The board of directors of Milligan Company has decided to dispose of an unneeded parcel of land through a property dividen to their shareholders. Invidivdual homesites have been identified on the land, and those individual sites will be deeded to the shareholders in proportion to their stock holdings. On december 31, 2013, the board of directors declares the property dividend. The land is to be officially deeded to the shareholders as of January 15, 2014 (i. e., pay date). The board estimates the land to be worth approximately $200,000 on December 31, 2013. The book value of the land prior to the declaration is $175,000. On January 5, 2014, however, the city of Green Valley announces that the adjoining land will become the home of new recreational area, which will cause the value of the Milligan land to increase in value by an additional $100,000.

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Prepare below journal entries to record the declaration of the property dividend on December 31, 2013 and the payment of the dividend on January 15, 2014.

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?

Uppose that the federal reserve purchases a bond for $100,000 from donald truck, who deposits the proceeds in the manufacturer’s national bank. what will be the impact of this purchase on the supply of money? the money supply will increase by $100,000. the money supply will increase by $80,000. the money supply will increase by $500,000. this action will have no effect on the money supply. if the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent, what is the maximum amount of additional loans that the manufacturer’s bank will be able to extend as the result of truck’s deposit? the maximum additional loans is $100,000. the maximum additional loans is $80,000. the maximum additional loans is $20,000. the maximum additional loans is $500,000. given the 20 percent reserve requirement, what is the maximum increase in the quantity of checkable deposits that could result throughout the entire banking system because of the fed’s action? this action will have no effect on the money supply. the money supply will eventually increase by $80,000. the money supply will eventually increase by $500,000. the money supply will eventually increase by $100,000.

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