Remington inc. is contemplating the use of process costing to track the costs of its operations. the operation consists of three segments (departments): receiving, shipping, and delivery. containers are received at remington’s docks and sorted according to the ship they will be carried on. the containers are loaded onto a ship, which carries them to the appropriate port of destination. the containers are then off-loaded and delivered to the receiving department. remington wants to begin using process costing in the shipping department. direct materials represent the fuel costs to run the ship, and “containers in transit” represents work in process. listed below is information about the shipping department’s first month’s activity. calculate the equivalent units for direct materials and conversion costs.

Suppose that kenji, an economist from an am talk radio program, and lucia, an economist from a school of industrial relations, are arguing over health insurance. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: lucia: a popular topic for debate among politicians as well as economists is the idea of providing government assistance for health benefits. kenji: i think it is oppressive for the government to tax people who take care of themselves in order to pay for health insurance for those who are obese. lucia: i disagree. i think government funding of health insurance is useful to ensure basic fairness. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due to . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? lawyers make up an excessive percentage of elected officials. minimum wage laws do more to harm low-skilled workers than them. tariffs and import quotas generally reduce economic welfare.

Salaries are $4,500 per week for five working days and are paid weekly at the end of the day fridays. the end of the month falls on a thursday. the accountant for dayton company made the appropriate accrual adjustment and posted it to the ledger. the balance of salaries payable, as shown on the adjusted trial balance, will be a (assume that there was no beginning balance in the salaries payable account.)

The face of a company is often that of the lowest paid employees who meet the customers. select one: true false