North inc. is a calendar-year c corporation, accrual-basis taxpayer. at the end of year 1, north accrued and deducted the
following bonuses for certain employees for financial accounting purposes.
• s7,500 for lisa tanaka, a 30 percent shareholder.
• sio, ooo for jared zabaski, a 35 percent shareholder.
• s12,500 for helen talanian, a 20 percent shareholder.
• s5,ooo for steve nielson, a o percent shareholder.
unless stated otherwise, assume these shareholders are unrelated. how much of the accrued bonuses can north inc.
deduct in year 1 under the following alternative scenarios?
a) north paid the bonuses to the employees on march 1 of year 2.
b) north paid the bonuses to the employees on april 1 of year 2.
c) north paid the bonuses to employees on march 1 of year 2 and lisa and jared are related to each other, so they are treated as owning each other's stock in north.
d) north paid the bonuses to employees on march 1 of year 2 and lisa and helen are related to each other, so they are treated as owning each other's stock in north.

On january 1, jackson, inc.'s work-process inventory account showed a balance of $ 66,500. during the year, materials requisitioned for use in production amounted to $ 70,500, of which $ 67,700 represented direct materials. factory wages for the period were $ 210,000 of which $ 187,000 were for direct labor. manufacturing overhead is allocated on the basis of 60% of direct labor cost. actual overhead was $ 116,050. jobs costing $ 353,060 were completed during the year. the december 31 balance in work-process inventory is

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David burdick is the ceo of acme bubblegum, a successful public company. as one of the cofounders of the company, burdick has enjoyed speaking and writing about the success of acme bubblegum for several years. typically, he speaks at conferences or directly to the press, but recently, he has been blogging about his firm anonymously. specifically, he defended a recent advertising campaign that was unpopular among consumers and pointedly attacked one of acme bubblegum’s competitors. burdick deeply enjoys his anonymous blogging and believes that none of his readers actually know that he works for acme bubblegum. should burdick be allowed to praise his company’s performance anonymously online? should he be allowed to attack his competitors without disclosing his relationship with the company? how would you feel if the ceo of a company at which you shopped was secretly writing criticisms of his or her competition? how would you feel if you knew a writer for your favorite blog was actually closely involved in a company that the blog discussed? 1. define the ethical issue? 2. who are the primary stakeholders? 3. what are the possible alternatives? 4. how could you evaluate the ethical implications of the alternative actions (use appropriate decision rules)? 5. what action would you recommend and why?