Forse florist specializes in large floral bouquets for hotels and other commercial spaces. the company has provided the following data concerning its annual overhead costs and its activity based costing system: overhead costs: wages and salaries $ 122,000 other expenses 89,000 total $ 211,000 distribution of resource consumption: activity cost pools making bouquets delivery other total wages and salaries 65% 20% 15% 100% other expenses 25% 65% 10% 100% the "other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. the amount of activity for the year is as follows: activity cost pool activity making bouquets 77,519 bouquets delivery 11,300 deliveries what would be the total overhead cost per bouquet according to the activity based costing system? in other words, what would be the overall activity rate for the making bouquets activity cost pool

Acme published a story about paul and as a result paul sued acme for damage to his reputation, emotional distress, and punitive damages. paul won an award of $20,000 for damages, $5,500 for emotional distress, and $50,000 for punitive damages. what amount must paul include in his gross income

What does the consumer price index measure? a. the change in prices of all goods and services over time b. the change in prices of specific goods and services over time c. the change in prices of final goods and services over time

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600