The following monthly data are taken from Ramirez Company at July 31: sales salaries, $200,000; office salaries, $160,000; federal income taxes withheld,$90,000;state income taxes withheld, $20,000; social security taxes withheld,$22,320; Medicare taxes withheld, $5,220; medical insurance premiums, $ 7,000; life insurance premiums, $4,000; union dues deducted, $1,000; salaries subject to unemployment taxes, $50,000. The employee pays 40% of medical and life insurance premiums. Prepare journal entries to record: (1) accrued payroll, including employee deductions, for July ; (2) cash payment of the net payroll (salaries payable) for July; (3) accrued employer payroll taxes, and other related employment expenses, for July- assume that FICA taxes are identical to those on employees and that SUTA taxes are 5.4% and FUTA taxes are 0.6%; (4) cash payment of all liabilities related to the July payroll.

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.

Consider each of the following cases: case accounting break-even unit price unit variable cost fixed costs depreciation 1 127,400 $ 38 $ 25 $ 711,000 ? 2 124,000 ? 41 2,500,000 $ 900,000 3 5,753 117 ? 171,000 100,000 required: (a) find the depreciation for case 1. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (b) find the unit price for case 2. (do not round your intermediate calculations.) (c) find the unit variable cost for case 3. (do not round your intermediate calculations.)

Which law would encourage more people to become homeowners but not encourage risky loans that could end in foreclosure? options: offering first time homebuyers tax-free accounts to save for down payments requiring all mortgages to be more affordable, interest-only loans outlawing home inspections and appraisals by mortgage companies limiting rent increases to less than 2% a year