What is a difference between merchandising companies and service enterprises? a. Merchandising companies must prepare multiple-step income statements and service enterprises must prepare single-step income statements. b. Merchandising companies generally have a longer operating cycle than service enterprises. c. Cost of goods sold is an expense for service enterprises but not for merchandising companies. d. All these choices are differences.

Aprice control is: question 1 options: a)a tax on the sale of a good that controls the market price. b)an upper limit on the quantity of some good that can be bought or sold. c)a legal restriction on how high or low a price in a market may go. d)control of the price of a good by the firm that produces it.

1. the corporate form of business organization has an advantage over both the sole proprietorship and the general partnership in ease of 2. the corporate form of business organization has an advantage over both the sole proprietorship and the general partnership in external liability for business 3. a partnership is an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for 4. any one partner may be held liable for the entire indebtedness of the 5. a limited partner is liable for the partnership debt only to the extent of her capital 6. a person may be a partner even though he has no authority to conduct the ordinary activities of the 7. a partner may withdraw his capital contribution without the consent of all the 8. when a partner sells his interest in the partnership, the buyer becomes a new 9.every partner owes a duty of good faith, fairness, and loyalty to the other 10. a partner who fails to use ordinary care and skill in discharging assigned duties will be personally liable to the partners for any resulting loss.

2. taxes paid for a given income level rosa is getting ready to do her taxes. she is single and lives in denver. rosa earned $60,000 in taxable income in 2015. she reviews the following table, which shows the irs tax rates for a single taxpayer in 2015. on annual taxable the tax rate (percent) up to $9,225 10.0 from $9,225 to $37,450 15.0 from $37,450 to $90,750 25.0 from $90,750 to $189,300 28.0 from $189,300 to $411,500 33.0 from $411,500 to $413,200 35.0 over $413,200 39.6 based on the irs table, rosa calculates that her marginal tax rate is when her annual taxable income is $60,000. rosa calculates that she owes in income taxes for 2015. rosa then calculates that her average tax rate is , based on the annual income level and the amount of taxes she owes for 2015. after figuring out what she owes in taxes in 2015, rosa decides to ask an accountant for tax advice. the accountant claims that he has found a legal way to shelter $4,000 of taxable income from the federal government. the maximum amount that rosa is willing to pay to learn this strategy and reduce her taxable income by $4,000 is . (hint: sheltering some income means finding a legal way to avoid being charged income tax on that income. for example, someone who has $50,000 in taxable income and shelters $10,000 pays income tax on only $40,000.)