Aquamarine Corporation, a calendar year C corporation, makes the following donations to qualified charitable organizations during the current year: Adjusted Basis Fair Market Value Painting held four years as an investment, to a church, which sold it immediately $21,120 $35,200 Apple stock held two years as an investment, to United Way, which sold it immediately 55,440 123,200 Canned groceries held one month as inventory, to Catholic Meals for the Poor 7,140 11,900 Determine the amount of Aquamarine Corporation's charitable deduction for the current year. (Ignore the taxable income limitation.) Painting: The amount of the contribution is basis . Stock: The amount of the contribution is fair market value . Groceries: The amount of the contribution is basis plus 50% of the appreciation on the property . Therefore, the total charitable contribution is $fill in the blank 4 .

While studying for the engineering economy final exam, you and two friends find yourselves craving a fresh pizza. you can't spare the time to pick up the pizza and must have it delivered. "pick-up-sticks" offers a 1-1/4-inch-thick (including toppings), 20-inch square pizza with your choice of two toppings for $15 plus 5% sales tax and a $1.50 delivery charge (no sales tax on delivery charge). "fred's" offers the round, deep-dish sasquatch, which is 20 inches in diameter. it is 1-3/4 inches thick, includes two toppings, and costs $17.25 plus 5% sales tax and free delivery. 1. what is the problem in this situation? state it in an explicit and precise manner. 2. systematically apply the seven principles of engineering economy (pp. 3-6) to the problem you have defined in part (a). 3. assuming that your common unit of measure is dollars (i. e., cost), what is the better value for getting a pizza based on the criterion of minimizing cost per unit of volume? 4. what other criteria might be used to select which pizza to purchase?

The petty cash fund has a current balance of $ 350, which is the established fund balance. based on activity in the fund, it is determined that the balance needs to be changed to $ 450. which journal entry is needed to make this change?

Rashid, the ceo of top productions, was telling his new vice president of accounting that "in the past i had resistance to new ideas by people who felt that one of our plans threatens their influence or jobs. so when you tell your collections department that we just hired a collection agency to handle bad debt, you may have to sell your collections manager and his supervisors on using the agency and that nobody is going to be laid off." selling middle and supervisory managers on changes to overcome their resistance is often a necessary part of