Courtney Meehan has trouble keeping her debits and credits equal. During a recent month, Courtney made the following accounting errors: a. In preparing the trial balance, Courtney omitted a $5,000 Notes Payable. The debit to Cash was correct
b. Courtney posted a $11000 Utilities Expense as $100. The credit to Cash was correct.
c. In recording a $600 payment on account, Courtney debited Furniture instead of Accounts Payable-
d. In journalizing a receipt of cash for service revenue, Courtney debited Cash for $50 instead of the correct amount of $500. The credit was correct.
e. Courtney recorded a $210 purchase of office supplies on account by debiting Office Supplies for $120 and crediting Accounts Payable for $120.

Required:
a. For each of these errors, state whether total debits equal total credits on the trial balance.
b. Identify each account that has an incorrect balance and the amount and direction of the error.

Zachary company produces commercial gardening equipment. since production is highly automated, the company allocates its overhead costs to product lines using activity-based costing. the costs and cost drivers associated with the four overhead activity cost pools follow: activities unit level batch level product level facility level cost $ 64,800 $ 27,730 $ 15,000 $ 154,000 cost driver 2,400 labor hrs. 47 setups percentage of use 11,000 units production of 780 sets of cutting shears, one of the company’s 20 products, took 240 labor hours and 7 setups and consumed 15 percent of the product-sustaining activities. required: (a) had the company used labor hours as a company wide allocation base, how much overhead would it have allocated to the cutting shears? (b) how much overhead is allocated to the cutting shears using activity-based costing? (c) compute the overhead cost per unit for cutting shears first using activity-based costing and then using direct labor hours for allocation if 780 units are produced. if direct product costs are $150 and the product is priced at 30 percent above cost for what price would the product sell under each allocation system? (d) assuming that activity-based costing provides a more accurate estimate of cost, indicate whether the cutting shears would be over- or underpriced if direct labor hours are used as an allocation base. explain how over-or undercosting can affect vaulker's profitability. (e) comment on the validity of using the allocated facility-level cost in the pricing decision. should other costs be considered in a cost- plus pricing decision? if so, which ones? what costs would you include if you were trying to decide whether to accept a special order?

The discussion of the standards for selection of peanuts that will be used in m& ms and the placement of the m& m logo on the candies speaks to which building block of a sustainable competitive advantage:

With only a part-time job and the need for a professional wardrobe, rachel quickly maxed out her credit card the summer after graduation. with her first full-time paycheck in august, she vowed to pay $270 each month toward paying down her $8 comma 368 outstanding balance and not to use the card. the card has an annual interest rate of 18 percent. how long will it take rachel to pay for her wardrobe? should she shop for a new card? why or why not?