Refer to the following lease amortization schedule. The 10 payments are made annually starting with the beginning of the lease. Title does not transfer to the lessee and there is no purchase option or guaranteed residual value. The asset has an expected economic life of 12 years. The lease is noncancelable. PaymentCash PaymentEffective InterestDecrease in balanceOutstanding Balance 63,282 1 10,000 0 10,000 53,282 2 10,000 6,394 3,606 49,676 3 10,000 5,961 4,039 45,638 4 10,000 5,477 4,523 41,114 5 10,000 4,934 5,066 36,048 6 10,000 4,326 5,674 30,373 7 10,000 3,645 6,355 24,018 8 10,000 2,882 7,118 16,901 9 10,000

a) What is the effective annual interest rate?

12%.

9%.

11%.

10%.

b)What would the lessee record as annual amortization on the right-of-use asset using the straight-line method?

$5,328.

$6,328.

$6,392.

$10,000.

c) What is the outstanding balance after payment 9?

$5,000.

$5,537.

$8,929.

$13,463.

Aland development company purchases several acres of land adjacent to a wildlife reserve. it plans to build a new community, complete with shops and schools. green sands, a local environmental group, complains that the company's proposed building methods will disrupt the area's ecological balance. the company wants to respect the local ecology but also wants to build its development. the company decides to schedule a meeting with green sands's representatives to make choices about the property that are agreeable to both sides. which strategy would be most effective in this situation?

Which financial component is a mandatory deduction from your gross pay? a. sales tax b. social security tax c. health insurance d. disaster relief fund (drf) e. voluntary deduction

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u. s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.