Mike,single,age 31,had the Following Items for 2015: Salary $50,000 Nonbusiness

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Essay

Mike,single,age 31,had the following items for 2015: Salary $50,000 Nonbusiness bad debt (6,000) Casualties-independent events Asset A (personal use property held for two years)-gain 3,000 Securities (stolen)-loss (8,000) Dividends 2,000 Interest expense on personal residence 10,000 ​ Compute Mike's taxable income for 2015.

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Definitions:

Weighted-Average Method

A cost accounting method that assigns an average cost to each unit of inventory by weighting the costs of similar items.

Work in Process Inventory

The cost of partially finished goods that are still in the production process at the end of an accounting period.

Units Completed

is a measure of the number of finished units produced within a given period, reflecting the productivity or output level.

Process Costing

An accounting methodology used in manufacturing where costs are assigned to processes or departments and then averaged over units produced.