Sugar and spice foods is famous for its cupcakes. one of the main ingredients of the cupcakes is sugar, which sugar and spice purchases by the pound. in addition, the production requires a certain amount of direct labor. sugar and spice uses a standard cost system, and at the end of the first quarter, there was a favorable direct labor efficiency variance. which of the following is a logical explanation for that variance? o a. the production staff changed the work flow process so that production required fewer direct labor hours than the standards allowed. o b. the factory lost two experienced workers at the beginning of the quarter, and their replacements wasted a large amount of direct materials during their training period c. the purchasing manager was able to secure a volume discount on dried fruit, purchasing the sugar for less than the amount set by standard o d. the cost of workers' medical insurance plans jumped up dramatically during the quarter.

Which of the following goals is most effective? i will purchase a house by age twenty-five. i will purchase a three-bedroom house located near cherry park by my twenty-fifth birthday. in order to reach this goal, i will graduate from college and secure a job as a software developer.

Swathmore clothing corporation grants its customers 30 days' credit. the company uses the allowance method for its uncollectible accounts receivable. during the year, a monthly bad debt accrual is made by multiplying 3% times the amount of credit sales for the month. at the fiscal year-end of december 31, an aging of accounts receivable schedule is prepared and the allowance for uncollectible accounts is adjusted accordingly. at the end of 2012, accounts receivable were dollar 586.000 and the allowance account had a credit balance of dollar 50,000. accounts receivable activity for 2013 was as follows: the company's controller prepared the following aging summary of year-end accounts receivable: prepare a summary journal entry to record the monthly bad debt accrual and the write-offs during the year. (if no entry is required for a particular event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.) prepare the necessary year-end adjusting entry for bad debt expense. (if no entry is required for an event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field.) what is total bad debt expense for 2013? calculate the amount of accounts receivable that would appear in the 2013 balance sheet?

True or false payroll withholding includes income tax, social security tax, medicare tax as well as money you deduct for your retirement fund.