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I. QUESTION PRESENTED Should Mr. Dutton designate his spouse or the Paul Dutton 2013 Trust as the designated beneficiary of his retirement plan? II. SHORT ANSWER Mr. Dutton should designate his spouse as the sole beneficiary of his retirement plan because this will provide the maximum amount of income tax deferral and flexibility in distribution but lead to no additional restrictions on the use of the funds. This will also avoid the high income tax rate imposed on trust. III. STATEMENT OF…

reviews the compensation packages to make sure they do not create a material risk for the company. Lastly, this committee works with senior management to manage the succession planning process of executive and senior management. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, consists of James G. Shennan (Chairman), Craig E. Weathercup, Robert M. Gates, William W. Bradley, Joshua Cooper Ramo, and Clara…

“Fat Taxes” is the colloquial phrase for government imposed taxes on certain foods and/or drinks considered to cause obesity and decrease overall public health. The purpose of these taxes are to help to urge consumers to buy healthy food items and sway them from the unhealthy choices, they also are intended to be a boost to government tax revenues. However, these fat taxes have been shown to not improve public health or boost government tax revenue effectively, they have also been shown to fail…

Being a small unregistered not for profit organization instead of a board of directors we have an advisory board made up of community members to advise our management team and provide insight on what the community needs related to sports. This section will discuss why we chose an advisory board who is on our advisory board, What insight each member brings, and why an advisory board is best for our stage of development. Our non-profit is still in the developmental stages, and lacks proper…

Several times a year, Corporations across the country feel the pressure of hitting analysts’ earnings expectations, and the very real possibility of missing those expectations. The consequences for missing earnings expectations goes much farther than management’s job certainty, and can directly affect the view that investors have on a company. Earnings management (EM) helps make meeting these expectations more manageable. However, there are a multitude of problems associated with earnings…

There are numerous people running for President of the United States in 2016 from both the Republican and Democrat political parties. The ten major candidates running for President from both parties include Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. This paper will look at Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal policy and how his policy will affect the United States economy by looking at the supply side…

scandal involving fictitious transactions in Korea and improper accounting methodologies elsewhere. In April 2001, founders Jo Lernout and Pol Hauspie, as well as former CEO Gaston Bastiaens, were arrested in what is considered one of the largest corporate scandals in history prior to Enron. Lernout & Hauspie finally went bankrupt on 25 October 2001 after having struggled for a…

1. State the Miller Modigliani (MM) dividend irrelevance proposition Modigliani and Miller (MM) proposed that in an ideally simple and perfect capital market, shareholders are indifferent between dividend and capital gains, and the value of a company is determined solely by the earning power of its assets and investments. Focuses more on firm value but not on firm risk. MM argued that if a company with investment opportunities decides to pay dividend, so that retained earnings are insufficient…

decision being made. The ethicality of tax avoidance will be measured by the utility gained or lost by Apple, Ireland, and the United States. The analysis will focus on the years 2009 through 2012, the years Apple’s subsidiary companies paid no corporate income tax to any nation because of the tax discrepancies. The decision that is ethically right will be the one which results in the maximum utility for the greatest amount of people. Apple’s Utility In the years of 2009 through 2012, Apple’s…

Janus Henderson Enterprise Fund (JDMAX) is a major fund management business that strives towards a long-term growth of capital. The business is a merge between Henderson Group and Janus Capital Group. It is a Class C mutual fund. It has a minimum investment of $2,500.00 and has a five start overall rating from Morningstar. Each fund has different ways that the risks can be evaluated. One way that a risk can be evaluated is through beta. Beta describes how much the fund’s price moves in…