Selected balance sheet and income statement information for Home Depot follows. $ millions Jan. 31, 2016 Feb. 01, 2015 Operating assets $40,333 $38,223 Nonoperating assets 2,216 1,723 Total assets 42,549 39,946 Operating liabilities 14,918 13,427 Nonoperating liabilities 21,315 17,197 Total liabilities 36,233 30,624 Total stockholders' equity 6,316 9,322 Sales 88,519 Net operating profit before tax (NOPBT) 11,774 Nonoperting expense before tax 753 Tax expense 4,012 Net income 7,009 Compute the return on equity for the year ended January 31, 2016. Round answer to two decimal places (ex: 0.12345 = 12.35%)

(a) what do you think will happen if the price of non-gm crops continues to rise? why? (b) what will happen if the price of non-gm food drops? why?

Match the steps for conducting an informational interview with the task involved in each step or its purpose. 1. research your chosen career field. 2. identify someone to interview. 3. prepare for the interview. 4. conduct the informational interview. 5. follow up with your interviewer. a. learn more about a company that interests you. b. encourage the interviewer to do most of the talking while you take notes. c. write a handwritten -you letter to express that you want to stay in touch. d. make contact through email, a phone call, or mail to arrange the meeting. e. choose a conservative, professional ensemble to wear.

James jones is the owner of a small retail business operated as a sole proprietorship. during 2017, his business recorded the following items of income and expense: revenue from inventory sales $ 147,000 cost of goods sold 33,500 business license tax 2,400 rent on retail space 42,000 supplies 15,000 wages paid to employees 22,000 payroll taxes 1,700 utilities 3,600 compute taxable income attributable to the sole proprietorship by completing schedule c to be included in james’s 2017 form 1040. compute self-employment tax payable on the earnings of james’s sole proprietorship by completing a 2017 schedule se, form 1040. assume your answers to parts a and b are the same for 2018. further assume that james's business is not a service business, and that it has $155,000 unadjusted basis in tangible depreciable property. calculate james's 2018 section 199a deduction.