A rancher is preparing to retire. He is considering selling half of his land and giving the other half to his children. He hears that development for a ski resort was just approved on land adjacent to his property. Which viable business opportunity does the retiring rancher foresee? Question 3 options:

An increase in land value

A decrease in land value

An increase in cattle sales

A decrease in local home sales

During the first month of operations, martinson services, inc., completed the following transactions: jan 2 martinson services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders. 3 purchased supplies, $1,000, and equipment, $12,000, on account. 4 performed services for a customer and received cash, $5,500. 7 paid cash to acquire land, $39,000. 11 performed services for a customer and billed the customer, $4,100. martinson expects to collect within one month 16 paid for the equipment purchased january 3 on account. 17 paid for newspaper advertising, $600. 18 received partial payment from customer on account, $2,000. 22 paid the water and electricity bills, $430. 29 received $2,600 cash for servicing the heating unit of a customer. 31 paid employee salary, $2,900. 31 declared and paid dividends of $1,800. requirements 1. record each transaction in the journal. key each transaction by date. explanations are not required. 2. post the transactions to the t-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references. label the ending balance of each account bal, as shown in the chapter. 3. prepare the trial balance of martinson services, inc., at january 31 of the current year. 4. mark martinson, the manager, asks you how much in total resources the business has to work with, how much it owes, and whether january was profitable (and by how much)?

Samantha is interested in setting up her own accounting firm and wants to specialize in the area of accounting that has experienced the most significant growth in recent years. which area of accounting should she choose as her specialty? samantha should choose as her specialty.

Match the different financial task to their corresponding financial life cycle phases