Microsoft develops, produces, and markets a wide range of computer software, including the windows operating system. on its recent financial statements, microsoft reported the following information about net sales revenue and accounts receivable (amounts in millions). current year prior year accounts receivable, net of allowances of $405 and $426 $ 19,792 $ 18,277 net sales revenue 89,950 85,320 according to its form 10-k, microsoft recorded bad debt expense of $85 and there were no bad debt recoveries during the current year. (hint: refer to the summary of the effects of accounting for bad debts on the accounts receivable (gross) and the allowance for doubtful accounts t-accounts. use the t-accounts to solve for the missing values.) required: what amount of bad debts was written off during the current year

Ursus, inc., is considering a project that would have a five-year life and would require a $1,650,000 investment in equipment. at the end of five years, the project would terminate and the equipment would have no salvage value. the project would provide net operating income each year as follows (ignore income taxes.):

Agovernment receives a gift of cash and investments with a fair value of $200,000. the donor specified that the earnings from the gift must be used to beautify city-owned parks and the principal must be re-invested. the $200,000 gift should be accounted for in which of the following funds? a) general fund b) private-purpose trust fund c) agency fund d) permanent fund

Suppose there are three types of consumers who attend concerts at your university’s performing arts center: students, staff, and faculty. each of these groups has a different willingness to pay for tickets; within each group, willingness to pay is identical. there is a fixed cost of $1,000 to put on a concert, but there are essentially no variable costs. for each concert: i. there are 140 students willing to pay $20. (ii) there are 200 staff members willing to pay $35. (iii) there are 100 faculty members willing to pay $50. a) if the performing arts center can charge only one price, what price should it charge? what are profits at this price? b) if the performing arts center can price discriminate and charge two prices, one for students and another for faculty/staff, what are its profits? c) if the performing arts center can perfectly price discriminate and charge students, staff, and faculty three separate prices, what are its profits?