Lithium Company has two support departments, the Maintenance Department and the Security Department, and two producing departments, Molding and Finishing. Standard service hours used by the departments is considered the basis to allocate Maintenance Department costs of $40,000 and the number of employees in each department is considered the basis to allocate Security Department costs of $24,000. The direct costs of the Molding Department and the Finishing Department are $96,000 and $105,000, respectively. Data on standard service hours and number of employees are as follows: Maintenance Dept Security Dept Molding Dept Finishing Dept

Standard service hours used 200 100 850 1,150
Number of employees 15 20 450 350
Direct labor hours 100 50 1,150 1,350

Required:
Calculate the total overhead costs associated with the Molding Department after allocating the Maintenance and Personnel Department costs using the direct method.

On december 31, 2011, daggett company issued $750,000 of ten-year, 9% bonds payable for $700,353, yielding an effective interest rate of 10%. interest is payable semiannually on june 30 and december 31. prepare journal entries to reflect (a) the issuance of the bonds, (b) the semiannual interest payment and discount amortization (effective interest method) on june 30, 2012, and (c) the semiannual interest payment and discount amortization on december 31, 2012. round amounts to the nearest dollar.

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.

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