Orange cable tv company, an accrual basis taxpayer, allows its customers to pay by the year in advance ($600 per year), or two years in advance ($960). in september 2018, the company collected the following amounts applicable to future services: october 2018-september 2020 services (200 two-year contracts) $192,000 october 2018-september 2019 services (200 one-year contracts) 120,000 total $312,000 as a result of the above, orange cable should report as gross income for 2019: $54,000 $78,000 $258,000 $312.000

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.