Howarth Manufacturing Company purchased equipment on June 30, 2017, at a cost of $800,000. The residual value of the equipment was estimated to be $50,000 at the end of a five year life. The equipment was sold on March 31, 2021, for $170,000. Howarth uses the straight- line depreciation method for all of its plant and equipment. Partial-year depreciation is calculated based on the number of months the asset is in service Required:
1. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale.
2. Assuming that Howarth had instead used the double-declining balance method, prepare the journal entry to record the sale.

Policymakers are provided data about the private and social benefits of a good being sold in the market. quantity private mb ($) social mb ($) 6 6 9 7 4 7 8 2 5 9 0 3 what is the size of the externality? if the externality is positive, enter a positive number. if negative, make it a negative number. $ given this data, policymakers must decide whether to address the associated externality with a subsidy or a tax. as their economic consultant, which of the two policy tools would you recommend? a subsidy a tax

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