Weston acquires a new office machine (seven-year class asset) on august 2, 2017, for $75,000. this is the only asset weston acquired during the year. he does not elect immediate expensing under § 179. he claims the maximum additional first-year depreciation deduction. on september 15, 2018, weston sells the machine. click here to access the depreciation tables in the textbook. if required, round your answers to the nearest dollar. if an amount is zero, enter "0".

a. what macrs convention applies to the machine? half-year

weston's cost recovery for 2017 is $ ? .

b. westin's 2018 is $ ? .

Sweeten company had no jobs in progress at the beginning of march and no beginning inventories. the company has two manufacturing departments--molding and fabrication. it started, completed, and sold only two jobs during march—job p and job q. the following additional information is available for the company as a whole and for jobs p and q (all data and questions relate to the month of march): molding fabrication total estimated total machine-hours used 2,500 1,500 4,000 estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead $ 10,000 $ 15,000 $ 25,000 estimated variable manufacturing overhead per machine-hour $ 1.40 $ 2.20 job p job q direct materials $ 13,000 $ 8,000 direct labor cost $ 21,000 $ 7,500 actual machine-hours used: molding 1,700 800 fabrication 600 900 total 2,300 1,700 sweeten company had no underapplied or overapplied manufacturing overhead costs during the month. required: for questions 1-8, assume that sweeten company uses a plantwide predetermined overhead rate with machine-hours as the allocation base. for questions 9-15, assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. 1. what was the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate? (round your answer to 2 decimal places.) next

Is exploiting a distinctive competence or improving efficiency for competitive advantage. (a) cooptation (b) coalition (c) competitive intelligence (d) competitive aggression (e) smoothing

Which of the following statements about nonverbal communication is most accurate? a. the meanings of some gestures can vary among cultures b. the way an e-mail, letter, memo, or report looks can have either a positive or a negative effect on a receiver c. the manner in which we structure and use time can reveal our personalities and attitudes d. all statements are accurate