Frocks and Gowns, Inc., has two divisions, Day Wear and Night Wear. The Day Wear Division has an investment base of $850,000 and produces (and sells) 116,000 units of Collars at a market price of $10.70 per unit. Variable costs total $5.00 per unit, and fixed charges are $3.50 per unit (based on a capacity of 136,000 units). The Night Wear Division wants to purchase 24,000 units of Collars from The Day Wear Division. However, the Night Wear Division is only willing to pay $6.65 per unit. What is the contribution margin for the Day Wear Division without the transfer to the Night Wear Division?

a. $255,200.

b. $661,200.

c. $771,400.d. $1,105,200.

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.