We also had income from some investments. We received interest and dividends from a few places. Can you tell me if those are reported on a 1099 form? If so, I may have to request this from my bank. We own our home and paid the typical homeowner’s expenses. What expenses will you need from us relating to our home? Are there any other questions you have for us, such as other deductions we can take?

Just curious: this tax "stuff" is so much information to remember. How do you ever stay on top of all of these tax rules? Please let us know what other information you will need from us and what documents you will need us to send over to you. Thank you in advance

Identify what additional documents the clients need to provide in order for you to do their taxes.

Identify applicable deductions and credits available for the clients.

Differentiate types of income and expenditures.

Explain how you utilized the IRS website for staying current in the identification and application of appropriate tax codes and laws.

In this simulation, you continue in your role of Senior Vice President for Marketing at Enhanced Analytics, Inc., a provider of marketing and consulting services, with headquarters in Austin, Texas. In this role, you report directly to the CEO of the company and are responsible for decision-making and marketing strategy. You oversee a department with 25 employees at the company.
The company's board of directors thinks that a reorganization of the company will improve decision-making and profitability. You have just found out that the board has been in discussions with the company's CEO regarding the appropriate funding level and structure of each department. The activities of each department and office will be reviewed within the next 60 days. A prominent member of the board thinks that funding for the marketing department - your department - should be reduced significantly. In his opinion, primary emphasis and the most funding should go to the management and finance areas.
You disagree. While most funding in your department is used to plan and create specific marketing campaigns, some of the money is spent on training and on keeping your staff up to date on the latest technologies and trends in marketing management. You think both activities are essential and a reduction in funding will be detrimental to the long-term success of the department. A reduction in funding will also result in a need to lay off staff.
In your role as head of the department, you are given an opportunity to present your views. There is an apparent lack of appreciation for marketing among some of the folks who make up the reorganization committee. The CEO of the company admitted as much at breakfast, this morning, when she has asked you to prepare a persuasive presentation to convince the reorganization committee of the importance of marketing within the organization.
Along with your in-person presentation at the committee's next meeting, your task is to prepare a written report for the committee members.
Prepare a written report for the members of the reorganization committee, containing the following sections:
1. Marketing Management - introduce the concept of marketing, its importance and application

2. Case Study - introduce and describe an example of a company (choose a well-known company that your audience can easily recognize and relate to) and illustrate how marketing is an essential function within the organization. You may use sources such as the company's annual report, scholarly articles found using Google Scholar and articles from business periodicals, such as the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and BusinessWeek. Since this is a persuasive report, make sure to use specific data and facts that are both truthful and convincing.

3. Lifelong Learning - explain the importance of continuous learning and of staying up to date in the field of marketing.

4. Conclusion - sum up your key points and ask the committee to maintain or increase the funding for your department.
Include outside research to support your ideas and your conclusion. There is no page limit to this assignment. The assignment will be considered well-done if it contains all the required sections, if it is clearly written and your thoughts and ideas are supported by specific data and research.

Greg Norman is the auditor in charge of the Rogers Pharmaceutical Company audit. In assessing the internal controls for the company, Greg finds that the company bills customers and receives payments at three offices in three separate states using three different and incompatible software systems for tracking payments. Rogers’s terms of sale varies with the customer and varies from 30 days to 90 days. Open invoices are aged based on when they were booked to the receivables, but cash, chargebacks, or rebates are aged based on when they were applied to the account. Thus, a credit could be posted to the customer’s account when it was received, but the related invoice(s) remains open as a receivable and continues to age. Chargebacks are significant and linked to batch of product rather than invoice. Most similar companies have credit limits or credit checks but Rogers’s does not because all wholesalers are board certified M.D.’s, like the company’s founder.

Rogers’s total accounts receivable was $25,276,025.

Rogers’s total accounts receivable past due over 61 days was $17,434,500.

Rogers’s past top-five wholesalers had accounts receivable of $13,457,516.

Rogers’s top-five wholesale customers had $5,428,850 past due over 61 days.

Rogers’s allowance for doubtful accounts of $266,000 did not include any estimates for the top-five wholesale customers because it was management’s belief at the time that the top-five wholesalers did not present a collection risk.

Required:

Based on these control issues and findings, explain some of the most likely sources of misstatement that exist.

In April 2010, a gold mining company, Cahaya Emas was formed. Cahaya Emas had convinced numerous mining experts that they had rights to one of the largest gold deposits ever discovered. The gold mine, located on a remote island in the East Coast of Peninsula Malaysia, supposedly had so much gold that the actual price of gold on the open market dropped significantly due to the anticipation of an increased gold supply. Within a few months, thousands of Malaysian – big-time investors, pension and mutual fund, managers and many small investors, including factory workers – got caught up in “Gold fever”. The company’s stock price shot from pennies to more than $250 per share before a 10-for-1 stock split was announced. Thousands of investors believed they were on the verge of becoming millionaires.
Two years later, the president and CFO, who are also the founder of the company were found committing financial statement fraud which went on for about two years. The president and the CFO were the fraud perpetrators. Kate, the accountant was aware of the financial statement fraud being committed by the management of her company, but she never reported it.
As is the case with many frauds of this type, numerous class-action lawsuits were filed against Cahaya Emas management, alleging that they misled the shareholders.

REQUIRED:
A.   Discuss some of the possible reasons for Kate’s hesitance to come forward to report the financial statement fraud.
B.   What were some of the perpetrators’ motivations to commit financial statement fraud?

Q3. On January 1, 2016, ATM Corporation acquired all of the common stock of ZED Company for $300,000. On that date, ZED's identifiable net assets had a fair value of $250,000. The assets acquired in the purchase of ZED are considered to be a separate reporting unit of ATM Corporation. The carrying value of ZED's investment at December 31, 2016, is $310,000. The fair value of the net assets (excluding goodwill) at that date is $220,000 and the fair value of the reporting unit is determined to be 260,000.

Required:

1) Explain how goodwill is tested for impairment for a reporting unit.

2) Determine the amount, if any, of impairment loss to be recognized at December 31, 2016.

During 2019 Canada Computer Company sold computers for $100,000 which includes a 2-year warranty. Warranties sold separately for $70,000 that requires the company to perform periodic services and to replace defective parts. In 2020, Canada Computer Company incurred actual warranty costs relative to 2019 computer sales of $5,000 for parts and $12,000 for labor.                                                                                            

Instructions

(a) Using the revenue warranty approach, prepare the entries to reflect the above transactions for 2019 and 2020. assuming Canada co. earn any unearned warranties equally over warranty life.

(b) The transactions of part (a) create what balance under current liabilities in the Dec 31, 2019 balance sheet?

On June 1, 2018, Riverbed Company and Marin Company merged to form Headland Inc. A total of 802,000 shares were issued to complete the merger. The new corporation reports on a calendar-year basis.

On April 1, 2020, the company issued an additional 625,000 shares of stock for cash. All 1,427,000 shares were outstanding on December 31, 2020.

Headland Inc. also issued $600,000 of 20-year, 8% convertible bonds at par on July 1, 2020. Each $1,000 bond converts to 38 shares of common at any interest date. None of the bonds have been converted to date.

Headland Inc. is preparing its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The annual report will show earnings per share figures based upon a reported after-tax net income of $1,507,000. (The tax rate is 20%.)

Determine the following for 2020.

(a) The number of shares to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.)

(b) The earnings figures to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.)

Exercise 16-23 On June 1, 2018, Marin Company and Headland Company merged to form Sage Inc. A total of 834,000 shares were issued to complete the merger. The new corporation reports on a calendar-year basis. On April 1, 2020, the company issued an additional 552,000 shares of stock for cash. All 1,386,000 shares were outstanding on December 31, 2020. Sage Inc. also issued $600,000 of 20-year, 8% convertible bonds at par on July 1, 2020. Each $1,000 bond converts to 40 shares of common at any interest date. None of the bonds have been converted to date.

Sage Inc. is preparing its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The annual report will show earnings per share figures based upon a reported after-tax net income of $1,584,000. (The tax rate is 20%.) Determine the following for 2020. (a) The number of shares to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.)

(1) Basic earnings per share enter a number of shares rounded to 0 decimal places shares

(2) Diluted earnings per share enter a number of shares rounded to 0 decimal places shares

(b) The earnings figures to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.)

(1) Basic earnings per share $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places

(2) Diluted earnings per share $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal places

On June 1, 2018, Novak Company and Splish Company merged to form Blossom Inc. A total of 837,000 shares were issued to complete the merger. The new corporation reports on a calendar-year basis.

On April 1, 2020, the company issued an additional 576,000 shares of stock for cash. All 1,413,000 shares were outstanding on December 31, 2020.

Blossom Inc. also issued $600,000 of 20-year, 7% convertible bonds at par on July 1, 2020. Each $1,000 bond converts to 36 shares of common at any interest date. None of the bonds have been converted to date.

Blossom Inc. is preparing its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The annual report will show earnings per share figures based upon a reported after-tax net income of $1,395,000. (The tax rate is 20%.)

Determine the following for 2020.

(a) The number of shares to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.)

(b) The earnings figures to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.)

On June 1, 2018, Waterway Company and Wildhorse Company merged to form Sheffield Inc. A total of 769,000 shares were issued to complete the merger. The new corporation reports on a calendar-year basis. On April 1, 2020, the company issued an additional 599,000 shares of stock for cash. All 1,368,000 shares were outstanding on December 31, 2020. Sheffield Inc. also issued $600,000 of 20-year, 8% convertible bonds at par on July 1, 2020. Each $1,000 bond converts to 36 shares of common at any interest date. None of the bonds have been converted to date. Sheffield Inc. is preparing its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. The annual report will show earnings per share figures based upon a reported after-tax net income of $1,688,000. (The tax rate is 20%.) Determine the following for 2020. (a) The number of shares to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.) (1) Basic earnings per share enter a number of shares rounded to 0 decimal placesEntry field with incorrect answer 1.39 shares (2) Diluted earnings per share enter a number of shares rounded to 0 decimal placesEntry field with incorrect answer 4800 shares (b) The earnings figures to be used for calculating: (Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. $2,500.) (1) Basic earnings per share $enter a dollar amount rounded to 0 decimal placesEntry field with incorrect answer 1.78 (2) Diluted earnings per share