Blue Spruce Corp. has income from continuing operations of $437,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017. It also has the following items (before considering income taxes). 1. An unrealized loss of $50,700 on available-for-sale securities.
2. A gain of $24,000 on the discontinuance of a division (comprised of a $9,100 loss from operations and a $33,100 gain on disposal).
3. A correction of an error in last year’s financial statements that resulted in a $20,000 understatement of 2016 net income. Assume all items are subject to income taxes at a 18% tax rate. Prepare a statement of comprehensive income, beginning with income from continuing operations.
BLUE SPRUCE CORP. Partial Statement of Comprehensive Income $ BLUE SPRUCE CORP. Partial Statement of Comprehensive Income KIRKE TO

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.