The accountant for Sysco Company is preparing the company's statement of cash flows for the fiscal year just ended. The following information is available: Retained earnings balance at the beginning of the year $ 879,000 Net income for the year 260,000 Cash dividends declared for the year 48,000 Retained earnings balance at the end of the year 1,187,000 Cash dividends payable at the beginning of the year 11,200 Cash dividends payable at the end of the year 12,800 What is the amount of cash dividends paid that should be reported in the financing section of the statement of cash flows?

Consider each of the following cases: case accounting break-even unit price unit variable cost fixed costs depreciation 1 127,400 $ 38 $ 25 $ 711,000 ? 2 124,000 ? 41 2,500,000 $ 900,000 3 5,753 117 ? 171,000 100,000 required: (a) find the depreciation for case 1. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (b) find the unit price for case 2. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (c) find the unit variable cost for case 3. (do not round your intermediate calculations.)

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

What is the relationship among market segmentation, target markts, and consumer profiles?