Kimberly Pulda MIS 589 Week 4 You Decide To me there are a few important issues that need to be addressed. The first issue that needs to be fixed is from John Fischer. He states that his laptop operates at 10 megabits. That is really slow especially since it should have been running at 100 megabits. I would fix this by using a Category 6 UTP 1000 Base F Ethernet because it increases the maximum data transfer rate a hundredfold. For example it will take it from 10 megabits to 1 gigabyte per
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AC553 You Decide Week 4 John and Jane Smith Tax issues and recommendation 1. John Smith Tax Issues: 1(a) How is the $300,000 treated for purposes of Federal Income Tax? Since the $300,000 was derived from a business activity the amount should be included in the Gross Income reported for the John Smith LLC (IRS Regulation 1.61-3(a)). The assumption is being made that none of the income has been reported previously and that the LLC using a cash basis accounting method (IRS Publication
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DuPont Divestiture of Conoco Student Name: Course ID: FIN561 Merger & Acquisition Assignment ID: Week 5 - You Decide Project Instructor: Jeffrey Hardin Date: November 29, 2013 Table of Content Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Executive Summary 1.0 Background The divestiture of Conoco by DuPont also reflected changing conditions in the energy industry. As noted in a May 12, 1998, article in the New York Times: DuPont bought the oil company
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considered a lump sum payment for two years of work on this case; therefore John needs to see what his best option to report this income is. If John reports his income in one year, that will put him in a higher tax bracket. The more income you make, the higher taxes you pay, so the better option is to review last year’s tax return and compare
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Memo To: John and Jane Smith From: Desiree Looft, CPA Date: September 24, 2011 Subject: Explanation of tax benefits and liabilities for business and personal. 1(a) As a result of a recent court settlement for a client John earned $300,000 for his law practice LLC. He wants to minimize his tax liability and understand how the IRS will treat this money earned. He lease’s office space for $3,500 per month. He wants to know the advantages in leasing office space versus purchasing the building
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Sarah Gong Date: November 25, 2012 RE: 2011 Tax Strategy Dear John and Jane, Thank you for the opportunity to work on your behalf for tax preparation this year. Per our previous discussion, I have prepared this memo as a preliminary work on this year’s tax strategy. The three main sections are constructed according to inquiries made by each of you individually and, then, to conclude on the options available for you both and my recommendation. 1. John Smith tax issues a) The $300,000 of attorney’s
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Two outstanding issues that could ensue are those of breach and frustration of a contract. A breach is an infraction of either the law or an obligation created through a contract (Bullon, 2003). A breach of contract arises when there is a violation of a contractual obligation through failure by a party to perform their own promise, or by repudiating the agreement, or even an interference with another party’s performance of their obligations (Garner, 2004). Breach of contract arises because Big Bank
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Mr. President: Mr. Burke discussed the issue of fiscal policy and monetary policy, he suggested to “lower interest rates further”, honestly, lowering interest rates does not seem to be a horrible idea. Fiscal policy can be used to regulate the recession and further prevent us from another depression. It involves adjusting some of the government spending. On the other hand monetary policy controls the money supply. The government finances its deficit by issuing Treasury bonds controlled by
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Merck’s acquisition of Medco: Merger Analysis and Recommendation by Marzena Porebski . Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 2.0 THE COMPANY OVERVIEW 3 2.1 Merck & Company 3 2.2 Medco Containment Services Inc. 5 2.3 The Companies Advantages 6 3.0 MERCK & MEDCO MERGER 7 3.1 Acquisition Details 7 3.2 Merger Analysis 7 4.0 CONCLUSION 11 5.0 APPENDIX 12 5.1 Financial Reports 12 5.2 Sales of Drugs and Prices 13 5.3 Merger and Acquisition Activity 14
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Channel Challenges - Channel Microsystems Keller Graduate School of Management Devry University Channels of Distribution What are the pros and cons of choosing this distributor? When selecting a channel partner, SPEAR, an acronym that describes important selection criteria, is often used to target the best candidate during a selection process. Aridi Graphics should evaluate each of the components of SPEAR in selecting a Western Europe distributor. The first element of SPEAR
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