Jerry Allison starts the month with a balance on his credit card of $1,070. On the 10th day of the month, he purchases $390 in clothes with his credit card. On the 15th day of the month, he makes a payment on his credit card of $550. Jerry's interest rate is one and a half percent for the month. Jerry's bank calculates the finance charge on their credit card by using the previous balance method. What would Jerry's finance charges be for the month? a. $11.17
b. $7.80
c. $13.18
d. $21.90
e. $16.05

The following pertains to smoke, inc.’s investment in debt securities: on december 31, year 3, smoke reclassified a security acquired during the year for $70,000. it had a $50,000 fair value when it was reclassified from trading to available-for-sale. an available-for-sale security costing $75,000, written down to $30,000 in year 2 because of an other-than-temporary impairment of fair value, had a $60,000 fair value on december 31, year 3. what is the net effect of the above items on smoke’s net income for the year ended december 31, year 3?

Which of the following statements are false regarding activity-based costing? non-manufacturing costs are important to include when calculating the cost of each product. costs are allocated based on a pre-determined overhead rate. transitioning from traditional costing methods to activity-based costing can be complicated and costly. activity-based costing follows the same basic calculation methods as traditional costing approaches. none of the above

Managers in a firm hired to improve the firm's profitability and ultimately the shareholders' value will add to the overall costs if they pursue their own self-interests. what does this best illustrate? a. diseconomies of scale b. principal-agent problem c. experience-curveeffects d. information asymmetries