Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the Child Tax Credit also includes a non-refundable credit for qualifying dependents other than qualifying children. Which of the following is true regarding this Credit for Other Dependents (ODC)?

A. The credit is $500 and can be claimed for elderly or disabled dependents or children over 17

B. The credit can be claimed for eligible dependents only in 2018

C. The credit can only be claimed only if the taxpayer includes a Social Security number for each qualifying person for whom the credit is claimed on the tax return

D. The credit is not subject to income eligibility thresholds and will not phase out for higher income taxpayers

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  How are budgets used for performance evaluation?

Financial budgets are normally prepared by the finance or accounting department of a company. In small businesses, the owner is required to prepare this budget. A performance budget allows businesses to plan for future expenditures. A budget, therefore, determines the amount of capital required to generate a certain level of sales. Businesses also adjust future expenses based on the past budget performance. Through analyzing and reviewing the budgets, a business will know the amount it has and identifies if external financing is required.

A budget helps businesses track its spending variances. Although financial budgets are prepared on annual basis, tracking of budget variances is done monthly (Vitez, 2018). This tracking enables businesses to understand where the funds were spent and compare with the number of revenues generated. Anny excessive budget variances will require businesses to review their budgets to make sure they are accurately forecasted.

Businesses use performance reports to provide additional information to the managers concerning the budget variances (Vitez, 2018). This information may be either financial or non-financial information which may impact the budget to exceed its allowable limits. Resource costs may cause the financial budgets to increase. Inferior resources are examples of non-financial budgets which may make the budget to increase.

Performance evaluation requires managers to have a benchmark for the past years will act as a guideline in future. This is normally communicated to managers through a budget for their responsibility center. At the end of the accounting year, each center is evaluated based on the actual sales generated. This information will only appear on the performance evaluation report.

A Corp. owns 80% of B Corp. The Consolidated Financial Statements of A Corp. for 2018 and 2019 are shown below:

A Corp.

Consolidated Balance Sheet, December 31, 2019

A Corp.

Consolidated Income Statement, For the year ended December 31, 2019

Other Information:

A purchased its interest in B on January 1, 2015 for $360,000 when the company's net assets were valued at $300,000. The acquisition differential was allocated equally between goodwill and equipment, which was estimated to have a remaining useful life of ten years from the acquisition date.

B reported a net income of $75,000 and paid dividends of $5,000 during 2019.

A issued $300,000 in bonds during the year. A reported an equity method net Income of $300,000 and paid $70,000 in dividends to its shareholders.

Required:

Prepare a Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for A Corp. for 2019.

Intermediate 1 Terry Part #5: Chapter 9

To practice correcting the financial statements for the Lower of Cost or Market.

Information:

Terry's internal auditor is afraid that some inventory has become obsolete. She has gathered the following information about the inventory items she is worried about:

After talking with the Sales Department, she estimates that the normal markup on TGIT would be $8 and $12 on TT9G5. They currently have 60,000 units of TGIT and 90,000 units of TT9G5 in stock. Terry’s management has opted to record the loss, if any, to COGS and directly reduce inventory.

Terry’s management would like to know the effect of the sale on the Inventory Turnover (COGS / average total inventory)

Assignment:

1. Calculate the Inventory Turnover Ratio before you make any adjustments. Also calculate the average days in inventory for Terry’s overall inventory (before you make any adjustments).
2. Make the appropriate journal entries, if any, to correct for the change in inventory values due to a Lower of Cost or Market adjustment (including any necessary changes to income tax expense). Hint: only COGS and Inventory will be affected. Update Income Tax Expense and Income Tax Payable to reflect the change in tax expense due to the change in COGS.
3. Make any necessary changes to the financial statements.
   • Update the Income Statement to reflect the updated COGS and income tax expense.
   • Update the Balance Sheet to reflect the updated inventory and income tax payable balances.
   • Update the operating section of the statement of cash flows so that the net increase/decrease in cash reconciles with the balance sheet.
4. Calculate the Inventory Turnover Ratio and average days in inventory after you make any adjustments.

Express Co, purchased equipment on March 1, 2015, for $95,000 on the account. The equipment had an estimated useful life of five years, with a residual value of $5,000. The equipment is disposed of on February 1, 2018. Express Co, use the diminishing-balance method of depreciation with a 20% rate and calculates depreciation for partial periods to the nearest month. The company has an August 31 year end.

a) Record the acquisition of the equipment on March 1, 2015,

b)Record depreciation on August 31,2015,2016 and 2017.

c)Record the disposal on February 1, 2018, under the following assumptions.

1: It was scrapped with no residual value.

2: It was sold for $55,000

3: It was sold for $45,000

4: It was traded for new equipment with a list price of $97,000. Express was given a trade-in allowance of $52,000 on the old equipment and paid the balance in cash. Express determined the old equipment fair value to be $47,000 at the date of the exchange.

What are the arguments in favor of recording gains and losses on disposals of property plant and equipment as part of the profit from the operation? what are the argument in favor of recording them as non-operation items?

(Lessor Entries; Sales-Type Lease with Option to Purchase)

Castle Leasing Company signs a lease agreement on January 1, 2017, to lease electronic equipment to Jan Way Company. The term of the non-cancelable lease is 2 years, and payments are required at the end of each year. The following information relates to this agreement.

1.

Jan Way has the option to purchase the equipment for $16,000 upon termination of the lease. It is not reasonably certain

that Jan Way will exercise this option.

2.

The equipment has a cost of $120,000 and fair value of $160,000 to Castle Leasing. The useful economic life is 2 years, with

a residual value of $16,000.

3.

Castle Leasing desires to earn a return of 5% on its investment.

4.

Collectibility of the payments by Castle Leasing is probable.

Instructions

(a)

Prepare the journal entries on the books of Castle Leasing to reflect the payments received under the lease and to rec-

ognize income for the years 2017 and 2018.

(b)

Assuming that Jan Way exercises its option to purchase the equipment on December 31, 2018, prepare the journal entry

to record the sale on Castle Leasing’s books.

Project Topic: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE. (A case study of listed Financial firms on the Ghanaian Stock Exchange Market).

Requirement:

Write Literature Review on the topic and it must include:

a. introduction

b. theoretical review

c. conceptual review and framework

d. empirical review

What is probability? Describe classical, empirical, and subjective probability, and provide "real-world" examples of each. How can each of these types of probability apply to the business world? Do you think any one type is more useful in business than the others? Why or why not?

1. A 0.875g sample of aluminum was reacted totally with chlorine to produce 4.325g of a compound of the two elements. what is the empirical formula of the compound?

2. If the Magnesium nitride were not converted to magnesium oxide, how would the experimentally determined molar ratio MG:O have been altered?

1. In the Introduction to the Course, we discussed three processes of globalization in the world economy: internationalization, liberalization, and the information and communications technological revolution(s). Explain the meaning of these terms, how they differ, and how they are important. Use specific empirical examples to clarify the abstract terms and illustrate the conceptual differences.