Stanford owns and operates two dry cleaning businesses. He travels to Boston to aquire a restaurant. Later in the month, he travels to New York to discuss aquiring a bakery. Stanford does not acuire the restaurant but does aquire the bakery on November 1, 2015. Stand incurred the following expenses:
Total investigation costs related to the restaurant $28,000
Total investigation costs related to the bakery $51,000
What is the maximum amount Stanford can deduct in 2015 for investigation expenses?

ernst's electrical has a bond issue outstanding with ten years to maturity. these bonds have a $1,000 face value, a 5 percent coupon, and pay interest semiminusannually. the bonds are currently quoted at 96 percent of face value. what is ernst's pretax cost of debt?

Dahlia enterprises needs someone to supply it with 127,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you’ve decided to bid on the contract. it will cost you $940,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you’ll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project’s life. you estimate that in five years, this equipment can be salvaged for $77,000. your fixed production costs will be $332,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $11.00 per carton. you also need an initial investment in net working capital of $82,000. if your tax rate is 30 percent and your required return is 11 percent on your investment, what bid price should you submit? (do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))

Which of the following is not an example of one of the four mail advantages of prices on a free market economy