Ray and carin are partners in an accounting firm. the partners have entered into an arm's length agreement requiring ray to purchase carin’s partnership interest from carin’s estate if she dies before ray. the price is set at 120% of the book value of carin's partnership interest at the time of her death. ray purchased an insurance policy on carin's life to fund this agreement. after ray had paid $45,000 in premiums, carin was killed in an automobile accident and ray collected $800,000 of life insurance proceeds. ray used the life insurance proceeds to purchase carin's partnership interest. a. what amount should ray include in his gross income from receiving the life insurance proceeds?
b. the insurance company paid ray $16,000 interest on the life insurance proceeds during the period carin’s estate was in administration. during this period, ray had left the insurance proceeds with the insurance company. is this interest taxable?
c. when ray paid $800,000 for carin’s partnership interest, priced as specied in the agreement, the fair market value of carin’s interest was $1 million. how much should ray include in his gross income from this bargain purchase?

Bridgeport company began operations at the beginning of 2018. the following information pertains to this company. 1. pretax financial income for 2018 is $115,000. 2. the tax rate enacted for 2018 and future years is 40%. 3. differences between the 2018 income statement and tax return are listed below: (a) warranty expense accrued for financial reporting purposes amounts to $7,500. warranty deductions per the tax return amount to $2,200. (b) gross profit on construction contracts using the percentage-of-completion method per books amounts to $94,700. gross profit on construction contracts for tax purposes amounts to $67,100. (c) depreciation of property, plant, and equipment for financial reporting purposes amounts to $61,800. depreciation of these assets amounts to $75,700 for the tax return. (d) a $3,600 fine paid for violation of pollution laws was deducted in computing pretax financial income. (e) interest revenue recognized on an investment in tax-exempt municipal bonds amounts to $1,500. 4. taxable income is expected for the next few years. (assume (a) is short-term in nature; assume (b) and (c) are long-term in nature.) (a) prepare the reconciliation schedule for 2017 and future years. (b) prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense for 2017. (c) prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement beginning with “income before income taxes.” (d) determine how the deferred taxes will appear on the balance sheet at the end of 2017.

United continental holdings, inc., (ual), operates passenger service throughout the world. the following data (in millions) were adapted from a recent financial statement of united. sales (revenue) $38,901 average property, plant, and equipment 17,219 average intangible assets 8,883 1. compute the asset turnover. round your answer to two decimal places.

An important source of public scrutiny is "watchdogs." these are: the efforts of a firm's competitors, including how often the competitors attack the firm's strategies. taxpayer-supported government agencies that limit a firm's ability to compete in foreign markets. companies designated by the government to only produce products that support the government defense program. socially conscious groups that make it their mission to measure the social responsibility levels of businesses, and provide consumers with their opinions about the level of corporate responsibility of various companies.