Merton company purchased a building on january 1, 2016, at a cost of $364,000. merton estimated that its life would be 25 years and its residual value would be $14,000.

on january 1, 2017, the company made several expenditures related to the building. the entire building was painted and floors were refinished at a cost of $21,000. a federal agency required merton to install additional pollution control devices in the building at a cost of $42,000. with the new devices, merton believed it was possible to extend the life of the building by six years.

in 2018, merton altered its corporate strategy dramatically. the company sold the building on april 1, 2018, for $392,000 in cash and relocated all operations to another state.

required:

1. determine the depreciation that should be on the income statement for 2016 and 2017.2. what amount of gain or loss did merton record when it sold the building? do not round intermediate calculations.

rural residential development company and suburban real estate corporation form a joint stock company. the longest duration a joint stock company can be formed for is

In year 1, the bennetts' 25-year-old daughter, jane, is a full-time student at an out-of-state university but she plans to return home after the school year ends. in previous years, jane has never worked and her parents have always been able to claim her as a dependent. in year 1, a kind neighbor offers to pay for all of jane's educational and living expenses. which of the following statements is most accurate regarding whether jane's parents would be allowed to claim an exemption for jane in year 1 assuming the neighbor pays for all of jane's support? a.no, jane must include her neighbor's gift as income and thus fails the gross income test for a qualifying relative.b.yes, because she is a full-time student and does not provide more than half of her own support, jane is considered her parent's qualifying child.c.no, jane is too old to be considered a qualifying child and fails the support test of a qualifying relative.d.yes, because she is a student, her absence is considered as "temporary." consequently she meets the residence test and is a considered a qualifying child of the bennetts.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.