Nonetheless, liability disclosure on the balance sheet is not required. What’s more, is that OPEBs are deemed similar to defined benefit plans; however, they have three differing characteristics: OPEBs are dependent upon the amount of future services; whereas, defined benefits are calculated by formula, employees do not accrue OPEBs with each additional year of service, as they do with defined benefits, and “OPEBs do not vest (Schroeder, Clark, & Cathey., p.458).” As a result, the following components of OPEBs are treated differently than those found under defined benefits: service cost, interest, amortization of prior services, amortization of the transition obligation, and disclosure. Disclosure of OPEBs along with the funding policy and amounts as well as types of funded assets, its components and reconciliations must be reported in the financial statements of an organization. Additionally, “assumed health care cost trend rates [and] the effects of a one-percentage-point increase in the assumed health care cost trend rates” must be disclosed (Schroeder, Clark, & Cathey.,
Government legislation B. The product market c. The labor market d. Labor market competitors 6. (p. 195) Which of the following factors do not affect an employer's ability to pay high wages? a. product demand b. degree of competition c. productivity of labor D. All of these affect ability to pay 7. (p. 199) All of the following except ___________ is an important factor in defining a market for compensation purposes.
The real wage and rental price of capital also increase by 10 percent. Question 4 (15 marks) a) Public saving equals T-G. An increase in government spending, G, reduces public saving. b) Private saving equals Y-T-C. An increase in government spending does not affect private saving. c) National saving equals Y-C-G. An increase in government spending reduces national saving by an amount equal to the increase in government spending. d) The equilibrium interest rate increases to bring desired investment into equilibrium with the reduced quantity of national saving.
Material participation is a concept used by the law to determine what qualifies as a passive activity. A passive activity is defined as any business or trade activity that the taxpayer does not materially participate in running. Therefore, material participation as a concept helped with the difficulty in dealing with such a subjective issue. It is important to distinguish passive income from active income, since losses are treated differently under each classification on the taxpayer’s tax return. Problems:
State separately the amount of (a) cost of tangible goods sold, (b) operating expenses of public utilities or others, (c) expenses applicable to rental income, (d) cost of services, and (e) expenses applicable to other revenues. FASB ASC 225-10-S99-8 covers the reporting of the depreciation: If cost of sales or operating expenses exclude charges for depreciation, depletion and amortization of property, plant and equipment, the description of the line item should read somewhat as follows: "Cost of goods sold (exclusive of items shown separately below)" or "Cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation shown separately below)." To avoid placing undue emphasis on "cash flow," depreciation, depletion and
Porter’s evaluation of five forces on current model (Appendix1A) suggests a high – medium range of 5 forces. Thus we eliminate the 3rd option (stay same) as the profitability in the future can be low and the model is not sustainable. Although environmentally this option is the most viable it does not satisfy the sustainability and stakeholder’s analysis. I needed to find a solution that would lower the five forces for an efficient functioning. A stake holder analysis of the given options gave me a better insight (Appendix 1B) As per the stakeholder analysis, Niche skills (move smaller) sounds favorable for customers, managers and local community while shareholders find it less risky and fuel prices does not impact it.
The number of minority members entering the field is higher than it was 10 years ago. c. The increase in the number of degrees awarded to minority members has outpaced the growth of the minority population. d. Both B and C are true. 6. Which of the following individuals is LEAST likely to be a psychologist?
The elimination of short-term debt shows that Home Depot, Incorporated is not using such debt to meet short-term cash requirements. The cause of the elimination of short term debt may be caused by the improved cash position and the economy. Home Depot, Incorporated’s financial position and ratios look good. In fiscal year 2008, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio was 54.4% compared to fiscal year 2007’s 64.3%. In fiscal year 2008, the return on invested capital of continuing operations was 9.5% compared to fiscal year 2007’s 13.9%.
You missed to mention the functional and extended functional, and failed to clarify that you are using the size distribution of income, which has little or no institutional meaning. Also I recommended that graphs and stats should be confined appendixes, so that the main text flows neatly. PAGEREF _Toc2 \h 4 Measurements for poverty PAGEREF _Toc3 \h 4 Relationship between Income Distribution and Growth PAGEREF _Toc4 \h 5 Relationship between Poverty and Growth PAGEREF _Toc5 \h 7 What is the most important of these three factors? PAGEREF _Toc6 \h 9 Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc7 \h 10 Reference PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 11 Introduction In this essay we will examine the links between income distribution, poverty, and growth and whether any relationships exist between the three. To do this, we will look at trends in income distribution and whether there are any correlating trends in growth or poverty, until we have cross examined all three factors with each other and found how any relationships could be formed.
When comparing these aspects from foreign countries to aspects of the United States, one side is clearly more preferable. If one is looking for a prevailing quality of life, the United States is the inferior one choice when compared to other nations. When evaluating quality of life it is difficult to clearly have set criteria to base it off of. If evaluating quality of life, wealth of the nation does not overshadow other aspects for this concept. For example, “The main reason the United States if richer is because...they work about 20% more hours per year than Europeans (newfederalist).” Based off of this study, we see that while Americans are wealthier, they are working a lot more strenuously to make this money.