Sally and Patrick are married with 4 young children. Patrick stays at home with the kids while Sally works as CEO of a small manufacturing firm earning $105,000 annually. Sally is covered by a 401(k) plan at work, but they would like to maximize their IRA contributions as well. Which of the following are true assuming their AGI is $105,897?
a. Sally and Patrick could each contribute $6,500 to a Roth IRA.
b. Sally and Patrick could each contribute $3,000 to a deductible traditional IRA
c. Only Sally can contribute to any type of IRA. Patrick has no earned income.
d. Patrick could contribute $5,500 to a traditional deductible IRA. e. "Sally and Patrick could each contribute $6,500 to a Roth IRA" and "Patrick could contribute $5,500 to a traditional deductible IRA"

Bayside coatings company purchased waterproofing equipment on january 2, 20y4, for $190,000. the equipment was expected to have a useful life of four years and a residual value of $9,000. instructions: determine the amount of depreciation expense for the years ended december 31, 20y4, 20y5, 20y6, and 20y7, by (a) the straight-line method and (b) the double-declining-balance method. also determine the total depreciation expense for the four years by each method. depreciation expense year straight-line method double-declining-balance method 20y4 $ $ 20y5 20y6 20y7 total $

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?