Michael Company Has Just Completed Operations for the Year Ended

question 27

Essay

Michael Company has just completed operations for the year ended December 31,2018.This is the second year of operations for the sole proprietorship.The following data have been assembled for the business.
$$\begin{array} { | l | r |r | r | } \hline \text { Accounts Payable } & \$ 12,200 & \text { Office Expense } & \$ 6,500 \\\hline \text { Accounts Receivable } & 14,500 & \text { Rent Expense } & 9,600 \\\hline \text { Cash } & 8,200 & \text { Michael, Capital, Jan. 1,2018 } & 17,300 \\\hline \text { Michael, Withdrawals } & 13,500 & \text { Salaries Expense } & 36,000 \\\hline \text { Equipment } & 15,000 & \text { Service Revenue } & 84,000 \\\hline \text { Insurance Expense } & 4,000 & \text { Utilities Expense } & 6,200 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Prepare the income statement.Use a proper heading.

Understand how external factors such as technology and consumer preferences can shift marginal cost and marginal benefit curves.

Grasp the Coase theorem and its application to solving externalities.

Understand the law of diminishing marginal utility and its impact on marginal benefit curves.

Recognize the effects of externalities on resource allocation and how government interventions like Pigovian taxes and cap-and-trade can address these issues.

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Definitions:

Progressive

Pertaining to ideas, policies, or attitudes favoring progress, change, improvement, or reform, particularly in social conditions.

Average Tax Rate

The proportion of total income that is paid in taxes, calculated by dividing the total amount of taxes paid by total income.

Marginal Tax Rate

The rate at which your last dollar of income is taxed, indicating the tax rate applied to the next dollar of taxable income.

Excise Tax

Excise tax is a specific type of tax imposed on certain goods, services, and activities, often included in the price of products like tobacco, alcohol, and gasoline.