Multiple Choice Question 45 Sunland Inc., a real estate developing company, was accounting for its long-term contracts using the completed contract method prior to 2018. In 2018, it changed to the percentage-of-completion method. The company decided to use the same for income tax purposes. The tax rate enacted is 40%. Income before taxes under both the methods for the past three years appears below. 2016 2017 2018 Completed contract $420000 $282000 $144000 Percentage-of-completion 720000 351000 240000 Which of the following will be included in the journal entry made by Sunland to record the income effect? A credit to Retained Earnings for $141600 A debit to Retained Earnings for $141600 A debit to Retained Earnings for $228600 A credit to Retained Earnings for $221400

Profits from using currency options and futures.on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda.com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2

Slimwood corporation made sales of $ 725 million during 2018. of this amount, slimwood collected cash for $ 670 million. the company's cost of goods sold was $ 300 million, and all other expenses for the year totaled $ 400 million. also during 2018, slimwood paid $ 420 million for its inventory and $ 285 million for everything else. beginning cash was $ 110 million. carter's top management is interviewing you for a job and they ask two questions: (a) how much was carter's net income for 2018? (b) how much was carter's cash balance at the end of 2016? you will get the job only if you answer both questions correctly.

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