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Skip to question   While James Craig and his former classmate Paul Dolittle both studied accounting at school, they ended up pursuing careers in professional cake decorating. Their company, Good to Eat (GTE), specializes in custom-sculpted cakes for weddings, birthdays, and other celebrations. James and Paul formed the business at the beginning of 2023, and each contributed $140,000 in exchange for a 50 percent ownership interest. GTE also borrowed $560,000 from a local bank Both James and Paul had to personally guarantee the loan. Both owners provide significant services for the business. The following information pertains to GTE's 2023 activities: GTE uses the cash method of accounting (for both book and tax purposes) and reports income on a calendar-year basis. GTE received $900,000 of sales revenue and reported $420,000 of cost of goods sold (it did not have any ending inventory). GTE paid $75,000 compensation to James, $75,000 compensation to Paul, and $85,000 of compensation to…

Jeffrey Dean, a Masters Degree candidate at North State Central University, was awarded a 15,000 scholarship from North State Central in the current year. During the current year, he paid the following expenses: In addition, he received 6,000 for teaching two undergraduate accounting courses. What amount must be included in Deans gross income? a. 0 b. 6,000 c. 7,500 d. 21,000

In 2022, Values R Us, a real estate appraising firm, incurs the following meal expenses: $1,200 restaurant meals with business clients $1,600 for an end of year celebratory company dinner for all employees $400 for bagels once a month for all employees $300 for pre-packaged snacks offered to potential clients at a business fair • $40 for non-restaurant travel snacks consumed by employees while on business travel • $800 of restaurant meals consumed by employees while on business travel What is Values R Us' deductible meals expense in 2022? O a. $4,340. O b. $4,120. X c. $3,320. O d. $2,770.

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Rita is keen to grow her business and provided some information on two transactlons that she undertook during the year. The first was the purchase of an individual asset for the business called a Techpager. wwym ww The initial cost of the machine itself was $32,000 with several extra required fees and charges. Rita also decided to include a number of optional extras in the purchase. Installation of Techpager $1500 Transportation and Shipping Costs $600 Extended Warranty/Service Program $300 per year. This is an optional service offered by the company that covers all maintenance and repairs costs and is paid annually in advance Sorting and Stapling Unit $1200 (required to allow Rita to produce the booklets for her business) Custom Painting $400 (Rita does not need to have this done but has decided she wants the machine to match her office décor) Insurance $500 per year payable in advance Prepare a general Journal entry to record the individual of the purchase business called Techpager.

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During the last five months of the year, Dwana opens a new Internet telecommunications business called Dwan-Com. Dwan-Com bills 50,000 of revenues, but receives only 40,000 cash. Dwan-Com incurs 3,000 of supply expenses, and 41,000 of labor costs. Dwan-Com pays for 2,200 of the supplies and 38,000 of the labor costs in the current year. a. What is Dwan-Coms taxable income if it elects the cash method of accounting? b. What is Dwan-Coms taxable income if it elects the accrual method of accounting? c. What method of accounting do you recommend that Dwan-Com elect?

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