Timothy Company sold merchandise to a customer on October 17 of 2004. They accepted a $4,800, 90-day, 10% note as payment. If Timothy Company's accounting period ends on December 31, 2004 [Oct 17 to Dec 31 = 75 days], Timothy Company's journal entry on January 15 ( when the note plus interest is received ) will include:

a. Credit to Interest Revenue for $120
b. Credit to Interest Revenue for $480
c. Credit to Interest Receivable for $20
d. Credit to Interest Receivable for $100
e. Debit to Cash for $5,280

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.