Illustrate your understanding of how to use the adjusted trial balance to prepare a statement of retained earnings by completing the following sentence. In order to prepare the statement of retained earnings, the balance of the (Retained earnings / Cash) account balance as well as any debit balance in the (Dividends / Supplies) account is transferred from the adjusted trial balance and is used along with the reported net income (loss) from the Income statement.

Xt year baldwin plans to include an additional performance bonus of 0.25% in its compensation plan. this incentive will be provided in addition to the annual raise, if productivity goals are reached. assuming the goals are reached, how much will baldwin pay its employees per hour?

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

As sales exceed the break‑even point, a high contribution‑margin percentage (a) increases profits faster than does a low contribution-margin percentage (b) increases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (c) decreases profits at the same rate as a low contribution-margin percentage (d) increases profits slower than does a low contribution-margin percentage