"Calculating Current and Deferred Income"

• Your client, Dave, is wrapping up his first year of business and needs your help in preparing his taxes. You explain to Dave that a company uses a six-step process to calculate its income tax provision. Identify one of the six steps and describe the step in detail, including an explanation of the issues that should be considered in that step and how it is computed.

SOCIOLOGY 101

Which do you consider the greatest threat to society: government censorship or Internet surveillance? In two-three paragraphs, explain in detail WHY you feel your selection is the greatest threat to society. Include concrete examples to support and defend your position.

You MUST include 2-3 paragraphs and each paragraph “MUST” include 6 well-developed sentences).

One of the Principles of economics “Markets Are Usually A Good Way to Organize Economic Activity”. Based on your understanding of this principle, first, explain in detail the idea behind this principle. Second, how the resources and economic activity organized under socialism and capitalist systems. Third, in your opinion, which system that you believe is better in the allocation of resources as well as Organize Economic Activity

500 MINIMUM

Choose and research a current ethics issue that is being debated in the field of taxation. Then, write a short paper that provides a brief overview of the issue, explains and supports your position on the ethics of the practice, and provides a solution to the ethical issue consistent with your viewpoint.

If you take the position that a practice is ethical, detail how you would go about addressing and responding to concerns of those opposed to the practice. If you believe a practice is unethical, present an approach that would reduce or eliminate the practice.

the department of energy website contains information about monthly wholesale and retail prices for natural gas in each state. go to www.eia.doe.gov/naturalgas/data.cfm and then click on the link monthly wholesale and retail prices. Under area, choose a state of interest to you, make sure the period Is monthly, and then under residential price click on view history. A window will open with a time plot covering approximately a 25-year period, along with a table of the monthly residential prices for each year.

(a) If you have access to statistical software, you should use the downland data (xls file) link to save the data as an excel (.xsl) file on your computer. Then enter the data into your software package and reproduce the time-series plot using the graphic capabilities of your software package. Be sure you use an appropriate title and axis labels. If you do not have access to the appropriate software, provide a rough sketch of the time plot that is given on the website.

(b) Is there a regular pattern of seasonal variation that repeats each year? Describe it. Are the prices increasing over time?

A number of real world complications that make monetary and fiscal policy more challenging than simple theory would suggest. Given the state of the economy and the causes of that state think back to earlier discussions about the current economy- what should be the appropriate mix of fiscal and monetary policy. Form a Keynesian perspective? From a neoclassical perspective? Which makes the most sense to you? Provide evidence ( include and least one link/citation)to provide support to your conclusion.

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(a) Calculate the five-number summary of the land areas of the states in the U.S. Midwest. (If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

(b) Explain what the five-number summary in part (a) tells us about the land areas of the states in the midwest

(c) Calculate the five-number summary of the land areas of the states in the U.S. Northeast. (If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

(d) Explain what the five-number summary in part (c) tells us about the land areas of the states in the Northeast

(d) Contrast the results from parts (b) and (d).
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5).Find the five-number summary for the data on highway mileage shown below.

The new revenue recognition is likely to have a significant accounting and reporting impact particularly for the manufacturing industry. Use this section to articulate why this assertion might be accurate. Justify your rationale with an accounting example supported with figures.

note: Please provide a reference

TASK ONE(10%, 500 words)

Think back on the issues of ethics and social responsibility you’ve been introduced to throughout the semester. In 500 words, you are required to reflect on two such issues and describe how the view or perspective you’ve gained on these issues might inform your current or future professional practice in the finance industry. Use the three-step reflective framework outlined below to structure your response. (You may use some or all of the suggested prompts listed in bullet points within each step to focus your response, or give your response a different focus.)

1. Description (What?):

Describe two ideas or views relating to socially responsible behaviour and practices within the finance industry that you connect with most in this unit.

2. Interpretation(So what?):

Why have you chosen these two ideas or views?

Why do you relate to these issues especially?

What is it about these two views that stand out to you?

What comes to mind when you think about these ideas or views?

Why are these two views or ideas important to you?

3. Outcome (Now what?)

How might you relate to, or apply, or even extend these ideas these as a practitioner?

Explain how you think the understanding you’ve gained on these views or ideas might inform your professional practice?

How might your behaviour or decisions change based on the views or ideas you’ve written about in this task?

How might these idea or views be extended into new work situations relevant to you?