Ramos corporation is considering the elimination of one of its segments. the segment incurs the following fixed costs. if the segment is eliminated, the building it uses will be sold. advertising expense $ 70,000 supervisory salaries 150,000 allocation of companywide facility-level costs 65,000 original cost of building 110,000 book value of building 50,000 market value of building 80,000 maintenance costs on equipment 56,000 real estate taxes on building 6,000

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based on this information, determine the amount of avoidable cost associated with the segment.

Which of the following would be an accurate statement about achieving a balanced budget

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.

Coop inc. owns 40% of chicken inc., both coop and chicken are corporations. chicken pays coop a dividend of $10,000 in the current year. chicken also reports financial accounting earnings of $20,000 for that year. assume coop follows the general rule of accounting for investment in chicken. what is the amount and nature of the book-tax difference to coop associated with the dividend distribution (ignoring the dividends received deduction)?