During the current year, the company had the following summarized activities: Purchased short-term investments for $8,000 cash.
Lent $6,300 to a supplier who signed a two-year note.
Purchased equipment that cost $24,000; paid $6,000 cash and signed a one-year note for the balance.
Hired a new president at the end of the year. The contract was for $95,000 per year plus options to purchase company stock at a set price based on company performance. The new president begins her position on January 1 of next year.
Issued an additional 3,000 shares of $0.50 par value common stock for $11,000 cash.
Borrowed $16,000 cash from a local bank, payable in three months.
Purchased a patent (an intangible asset) for $1,400 cash.
Built an addition to the factory for $21,000; paid $7,800 in cash and signed a three-year note for the balance.
Returned defective equipment to the manufacturer, receiving a cash refund of $2,100.
Assuming that the beginning balances in each of the accounts are zero, complete T-accounts to summarize the transactions in (a)–(g).

The following information relates to the pina company. date ending inventory price (end-of-year prices) index december 31, 2013 $73,700 100 december 31, 2014 100,092 114 december 31, 2015 107,856 126 december 31, 2016 123,009 131 december 31, 2017 113,288 136 use the dollar-value lifo method to compute the ending inventory for pina company for 2013 through 2017.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

Which of the following best describes vertical integration? a. produce goods or services previously purchasedb. develop the ability to produce products that complement the original productc. develop the ability to produce the specified good more efficiently than befored. build long term partnerships with a few supplierse. sell products to a supplier or a distributor