Antonio's company has an employee orientation program; an extensive employee performance review program; and encourages managers to praise, write letters of appreciation for jobs well done, and take the time to listen to their employees. years ago, the company began a positive reinforcement program. managers were initially reluctant to support the program because they expected employees to begin demanding pay raises. but the company kept working at it, and eventually the program was accepted. then, in order to increase quality and productivity, assembly-line workers were paid based on piecework for each acceptable component that they built. when the incentive programs were first introduced, employees competed with each other, teamwork was destroyed, and interpersonal relations dropped to an all-time low. now the incentive programs and other positive reinforcement programs seem to be working. however, due to cutbacks in management levels and increasing work demands, managers are finding it harder and harder to determine which employees most deserve recognition. refer to case 10.1. antonio's company's performance review program and encouragement of managers to express appreciation to employees is an example of

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Fess receives wages totaling $74,500 and has net earnings from self-employment amounting to $71,300. in determining her taxable self-employment income for the oasdi tax, how much of her net self-employment earnings must fess count? a. $74,500 b. $71,300 c. $53,900 d. $127,200 e. none of the above.

Instructions: use the following information to construct the 2000 balance sheet and income statement for carolina business machines. round all numbers to the nearest whole dollar. all numbers are in thousands of dollars. be sure to read the whole problem before you jump in and get started. at the end of 1999 the firm had $43,000 in gross fixed assets. in 2000 they purchased an additional $14,000 of fixed asset equipment. accumulated depreciation at the end of 1999 was $21,000. the depreciation expense in 2000 is $4,620. at the end of 2000 the firm had $3,000 in cash and $3,000 in accounts payable. in 2000 the firm extended a total of $9,000 in credit to a number of their customers in the form of accounts receivable. the firm generated $60,000 in sales revenue in 2000. their cost of goods sold was 60 percent of sales. they also incurred salaries and wages expense of $10,000. to date the firm has $1,000 in accrued salaries and wages. they borrowed $10,000 from their local bank to finance the $15,000 in inventory they now have on hand. the firm also has $7,120 invested in marketable securities. the firm currently has $20,000 in long-term debt outstanding and paid $2,000 in interest on their outstanding debt. over the firm's life, shareholders have put up $30,000. eighty percent of the shareholder's funds are in the form of retained earnings. the par value per share of carolina business machines stock is