Variable Costing Income Statement The following data were adapted from a recent income statement of The Procter & Gamble Company (PG): (in millions) Sales $65,058 Operating costs: Cost of products sold $(32,535) Marketing, administrative, and other expenses (18,568) Total operating costs $(51,103) Operating income $13,955 Assume that the variable amount of each category of operating costs is as follows: (in millions) Cost of products sold $19,500 Marketing, administrative, and other expenses 14,000 a. Based on the data given, prepare a variable costing income statement for Procter & Gamble, assuming that the company maintained constant inventory levels during the period. The Procter & Gamble Company Variable Costing Income Statement (assumed) (in millions) $ $ $ Fixed costs: $ $ b. If Procter & Gamble reduced its inventories during the period, what impact would that have on the operating income determined under absorption costing? If Procter & Gamble Company reduced its inventories during the period, then the cost of products sold would fixed costs allocated to the beginning inventories. Thus, the total fixed costs of products sold on the absorption costing income statement would be , and the operating income would be .

Which of the following actions is most likely to result in a decrease in the money supply? a. the required reserve ratio for banks is decreased. b. the discount rate on overnight loans is lowered. c. the federal reserve bank buys treasury bonds. d. the government sells a new batch of treasury bonds. 2b2t

On july 1, 2016, killearn company acquired 103,000 of the outstanding shares of shaun company for $21 per share. this acquisition gave killearn a 40 percent ownership of shaun and allowed killearn to significantly influence the investee's decisions. as of july 1, 2016, the investee had assets with a book value of $6 million and liabilities of $1,468,500. at the time, shaun held equipment appraised at $140,000 above book value; it was considered to have a seven-year remaining life with no salvage value. shaun also held a copyright with a five-year remaining life on its books that was undervalued by $562,500. any remaining excess cost was attributable to goodwill. depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method. killearn applies the equity method for its investment in shaun. shaun's policy is to declare and pay a $1 per share cash dividend every april 1 and october 1. shaun's income, earned evenly throughout each year, was $580,000 in 2016, $606,600 in 2017, and $649,200 in 2018. in addition, killearn sold inventory costing $93,000 to shaun for $155,000 during 2017. shaun resold $97,500 of this inventory during 2017 and the remaining $57,500 during 2018.a. determine the equity income to be recognized by killearn during each of these years. 2016 2017 2018b. compute killearn’s investment in shaun company’s balance as of december 31, 2018.

Read the following scenario and answer the question in 5-10 sentences. you are the owner of a small business that is a defendant in a lawsuit in federal court. you received bad news from your lawyer that the judge did not allow certain documents to be admitted as evidence in court and that the jury reached a $50,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff. your lawyer tells you that it is within your legal right to hire him to file an appeal with the united states court of appeals. if the appellate court rules in your favor, you may be able to avoid paying part or all of the $50,000. evaluate your lawyer’s suggestion about appealing the decision.