An investor company owns 30% of the common stock of an investee company. The investor has significant influence over the investee. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the investee bought $100,000 of inventory from the investor. The investor includes gross profit of 40% on all inventory sales transactions. At December 31, 2019, the investee held $200,000 of total inventory, with $20,000 of this inventory purchased from the investor during 2019. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the investor and investee reported $90,000 and $40,000, respectively, of net income. What amount of investment income from the investee did the investor recognize during the year ended December 31, 2019? Select one: a. $14,400 b. $9,600 c. $8,000 d. $12,000

Concrete consulting co. has the following accounts in its ledger: cash; accounts receivable; supplies; office equipment; accounts payable; jason payne, capital; jason payne, drawing; fees earned; rent expense; advertising expense; utilities expense; miscellaneous expense. transactions oct. 1 paid rent for the month, $3,600. 3 paid advertising expense, $1,200. 5 paid cash for supplies, $750. 6 purchased office equipment on account, $8,000. 10 received cash from customers on account, $14,800. 15 paid creditors on account, $7,110. 27 paid cash for miscellaneous expenses, $400. 30 paid telephone bill (utility expense) for the month, $250. 31 fees earned and billed to customers for the month, $33,100. 31 paid electricity bill (utility expense) for the month, $1,050. 31 withdrew cash for personal use, $2,500. journalize the following selected transactions for october 2019 in a two-column journal. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles

Solomon chemical company makes three products, b7, k6, and x9, which are joint products from the same materials. in a standard batch of 320,000 pounds of raw materials, the company generates 70,000 pounds of b7, 150,000 pounds of k6, and 100,000 pounds of x9. a standard batch costs $3,840,000 to produce. the sales prices per pound are $10, $14, and $20 for b7, k6, and x9, respectively. (a) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base. (b) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using market value as the allocation base. (c) allocate the joint product cost among the three final products using weight as the allocation base.

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.