Lockard Company purchased machinery on January 1, 2017, for $80,000. The machinery is estimated to have a salvage value of $8,000 after a useful life of 8 years. (a) Compute 2017 depreciation expense using the double-declining-balance method.

(b) Compute 2017 depreciation expense using the double-declining-balance method, assuming the machinery was purchased on October 1, 2017.

On january 1, jackson, inc.'s work-process inventory account showed a balance of $ 66,500. during the year, materials requisitioned for use in production amounted to $ 70,500, of which $ 67,700 represented direct materials. factory wages for the period were $ 210,000 of which $ 187,000 were for direct labor. manufacturing overhead is allocated on the basis of 60% of direct labor cost. actual overhead was $ 116,050. jobs costing $ 353,060 were completed during the year. the december 31 balance in work-process inventory is

Christopher kim, cfa, is a banker with batts brothers, an investment banking firm. kim follows the energy industry and has frequent contact with industry executives. kim is contacted by the ceo of a large oil and gas corporation who wants batts brothers to underwrite a secondary offering of the company's stock. the ceo offers kim the opportunity to fly on his private jet to his ranch in texas for an exotic game hunting expedition if kim's firm can complete the underwriting within 90 days. according to cfa institute standards of conduct, kim: a) may accept the offer as long as he discloses the offer to batts brothers.b) may not accept the offer because it is considered lavish entertainment.c) must obtain written consent from batts brothers before accepting the offer.

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to