Back Mountain Industries (BMI) has two divisions: East and West. BMI has a cost of capital of 15 percent. Selected financial information (in thousands of dollars) for the first year of business follows: East West Sales revenue $ 1,600 $ 6,200 Income 500 750 Investment (beginning of year) 2,600 3,600 Current liabilities (beginning of year) 260 260 R&D expendituresa 800 700 aR&D is assumed to benefit two periods. All R&D is spent at the beginning of the year. Required: a-1. Evaluate the performance of the two divisions assuming BMI uses return on investment (ROI)

The manda panda company uses the allowance method to account for bad debts. at the beginning of 2018, the allowance account had a credit balance of $92,400. credit sales for 2018 totaled $3,190,000 and the year-end accounts receivable balance was $507,500. during this year, $88,500 in receivables were determined to be uncollectible. manda panda anticipates that 3% of all credit sales will ultimately become uncollectible. the fiscal year ends on december 31. required: 1. does this situation describe a loss contingency? 2. what is the bad debt expense that manda panda should report in its 2018 income statement? 3. prepare the appropriate journal entry to record the contingency. 4. complete the table below to calculate the net realizable value manda panda should report in its 2018 balance sheet?