LPM Industries has two service departments (Administration and Maintenance) and two operating departments. Departmental costs before allocations are $950,000 for Administration and $1,650,000 for Maintenance. Maintenance costs are allocated on the basis of the number of employees. Administration has 450 employees; Maintenance has 750 employees; Operating Department 1 has 1,350 employees and Operating Department 2 has 1,200 employees. Using the step-down method, how much of the cost from the Maintenance Department will be allocated to Operating Department 2

Assume that all of thurmond company’s sales are credit sales. it has been the practice of thurmond company to provide for uncollectible accounts expense at the rate of one-half of one percent of net credit sales. for the year 20x1 the company had net credit sales of $2,021,000 and the allowance for doubtful accounts account had a credit balance, before adjustments, of $630 as of december 31, 20x1. during 20x2, the following selected transactions occurred: jan. 20 the account of h. scott, a deceased customer who owed $325, was determined to be uncollectible and was therefore written off. mar. 16 informed that a. nettles, a customer, had been declared bankrupt. his account for $898 was written off. apr. 23 the $906 account of j. kenney & sons was written off as uncollectible. aug. 3 wrote off as uncollectible the $750 account of clarke company. oct. 20 wrote off as uncollectible the $1,130 account of g. michael associates. oct. 27 received a check for $325 from the estate of h. scott. this amount had been written off on january 20 of the current year. dec. 20 cater company paid $7,000 of the $7,500 it owed thurmond company. since cater company was going out of business, the $500 balance it still owed was deemed uncollectible and written off. required: prepare journal entries for the december 31, 20x1, and the seven 20x2 transactions on the work sheets provided at the back of this unit. then answer questions 8 and 9 on the answer sheet. t-accounts are also provided for your use in answering these questions. 8. which one of the following entries should have been made on december 31, 20x1?

1. what is the lowest balance during this period? 2. lily just received her bank statement below. a. what does the bank think her ending balance is? b. how much more does the bank think lily has? c. what transactions are missing? 3. what is the danger of not balancing your bank account? lily’s bank statement deposits: 2/25 $35 2/26 $20 3/1 $256.32 checks: 2/24 ck #301 $25 2/26 #302 $150 debit card: 2/24 american eagle $75.48 2/25 chick fa la $4.67 2/27 mcdonalds $3.56 2/28 chevron $34.76 withdrawal: 2/27 $40 beginning balance $423.34 deposits $311.32 total debits $333.47 ending balance $401.19

Sailcloth & more currently produces boat sails and is considering expanding its operations to include awnings for homes and travel trailers. the company owns land beside its current manufacturing facility that could be used for the expansion. the company bought this land 5 years ago at a cost of $319,000. at the time of purchase, the company paid $24,000 to level out the land so it would be suitable for future use. today, the land is valued at $295,000. the company has some unused equipment that it currently owns valued at $38,000. this equipment could be used for producing awnings if $12,000 is spent for equipment modifications. other equipment costing $490,000 will also be required. what is the amount of the initial cash flow for this expansion project?