Review the following scenario: Scenario:  Hart Nance and Jason Symington operate gift boutiques in shopping malls. The partners split profits and losses equally, and each takes an annual drawing of $80,000. To even out the workload, Nance travels around the country inspecting their properties. Symington manages the business and serves as the accountant. From time to time, they use small amounts of store merchandise for personal use. In preparing for his daughter's wedding, Symington took inventory that cost $10,000. He recorded the transactions as follows:    Debit    Credit  Cost of Goods Sold   $10,000     Inventory    $10,000  Respond to the following questions and, if appropriate, include personal experience as part of your answers. How do you feel Symington should have recorded these transactions? Why? What are the ethical implications of Symington's actions?

While James Craig and his former classmate Paul Dolittle both studied accounting at school, they ended up pursuing careers in professional cake decorating. Their company, Good to Eat (GTE), specializes in custom-sculpted cakes for weddings, birthdays, and other celebrations. James and Paul formed the business at the beginning of 2022, and each contributed $180,000 in exchange for a 50 percent ownership interest. GTE also borrowed $720,000 from a local bank. Both James and Paul had to personally guarantee the loan. Both owners provide significant services for the business. The following information pertains to GTE's 2022 activities: GTE uses the cash method of accounting (for both book and tax purposes) and reports income on a calendar-year basis. GTE received $1,100,000 of sales revenue and reported $510,000 of cost of goods sold (it did not have any ending inventory). GTE paid $95,000 compensation to James, $95,000 compensation to Paul, and $105,000 of compensation to other employees…

Jim, a self-employed individual, takes an important customer to the hockey playoffs. Although the face value of a ticket is only $100, he pays a scalper $400 for each ticket. While at the game, Jim spends $70 for their food and beverages. How much can Jim deduct for these expenses?

1.Link wants to make $100,000 after tax on his new venture into selling pizza-on-a-stick, using a "push along" cart at the beach. For each pizza-on-a-stick, he incurs raw material costs of $5 and sells them for $10. He pays a salary to his friend Zelda, who operates the cart for $50,000. If he buys the cart himself, he will incur fixed expenses of $20,000. Or, he can rent the cart and pay $1 to the cart supplier each time he sells a pizza stick. What is his point of indifference? That is, at what volume of pizza sticks is he indifferent about renting or buying the cart? (Insert a number ONLY) 2. Like Link, Chrom sells pizza-on-a-stick at the beach. But Chrom also sells dogs-in-a-pocket, which are hot dogs you can carry with you that have enough preservatives to survive in your pocket for years. For each pizza-on-a-stick, Chrom incurs raw material costs of $5 and sells them for $10. He incurs material costs of $3 for the dogs and sells them for $5. He sells 3 times as many dogs as he…