On January 1, 2019, Pyle Company purchased an asset that cost $50,000 and had no estimated residual value. The estimated useful life of the asset is 8 years and straight-line depreciation is used. An error was made in 2019 because the total amount of the asset's cost was debited to an expense account for 2019 and no depreciation was recorded. Pretax income for 2019 was $42,000. How much is the correct 2019 pretax income?

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

The following accounts are denominated in pesos as of december 31, 2015. for reporting purposes, these amounts need to be stated in u.s. dollars. for each balance, indicate the exchange rate that would be used if a translation is made under the current rate method. then, again for each account, provide the exchange rate that would be necessary if a remeasurement is being made using the temporal method. the company was started in 2000. the buildings were acquired in 2002 and the patents in 2003. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.) exchange rates for 1 peso are as follows: 2000 1 peso = $ 0.28 2002 1 = 0.26 2003 1 = 0.25 january 1, 2015 1 = 0.24 april 1, 2015 1 = 0.23 july 1, 2015 1 = 0.22 october 1, 2015 1 = 0.20 december 31, 2015 1 = 0.16 average for 2015 1 = 0.19

Consider the market for gasoline. suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of gasoline is $3.00 per gallon, and employees at gas stations earn $17.50 per hour. complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it results in a shortage or a surplus or has no effect on the price and quantity that prevail in the market. statement price control effect the government has instituted a legal minimum price of $3.40 per gallon for gasoline. the government prohibits gas stations from selling gasoline for more than $3.40 per gallon. due to new regulations, gas stations that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from paying more than $14.50 per hour.