Tamara is 52 years old and her divorce became final on september 20, 2014 and has not been modified. the divorce decree stipulates she is required to pay alimony of $500 a month to her ex-husband. she paid him a total of $6,000 in 2019. • tamara pays all the cost of keeping up her home in the united states. she earned $40,500 in wages in 2019, her only income. • tamara's daughter. kimberly, lived with tamara all vear. kimberly is 18 vears old, single and earned $8.000 in wages • kimberly's son. christian. was born on december 2, 2019. christian lived in tamara's home all year. • tamara provides more than half of the support for both kimberly and christian. • tamara, kimberly, and christian are all u. s. citizens with valid social security numbers. 1. tamara and her ex-husband's divorce was final before december 31, 2018. how does this affect their 2019 tax returns? a. tamara is not eligible to deduct alimony paid as an adjustment to income. her ex-husband is not required to report alimony received as income. ob. tamara is not eligible to deduct alimony paid as an adjustment to income. her ex-husband is required to report alimony received as income. c. tamara is allowed to deduct alimony paid as an adjustment to income. her ex-husband is not required to report alimony received as income od. tamara is allowed to deduct the alimony paid as an adjustment to income. her ex-husband is required to include the alimony received as income

The cost of capital: introduction the cost of capital: introduction companies issue bonds, preferred stock, and common equity to aise capital to invest in capital budgeting projects. capital is』necessary factor of production and like any other factor, it has a cost. this cost is equal to the select the applicable security. the rates of return that investors require on bonds, preferred stocks, and common equity represent the costs of those securities to the firm. companies estimate the required returns on their securities, calculate a weighted average of the costs of their different types of capital, and use this average cost for capital budgeting purposes. required return on rate: when calculating om operations when the firm's primary financial objective is to select shareholder value. to do this, companies invest in projects that earnselect their cost of capital. so, the cost of capital is often referred to as the -select -select and accruals, which a se spontaneously we hted average cost of capital wa c our concern is with capital that must be provided by select- 쑤 interest-bearing debt preferred stock and common equity. capital budgeting projects are undertaken, are not included as part of total invested capital because they do not come directly from investors. which of the following would be included in the caculation of total invested capital? choose the response that is most correct a. notes payable b. taxes payable c retained earnings d. responses a and c would be included in the calculation of total invested capital. e. none of the above would be included in the cakulation of total invested capital.

P11.2a (lo 2, 4) fechter corporation had the following stockholders’ equity accounts on january 1, 2020: common stock ($5 par) $500,000, paid-in capital in excess of par—common stock $200,000, and retained earnings $100,000. in 2020, the company had the following treasury stock transactions. journalize and post treasury stock transactions, and prepare stockholders’ equity section. mar. 1 purchased 5,000 shares at $8 per share. june 1 sold 1,000 shares at $12 per share. sept. 1 sold 2,000 shares at $10 per share. dec. 1 sold 1,000 shares at $7 per share. fechter corporation uses the cost method of accounting for treasury stock. in 2020, the company reported net income of $30,000. instructions a. journalize the treasury stock transactions, and prepare the closing entry at december 31, 2020, for net income. b. open accounts for (1) paid-in capital from treasury stock, (2) treasury stock, and (3) retained earnings. (post to t-accounts.) c. prepare the stockholders’ equity section for fechter corporation at december 31, 2020.

Who is not spending wisely? erika goes shopping and saves her receipts. she totals how much she spent and writes it down. mia needs to buy a new pair of shoes because she joined the soccer team. she looks at newspaper ads to find the best price. lauren has been thinking about getting a puppy for a long time. she walks by the pet store at the mall and decides to get a puppy. erin makes a purchase online using a credit card. she knows that she can pay the entire bill when it arrives.