A company uses the following standard costs to produce a single unit of output. Direct materials 5 pounds at $1.10 per pound = $ 5.50 Direct labor 0.4 hour at $8.00 per hour = $ 3.20 Manufacturing overhead 0.4 hour at $4.70 per hour = $ 1.88 During the latest month, the company purchased and used 47,000 pounds of direct materials at a price of $1.20 per pound to produce 10,000 units of output. Direct labor costs for the month totaled $28,425 based on 3,790 direct labor hours worked. Variable manufacturing overhead costs incurred totaled $14,800 and fixed manufacturing overhead incurred was $12,000. Based on this information, the total direct materials cost variance for the month was:a.$5,800 favorable
b.$5,800 unfavorable
c.$1,800 favorable
d.$1,800 unfavorable
e.$1,000 favorable

For each example identify the most appropriate ctso

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Jason started last week with $900 in his checking account. during the week, he wrote the checks below. at the end of the week, jason received a paycheck for $534.59. he recorded all of these transactions in his check register. trans typ./ check no. date description of transaction payment/ debit deposit/ credit (+) balance 900 00 241 12/4 miller's food market 53.21 53 21 groceries 846 79 242 12/7 frank's auto parts 24.05 24 05 oil and filter 822 74 243 12/8 mike's barber shop 15.00 15 00 haircut 807 74 deposit 12/9 paycheck 534.59 534 59 1,342 33 evaluate jason's check register. a. jason did a good job; everything is correct. b. the final balance is wrong; jason did not add everything correctly. c. jason should have written debit instead of deposit for the transaction type. d. jason entered the amount for his paycheck in the wrong column.