Westmorland makes ink that it uses in ball point pens. The Company produces two colors of ink. One is blue; the other is red. Ink is made in batches with setup costs being $2,000 per batch. Demand for blue ink is significantly stronger than for red ink. During the most recent week, the company made 2 batches of ink, one blue the other red. It requires 1 hour of labor to make a gallon of ink regardless of color. There were 300 hours of labor used to make the blue ink and the 100 hours of labor used to make the red ink. Under these circumstances

a. none of the answers is correct.

b. more of the total setup cost should be assigned to the red ink than to the blue ink.

c. more of the total setup cost should be assigned to the blue ink than to the red ink.

d. the total setup cost should be allocated equally between the red and blue ink.

- If the Company uses a single company wide overhead rate based on labor hours, the amount of setup cost allocated to the

a. blue ink is $4,000 and red ink is zero.

b. blue ink is $1,000 and red ink is $3,000

c. blue ink is $3,000 and red ink is $1,000.

d. blue ink is $2,000 and red ink is $2,000.

Which alternative accounting method allows farmers to record expenses and incomes in the year in which they sell their yield? gaap allows for the method, which permits farmers to subtract the expenses of producing the crop in the year in which they sell the yield and earn the revenue.

On january 1, 2017, fisher corporation purchased 40 percent (90,000 shares) of the common stock of bowden, inc. for $980,000 in cash and began to use the equity method for the investment. the price paid represented a $48,000 payment in excess of the book value of fisher's share of bowden's underlying net assets. fisher was willing to make this extra payment because of a recently developed patent held by bowden with a 15-year remaining life. all other assets were considered appropriately valued on bowden's books. bowden declares and pays a $90,000 cash dividend to its stockholders each year on september 15. bowden reported net income of $400,000 in 2017 and $348,000 in 2018. each income figure was earned evenly throughout its respective year. on july 1, 2018, fisher sold 10 percent (22,500 shares) of bowden's outstanding shares for $338,000 in cash. although it sold this interest, fisher maintained the ability to significantly influence bowden's decision-making process. prepare the journal entries for fisher for the years of 2017 and 2018. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. do not round intermediate calculations. round your final answers to the nearest whole dollar.)

According to herman, one of the differences of managing a nonprofit versus a for-profit corporation is