1. The December 31, 2016, statement of financial position of Cotton Corporation includes the following:

9% bonds payable due December 31, 2025     $718,900

The bonds have a face value of $700,000 and were issues on December 31, 2015, at 103, with interest payable on July 1 and December 31 of each year. Cotton uses straight-line amortization to amortize bond premiums or discount. On March 1, 2017, Cotton retired $280,000 of these bonds at 98 plus accrued interest. Ignoring income taxes, what should cotton record as a gain on retirement bonds?

1. $7,560
2. $13,020
3. $13,160
4. $14,000

1. Direct incremental costs incurred to sell shares, such as underwriting costs, should be accounted for as:

1. a reduction of share capital
2. an expense of the period in which the shares are issued
3. an intangible asset
4. a reduction of retained earnings

Q1. Discuss any three methods concerning how CEO’s Pay can be linked with performance. Elaborate you answer by providing example of each method.             

Q2. Starbuck is taking the following CSR initiatives:

“Now more than ever, the future of coffee depends on the healthy trees. More than 21 million trees have been donated to coffee farmers since 2015, to replace trees that are declining in productivity due to age and disease, such as coffee leaf rust. We are working towards a goal of providing 100 million climate-resilient coffee trees to farmers by 2025.”

Based on the provided information, develop an appropriate decision-making matrix

Explain how you could use time value concepts to adjust things like your spending, investment, and savings goals for the future.  

List two techniques people can use to help them control their spending on categories of expenses, and explain how these techniques can be effective

DEFINE FISCAL POLICY. WOULD THE INCREASE OF $100 IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAVE THE SAME EFFECT ON GDP AS OF DECREASE IN TAXES OF $100? WHY OR WHY NOT?

Government policy (spending) changes inflation from 2.5% to 3.5%. How much less is $1,000,000 in 40 years worth in today's dollars?

Using the AD-AS model, show and briefly explain the short and long-run effects on the economy of a massive increase in government-sponsored infrastructure spending.?

Medicare and Medicaid

Is the rapidly expanding share of total GDP of the healthcare sector in the United States necessary evidence of wasteful health care spending?

Please write 350 words about the current spending habits and preferences of American young-adult consumers. Plus cite your sources.

Why is it that fiscal expansion (i.e. Increased government spending in relation to net taxation) not constrained by ‘crowding out’ in the Keynesian income-expenditure model?