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PFIN 3rd Edition by Lawrence Gitman,Michael Joehnk,Randall Billingsley

Edition 3ISBN: 978-1285082578
book PFIN 3rd Edition by Lawrence Gitman,Michael Joehnk,Randall Billingsley cover

PFIN 3rd Edition by Lawrence Gitman,Michael Joehnk,Randall Billingsley

Edition 3ISBN: 978-1285082578
Exercise 2
Stan and Elizabeth Carpenter are preparing their 2016 cash budget. Help the Carpenters reconcile the following differences, giving reasons to support your answers.
a. Their only source of income is Stan's salary, which amounts to $5,000 a month before taxes. Elizabeth wants to show the $5,000 as their monthly income, whereas Stan argues that his take-home pay of $3,917 is the correct value to show.
b. Elizabeth wants to make a provision for fun money , an idea that Stan cannot understand. He asks, "Why do we need fun money when everything is provided for in the budget?"
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Mr. S is correct in suggesting that,...

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