From business plans to status updates, reports are indispensable in business. Reports are used to analyze problems, gather and study the facts, assess alternatives, and propose solutions. Business reports range from bulleted lists to 200-page financial forecasts. As with other business documents, you must analyze the reader’s expectations to determine the report type, organizational strategy, writing style, and format.
1. What are the characteristics of a formal writing style?
Check all that apply
O Inclusion of author's opinions
O Use of third person
O Use of colorful speech
O Use of passive-voice verbs
O Absence of humor

Materials purchases (on credit). direct materials used in production. direct labor paid and assigned to work in process inventory. indirect labor paid and assigned to factory overhead. overhead costs applied to work in process inventory. actual overhead costs incurred, including indirect materials. (factory rent and utilities are paid in cash.) transfer of jobs 306 and 307 to finished goods inventory. cost of goods sold for job 306. revenue from the sale of job 306. assignment of any underapplied or overapplied overhead to the cost of goods sold account. (the amount is not material.) 2. prepare journal entries for the month of april to record the above transactions.