Bcorp. has an employee benefit plan for compensated absences that gives each employee 10 paid vacation days and 10 paid sick days. both vacation and sick days can be carried over indefinitely. employees can elect to receive payment in lieu of vacation days; however, no payment is given for sick days not taken. at december 31, 2018, b's unadjusted balance of liability for compensated absences was $44,000. b estimated that there were 320 total vacation days and 160 sick days available at december 31, 2018. b's employees earn an average of $202 per day. in its december 31, 2018, balance sheet, what amount of liability for compensated absences is b required to report?

Make or buy eastside company incurs a total cost of $120,000 in producing 10,000 units of a component needed in the assembly of its major product. the component can be purchased from an outside supplier for $11 per unit. a related cost study indicates that the total cost of the component includes fixed costs equal to 50% of the variable costs involved. a. should eastside buy the component if it cannot otherwise use the released capacity? present your answer in the form of differential analysis. use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers. cost from outside supplier $answer variable costs avoided by purchasing answer net advantage (disadvantage) to purchase alternative $answer b. what would be your answer to requirement (a) if the released capacity could be used in a project that would generate $50,000 of contribution margin? use negative sign represent a net disadvantage answer; otherwise do not use negative signs with your answers.