A comparative income statement is given below for McKenzie Sales, Ltd., of Toronto: McKenzie Sales, Ltd. Comparative Income Statement This Year Last Year Sales $ 7,400,000 $ 5,624,000 Cost of goods sold 4,750,000 3,513,500 Gross margin 2,650,000 2,110,500 Selling and administrative expenses: Selling expenses 1,392,000 1,079,000 Administrative expenses 704,500 608,500 Total expenses 2,096,500 1,687,500 Net operating income 553,500 423,000 Interest expense 101,000 87,000 Net income before taxes $ 452,500 $ 336,000 Members of the company’s board of directors are surprised to see that net income increased by only $116,500 when sales increased by $1,776,000. Required: 1. Express each year's income statement in common-size percentages. (Round your percentage answers to 1 decimal place (i. e., 0.1234 should be entered as 12.3).)

In a macroeconomic context, what are implicit liabilities? money owed to people possessing government issued bonds. the amount of money that firms collectively owe to shareholders. money that the government has promised to pay in the future. payments that the federal government undertakes only during periods of recession. which of the choices is a significant implicit liability in the united states? military spending education spending national science foundation spending social security

Mr. smith recently faced a choice between being (a) an economics profes-sor, which pays $60,000/yr, or (b) a safari leader, which pays $50,000/yr. after careful deliberation, smith took the safari job, but it was a close call. "for a dollar more," he said, "i'd have gone the other way."now smith's brother-in-law approaches him with a business proposition. the terms are as follows: - smith must resign his safari job to work full-time in his brother-in-law's business.- smith must give his brother-in-law an interest-free loan of $100,000, which will be repaid in full if and when smith leaves the business. (smith currently has much more than $100,000 in the the business will pay smith a salary of $70,000/yr. he will receive no other payment from the business.the interest rate is 10 percent per year. apart from salary considerations, smith feels that working in the business would be just as enjoyable as being an economics professor. for simplicity, assume there is no uncertainty regarding either smith's salary in the proposed business or the security of his monetary investment in it. should smith join his brother-in-law and, if so, how small would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it not worthwhile for him to join? if not, how large would smith's salary from the business have to be to make it worthwhile for him to join?

James is an employee in the widget inspection department of xyz systems, a government contractor. james was part of a 3-person inspection team that found a particular batch of widgets did not meet the exacting requirements of the u.s. government. in order to meet the tight deadline and avoid penalties under the contract, james' boss demanded that the batch of widgets be sent in fulfillment of the government contract. when james found out, he went to the vice president of the company and reported the situation. james was demoted by his boss, and no longer works on government projects. james has a: