On January 1, 2018, Como Company purchased 45% of the outstanding common shares of the Lite Company for $200,000. The net assets of Lite Company totaled $400,000. The inventory had a book value of $100,000 and a fair value of $120,000. Excess cost attributable to inventory is written off in 2018. During 2018, Lite Company earned $200,000 and declared a dividend of $40,000 for the year. The fair value of the Lite stock investment at the end of 2018 was $210,000. Which of the following amounts are correct assuming that Como elected to use the fair value option to account for the Lite investment?
a. $28,000 $210,000
b. $81,000 $263,000
c. $91,000 $273,000
d. $18,000 $210,000

Suppose the price of a complement to lcd televisions rises. what effect will this have on the market equilibrium for lcd tvs?

Alinguist had a gross income of 53,350 last year. if 17.9% of his income got witheld for federal income tax, how much of the linguist's pay got witheld for federal income tax last year?

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?