The following information concerns the intangible assets of Epstein Corporation:

a. On June 30, 2021, Epstein completed the acquisition of the Johnstone Corporation for $1,580,000 in cash. The fair value of the net identifiable assets of Johnstone was $1,350,000.

b. Included in the assets purchased from Johnstone was a patent that was valued at $60,200. The remaining legal life of the patent was 12 years, but Epstein believes that the patent will only be useful for another seven years.

c. Epstein acquired a franchise on October 1, 2021, by paying an initial franchise fee of $154,800. The contractual life of the franchise is 9 years

Required:

1. Prepare year-end adjusting journal entries to record amortization expense on the intangibles at December 31, 2021.

2. Prepare the intangible asset section of the December 31, 2021, balance sheet.

During the first month of operations, martinson services, inc., completed the following transactions: jan 2 martinson services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders. 3 purchased supplies, $1,000, and equipment, $12,000, on account. 4 performed services for a customer and received cash, $5,500. 7 paid cash to acquire land, $39,000. 11 performed services for a customer and billed the customer, $4,100. martinson expects to collect within one month 16 paid for the equipment purchased january 3 on account. 17 paid for newspaper advertising, $600. 18 received partial payment from customer on account, $2,000. 22 paid the water and electricity bills, $430. 29 received $2,600 cash for servicing the heating unit of a customer. 31 paid employee salary, $2,900. 31 declared and paid dividends of $1,800. requirements 1. record each transaction in the journal. key each transaction by date. explanations are not required. 2. post the transactions to the t-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references. label the ending balance of each account bal, as shown in the chapter. 3. prepare the trial balance of martinson services, inc., at january 31 of the current year. 4. mark martinson, the manager, asks you how much in total resources the business has to work with, how much it owes, and whether january was profitable (and by how much)?

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

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