Michiko must contribute at least 5% of her annual salary to her pension plan, and her employer contributes a set amount as well. She is given choices regarding how the money is invested. When she retires, the amount she has available will depend on how much she invested herself, and the rate of return on the investments she chose. This pension plan is most likely classified as .

Martha is the head of the accounts department in a small manufacturing company. the company follows the accrual-basis method of accounting. it recently purchased raw materials worth $5,000 from its vendors. however, the company paid only $3,000 to its vendors. it plans to pay the remaining amount after three months. considering this information, which entry should martha record in the company’s accounts? a. $5,000 as accounts receivable b. $3,000 as accounts payable c. $2,000 as accounts payable d. $2,000 as accounts receivable

Selected t-account balances for bloomfield company are shown below as of january 31, which reflect its accounting adjustments. the firm uses a calendar-year accounting period, but prepares monthly accounting adjustments. suppliesjan. 31 bal. 1,800 1,800 jan. 31 bal. supplies expensejan. 31 bal. 1,920 1,148 jan. 31 bal. prepaid insurancejan. 31 bal. 1,148 1,148 jan. 31 bal. insurance expensejan. 31 bal. 164 164 jan. 31 bal. wages payablejan. 31 bal. 1,400 1,400 jan. 31 bal. wages expensejan. 31 bal. 6,400 6,400 jan. 31 bal. truckjan. 31 bal. 17,376 17,376 jan. 31 bal. accumulated depreciation -truckjan. 31 bal. 5,068 5,068 jan. 31 bal. a. if the amount in supplies expense represents the january 31 adjustment for the supplies used in january, and $1,240 worth of supplies were purchased during january, what was the january 1 beginning balance of supplies? $answerb. the amount in the insurance expense account represents the adjustment made at january 31 for january insurance expense. if the original insurance premium was for one year, what was the amount of the premium, and on what date did the insurance policy start? amount of the premium $answerthe policy began on answerjune 1july 1august 1september 1october 1november 1 of the previous year. c. if we assume that no beginning balance existed in either in either wage payable or wage expense on january 1, how much cash was paid as wages during january? $answerd. if the truck has a useful life of four years (or 48 months), what is the monthly amount of depreciation expense, and how many months has bloomfield owned the truck? answermonths

Garfield corporation is considering building a new plant in canada. it predicts sales at the new plant to be 50,000 units at $5.00/unit. below is a listing of estimated expenses. category total annual expenses % of annual expense that are fixed materials $50,000 10% labor $90,000 20% overhead $40,000 30% marketing/admin $20,000 50% a canadian firm was contracted to sell the product and will receive a commission of 10% of the sales price. no u. s. home office expenses will be allocated to the new facility. the contribution margin ratio for garfield corporation is