Data pertaining to the postretirement health care benefit plan of sterling properties include the following for 2018: ($ in 000s) service cost $ 124 accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, january 1 700 plan assets (fair value), january 1 50 prior service cost–aoci none net gain–aoci (2018 amortization, $1) 91 retiree benefits paid (end of year) 87 contribution to health care benefit fund (end of year) 185 discount rate, 7% return on plan assets (actual and expected), 10% required: 1. determine the postretirement benefit expense for 2018. 2. prepare the appropriate journal entries to record the postretirement benefit expense, funding, and retiree benefits for 2018.

You speak to a business owner that is taking in almost $2000 in revenue each month. the owner still says that they are having trouble keeping the doors open. how can that be possible? use the terms of revenue, expenses and profit/loss in your answer

Which of the following best describes the economic effect that results from the government having a budget surplus? a. consumers save more and spend less, enabling long-term financial planning. b. overall demand decreases, reducing the incentive for producers to increase production. c. banks have more deposits, enabling them to make more loans to investors. d. government spending increases, increasing competition for goods and services and driving prices up.

Required: 1-a. the marketing manager argues that a $5,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $9,000. calculate the increase or decrease in net operating income. 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased ? yes no hintsreferencesebook & resources hint #1 check my work 8.value: 1.00 pointsrequired information 2-a. refer to the original data. management is considering using higher-quality components that would increase the variable expense by $2 per unit. the marketing manager believes that the higher-quality product would increase sales by 10% per month. calculate the change in total contribution margin. 2-b. should the higher-quality components be used? yes no