Bracken, Inc. uses the direct method to determine its cash flow from operations. During the year, it had sales revenue of $480,000. Its beginning Accounts Receivable balance was $48,000, and its ending Accounts Receivable balance was $64,000. Its cash collected from customers for the year was:Multiple Choice
a. $480,000.
b. $464,000.
c. $496,000.
d. $592,000.

Pear co.’s income statement for the year ended december 31, as prepared by pear’s controller, reported income before taxes of $125,000. the auditor questioned the following amounts that had been included in income before taxes: equity in earnings of cinn co. $ 40,000 dividends received from cinn 8,000 adjustments to profits of prior years for arithmetical errors in depreciation (35,000) pear owns 40% of cinn’s common stock, and no acquisition differentials are relevant. pear’s december 31 income statement should report income before taxes of