If Ziggy Company concluded that an investment originally classified as held to maturity would now more appropriately be classified as available for sale, Ziggy would:

a) Reclassify the investment as available for sale and immediately recognize in net income any unrealized holding gain or loss on the reclassification date.
b) Not reclassify the investment, as original classifications are irrevocable.
c) Need to restate earnings, as the original classification was in error.
d) Reclassify the investment as available for sale and immediately recognize in accumulated other comprehensive income any unrealized holding gain or loss on the reclassification date.

The year-end financial statements of calloway company contained the following elements and corresponding amounts: assets = $34,000; liabilities = ? ; common stock = $6,400; revenue = $13,800; dividends = $1,450; beginning retained earnings = $4,450; ending retained earnings = $8,400. based on this information, the amount of expenses on calloway's income statement was

Which of the following statements is correct? a major disadvantage of a partnership relative to a corporation is the fact that federal income taxes must be paid by the partners rather than by the firm itself. in a typical partnership, liability for other partners’ misdeeds is limited to the amount of a particular partner’s investment in the business. true in a limited partnership, the limited partners have voting control, while the general partner has operating control over the business, and the limited partners are individually responsible, on a pro rata basis, for the firm’s debts in the event of bankruptcy. partnerships have more difficulty attracting large amounts of capital than corporations because of such factors as unlimited liability, the need to reorganize when a partner dies, and the illiquidity of partnership interests.

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?