Viking Corporation is owned equally by Sven and his wife Olga, each of whom hold 100 shares in the company. Viking redeemed 75 shares of Sven's stock in the company on December 31, year 1. Viking paid Sven $2,000 per share. His income tax basis in each share is $1,000. Viking has total E&P (current plus accumulated) of $500,000. What are the tax consequences to Sven as a result of the stock redemption? A) $75,000 capital gain and a tax basis in each of his remaining shares of $2,000. B) $150,000 dividend and a tax basis in each of his remaining shares of $4,000. C) $150,000 dividend and a tax basis in each of his remaining shares of $1,000. D) $75,000 capital gain and a tax basis in each of his remaining shares of $1,000.

Which of the following best explains why treasury bonds have an effect on the size of the money supply? a. the amount of treasury bonds in circulation affects both unemployment and inflation. b. the government can spend more money and charge lower taxes by using treasury bonds. c. the federal reserve bank can buy and sell these bonds to raise or lower bank deposits. d. the interest paid on treasury bonds influences the interest rates charged by private banks. 2b2t

Companies in the u.s. car rental market vary greatly in terms of the size of the fleet, the number of locations, and annual revenue. in 2011 hertz had 320,000 cars in service and annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. the following data show the number of cars in service (1000s) and the annual revenue ($ millions) for six smaller car rental companies (auto rental news website, august 7, 2012). excel file: data14-09.xls if required, enter negative values as negative numbers. a. select a scatter diagram with the number of cars in service as the independent variable. b. what does the scatter diagram developed in part (a) indicate about the relationship between the two variables? c. use the least squares method to develop the estimated regression equation (to 3 decimals). ŷ = + x d. for every additional car placed in service, estimate how much annual revenue will change. by $ e. fox rent a car has 11,000 cars in service. use the estimated regression equation developed in part (c) to predict annual revenue for fox rent a car. round your answer to nearest whole value. $ million hide feedback partially correct

Aaron corporation, which has only one product, has provided the following data concerning its most recent month of operations: selling price $ 102 units in beginning inventory 0 units produced 4,900 units sold 4,260 units in ending inventory 640 variable costs per unit: direct materials $ 20 direct labor $ 41 variable manufacturing overhead $ 5 variable selling and administrative expense $ 4 fixed costs: fixed manufacturing overhead $ 64,200 fixed selling and administrative expense $ 2,900 the total contribution margin for the month under variable costing is: