...RESEARCH PAPER ACCOUNTING 483 - FEDERAL TAX Section 01 1st Research Paper Fall 2011 Due Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Speedy Karr is the used car sales manager of Fast Talking Ed's Car Sales, a local new and used car dealership in Moscow, Idaho. Speedy Karr’s income is about $80,000 a year from his salary and bonus (his bonus is a percentage of the net income of the dealership). In addition to his income from Fast Talking Ed's, Speedy also has income from rentals of about $15,000 a year. Speedy's wife, Holiday, is employed, earning about $65,000 a year. Several years ago, Speedy became interested in auto car racing. In 2008, Speedy purchased a used car, which he converted into a racing stock car. The cost of the car, and the modifications made to it, cost Speedy about $75,000, which is being depreciated over a fiveyear life (using I.R.C. § 168). Speedy incurred additional expenses for the purchase of small tools, racing supplies, travel costs, etc. In 2008, Speedy begin entering the Spokane auto races. Because his job at Fast Talking Ed's required him to work at least one Saturday every month, Speedy was not able to enter all of the races held in Spokane, but did enter as many as possible. Spokane holds races every weekend from the first part of April through the end of September. Speedy had some success in winning races, but because of the limited number of races Speedy could enter and the limited purse, his gross income was only about $50 the first year, $125 the second year...
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...Introduction: HRM‘s role and importance within an organization has increased rapidly in the modern business world as the individuals’ inputs are becoming increasingly important to the organization’s performance. Hence HRM is becoming more important as it plays an important role in the people-aspect and social-aspect of the organization. This paper will briefly explain the definition of HRM and its history. Then this paper will list and explain the important functions of HRM. Furthermore, this paper will explain why HRM is becoming increasingly important in 21st century in which the performance of organizations is subject to the performance of individual employees. In addition, this paper will talk about Bentley Motors and its HRM as one of Britain’s TOP Employer in 2012 by Britain’s Top Employers Research. This paper will discuss the strength of Bentley Motors’ HRM and lastly it will provide three further suggestions on BM’s HRM to help it accommodate to possible challenges. What is HRM? HRM is an organizational function that deals with people-related issues, such as recruitment, training and learning programs, performance management, health and safety, compensation programs, wellness and benefits of the work force and employee motivation and communications. (Heathfield, nd) HRM was carried out in the 20th century and the first HRM specialist was a social worker hired by Rowntree in the UK in York in 1896 and was hired to ensure the safety and health of child and women...
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...Annotated Bibliography & Outline for Gender Identity Paper Outline I. Introduction II. What is gender Identity? III. Gender Discrimination A. Male B. Female IV. Appearance V. Gender and Interpersonal VI. Development a. Sex role stereotypes VII. Environmental factors VIII. Conclusion Introduction Throughout this paper I will be talking about gender identity which I have done a research. I will be using different several articles that researched on gender identity and will share the information I got out of the articles. Gender identity is something that most of the time goes unnoticed and lot of people are afraid to be who they are. What is gender identity? Gender Identity (1988) Social Psychology Quarterly, Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stables/2786925 This article talks about gender identity, self-esteem, physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships. The article gives important information about gender identity. The researchers had examined the roles of gender identity and self-esteem in both physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships. Gender Discrimination Race and Gender Discrimination, (2009). Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2118176 This article focuses on gender discrimination and race on buying cars. The information presented in the article goes depth into highlighting how sellers sometimes can use race or gender to sell cars to their buyers. Example could be male via female...
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...chosen this project because I grew up watching NASCAR every Sunday, and helping with my dad’s best friend’s race car. The thing I was trying to accomplish in this project was to get a better understanding of the background and history of NASCAR. The process I took in accomplishing my goal was writing a rationale, writing down research questions, and finding Wisconsin’s state standards that I would meet in my project. What I hope that the reader takes from this paper is all of the things that helped NASCAR get started, what they raced on back then, and how NASCAR changed over time. In this paper you will read about the prohibition, Bootleggers tricks and advantages[, Bill Frances Sr., history of NASCAR, Technological advancements, racing legends, aerodynamics, How NASCAR got so big and Wisconsin’s traditions. NASCAR has an interesting background. It all started with bootleggers racing from town to town delivering their moonshine without getting caught. NASCAR is linked to American history and it comes with some interesting tales. This paper will tell you everything you need to know about NASCAR and aerodynamics of the car. Some things that this paper will contain are famous drivers and their impact on NASCAR, how safely has changed over time, how NASCAR got started, what NASCAR drivers first raced on and why it changed over time, how NASCAR fit its time period, and how the cars got more aerodynamic. Prohibition: Back in the 1920’s, alcohol became illegal. The Eighteenth amendment...
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...gender, race, or age affect how businesses market to them? How does targeted marketing affect consumer consumption? The purpose of this paper is to introduce the field of conspicuous consumption and how certain social characteristics influences buying behavior and how businesses target consumers based on these differences. Social Characteristics, Business and Consuming How do social characteristics such as race, gender and class impact businesses? How do these social characteristics influence consumer choice? Businesses are a part of society so it makes sense that that one can influence the other. Businesses market to their key demographic all the time in order to specifically cater their products or services to their intended customer base but there is a relatively new phenomenon that shows some individuals in a lower socioeconomic class artificially try to portray themselves as being in a higher class than they really are. This type of “show boating” of certain status symbols can influence a business and their decision to expand their marketing efforts to groups outside their originally intended customer base. This phenomenon is called “conspicuous consumption” and is defined by Patsiaouras and Fitchett (2012, p. 154) as the “competitive and extravagant consumption practices and leisure activities that aim to indicate membership to a superior social class.” Throughout junior high and high school, I, like many of my fellow students, were always in a race with...
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...he may search it for drugs. While your car is being searched you and your son are forced to sit in an extremely hot squad car and wait for two hours until the officers finished searching. The only reason it seemed for the stop was because you were black. If this were you, you are Sergeant First Class Rossano V. Gerald, and were just a victim of what is known as “racial profiling.” Some may not be aware of this, but Sergeant First Class Gerald and his son’s Fourth Amendment Rights were violated. In the United States Bill of Rights, the Fourth Amendment is “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized,” (Gaines,). Racial profiling occurs whenever a law enforcement officer questions, stops, arrests, searches, or otherwise investigates a person because the officer believes that members of that person’s racial or ethnic group are more likely to commit the sort of crime the officer is investigating. Racial profiling often occurred during the late 1960s when police officers would use traffic stops as means for detention of black activists during the civil rights era. However, it has just recently become a “hot” topic in the last ten years. In this paper I will be talking about various court cases...
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...Organizational Impact Paper Hope Breaux 01/361 June 08, 2015 Bruce Hunter Organizational Impact Paper Organizations must strive to generate ways to maintain a competitive advantage in today’s ever changing society. The key to the success of any business involves innovation. Methods of innovation are critical for manufacturing goods and services to consumers. In an effort to become more profitable and keep a competitive edge, organizations must provide high quality products and services while keeping its operating expenses low. Therefore, the business must integrate innovation, design, and creativity into their business models to meet their objectives of offering quality products and services. This paper is intended to evaluate the impact of innovation, design, and creativity will have on the strategy of two businesses-the Shared Appreciation Mortgage Company and the Lotus Elise Company while considering their processes, products and services of both organizations. The Lotus Elise The development of the Lotus Seven was launched by Colin Chapman. Chapman had an idea of offering to the public a sports care with the qualities of a race car at an affordable price. The performance of the Lotus Seven would provide a unique driving experience that had light weight construction like a race car but not the use of a powerful and heavy engine. To achieve this goal, Chapman strategy was to “combine elements of knowledge, information, and creativity” to the Lotus Seven. (Stamm, 2008...
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...advantages 6 Managing diversity 7 Diversity in Toyota 8 Conclusion 8 Recommendations 8 References 9 Bibliography 10 ------------------------------------------------- Executive summary This paper will evaluate diversity in Toyota company in 21st century. Referring to a various theories in diversity it creates understanding around diversification at workplace and will analyse whether diversity assists to achieve company’s goals and objectives. The report pounders about increasing self-awareness in terms of personal perspectives of diversity issues. It recommends set of suggestion to enhance skills to solve problems related to diversity dilemmas. Main recommendation of the paper is to bring different nationalities to the board of directors of the company, because in long term the company may face disadvantages of having only Japanese nationality at corporate governance. ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Diversity itself is not a new phenomenon; it has been part of the society for many centuries, however in 21st century it has become more and more crucial. Either diversity is against politics or economics, it becomes an issue which needs to be measured, controlled and managed. The most well-known and historical dimensions of diversity are race and ethnicity, however importance of diversity of gender, age and class are becoming steadily significant nowadays. For example, age. In developed countries people are living longer and fewer people...
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...which can lead to society loss. Parents need to back their children education and to avoid them from dropping out of school. The source wants the middle-class to educate themselves so that they could have greater life for themselves and their family. It pressure parents and children to get educated. I would use this article for my research paper because it explain how lack of education lead to poverty and homelessness. It also discussed the importance of education in the African American community and how it can prevent poverty and homelessness. This source is credible because it demanded quality education for the middle class and African American. The author had written many articles about education in the middle-class communities. Many of these articles could be find in the education database at the Nova library. Doak J. Melissa. Ed. “Money, Income, and Poverty Status.’ Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America. 2012. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Information plus Reference Series. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Feb. 2014. In this article, it describes how income influence where people live, what kind of food they eat, how they dress, what cars they drive, and what school their children attend to. How much income people have can be determined by their occupation and sometimes it can be related to the level of education. African...
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...E85, which stands for 85 percent ethanol (which is an alcohol) and 15 percent gasoline ranges from 100-105 octane. It has been around for quite some time but has just recently became fairly popular with newer car models. Ethanol was first used during the 1850’s as a lighting fuel, but was quickly put to rest after heavy taxes were placed on ethanol during the civil war. The first Model A in 1908 was powered by gasoline and ethanol, but then ethanol was never used much after that until the late 90’s when it returned. Flex fuel vehicles became quite popular starting in the 90’s and have continued to be produced by car manufactures to date. There are more than 8.5 million flex fuel vehicles on the road in the US, including both cars and trucks. What exactly is E85 you ask? Well E85 is a blend of ethanol and gasoline. E85 is a clean- burning, American made alternative fuel produced from renewable resources, such as starch in field corn. Ethanol is made from US supplies and mixed in US factories which makes us independent from foreign oil need. The ethanol making process is one of the many positive factors to creating a cleaner environment. Ethanol is a clear alcohol that is fermented from the starches created from common crops such as corn. There are two different processes to fermenting the ethanol, dry milling and wet milling. During dry milling, the grain is mixed with water, and then enzymes are added to convert the starch to dextrose. The fermentation process then creates ethanol...
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...Darius Norris History: 150 Dr. Linda Wynn Research Paper 4/1/2015 Darius Norris Dr. Linda Wynn History: 150 April 1, 2015 Male African Americans & Racial Profiling in American INTRODUCTION Considering our time and age racial profiling one of the most untouched subjects in history, especially in the law-enforcement community. Most people get it confused with criminal profiling which is not the same. Racial profiling is any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual or information that leads the police to a particular individual who has been identified as being or having been, engaged in criminal activity. Criminal profiling is any police- initiated action that used the compilation of the background, physical, behavioral, and motivational characteristics for a type of perpetrator that lead the police. Now imagine driving to the store on a cold winter day, dressed in a hoodie to keep warm. You simply pull into the parking lot in hopes of getting something nice for your daughter for the holidays. Driving the posted speed limit, you pull slowly into a parking space in the back of the store. All of a sudden, a car pulls up behind you, blocking you in. You look in your rearview mirror only to find the community crime watch officer staring you down. The officer immediately treats you like a suspect, smothering you with questions concerning what you’re doing, where you’re going; yet never...
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...affects it some way. The cars that we choose to drive is just one of the many ways that humans affect our environment on a daily basis. Even the simplest choices that we can make in life, like recycling, can make a huge impact in the future of our environment. Until you really stop and think about just how big our environment actually is, then you probably would not ever realize just how important it is to us as humans and just how much we do affect it. The Philosophy of environmental protection analysis issues should involve examination of four topics: limits of the environment to absorb human impact without deleterious change; need for change in human behavior to reduce or avoid adverse environmental impact; limits on the authority and jurisdiction of civil government; and need for civil governmental action toward environmental preservation (Staff Writers 2015). The Civil Government is used to protect our environment from humans as well as our property from the actions of others that may be trying to cause harm or destruction to it, but they are not authorized to do anything about the misuse of the environment. I personally think this is hogwash and we as Americans deserve a government that should be able to protect our environment from the people who are intentionally destroying it at all times. Our Environment can only process so much of what we as Humans throw at it. If we do not change our ways, it will not be very long before not only will the human race feel the multitude...
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...Allegations of the use of excessive force by U.S. police departments continue to generate headlines more than two decades after the 1992 Los Angeles riots brought the issue to mass public attention and spurred some law enforcement reforms. On Staten Island, N.Y., the July 2014 death of Eric Garner because of the apparent use of a “chokehold” by an officer sparked outrage. A month later in Ferguson, Mo., the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson ignited protests, and a grand jury’s decision not to indict Wilson triggered further unrest. In November, Tamir Rice was shot by police in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 12 years old and playing with a toy pistol. On April 4, 2015, Walter L. Scott was shot by a police officer after a routine traffic stop in North Charleston, S.C. The same month, Freddie Gray died while in police custody in Baltimore, setting off widespread unrest. The policeman in the South Carolina case, Michael T. Slager, was charged with murder based on a cellphone video. In Baltimore, the driver of the police van in which Gray died, Caesar Goodson, was charged with second-degree murder, with lesser charges for five other officers. There have been no indictments in the earlier cases. These follow other recent incidents and controversies, including an April 2014 finding by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), following a two-year investigation, that the Albuquerque, N.M., police department “engages in a pattern or practice of use of excessive...
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...Cultural Differences Between Married Couple With Two Different Cultures Cultural Differences Between Married Couple With Two Different Cultures ENG-105 Research paper Summer 2014 Prepared by Sumaiya Rahman ID:-1220448030 Section:- 21 Date:- 21/08/2014 Prepared for: Shireen Haque (SnH) Acknowledgements This research paper is has been prepared as a requirement for completing my course on Eng-105 (Advance Composition). Several people have played a large role behind the development of this paper, whether by active participation or through their advice and suggestions, so I will start this paper by acknowledging the people who have provided me with their aid, which was necessary for completing this research paper. First of all I would like to thank my course instructor Mrs. Shireen Haque. She selflessly devoted her time in preparing me for conducting my research and in developing my writing skills. Her invaluable support towards my topic motivated me to conduct my research confidently. Whenever I faced any problems, she often took time off her free period to help me, and I am really grateful to her because of this. I would also like to thank my friends, especially Afsana Shompa, Risalat Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shahriar Amin and Richard Chakma, for helping me out in conducting the survey and also for their honest opinions regarding my topic and the questionnaire, and there is no way that I can fully repay the...
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...Research Article Analysis CJA/334 05/02/2016 Introduction There are many research studies that are done covering a variety of issues across the country, knowing how to dissect a research article is a great way to learn new information while honing your own research skills. In this paper, we're going to look a research study from a professional journal that has been peer-reviewed, along with answering various questions about the data collected, results of the study and design of the study. The study we're using is: Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Poverty and Crimes in Albany/Dougherty, Georgia by Nwaokoro, Amaechi N., Marshall, Clifford, Mittal, Shiwam, Journal of Business & Economics Research, 2013. Purpose of the Study For many communities it's easy to say the worse parts of town breed crime. Poor people are the ones who break the laws, they're the ones that need to be kept away from the higher class citizens. Is this really true? In some communities, it just may be. The purpose of this study was to determine if in fact poverty causes crime. Does a person's financial state and area of housing cause push that person into a life of crime? Another purpose of the study is to show if the area in question, Albany/Dougherty Georgia, had over time seen their crime rates rise as the population rose. Design of the study The design of the study is the Case Study Design, where a number of different factors are studied in the process of...
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