and increase the supply of crops e.g. potato.

As a result of the increase in supply, there would be an excess of supply over demand equilibrium price would fall and quantity would increase

Please check the attached image for a graph showing increase in supply

5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Showcase Co., a furniture wholesaler, sells merchandise to Balboa Co. on account, $252,510, terms n/30. The cost of the goods so
    9·1 answer
  • Ramon, a single taxpayer with no dependents, has adjusted gross income for 2019 of $98,000 and his itemized deductions total $19
    7·1 answer
  • A. Everyone benefits from street lighting, yet the marginal benefit to any one individual usually falls short of the marginal co
    6·1 answer
  • What percentage of American business owners used money of their own, or form their families, to start or buy a business
    6·2 answers
  • Jameson and Harrison were both eligible for promotion. However, Patrick, their manager,decided to promote Harrison because he ha
    7·1 answer
  • GKM, Inc. is a manufacturer of furniture. At the beginning of​ February, it was estimated that each unit of Let the Light In wou
    11·1 answer
  • ________ theory focuses on people evaluating their treatment by the organization relative to the treatment of others.?
    6·1 answer
  • Boulder Beaver Company had a $150,000 beginning balance in Accounts Receivable and a $6,000 credit balance in the Allowance for
    14·1 answer
  • During recessions, taxes tend to
    7·1 answer
  • Explanation of own capital
    15·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!