alpar Company produces several lines of laundry hampers. The factory is highly automated and uses an activity-based costing system to allocate overhead costs to its various products. During the upcoming period, the company expects to produce 72,000 units. The costs and cost drivers associated with four activity cost pools are given below: ACTIVITIES: UNIT LEVEL BATCH LEVEL PRODUCT LEVEL FACILITY LEVEL Cost $30,000 $8,000 $15,000 $36,000 Cost driver 12,000 labor hrs 200 set ups % of use 72,000 units Production of 20,000 units of its popular foldable hamper required 3,000 labor hours and 75 setups and consumed one-third of the product sustaining activities. What amount of unit-level costs will be allocated to the product

Last year, western corporation had sales of $5 million, cost of goods sold of $3 million, operating expenses of $175,000 and depreciation of $125,000. the firm received $40,000 in dividend income and paid $200,000 in interest on loans. also, western sold stock during the year, receiving a $40,000 gain on stock owned 6 years, but losing $60,000 on stock owned 4 years. what is the firm's tax liability?

Acollege registrar's office requires you to first visit with one of three advisors and then with one of two financial professionals. this system best described as which of the following? a. single server, single phase systemb. multiple server multiphase systemc. multiple server, cross phase systemd. single server, multiphase systeme. multiple server, single phase system

Amanufacturing firm is considering overhauling the existing compensation strategy. currently every front line employee who works on the assembly line earns the same hourly wage. ideally, management would like to institute a new pay system that involves pay-for-performance. which of the following recommendations is both consistent with scientific management's general emphases and generally good advice for management of this firma. the firm should adopt a differential pay system with one pay level for average performance, and a higher level for good performance. b. the firm should adopt a differential pay system, but the firm should modify it from its original design and provide many different levels of pay associated with different performance levels. c. the firm should understand worker psychology and to focus on pay as the key motivator. d. all of the abovee. none of the above