John paid $300,000 for a very old guitar that belonged originally to an accomplished musician. Since John is also extremely talented and is blessed with an amazing voice, he not only believes this guitar to be a great investment, but intends to play it at local eating and drinking establishments. John has now asked you whether he can deduct this guitar as a business use asset. What would you advise him, and why or why not

The revenues of a company increased by 39% in year one and decreased 22% in year two. what is the overall change over the two-year period?

The following data pertains to activity and costs for two months: june july activity level in 10,000 12,000 direct materials $16,000 $ ? fixed factory rent 12,000 ? manufacturing overhead 10,000 ? total cost $38,000 $42,900 assuming that these activity levels are within the relevant range, the manufacturing overhead for july was: a) $10,000 b) $11,700 c) $19,000 d) $9,300

Aquatic marine stores company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. aquatic uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. for the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: direct materials: 3 pounds per unit; $ 6 per pound direct labor: 4 hours per unit; $ 19 per hour during the first quarter, aquatic produced 5 comma 000 units of this product. actual direct materials and direct labor costs were $ 65 comma 000 and $ 330 comma 000, respectively. for the purpose of preparing the flexible budget, calculate the total standard direct materials cost at a production volume of 5 comma 000 units.