Southern atlantic distributors began operations in january 2018 and purchased a delivery truck for $20,000. southern atlantic plans to use straight-line depreciation over a four-year expected useful life for financial reporting purposes. for tax purposes, the deduction is 45% of cost in 2018, 30% in 2019, and 25% in 2020. pretax accounting income for 2018 was $220,000, which includes interest revenue of $36,000 from municipal bonds. the enacted tax rate is 25%.

Now ray has had the tires for two months and he notices that the tread has started to pull away from the tire. he has already contacted the place who sold the tires and calmly and accurately explained the problem. they didn’t him because they no longer carry that tire. so he talked with the manager and he still did not get the tire replaced. his consumer rights are being violated. pretend you are ray and write a letter to the company’s headquarters. here are some points to keep in mind when writing the letter: include your name, address, and account number, if appropriate. describe your purchase (name of product, serial numbers, date and location of purchase). state the problem and give the history of how you tried to resolve the problem. ask for a specific action. include how you can be reached.

Why is it that reducing the number of moves, delays, and storages in a manufacturing process is a good thing? can they be completely eliminated?

During 2010, raines umbrella corp. had sales of $850,000. cost of goods sold, administrative and selling expenses, and depreciation expenses were $610,000, $110,000, and $140,000, respectively. in addition, the company had an interest expense of $85,000 and a tax rate of 35 percent. (ignore any tax loss carryback or carryforward provisions.) suppose raines umbrella corp. paid out $63,000 in cash dividends. is this possible