Birch Corp. is an accrual‐basis, calendar‐year C corporation. Its reported book income before federal income taxes was $250,000, which included $46,000 in municipal bond interest income. Birch's book expenses included $4,000 of interest incurred on indebtedness used to carry the municipal bonds. What should be the amount of Birch's taxable income, as reconciled on Birch's Schedule M‐1, Reconciliation of Income (Loss) per Books With Income per Return, of Form 1120, U. S. Corporation Income Tax Return? Group of answer choices a. $254,000

b. $250,000

c. $208,000

d. $204,000

Blanchard and peale am i in compliance with the law? what contribution does this choice of action make to the company, the shareholders, the community, and others? what are the short- and long-term consequences of this decision? 1. make sure you have a grasp of all of the facts available. 2. list any information you would like to have but don't and what assumptions you would have to make, if any, in resolving the dilemma. 3. take each person involved in the dilemma and list the concerns they face or might have. 4. develop a list of resolutions for the problem. 5. evaluate the resolutions for costs, legalities, and impact. 6. make a recommendation on the actions that should be taken. "contemplating any business act, an employee should ask himself whether he would be willing to see it immediately described by an informed and critical reporter on the front page of his local paper, there to be read by his spouse, children, and friends." is it legal? is it balanced? how does it make me feel?