Acorn inc. had the following items of income and expense:
sales $ 500,000
cost of sales 250,000
dividends received 25,000
the dividends were received from a corporation of which acorn owns 30%.
in acorn's corporate income tax return, what amount should be reported as income before special deductions?
a. $250,000
b. $505,000
c. $275,000
d. $525,000

decentralization can the employees to get more involved in the business decision making

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.