In its first year of operations, Sheridan Company recognized $33,800 in service revenue, $7,200 of which was on account and still outstanding at year-end. The remaining $26,600 was received in cash from customers. The company incurred operating expenses of $19,300. Of these expenses, $13,670 were paid in cash; $5,630 was still owed on account at year-end. In addition, Sheridan prepaid $3,230 for insurance coverage that would not be used until the second year of operations.

Required:

1. Calculate the first year's net earnings under the cash basis of accounting, and the first year's set earnings under the accrual basis of accounting.

2. Which basis of accounting (cash or accrual) provides more useful information for decision-makers?

answer; be sure that the information on file is correct;

answerall of these;

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711.