Accounting Methods (LO 6.2) Geraldine is an accrual basis taxpayer who has the following transactions during the current calendar tax year: Accrued business income (except rent) $220,000 Accrued business expenses (except rent) 170,000 Rental income on a building leased for the next 6 months, received on December 1 21,000 Prepaid rent expense for 6 months, paid on December 1 9,000 Calculate Geraldine's net income from her business for the current year.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u. s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.