Stocks are shares of ownership in a company. A stock certificate represents stock ownership. It specifies the name of the company, the number of shares owned, and the type of stock it represents. Today, stock is generally held electronically; that is, the owners don't get a paper certificate unless they specifically want to hold the certificates themselves. Choose whether each characteristic is an advantage or disadvantage of issuing stock, from the standpoint of the issuing company.
1. Dividends
2. Future buy back
3. Net profit after taxes
4. One vote per share
5. Repaid
6. Shareholders

Catherine de bourgh has one child, anne, who is 18 years old at the end of the year. anne lived at home for seven months during the year before leaving home to attend state university for the rest of the year. during the year, anne earned $6,000 while working part time. catherine provided 80 percent of anne's support and anne provided the rest. which of the following statements regarding whether anne is catherine's qualifying child for the current year is correct? a. anne is a qualifying child of catherine. b.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the gross income test. c.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the residence test. d.anne is not a qualifying child of catherine because she fails the support test.

Why does an organization prepare a balance sheet? a. to reveal what the organization owns and owes at a point in time b. to reveal how well the company utilizes its cash c. to calculate retained earnings for a given accounting period d. to calculate gross profit for a given accounting period

Mae jong corp. issues $1,000,000 of 10% bonds payable which may be converted into 10,000 shares of $2 par value ordinary shares. the market rate of interest on similar bonds is 12%. interest is payable annually on december 31, and the bonds were issued for total proceeds of $1,000,000. in accounting for these bonds, mae jong corp. will: (a) first assign a value to the equity component, then determine the liability component. (b) assign no value to the equity component since the conversion privilege is not separable from the bond.(c) first assign a value to the liability component based on the face amount of the bond.(d) use the “with-and-without” method to value the compound instrument.