A company’s debt-to-equity ratio was 1.0 at the end of Year 1. By the end of Year 2, it had increased to 1.7. Since the ratio increased from Year 1 to Year 2, the degree of risk in the firm’s financing structure decreased during Year 2.

Victory Company purchases office equipment at the beginning of the year at a cost of $15,000. The machine is depreciated using the straight-line method. The machine’s useful life is estimated to be 7 years with a $1,000 salvage value. The journal entry to record the first year’s depreciation is:

Payments on an installment note normally include the accrued interest expense plus a portion of the amount borrowed.

A company issued 8%, 15-year bonds with a par value of $550,000 that pay interest semiannually. The market rate on the date of issuance was 8%. The journal entry to record each semiannual interest payment is:

Victory Company purchases office equipment at the beginning of the year at a cost of $15,000. The machine is depreciated using the straight-line method. The machine’s useful life is estimated to be 7 years with a $1,000 salvage value. The journal entry to record the first year’s depreciation is:

Ngu owns equipment that cost $93,500 with accumulated depreciation of $64,000. Ngu asks $35,000 for the equipment but sells the equipment for $33,000. Compute the amount of gain or loss on the sale.

A disadvantage of bond financing is:

Bond interest paid by a corporation is an expense, whereas dividends paid are not an expense of the corporation.

Payments on an installment note normally include the accrued interest expense plus a portion of the amount borrowed.

The amount of federal income taxes withheld from an employee’s paycheck is determined by: