On january 1, 2018, badger inc. adopted the dollar-value lifo method. the inventory cost on this date was $101,300. the ending inventory, valued at year-end costs, and the relative cost index for each of the next three years is below: year-end ending inventory atyear-end costs cost index2018 $ 130,095 1.05 2019 148,720 1.10 2020 159,060 1.20 what inventory balance should badger report on its 12/31/2018 balance sheet? $129,900$125,030$123,900$101,300

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Asap describe three different expenses associated with restaurants. choose one of these expenses, and discuss how a manager could handle this expense.

(a) what do you think will happen if the price of non-gm crops continues to rise? why? (b) what will happen if the price of non-gm food drops? why?