Gabriel Farms, one of The Fruit Guys' vendors, believes in paying its employees a "living wage," which is higher than a typical minimum wage. Which of Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs is satisfied by a living wage?

After all revenue and expense accounts have been closed at the end of the fiscal year, income summary has a debit of $2,450,000 and a credit of $3,000,000. at the same date, retained earnings has a credit balance of $8,222,600, and dividends has a balance of $125,000. required: a. journalize the entries required to complete the closing of the accounts on december 31. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles. b. determine the amount of retained earnings at the end of the period.

Ail industries uses activity-based costing to assist management in setting prices for the company's three major product lines. the following information is available: activity cost pool estimated overhead expected use of cost driver per activity cutting $1,000,000 25,000 labor hours stitching 8,000,000 320,000 machine hours inspections 2,800,000 160,000 labor hours packing 960,000 64,000 finished goods units compute the activity-based overhead rates. (round answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 12.25.)

Following is a list of various costs incurred in producing replacement automobile parts. with respect to the production and sale of these auto parts, classify each cost as either variable costs, fixed costs, or mixed costs. 1. oil used in manufacturing equipment 2. plastic 3. property taxes, $165,000 per year on factory building and equipment 4. salary of plant manager 5. cost of labor for hourly workers 6. packaging 7. factory cleaning costs, $6,000 per month 8. metal 9. rent on warehouse, $10,000 per month plus $25 per square foot of storage used 10. property insurance premiums, $3,600 per month plus $0.01 for each dollar of property over $1,200,000 11. straight-line depreciation on the production equipment 12. hourly wages of machine operators 13. electricity costs, $0.20 per kilowatt-hour 14. computer chip (purchased from a vendor) 15. pension cost, $1.00 per employee hour on the job