On June 30, 2021, the Esquire Company sold merchandise to a customer and accepted a noninterest-bearing note in exchange. The note requires payment of $48,000 on March 31, 2022. The fair value of the merchandise exchanged is $44,760. Esquire views the financing component of this contract as significant. Required: 1. Prepare journal entries to record the sale of merchandise (omit any entry that might be required for the cost of the goods sold), any December 31, 2021 interest accrual, and the March 31, 2022 collection. 2. What is the effective interest rate on the note

Oerstman, inc. uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget.the budget is based on an expected annual output of 120,000 units requiring 480,000 direct labor hours.(practical capacity is 500,000 hours)annual budgeted overhead costs total $772,800, of which $556,800 is fixed overhead.a total of 119,300 units, using 478,000 direct labor hours, were produced during the year.actual variable overhead costs for the year were $260,400 and actual fixed overhead costs were $555,450.required: 1. compute the fixed overhead spending variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.2. compute the fixed overhead volume variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.

Suppose that electricity producers create a negative externality equal to $5 per unit. further suppose that the government imposes a $5 per-unit tax on the producers. what is the relationship between the after-tax equilibrium quantity and the socially optimal quantity of electricity to be produced?

At the beginning of 2014, winston corporation issued 10% bonds with a face value of $2,000,000. these bonds mature in five years, and interest is paid semiannually on june 30 and december 31. the bonds were sold for $1,852,800 to yield 12%. winston uses a calendar-year reporting period. using the effective-interest method of amortization, what amount of interest expense should be reported for 2014? (round your answer to the nearest dollar.)