On January 1, 2018, Ameen Company purchased major pieces of manufacturing equipment for a total of $54 million. Ameen uses straight-line depreciation for financial statement reporting and deducted 100% of the equipment’s cost for income tax reporting in 2018. At December 31, 2020, the book value of the equipment was $48 million. At December 31, 2021, the book value of the equipment was $40 million. There were no other temporary differences and no permanent differences. Pretax accounting income for 2021 was $68 million. Required: 1. Prepare the appropriate journal entry to record Ameen’s 2021 income taxes. Assume an income tax rate of 25%. 2. What is Ameen’s 2021 net income?

Annuity payments are assumed to come at the end of each payment period (termed an ordinary annuity). however, an exception occurs when the annuity payments come at the beginning of each period (termed an annuity due). what is the future value of a 13-year annuity of $2,800 per period where payments come at the beginning of each period? the interest rate is 9 percent. use appendix c for an approximate answer, but calculate your final answer using the formula and financial calculator methods. to find the future value of an annuity due when using the appendix tables, add 1 to n and subtract 1 from the tabular value. for example, to find the future value of a $100 payment at the beginning of each period for five periods at 10 percent, go to appendix c for n = 6 and i = 10 percent. look up the value of 7.716 and subtract 1 from it for an answer of 6.716 or $671.60 ($100 × 6.716)

One pound of material is required for each finished unit. the inventory of materials at the end of each month should equal 20% of the following month's production needs. purchases of raw materials for february would be budgeted to be:

Mikkelson corporation's stock had a required return of 12.50% last year, when the risk-free rate was 3% and the market risk premium was 4.75%. then an increase in investor risk aversion caused the market risk premium to rise by 2%. the risk-free rate and the firm's beta remain unchanged. what is the company's new required rate of return? (hint: first calculate the beta, then find the required return.) do not round your intermediate calculations.