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You found an item totaling $48,000 treated as miscellaneous expenses

You found an item totaling $48,000 treated as miscellaneous expenses. You seek clarification from the tax payer and was told that from 1 July 2020, he was appointed as a part-time consultant to a company and received a total of $48,000 for the period of 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2020. However, he did not declare it as income as he argued that it is not related to his business. Instead he treated it as miscellaneous expenses, a replacement cost for the time he spent on consulting and not attending to his own business (treated as expense for time spent/lost).

Explain the implication of the items and suggest the tax treatment you would adopt in addressing the issues.

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on january 1 2020 Liu corporation paid $250007 to aquire bonds of Singh investment Corp. with...

on january 1 2020 Liu corporation paid $250007 to aquire bonds of Singh investment Corp. with a par value of $254000. The annual contract rate on the bonds is 8%. and interest is paid semiannually on June 30 and Dec. 31. The bonds mature after three years. The market rate of interest was 7.7 %. Liu Corporation intends to hold the bonds untill maturnity.
1. prepare an anortization schedule for the investment showing only 2020
2 prepare Liu's entries to record the purchase of the bonds
3. prepare the Liu's entries to prepare to record the reciept of the first two interest payments.
4. show how the investment will appear on dec. 31, 2020 balance sheet

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Ariel owns 70% of Sabastian. During 2019, Sabastian sold 1000 units of Inventory to Ariel for...

Ariel owns 70% of Sabastian. During 2019, Sabastian sold 1000 units of Inventory to Ariel for $70 each. The units cost $50 to produce. A 12/31/2019 inventory count indicates that 300 units remained in Ariel's inventory. Sabastian reported a $50,000 net income in 2019 and a $70,000 net income in 2020. No internal sales were made in 2020. Ariel should recognize investment income in 2020 for which of the following amounts?

Investment in Sabastian $44,800

...Investment Income $44,800

Investment in Sabastian $49,000

...Investment Income $49,000

Investment in Sabastian $53,200

...Investment Income $53,200

Investment in Sabastian $63,000

...Investment Income $63,000

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Ahmad company (the 80%-owned subsidiary); in 1/5/2018 sold land to Fatima Company (the subsidiary) at selling...

Ahmad company (the 80%-owned subsidiary); in 1/5/2018 sold land to Fatima Company (the subsidiary) at selling price $125,000, the cost of land $100,000. During 2020, Fatima Company sold the land at $140,000. Net income for Fatima Company as follows: 2018 2019 2020 Net Profit 80,000 100,000 60,000 Instructions: 1. Journalize the above transactions in Parent Company records and in the Subsidiary Company records. 2. Calculate the Parent company from the subsidiary’s net income? 3. Calculate the Minority interest from the subsidiary’s net income? 4. Prepare the working paper in Journal entries format for 2018; 2019 and 2020?

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The following is the income statement for Daisy’s Day Care Limited for the month ended March...

The following is the income statement for Daisy’s Day Care Limited for the month ended March 31, 2020: Daisy’s Day Care Limited Income Statement Month Ended March 31, 2020

Revenue $ 20,000

Expenses: Food 6,000

Heat and lights 800

Office Supplies 200

Childcare supplies 1,000

Wages 8,000

Total expenses 16,000

Operating income $ 4,000

20% of the childcare supplies and 25% of the wages are fixed while the remaining amounts are variable. 100% of the food expense is variable.

Required: Based on the above information what would the operating income for the month ended March 31, 2020 be if the income statement was prepared using the contribution margin approach?

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The government of Ghana through the Minister of Finance presented the 2020 Budget statement to Parliament...

The government of Ghana through the Minister of Finance presented the 2020 Budget statement to Parliament in November 2019.The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID -19) pandemic that has hit the world has impacted on global economy including Ghana, thus affecting our macroeconomic targets in the budget statement presented in November 2019. The Minister of Finance presented a statement to Parliament on the economic impact of COVID – 19 pandemic on the economy of Ghana and the way forward at the end of March, 2020.
Discuss five (5) key impact of the COVID-19 on the achievement of our fiscal policy targets for the year 2020 by comparing the original budget statement to the one presented after COVID- 19.

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Stanford Company has contracted to build for the City of New London a new courthouse. The...

  1. Stanford Company has contracted to build for the City of New London a new courthouse. The estimated cost of the project is $6,000,000, and the contract price is $9,000,000. The courthouse took three years to complete as follows:

                                                2018                       2019                       2020
Costs to date                      $1,500,000           $4,000,000           $6,200,000
Cost to complete             $4,500,000           $2,200,000           $0

Amounts billed to date $1,400,000           $5,800,000           $9,000,000
Amounts collected to date
                                             $1,300,000           $4,300,000           $9,000,000

Determine the gross profit to be recognized for

                                         2018                           2019                   2020

Record all journal entries necessary for 2018 below:

Assume that Stanford uses the completed contract method. Determine the amount of revenue and expense to be recognized in:
                                                2018                       2019                      2020

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Marimarsh Corporation reported the following pretax financial income (loss) for the years 2019 to 2021. 2019...

Marimarsh Corporation reported the following pretax financial income (loss) for the years 2019 to 2021.

2019 $150,000
2020 ($400,000)
2021 $200,000

Pretax financial income (loss) and taxable income (loss) were the same for all years. The applicable tax rates are 30% for 2019, and 20% for 2020 and 2021.

Instructions:

a) Prepare the journal entry in 2019 to record income tax expense.

b) Prepare the journal entries in 2020 for the tax effects of the loss carryforward, assuming that based on the weight of evidence it is more likely than not that one-quarter of the benefits of the loss carryforward will not be realized.

c) Prepare the journal entry in 2021 to record income tax expense.

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Referring to information in Brief Exercise 14-18, assume that Henry Inc. sold its holdings of Container...

Referring to information in Brief Exercise 14-18, assume that Henry Inc. sold its holdings of Container Corpora-tion bonds on July 2, 2020, for $4,800. Record the sale of the debt investment, eliminating the Fair Value Adjust-ment account upon sale.

brief 14-18 Henry Inc. purchased $5,000 of Container Corporation’s 5% bonds at par. The purchase is made on January 1,

2020, and the investment is classified as a trading security. At June 30, 2020, Henry Inc. received semiannual

interest of $125, and the fair value of the bonds was $4,800. Prepare Henry’s journal entries for (a) the purchase

of the investment, (b) the interest received, and (c) the fair value adjustment.

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Problem 9-5A Calculating depreciation—partial periods LO2, 3 West Coast Tours runs boat tours along the west...

Problem 9-5A Calculating depreciation—partial periods LO2, 3

West Coast Tours runs boat tours along the west coast of British Columbia. On March 5, 2020, it purchased, with cash, a cruising boat for $936,000, having a useful life of 10 years or 13,800 hours, with a residual value of $246,000. The company’s year-end is December 31.

Required:
Calculate depreciation expense for the fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022 by completing a schedule. (Note: Depreciation is calculated to the nearest month. Assume actual hours of service were: 2020, 900; 2021, 1,960; 2022, 1,715.)
Depreciation MethodYearStraight-LineDouble-Declining BalanceUnits-of-Production202020212022

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