Suppose an American business owner purchases chocolates from Belgium in order to sell them in her shops. This would be entered as a ____________ item under the ___________________ section of the U.S. current account. Consider the goods and services balance. According to the table, the United States is running a trade ____________ .
The current account balance suggests that U.S. current account transactions (exports and imports of goods and services, as well as inflow and outflow of investment income and transfers) created outpayments of foreign currencies from the United States that were __________________the inpayments of foreign currencies to the United States.

Any surplus or deficit in one account must be offset by deficits or surpluses in other balance-of-payments accounts. Because the current account is in ____________ , the excess of foreign currency held by Americans must either be loaned to foreigners or used to buy foreign stocks or bonds. All of these transactions are then recorded in the _______________account. Since any imbalance in one account automatically leads to an equal, but opposite, imbalance in the other, the balance of payments is always _____________

Answer:

Debit

U.S. merchandise imports

Surplus

equal to

Surplus

current

zero

Explanation:

The trade deficit or surplus is based on the exports and imports of the country. When the imports are higher than exports then there will be trade deficit in the current account. In the given scenario the case is other way round, here imports are less than exports which suggests that there is a trade surplus which is offset by other accounts and balance of payment turn out to be zero.

Mongar Corporation applies manufacturing overhead to products on the basis of standard machine-hours. Budgeted and actual overhead costs for the most recent month appear below:

Original Budget Actual Costs
Variable overhead costs:
Supplies $7,980 $8,230
Indirect labor 29,820 29,610
Total variable manufacturing overhead cost $37,800 $37,840

The original budget was based on 4,200 machine-hours. The company actually worked 4,350 machine-hours during the month and the standard hours allowed for the actual output were 4,190 machine-hours. What was the overall variable overhead efficiency variance for the month?

a. $130 Unfavorable
b. $950 Favorable
c. $1,440 Unfavorable
d. $1,310 Favorable

Satka Fishing Expeditions, Inc., recorded the following transactions in July
1. Provided an ocean fishing expedition for a credit customer, payment is due August 10
2. Paid Marine Service Center for repairs to boats performed in June. (In June, Satka Fishing Expeditions, Inc., had received and properly recorded the invoice for these repairs.)
3. Collected the full amount due from a credit customer for a fishing expedition provided in June.
4. Recelved a bill from Baldy's Bait Shop for bait purchased and used in July. Payment is due August 3
5. Purchased a new fishing boat on July 28, paying part cash and issuing a note payable for the balance. The new boat is first scheduled for use on August 5
6. Declared and paid a cash dividend on July 31
Indicate the effects that each of these transactions will have upon the following six total amounts in the company's financial statements for the month of July.
Choose I for increase, D for decrease, and NE for no effect in the column headings below to show the effects of the above transactions.

Harlen Company is involved in a competitive bidding situation. The following costs are anticipated for a project to be bid with the City of Crimson:
Direct material $340,000
Direct labor 610,000
Allocated variable overhead 420,000
Allocated fixed cost 110,000
Which of the following cost figures should be used in setting a minimum bid price if Harlen has excess capacity?
A. $530,000.
B. $950,000.
C. $1,370,000.
D. $1,480,000.
E. None of the answers is correct.

Manrow Growers, Inc., owns equipment for sowing and harvesting its organic fruit, vegetables, and tree nuts that are sold to local restaurants and grocery stores. At the beginning of 2019, an asset account for the company showed the following balances:


Equipment $350,000
Accumulated depreciation through 2018 165,000

During 2019, the following expenditures were incurred for the equipment:

Major overhaul of the equipment on January 1, 2019, that improved efficiency $42,000
Routine maintenance and repairs on the equipment 5,000

The equipment is being depreciated on a straight-line basis over an estimated life of eight years with a $20,000 estimated residual value. The annual accounting period ends on December 31.

Required:
Record the adjusting entry for depreciation on the equipment during 2018.

Spalding Pointers Corporation expects to begin operations on January 1, year 1; it will operate as a specialty sales company that sells laser pointers over the Internet. Spalding expects sales in January year 1 to total $120,000 and to increase 5 percent per month in February and March. All sales are on account. Spalding expects to collect 70 percent of accounts receivable in the month of sale, 20 percent in the month following the sale, and 10 percent in the second month following the sale. Required Prepare a sales budget for the first quarter of year 1.

3. What do you think has more risk: buying corporate bonds or buying a second house in hopes that housing prices increase?

Freemore Company has the following sales budget for the last six months of 2018: July $206,000 October $181,000 August 168,000 November 203,000 September 209,000 December 185,000 Sales are immediately due, however the cash collection of sales, historically, has been as follows: 55% of sales collected in the month of sale, 35% of sales collected in the month following the sale, 7% of sales collected in the second month following the sale, and 3% of sales are uncollectible. Cash collections for September are ________. $126,710 $199,930 $188,170 $173,750

rede Company budgeted selling expenses of $30,600 in January, $34,500 in February, and $40,500 in March. Actual selling expenses were $31,700 in January, $34,080 in February, and $48,400 in March. The company considers any difference that is less than 5% of the budgeted amount to be immaterial. Prepare a selling expense report that compares budgeted and actual amounts by month and for the year to date.

Assume the following information for Splish Brothers Corp.
Accounts receivable (beginning balance) $143,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts (beginning balance) 11,470
Net credit sales 950,000
Collections 902,000
Write-offs of accounts receivable 5,500
Collections of accounts previously written off 2,300
Uncollectible accounts are expected to be 9% of the ending balance in accounts receivable.
1. Prepare the entry to record the write-off of uncollectible accounts during the period.
2. Prepare the entries to record the recovery of the uncollectible account during the period.
3. Prepare the entry to record bad debt expense for the period.

A manufacturer has an estimated practical capacity of 90,000 machine hours, and each unit requires two machine hours. The following data apply to a recent accounting period: Actual variable overhead$ 240,000 Actual fixed overhead$ 442,000 Actual machine hours worked 88,000 Actual finished units produced 42,000 Budgeted variable overhead at 90,000 machine hours$ 200,000 Budgeted fixed overhead$ 450,000 Of the following factors, the manufacturer's production volume variance is most likely to have been caused by: A. A wage hike granted to a production supervisor. B. A newly imposed initiative to reduce finished goods inventory levels. C. Acceptance of an unexpected sales order. D. Temporary employment of workers with lower skill levels than originally anticipated.

A researcher was interested in the relationship between the number of texts sent in a day and the number of e-mails sent in a day by employees at a certain company. Using 15 data values, a 90 percent confidence interval for the slope of a regression model was found to be (2.31, 3.47). The researcher claims that the interval would have been narrower with a different sample size if all other things remained the same. Which of the following sample sizes would make the researcher's claim NOT true?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 20
D. 30
E. 100

Advanced Enterprises reports year−end information from 2019 as​ follows: Sales​ (160,250 units) ​$969,000 Cost of goods sold ​(641,000) Gross margin ​328,000 Operating expenses ​(268,000) Operating income ​$60,000 Advanced is developing the 2020 budget. In 2020 the company would like to increase selling prices by​ 13.5%, and as a result expects a decrease in sales volume of​ 10%. All other operating expenses are expected to remain constant. Assume that cost of goods sold is a variable cost and that operating expenses are a fixed cost. What is budgeted cost of goods sold

Crane Sporting Goods expects to have earnings per share of $6 in the coming year. Rather than reinvest these earnings and grow, the firm plans to pay out all of its earnings as a dividend. With these expectations of no growth, Crane's current share price is $60 and the cost of equity capital is 10%. Suppose Crane could cut its divident payout rate to 75% for the foreseeable future and use the retained earnings to open new stores. The return on investment in these stores is expected to be 12%. if we assume that the risk of these new investments is the same as the risk of its existing investments, then the firm's equity cost of capital is unchanged. What effect would this new policy have on Crane's stock price

The Tradition Corporation is considering a change in its cash-only policy. The new terms would be net one period. The required return is 2.4 percent per period. Based on the following information, what is the break-even price per unit that should be charged under the new credit policy? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Current Policy New Policy ?
Price per unit $ 93 ?
Cost per unit $ 44 $ 44
Unit sales per month 2,675 2,750
X Answer is complete but not entirely correct.
Break-even price $ 92.87 x

20 POINTS AND BRAINLIEST. Mike wants to pursue a job in energy. He goes to college to become
an electrician but before he can have his own license, he must work
for a licensed electrician for two years to gain experience. This is an
example of a(n)

internship

apprenticeship

bachelor's degree program

doctorate program

If you use a check to pay your monthly rent,
A. the check is not money because it is not part of M1.
B. you have used money because the landlord accepted it as a means of payment.
C. the check is considered money because you received something in return.
D. the check becomes money when it arrives at the landlord's bank.
E. the check is not money because it is just an instruction to your bank to make a payment

Compute gross profit earned by the company for each of the four costing methods. For specific identification, the March 9 sale consisted of 80 units from beginning inventory and 340 units from the March 5 purchase; the March 29 sale consisted of 40 units from the March 18 purchase and 120 units from the March 25 purchase.

Clampett, Incorporated, has been an S corporation since its inception. On July 15, 2021, Clampett, Incorporated, distributed $42,500 to J.D. His basis in his Clampett, Incorporated, stock on January 1, 2021, was $36,000. For 2021, J.D. was allocated $11,800 of ordinary income from Clampett, Incorporated, and no separately stated items. How much capital gain does J.D. recognize related to Clampett, Incorporated, in 2021

1. Caleb owns a used book shop, charging $8 for each used book that he sells. It costs him $3.50 for each used book and $0.16 per bag. In addition, he spends $1150 on rent, $92 on electricity, and $2240 on labor costs each month. Analyze Caleb's business by answering the following questions. (5 points: Part I - 1 point; Part II - 1 point; Part III - 1 point; Part IV - 1 point; Part V - 1 point) Part I: What is Caleb's unit cost per used book that he sells

Fill in the missing numbers for the following income statement. (Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.)
Sales Costs Depreciation EBIT Taxes (22%) Net income 747,300 582,600 89,300
a. Calculate the OCF. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
b. What is the depreciation tax shield? (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
a. OCF
b. Depreciation tax shield

Taking a smartphone to the gym when you work out becomes more popular. What is the result of this event?

As a result, _______.
A. the quantity of smartphones demanded increases
B. the demand for smartphones increases
C. the quantity of smartphones demanded decreases
D. the demand for smartphones decreases

The definition of environmentalism is_____.

A) Company policies aimed at curbing air and water pollution and over-harvesting of forest

B) The study of geology and how climate and to rain affect the evolution of societies

C) A worldwide movement that began in the 1970s and whose purpose is to protect the air, land, and water

D) The study of how children are affected more strongly by their environment than they are by heredity

Required: Determine the specific eight- or nine-digit Codification citation (XXX-XX-XX-XX) that describes the following items: 1. If it is only reasonably possible that a contingent loss will occur, the contingent loss should be disclosed. 2. Criteria allowing short-term liabilities expected to be refinanced to be classified as long-term liabilities. 3. Accounting for the revenue from separately priced extended warranty contracts. 4. The criteria to determine if an employer must accrue a liability for vacation pay.

During its first year of operations, Mack's Plumbing Supply Co. had sales of $580,000, wrote off $9,300 of accounts as uncollectible using the direct write-off method, and reported net income of $63,800. Determine what the net income would have been if the allowance method had been used, and the company estimated that 2.5% of sales would be uncollectible. $ fill in the blank 1

Riverview Company's budget for the coming year includes $7,000,000 for manufacturing overhead, 40,000 hours of direct labor, and 200,000 hours of machine time. If Riverview applies overhead using a predetermined rate based on machine-hours, what amount of overhead will be assigned to a unit of output which requires 0.4 machine hours and 0.30 labor hours to complete

After a rough week and against her better judgment, Pari tells Vihaan she is tired of arguing with him over trip reports. She makes an exception for him and, against policy, says he no longer needs to fill them out. A week later, another sales rep comes to her and asks to stop preparing reports, just like Vihaan. Why do you think Pari now has a managerial problem

If an adjusting entry is not made for an accrued expense,
a. expenses will be overstated,
b. liabilities will be understated.
c. net income will be understated.
d. equity will be understated.​

Texas Roadhouse opened a new restaurant in October. During its first three months of operation, the restaurant sold gift cards in various amounts totaling $1,800. The cards are redeemable for meals within one year of the purchase date. Gift cards totaling $728 were presented for redemption during the first three months of operation prior to year-end on December 31. The sales tax rate on restaurant sales is 4%, assessed at the time meals (not gift cards) are purchased. Texas Roadhouse will remit sales taxes in January.

Required:
a. Record (in summary form) the S3,500 in gift cards sold (keeping in mind that, in actuality, the firm would record each sale of a gift card individually).
b. Record the S728 in gift cards redeemed.
c. Determine the balance in the Deferred Revenue account (remaining liability for gift cards).

Boss Company reported the following results for the year ended December 31, 2019, its first year of operations: 2019 Income (per books before income taxes) $ 1,500,000 Taxable income 2,500,000 The disparity between book income and taxable income is attributable to a temporary difference which will reverse in 2019. What should Boss record as a net deferred tax asset or liability for the year ended December 31, 2019, assuming that the enacted tax rates in effect are 40% in 2019 and 35% in 2020

n an arm's length channel system where the supplier/steward exerts little direct control over channel intermediaries, the channel steward may have to resort to performing value-adding activities itself, such as TV advertising, consumer promotions, and so on, so that even before the consumer enters the store, she or he is looking only for the supplier's brand. Which promotional strategy does this discussion describe