A baseline is a point of departure that guarantees that systems comply with security requirements when they are enacted. However, it is not an uncommon occurrence that systems are changed in a way that means they are no longer in compliance. Thus, it is necessary to use an accepted method to verify that settings have not changed. Which of the following is not one of these methods? a. automated systems
b. departmental compliance and random audits
c. broad organizational report cards to ensure policy compliance
d. patch management

Lo.2, 3, 9 lori, who is single, purchased 5-years class property for $200,00 and 7-years class property for $420,000 on may 20, 2018. lori experts the taxable income derived form the business (without regard to the amount expensed under ⧠179) to be about $550,000. lori has determined that she should elect immediate ⧠179 expensing in the amount of $520,000, but she doesn’t know which asset she should completely expense under ⧠179. she does not claim any available additional first-year depreciation. a. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 5-year class asset. b. determine lori’s total cost recovery deduction if the ⧠179 expense is first taken with respect to the 7-year class asset. c. what is your advice for lori? d. assume that lori is in the 24% marginal tax bracket and that she uses ⧠179 on the 7-year asset. determine the present value of the tax savings from the depreciation deductions for both assets. see appendix g for present value factors, and assume a 6% discount rate. e. assume the same facts as in part (d), except that lori decides not to use ⧠179 on either asset. determine the present value of the tax savings under this choice. in addition, determine which option lori should choose. f. present your solution to parts (d) and (e) of the problem in a spreadsheet using appropriate microsoft excel formulas. e-mail your spreadsheet to your instructor with a two-paragraph summary of your findings.

Coop inc. owns 40% of chicken inc., both coop and chicken are corporations. chicken pays coop a dividend of $10,000 in the current year. chicken also reports financial accounting earnings of $20,000 for that year. assume coop follows the general rule of accounting for investment in chicken. what is the amount and nature of the book-tax difference to coop associated with the dividend distribution (ignoring the dividends received deduction)?

At the end of the current year, accounts receivable has a balance of $550,000; allowance for doubtful accounts has a credit balance of $5,500; and sales for the year total $2,500,000. an analysis of receivables estimates uncollectible receivables as $25,000. determine the net realizable value of accounts receivable after adjustment. (hint: determine the amount of the adjusting entry for bad debt expense and the adjusted balance of allowance of doubtful accounts.)