. Sherri owns an interest in a business that is not a passive activity and in which she has $20,000 at risk. If the business incurs a loss from operations during the year and her share of the loss is $32,000, this loss will be fully deductible.
a. True
b. False

Analyzing and computing accrued warranty liability and expense waymire company sells a motor that carries a 60-day unconditional warranty against product failure. from prior years' experience, waymire estimates that 2% of units sold each period will require repair at an average cost of $100 per unit. during the current period, waymire sold 69,000 units and repaired 1,000 units. (a) how much warranty expense must waymire report in its current period income statement? (b) what warranty liability related to current period sales will waymire report on its current period-end balance sheet? (hint: remember that some units were repaired in the current period.) (c) what analysis issues must we consider with respect to reported warranty liabilities?

In each of the cases below, assume division x has a product that can be sold either to outside customers or to division y of the same company for use in its production process. the managers of the divisions are evaluated based on their divisional profits. case a b division x: capacity in units 200,000 200,000 number of units being sold to outside customers 200,000 160,000 selling price per unit to outside customers $ 90 $ 75 variable costs per unit $ 70 $ 60 fixed costs per unit (based on capacity) $ 13 $ 8 division y: number of units needed for production 40,000 40,000 purchase price per unit now being paid to an outside supplier $ 86 $ 74 required: 1. refer to the data in case a above. assume in this case that $3 per unit in variable selling costs can be avoided on intracompany sales. a. what is the lowest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the selling division? b. what is the highest acceptable transfer price from the perspective of the buying division? c. what is the range of acceptable transfer prices (if any) between the two divisions? if the managers are free to negotiate and make decisions on their own, will a transfer probably take place?

If a business is in need of working capital, one option is to use a(n) that will buy the company's account receivables and then handle their collection for a fee.