You were hired last year as the manager of accounts receivable for a medi-um sized company. In the following year, while sales on credit increased 20%, the same as overall revenues, by your efforts the average balance in accounts receivable stayed exactly the same as the last two prior year. Based upon this, which of the following statements could you make to the company President? a. This year our accounts receivable turnover was down and our average collection period was down compared to the 2 previous years.
b. This year our accounts receivable turnover was up and our average collection period was down compared to the 2 previous years.
c. This year, our accounts receivable turnover was down and our average collection period was up compared to the 2 previous years.
d. This year our accounts receivable turnover was up and our average collection period was up compared to the 2 previous years.

Which of the following statements accurately describes how costs and benefits are calculated?

Which of the following statements is correct? large corporations are taxed more favorably than sole proprietorships. corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability. due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u.s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporations. most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as partnerships or proprietorships because it is easier to set up and operate in one of these forms rather than as a corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, mainly because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations’ often less favorable tax treatment, due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability.

Grey company holds an overdue note receivable of $800,000 plus recorded accrued interest of $64,000. the effective interest rate is 8%. as the result of a court-imposed settlement on december 31, year 3, grey agreed to the following restructuring arrangement: reduced the principal obligation to $600,000.forgave the $64,000 accrued interest.extended the maturity date to december 31, year 5.annual interest of $40,000 is to be paid to grey on december 31, year 4 and year 5. the present value of the interest and principal payments to be received by grey company discounted for two years at 8% is $585,734. grey does not elect the fair value option for reporting the debt modification. on december 31, year 3, grey would recognize a valuation allowance for impaired loans of