What is a variable expense?

On january 1, 2018, johnstone leased an office building. terms of the lease require johnstone to make 15 annual lease payments of $134,000 beginning on january 1, 2018. a 10% interest rate is implicit in the lease agreement. at what amount should johnstone record the lease liability on january 1, 2018, before any lease payments are made?

Trinity coatings company uses the indirect method to prepare its statement of cash flows. refer to the following information for 2018: the beginning balance in the cash account was $ 3 comma 000. net cash provided by operating activities: $ 42 comma 000 net cash used for investing activities: $(26 comma 500) net cash provided by financing activities: $ 1 comma 700 the statement of cash flows will show

The following cost data pertain to the operations of montgomery department stores, inc., for the month of july. corporate legal office salaries $ 75,300apparel department cost of sales"evendale store $ 97,200corporate headquarters building lease $ 50,300store manager's salary"evendale store $ 12,900apparel department sales commission"evendale store $ 11,550store utilities"evendale store $ 12,800apparel department manager's salary"evendale store $ 10,450central warehouse lease cost $ 18,600janitorial costs"evendale store $ 11,800 the evendale store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the apparel department is one of many departments at the evendale store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. required: 1. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the apparel department? 2. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the evendale store? 3. what is the total amount of the apparel department's direct costs that are also variable costs with respect to total departmental sales?