Microsoft provides compensation to executives in the form of a variety of incentive compensation plans including restricted stock award grants. The following is an excerpt from a disclosure note from Microsoft's 2009 annual report: Shares (in millions) Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Stock awards: Nonvested balance, beginning of year 153 $26.12 Granted 91 24.95Vested -43 25.56Forfeited -10 26.08Nonvested balance, end of year 191 $25.69Required:a. What is the "incentive" provided by Microsoft's restricted stock grants?b. If all awards are granted, vested, and forfeited evenly throughout the year, what is the compensation expense in fiscal 2009 pertaining to the previous and current stock awards? Explain. Assume forfeited shares were granted evenly throughout the three previous years.

Employees at a library check out books to patrons. books have an isbn and a name. the library sometimes has multiple copies of the same book. books have one or more authors. a patron is an individual who has an active (non-expired) library card. for each library card, we store the person's first and last names and their address. for each employee, we store their employee id, current salary, first and last name and their address. we also store the employee id of their current manager. each time we check out a book to a patron we need to store the date of the transaction, the employee who checked out the book to the patron, and the library card of the patron. some employees have library cards. if an employee patron turns in a book late, the fine that they pay is a percentage of their salary. some employees are authors who have library cards—they are allowed to check out as many books as they like.

Marta communications, inc. has provided incomplete financial statements for the month ended march 31. the controller has asked you to calculate the missing amounts in the incomplete financial statements. use the information included in the excel simulation and the excel functions described below to complete the task

Which of the following statements about cash basis accounting is true? a. it is more complicated than accrual basis accounting. b. the irs allows all types of corporations to use it. c. it follows gaap standards. d. it ensures the company always knows how much cash flow it has.