Required information: Analyzing income effects from eliminating departments. Suresh Co. expects its five departments to yield the following income for next year.
Dept. M Dept. N Dept. O Dept. P Dept. T Total
Sales $66,000 $38,000 $59,000 $45,000 $31,000 $239,000
Expenses
Avoidable 11,300 38,200 23,300 15,500 40,500 128,800
Unavoidable 53,000 14,400 4,500 31,200 11,900 115,000
Total expenses 64,300 52,600 27,800 46,700 52,400 243,800
Net income (loss) $1,700 $(14,600) $31,200 $(1,700) $(21,400) $(4,800)
Re-compute and prepare the departmental income statements (including a combined total column) for the company under each of the following separate scenarios.
1) Management eliminates departments with sales dollars that are less than avoidable expenses.
2) Management eliminates departments with expected net losses.

Benton company (bc), a calendar year entity, has one owner, who is in the 37% federal income tax bracket (any net capital gains or dividends would be taxed at a 20% rate). bc's gross income is $395,000, and its ordinary trade or business deductions are $245,000. ignore the standard deduction (or itemized deductions) and the deduction for qualified business income. if required, round computations to the nearest dollar. a. bc is operated as a proprietorship, and the owner withdraws $100,000 for personal use. bc's taxable income for the current year is $ , and the tax liability associated with the income from the sole proprietorship is $ . b. bc is operated as a c corporation, pays out $100,000 as salary, and pays no dividends to its shareholder. bc's taxable income for the current year is $ , and bc's tax liability is $ . the shareholder's tax liability is $ . c. bc is operated as a c corporation and pays out no salary or dividends to its shareholder. bc's taxable income for the current year is $ , and bc's tax liability is $ . d. bc is operated as a c corporation, pays out $100,000 as salary, and pays out the remainder of its earnings as dividends. bc's taxable income for the current year is $ , and bc's tax liability is $ .

The following accounts are denominated in pesos as of december 31, 2015. for reporting purposes, these amounts need to be stated in u. s. dollars. for each balance, indicate the exchange rate that would be used if a translation is made under the current rate method. then, again for each account, provide the exchange rate that would be necessary if a remeasurement is being made using the temporal method. the company was started in 2000. the buildings were acquired in 2002 and the patents in 2003. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) exchange rates for 1 peso are as follows: 2000 1 peso = $ 0.28 2002 1 = 0.26 2003 1 = 0.25 january 1, 2015 1 = 0.24 april 1, 2015 1 = 0.23 july 1, 2015 1 = 0.22 october 1, 2015 1 = 0.20 december 31, 2015 1 = 0.16 average for 2015 1 = 0.19

At the end of year 2, retained earnings for the baker company was $3,550. revenue earned by the company in year 2 was $3,800, expenses paid during the period were $2,000, and dividends paid during the period were $1,400. based on this information alone, retained earnings at the beginning of year 2 was: