On january 1, 2016, halstead, inc., purchased 75,000 shares of sedgwick company common stock for $1,521,000, giving halstead 25 percent ownership and the ability to apply significant influence over sedgwick. any excess of cost over book value acquired was attributed solely to goodwill. sedgwick reports net income and dividends as follows. these amounts are assumed to have occurred evenly throughout these years. dividends are declared and paid in the same period. net income annual cash dividends (paid quarterly) 2016 $364,000 $100,000 2017 486,000 134,000 2018 608,000 163,000 on july 1, 2018, halstead sells 14,000 shares of this investment for $25 per share, thus reducing its interest from 25 to 21 percent, but maintaining its significant influence. determine the amounts that would appear on halstead's 2018 income statement relating to its ownership and partial sale of its investment in sedgwick's common stock.

Acompany's sales in year 1 were $300,000, year 2 were $351,000, and year 3 were $400,000. using year 2 as a base year, the sales percent for year 3 is

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.

During march, the business engaged in the following transactions: a. borrowed $45,000 from the bank and signed a note payable in the name of the business. b. paid cash of $40,000 to acquire land. c. performed service for a customer and received cash of $5,000. d. purchased supplies on account, $300. e. performed customer service and earned revenue on account, $2,600. f. paid $1,200 on account. g. paid the following cash expenses: salaries, $3,000; rent, $1,500; and interest, $400. h. received $3,100 on account. i. received a $200 utility bill that will be paid next week. j. paid cash dividends of $1,800. required: 1.) prepare journal entries for each transaction. enter journal entries by the transaction letter. 2.) prepare the trial balance of my motors, inc. at march 31, 20xx. 3.) prepare financial statements for my motors, inc. for the period ending march 31, 20xx. (income statement and balance sheet)