Business
Demand for consumer goods is necessarily variable. Forecasting the demand for consumer goods is an important business activity, as all businesses have to plan ahead. Manufacturer of consumer goods has been studying the demand for one of their products and the level of demand is given in the following stem and leaf plot, where stem unit is 100 and leaf unit is 10. Stem Leaf 1 1, 2, 3, 4.5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 9, 9.5 2 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 3 0, 0, 0, 2, 8 4 5 0 6 7 8 0 9 10 11 12 0 The outer fences are ___________.
Service Department Charges In divisional income statements prepared for Demopolis Company, the Payroll Department costs are charged back to user divisions on the basis of the number of payroll distributions, and the Purchasing Department costs are charged back on the basis of the number of purchase requisitions. The Payroll Department had expenses of $64,560, and the Purchasing Department had expenses of $40,000 for the year. The following annual data for Residential, Commercial, and Government Contract divisions were obtained from corporate records: ResidentialCommercialGovernment Contract Sales$2,000,000 $3,250,000 $2,900,000 Number of employees: Weekly payroll (52 weeks per year)400 250 150 Monthly payroll80 30 10 Number of purchase requisitions per year7,500 3,000 2,000 a. Determine the total amount of payroll checks and purchase requisitions processed per year by the company and each division.
Angara Corporation uses activity-based costing to determine product costs for external financial reports. The company has provided the following data concerning its activity-based costing system: Activity Cost Pool (and Activity Measure) Total CostMachine related (machine-hours) $ 103,800 Batch setup (setups) $ 402,600 Order size (direct labor-hours) $ 82,600 Total ActivityActivity Cost Pools Product X Product Y Total Machine related 800 5,200 6,000 Batch setup 3,100 2,900 6,000 Order size 6,000 1,000 7,000 The total amount of overhead cost allocated to Product X would be closest to: ________.
On March 31, 20Y9, the balances of the accounts appearing in the ledger of Royal Furnishings Company, a furniture store, are as follows: Accounts Receivable $ 170,000 Accumulated Depreciation-Building 750,000 Administrative Expenses 435,000 Building 3,500,000 Cash 80,000 Common Stock 300,000 Cost of Goods Sold 5,500,000 Dividends 175,000 Interest Expense 15,000 Inventory 980,000 Notes Payable 250,000 Office Supplies 20,000 Retained Earnings 1,987,000 Salaries Payable 8,000 Sales 8,245,000 Selling Expenses 575,000 Store Supplies 90,000 A. Prepare a multiple-step income statement for the fiscal year ended March 31, 20Y9. Be sure to complete the statement heading. Refer to the information given in the exercise and to the list of Labels and Amount Descriptions provided for the exact wording of the answer choices for text entries. A colon (:) will automatically appear if it is required. For those boxes in which you must enter subtracted or negative numbers use a minus sign. B. What is a major advantage of the multiple-step income statement over the single-step income statement?