George Clausen (age 48) is employed by Kline Company and is paid an annual salary of $42,640. He has just decided to join the company's Simple Retirement Account (IRA form) and has a few questions. Answer the following for Clausen:a. What is the maximum that he can contribute into this retirement fund? b. What would be the company's contribution? c. What would be his weekly take-home pay if he contributes the maximum allowed retirement contribution (married, 2 allowances, wage-bracket method, and a 2.3% state income tax on total wages)? d. What would be his weekly take-home pay without the retirement contribution deduction?

Pressure systems, inc., manufactures high-accuracy liquid-level transducers. it is investigating whether it should update certain equipment now or wait to do it later. if the cost now is $200,000, what will the equivalent amount be 3 years from now at an interest rate of 10% per year?

The selling price of houses would be most likely to decrease if there were first a decrease in which of the following? a. new-housing construction. b. mortgage interest rates. c. the unemployment rate. d. construction workers' wages. 2b2t

Data pertaining to the current position of forte company are as follows: cash $437,500 marketable securities 170,000 accounts and notes receivable (net) 320,000 inventories 700,000 prepaid expenses 42,000 accounts payable 240,000 notes payable (short-term) 250,000 accrued expenses 310,000 required: 1. compute (a) the working capital, (b) the current ratio, and (c) the quick ratio. round ratios to one decimal place. 2. compute the working capital, the current ratio, and the quick ratio after each of the following transactions, and record the results in the appropriate columns of the table provided. consider each transaction separately and assume that only that transaction affects the data given. round to one decimal place. a. sold marketable securities at no gain or loss, 75,000. b. paid accounts payable, 135,000. c. purchased goods on account, 100,000. d. paid notes payable, 105,000. e. declared a cash dividend, 125,000. f. declared a common stock dividend on common stock, 45,000. g. borrowed cash from bank on a long-term note, 205,000. h. received cash on account, 130,000. i. issued additional shares of stock for cash, 635,000. j. paid cash for prepaid expenses, 15,000.