Presented below is information related to kaenzig corporation: common stock , $1 par $2,100,000 paid-in capital in excess of par – common stock 550,000 preferred 8 ½% stock, $50 par 1,700,000 paid-in capital in excess of par—preferred stock 950,000 retained earnings 2,350,000 treasury common stock (at cost) 250,000 the total stockholders' equity of kaenzig corporation is?

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?