Government organizations such as the IRS and other government regulatory agencies are interested in a firm's accounting information in order to help the firm strategize about ways to cut costs in order to minimize net income before taxes. a. True
b. False

Exercise 8-6 goods in transit [lo8-2] the kwok company's inventory balance on december 31, 2016, was $190,000 (based on a 12/31/16 physical count) before considering the following transactions: 1. goods shipped to kwok f.o.b. destination on december 20, 2016, were received on january 4, 2017. the invoice cost was $35,000. 2. goods shipped to kwok f.o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received on january 5, 2017. the invoice cost was $22,000. 3. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. destination on december 27, 2016, were received by the customer on january 3, 2017. the sales price was $45,000 and the merchandise cost $27,000. 4. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. destination on december 26, 2016, were received by the customer on december 30, 2016. the sales price was $25,000 and the merchandise cost $18,000. 5. goods shipped from kwok to a customer f.o.b. shipping point on december 28, 2016, were received by the customer on january 4, 2017. the sales price was $30,000 and the merchandise cost $17,000. required: determine the correct inventory amount to be reported in kwok's 2016 balance sheet.

Which of the following statements is correct? a. two firms with identical sales and operating costs but with different amounts of debt and tax rates will have different operating incomes by definition. b. free cash flow (fcf) is, essentially, the cash flow that is available for interest and dividends after the company has made the investments in current and fixed assets that are necessary to sustain ongoing operations. c. retained earnings as reported on the balance sheet represent cash and, therefore, are available to distribute to stockholders as dividends or any other required cash payments to creditors and suppliers. d. if a firm is reporting its income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, then its net income as reported on the income statement should be equal to its free cash flow. e. after-tax operating income is calculated as ebit(1 - t) + depreciation.

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