On May 1 of the current year, Peck Company experienced a 500 year flood which destroyed the company's entire inventory. The company had not completed its month end reporting for April and must estimate the amount of inventory lost. At the beginning of April, the company reported beginning inventory of $215,450. Inventory purchased during April (until the date of the disaster) was $192,530. Sales for the month of April were $542,500. Assuming the company's typical gross profit ratio is 40%, estimate the amount of inventory destroyed in the flood.

Which of the following is an example of a positive externality? a. promoting generic drugs would benefit people. b. a lower inflation rate would benefit most consumers. c. compulsory flu shots for all students prevents the spread of illness in the general public. d. singapore has adopted a comprehensive savings plan for all workers known as the central provident fund.

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?

To record a 6% stock dividend, accountants use to record a 55% stock dividend, accountants use a. par value per share; market price per share b. par value per share; par value per share c. market price per share; market price per share d. market price per share; par value per share