What are some actions that may be taken by a nation to reduce interest rates in a country

Questions for the Opening Vignette Why is it important for IRS and for U.S. state governments to use data warehousing and busine

podryga [215]

Answer:

I have typed each answer under it's corresponding question for easier understanding.

Explanation:

1. Why is it important for IRS and for U.S. state governments to use data warehousing and business intelligence (BI) tools in managing state revenues?

using Bi tools allows for better analysis and this woiuld make understanding and governance to be easier for the government. revenues can be very complex and difficut to understand but business intelligence tools can make it easier.

2. What were the challenges the state of Maryland was facing with regard to tax fraud?

the state of maryland was having issues with tax fraud due to fraudulent returns and they were having problems detecting and investigating this because of how time consuming the process was.

3. What was the solution they adopted?

As a solution the state used a data warehouse from teradata. this gave them the opportunity to be able to identify and trace data that showed patterns of fraudulent returns. priority was made to go after refund fraud.

4. Do you agree with their approach? Why?

yes i agree with their approach. the reason is because the use of this tools in tracing tax fraud was an efficient way of tracing the problem and through the results appropriateways on how to combat the problem would be adopted.

5. What were the results that they obtained? Did the investment in BI and data warehousing pay off?

through the use of these tools the state was able to recover about 7 million dollars. therefore the investment paid off.

6. What other problems and challenges do you think federal and state governments are having that can benefit from BI and data warehousing?

some other problems that the government is having which can benefit from these tools are

a. voter fraud

b. medical usage

c. other forms of tax issues.

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3 years ago

Interim financial statements: are always prepared before any adjustments have been recorded. show the assets above the liabiliti

prisoha [69]

Answer:

cover less than one year, usually spanning one-, three-, or six-month periods

Explanation:

Interim financial statements: Interim financial statements are those statements that are prepared for less than one year. It can be made monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly. But its duration is less than one year. It is used to give updated information which can change the investor's decision in a future period.

It includes all types of statements like balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement. These statements are not audited and mostly it is prepared in publicly held companies.

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3 years ago

Which of the following is a reason a coffee shop might exit from the market? Select all that apply.

malfutka [58]

Answer:

that answer is d

Explanation:

Angela uses cup of strawberries to make of a liter of smoothie. What is the unit rate in cups of strawberries per liter of smoothie?

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3 years ago

You invested $4,500 in a project which gave you a return of 13.1% the 1st year. you were quite happy, but the 2nd year wasn't as

Nadusha1986 [10]

The annual average rate of return can be calculated by calculating the average of three years annual return on the investment.

It is given that the investment earned a positive return of 13.1% in the first year, a negative return of -4.3% in the second year and a positive return of 5.9% in the third year.

Hence the annual average rate of return shall be (13.1-4.3+5.9)/3 = 4.9%

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3 years ago

If the primary key of the workshop offerings table contains the primary key for both the workshop table and account table, there

makkiz [27]

If the primary key of the workshop offerings table contains the primary key for both the workshop table and account table, there is a many-to-many relationship between accounts and workshops.
A one-to-many relationship includes the primary key of the “one” table as a foreign key in the “many” table.

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3 years ago