Orange cable tv company, an accrual basis taxpayer, allows its customers to pay by the year in advance ($600 per year), or two years in advance ($960). in september 2018, the company collected the following amounts applicable to future services: october 2018-september 2020 services (200 two-year contracts) $192,000 october 2018-september 2019 services (200 one-year contracts) 120,000 total $312,000 as a result of the above, orange cable should report as gross income for 2019:

Astock is selling today for $50 per share. at the end of the year, it pays a dividend of $3 per share and sells for $58. a. what is the total rate of return on the stock? (enter your answer as a whole percent.) b. what are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain? (enter your answers as a whole percent.) c. now suppose the year-end stock price after the dividend is paid is $42. what are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain in this case? (negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign. enter your answers as a whole percent.)

Peninsula products has just applied for a loan at your bank. when reviewing peninsula's books for the year that just ended, you notice that the firm uses the fair value option for its bonds payable. you also see that the firm recorded a $55,000 debit in its bonds payable account and a $55,000 credit in its unrealized holding gain or loss"income account. over that same period, interest rates decreased by about 0.5 percent. how should this information affect the bank's decision as to whether to grant peninsula a loan? a : the bank should strongly consider giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen an increase in its credit rating over the past year. b : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely the result of the rise in interest rates. c : the bank should hesitate before giving a loan to peninsula because the changes in firm's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts suggest that peninsula has seen a decline in its credit rating over the past year. d : the bank should put little emphasis on the changes in peninsula's bonds payable and unrealized holding gain or loss"income accounts because these changes are likely unrelated to either interest rates or the firm's credit rating.

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