Ursula, an employee of ficus corporation, is 35 years old and plans to retire in 20 years. the corporation has a qualified retirement plan and contributes $2,000 during 2015 for ursula. how should ursula treat the $2,000 contribution made on her behalf by the corporation? a) the $2,000 and any earnings thereon must be included in ursula's 2015 gross income. b) ursula is not required to include either the $2,000 contribution or the earnings thereon in her 2015 gross income. c) only the earnings on the $2,000 contribution must be included in ursula's 2015 gross income. d) ursula must include only $100 (1/20 of the $2,000 contribution) in her gross income for 2015, but the same amount must be included in gross income for the following 19 years. e) none of these choices are correct.

What impact did the economic opportunities in pennsylvania and new york have on virginia? a. virginia planters started to migrate to new york. b. new yorkers began buying up cheap virginia real estate. c. virginians found themselves resorting increasingly to slavery. d. virginians loosened their slave laws to attract more migrants.

Bridgeport company began operations at the beginning of 2018. the following information pertains to this company. 1. pretax financial income for 2018 is $115,000. 2. the tax rate enacted for 2018 and future years is 40%. 3. differences between the 2018 income statement and tax return are listed below: (a) warranty expense accrued for financial reporting purposes amounts to $7,500. warranty deductions per the tax return amount to $2,200. (b) gross profit on construction contracts using the percentage-of-completion method per books amounts to $94,700. gross profit on construction contracts for tax purposes amounts to $67,100. (c) depreciation of property, plant, and equipment for financial reporting purposes amounts to $61,800. depreciation of these assets amounts to $75,700 for the tax return. (d) a $3,600 fine paid for violation of pollution laws was deducted in computing pretax financial income. (e) interest revenue recognized on an investment in tax-exempt municipal bonds amounts to $1,500. 4. taxable income is expected for the next few years. (assume (a) is short-term in nature; assume (b) and (c) are long-term in nature.) (a) prepare the reconciliation schedule for 2017 and future years. (b) prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense for 2017. (c) prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement beginning with “income before income taxes.” (d) determine how the deferred taxes will appear on the balance sheet at the end of 2017.

The returns on the common stock of maynard cosmetic specialties are quite cyclical. in a boom economy, the stock is expected to return 22 percent in comparison to 9 percent in a normal economy and a negative 14 percent in a recessionary period. the probability of a recession is 35 percent while the probability of a boom is 10 percent. what is the standard deviation of the returns on this stock?