Mark and His Brother,Rick,each Own Farms

question 27

Multiple Choice

Mark and his brother,Rick,each own farms.Rick is experiencing severe financial difficulties and cannot afford to buy feed for his cattle.Mark purchases $2,000 of feed and gives Rick one-half of the feed.Mark tells Rick that there is no need to repay him and to consider the feed a gift.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)Mark can deduct $2,000 for the feed.
• B)Mark can deduct $1,000 for the feed.
• C)Rick must report $1,000 as income.
• D)None of the above is true.

Recognize the importance and calculation of non-cash expenses in financial analysis.

Analyze and compute net working capital and its changes over time.

Understand the process and implications of capital cost allowance and its effect on asset valuation.

Calculate the taxable income and respective tax bill for a firm.

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Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Population Proportion

The fraction of the population that holds a particular trait, attribute, or characteristic of interest.

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An estimate of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to assess the precision of sample estimates of population parameters.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, showing how the statistic varies from sample to sample.