. During 2018, a former employee of Staple Company filed a lawsuit alleging age discrimination and asking for damages of $500,000. At December 31, 2018,Staple's legal counsel indicated that the likelihood of losing the lawsuit was possible but not probable and a good estimate for any potential loss is approximately $250,000 based on previous experience with similar cases. How should this suit be handled on the 2018 financial statements?

One former MSU student decided to open a lawn service and landscaping company.            During the first year, she paid rent of $5,000, wages to employees of $50,000, and $10,000            for supplies (gas, oil, and so on). To start this business, she quit her previous job that had paid her $40,000 per year. Her mother invested $10,000 in the business, which was used to           acquire equipment. The company earned $106,000 in revenue in the first year.

3i.        The private explicit cost in the first year is

            ____________________

3ii.       If the average investment in the economy earned a 10% return this year, implicit private cost            for this business is

            ____________________

3iii.      Which is a correct statement about the economic profits of the business in the first year?

            a.         If the average investment in the economy earns a 10% return, economic profits were                                     zero.

            b.         The investor in this business earned a 10% return on investment in the first                                        year.

.           c.         This lawn/landscaping business would have had negative economic profits if the                               average investment in the economy generated a 15% return that year.

            d.         All of the above are correct.

            e.         None of the above is correct.

3iv.      Suppose the state government levied an “environmental tax” on this lawn/landscape business equal to $1,000 per year. The effect of the tax is to

            a.         increase the firm’s average cost, but not the marginal cost.

            b.         increase private implicit cost.

            c.         increase variable cost, but not fixed cost.

            d.         increase social cost, but not private cost.

            e.         have no effect on cost.

The Thompson Corporation, a manufacturer of steel products, began operations on October 1, 2019. The accounting department of Thompson has started the fixed-asset and depreciation schedule presented below. You have been asked to assist in completing this schedule. In addition to ascertaining that the data already on the schedule are correct, you have obtained the following information from the company's records and personnel: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

1. Depreciation is computed from the first of the month of acquisition to the first of the month of disposition.
2. Land A and Building A were acquired from a predecessor corporation. Thompson paid $832,500 for the land and building together. At the time of acquisition, the land had a fair value of $110,400 and the building had a fair value of $809,600.
3. Land B was acquired on October 2, 2019, in exchange for 3,200 newly issued shares of Thompson’s common stock. At the date of acquisition, the stock had a par value of $5 per share and a fair value of $27 per share. During October 2019, Thompson paid $10,600 to demolish an existing building on this land so it could construct a new building.
4. Construction of Building B on the newly acquired land began on October 1, 2020. By September 30, 2021, Thompson had paid $230,000 of the estimated total construction costs of $320,000. Estimated completion and occupancy are July 2022.
5. Certain equipment was donated to the corporation by the city. An independent appraisal of the equipment when donated placed the fair value at $16,800 and the residual value at $2,200.
6. Equipment A’s total cost of $112,000 includes installation charges of $570 and normal repairs and maintenance of $13,000. Residual value is estimated at $4,500. Equipment A was sold on February 1, 2021.
7. On October 1, 2020, Equipment B was acquired with a down payment of $4,200 and the remaining payments to be made in 10 annual installments of $4,200 each beginning October 1, 2021. The prevailing interest rate was 7%.

The Thompson Corporation, a manufacturer of steel products, began operations on October 1, 2019. The accounting department of Thompson has started the fixed-asset and depreciation schedule presented below. You have been asked to assist in completing this schedule. In addition to ascertaining that the data already on the schedule are correct, you have obtained the following information from the company's records and personnel: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

1. Depreciation is computed from the first of the month of acquisition to the first of the month of disposition.
2. Land A and Building A were acquired from a predecessor corporation. Thompson paid $772,500 for the land and building together. At the time of acquisition, the land had a fair value of $103,200 and the building had a fair value of $756,800.
3. Land B was acquired on October 2, 2019, in exchange for 2,600 newly issued shares of Thompson’s common stock. At the date of acquisition, the stock had a par value of $5 per share and a fair value of $21 per share. During October 2019, Thompson paid $10,000 to demolish an existing building on this land so it could construct a new building.
4. Construction of Building B on the newly acquired land began on October 1, 2020. By September 30, 2021, Thompson had paid $170,000 of the estimated total construction costs of $260,000. Estimated completion and occupancy are July 2022.
5. Certain equipment was donated to the corporation by the city. An independent appraisal of the equipment when donated placed the fair value at $14,400 and the residual value at $1,600.
6. Equipment A’s total cost of $102,000 includes installation charges of $510 and normal repairs and maintenance of $10,600. Residual value is estimated at $5,000. Equipment A was sold on February 1, 2021.
7. On October 1, 2020, Equipment B was acquired with a down payment of $3,600 and the remaining payments to be made in 10 annual installments of $3,600 each beginning October 1, 2021. The prevailing interest rate was 7%.

Required:
Supply the correct amount for each answer box on the schedule. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

The Thompson Corporation, a manufacturer of steel products, began operations on October 1, 2019. The accounting department of Thompson has started the fixed-asset and depreciation schedule presented below. You have been asked to assist in completing this schedule. In addition to ascertaining that the data already on the schedule are correct, you have obtained the following information from the company's records and personnel: (FV of $1, PV of $1, FVA of $1, PVA of $1, FVAD of $1 and PVAD of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)

1. Depreciation is computed from the first of the month of acquisition to the first of the month of disposition.
2. Land A and Building A were acquired from a predecessor corporation. Thompson paid $832,500 for the land and building together. At the time of acquisition, the land had a fair value of $110,400 and the building had a fair value of $809,600.
3. Land B was acquired on October 2, 2019, in exchange for 3,200 newly issued shares of Thompson’s common stock. At the date of acquisition, the stock had a par value of $5 per share and a fair value of $27 per share. During October 2019, Thompson paid $10,600 to demolish an existing building on this land so it could construct a new building.
4. Construction of Building B on the newly acquired land began on October 1, 2020. By September 30, 2021, Thompson had paid $230,000 of the estimated total construction costs of $320,000. Estimated completion and occupancy are July 2022.
5. Certain equipment was donated to the corporation by the city. An independent appraisal of the equipment when donated placed the fair value at $16,800 and the residual value at $2,200.
6. Equipment A’s total cost of $112,000 includes installation charges of $570 and normal repairs and maintenance of $13,000. Residual value is estimated at $4,500. Equipment A was sold on February 1, 2021.
7. On October 1, 2020, Equipment B was acquired with a down payment of $4,200 and the remaining payments to be made in 10 annual installments of $4,200 each beginning October 1, 2021. The prevailing interest rate was 7%.

Required:
Supply the correct amount for each answer box on the schedule. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

Accounting Changes-Depreciation
Described below are two independent and unrelated situations involving accounting
changes. Each change occurs during 2016 before any adjusting entries or closing entries
were prepared.
a. On December 30, 2012, Rival Industries acquired its office building at a cost of
$1,000,000. It was depreciated on a straight-line basis assuming a useful life of 40
years and no salvage value. However, plans were finalized in 2016 to relocate the
company headquarters at the end of 2020. The vacated office building will have a
salvage value at that time of $700,000.
b. At the beginning of 2013, the Hoffman Group purchased office equipment at a cost of
$330,000. Its useful life was estimated to be 10 years with no salvage value. The
equipment was depreciated by the sum-of-the years’-digits method. On January 1,
2016, the company changed to the straight-line method.
Instructions:
a. Briefly describe the way company should report this accounting change in the
financial statements.
b. Prepare any 2016 journal entry related to the change.

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THE MBA DECISION Ben Bates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Since graduation, he has been employed in the finance department at East Coast Yachts. Although he is satisfied with his current job, his goal is to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools, he has narrowed his choice to either Wilton University or Mount Perry College. Although internships are encouraged by both schools, to get class credit for the internship, no salary can be paid. Other than internships, neither school will allow its students to work while enrolled in its MBA program. Ben’s annual salary at East Coast Yachts is $61,000 per year, and his salary is expected to increase at 3 percent per year until retirement. He is currently 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. His current job includes a fully paid health insurance plan, and his current average tax rate is 25 percent. Ben has a savings account with enough money to cover the entire cost of his MBA program. The Ritter College of Business at Wilton University is one of the top MBA programs in the country. The MBA degree requires two years of full-time enrollment at the university. The annual tuition is $65,000, payable at the beginning of each school year. Books and other supplies are estimated to cost $2,800 per year. Ben expects that after graduation from Wilton, he will receive a job offer for about $107,000 per year, with an $20,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will increase at 4 percent per year. Because of the higher salary, his average income tax rate will increase to 30 percent. The Bradley School of Business at Mount Perry College began its MBA program 16 years ago. The Bradley School is smaller and less well known than the Ritter College. Bradley offers an accelerated, one-year program, with a tuition cost of $78,000 to be paid upon matriculation. Books and other supplies for the program are expected to cost $4,000. Ben thinks that after graduation from Mount Perry, he will receive an offer of $90,000 per year, with a $17,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will increase at 3.5 percent per year. His average income tax rate at this level of income will be 28 percent. Both schools offer a health insurance plan that will cost $3,500 per year, payable at the beginning of the year. Ben also estimates that room and board expenses will cost $2,500 more per year at both schools than his current expenses, payable at the beginning of each year. The appropriate discount rate is 6.2 percent. Assume all salaries are paid at the end of each year.

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Tesla is a company recently in the news for a conflict of interest between the SEC and the CEO Elon Musk due to an interest to bring the company private by the CEO who shared on Twitter his short term plans. Production issues, a number of layoffs and the increasing demand for the electric vehicles were expressed by the CEO as reasons to bring the company private that would allow the company to restructure its company internally. The company has since rescinded its position remaining as a public company. The SEC stated that it was swaying investors by stating that the company would do so when it reached a stock price of $420 forcing investors to make a decision or artificially driving the stock price to the sale price in order to bring the company private faster. Elon Musk has previously tweeted about its stock price in terms of its standing in the market however this is the first where the market has reacted to his tweets negatively. Possible solutions to the situation would be to address investors by other measures in addition to Twitter. Twitter being a social network for CEO’s to interact with customers and investors directly however a more formal approach might have been ideal in this situation.