James has earned $60,000 annually for the past three years working at abc inc. under abc's defined benefit plan (which uses a 7-year graded vesting schedule) employees earn a benefit equal to 4 percent for every year of service, of the average salary for their three highest full years of compensation with abc. james has worked for five full years for abc and his vesting percentage (based on the 7-year graded vesting schedule) is 60 percent. what is james's vested benefit (or annual retirement benefit he has earned so far)?

In december of 2004, the company you own entered into a 20-year contract with a grain supplier for daily deliveries of grain to its hot dog bun manufacturing facility. the contract called for "10,000 pounds of grain" to be delivered to the facility at the price of $100,000 per day. until february 2017, the supplier provided processed grain which could easily be used in your manufacturing process. however, no longer wanting to absorb the cost of having the grain processed, the supplier began delivering whole grain. the supplier is arguing that the contract does not specify the type of grain that would be supplied and that it has not breached the contract. your company is arguing that the supplier has an onsite processing plant and processed grain was implicit to the terms of the contract. over the remaining term of the contract, reshipping and having the grain processed would cost your company approximately $10,000,000, opposed to a cost of around $1,000,000 to the supplier. after speaking with in-house counsel, it was estimated that litigation would cost the company several million dollars and last for years. weighing the costs of litigation, along with possible ambiguity in the contract, what are three options you could take to resolve the dispute? which would be the best option for your business and why?

Speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company’s direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics’ hourly wages. speedy’s overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager’s salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 20,000 fixed overhead cost $ 350,000 variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate. 2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 590 direct labor cost $ 109 direct labor-hours used 6

Lester's fried chick'n purchased its building 11 years ago at a cost of $189,000. the building is currently valued at $209,000. the firm has other fixed assets that cost $56,000 and are currently valued at $32,000. to date, the firm has recorded a total of $49,000 in depreciation on the various assets it currently owns. current liabilities are $36,600 and net working capital is $18,400. what is the total book value of the firm's assets? $251,000 $241,000 $232,600 $214,400 $379,000