Abc co recently spent $1,200,000 to acquire a piece of equipment. the accounting staff is unsure how to properly classify and record the purchase. one employee argues that future benefits of the equipment are unknown beyond the current year and that the expenditure should be expensed completely on the current year income statement. another employee argues that the expenditure will benefit the current year plus two additional years and should be capitalized as a depreciable asset, depreciating it to a $0 salvage value using straight-line over a 3 year time period. show the financial statement impacts of these two alternatives over the three year period. ignore income taxes.

Dodd corporation uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system. this month, the beginning inventory in the first processing department consisted of 400 units. the costs and percentage completion of these units in beginning inventory were:

The retained earnings account has a credit balance of $24,650 before closing entries are made. if total revenues for the period are $77,700, total expenses are $56,900, and dividends are $13,050, what is the ending balance in the retained earnings account after all closing entries are made?

Croy inc. has the following projected sales for the next five months: month sales in units april 3,850 may 3,875 june 4,260 july 4,135 august 3,590 croy’s finished goods inventory policy is to have 60 percent of the next month’s sales on hand at the end of each month. direct material costs $2.50 per pound, and each unit requires 2 pounds. raw materials inventory policy is to have 50 percent of the next month’s production needs on hand at the end of each month. raw materials on hand at march 31 totaled 3,741 pounds. 1. determine budgeted production for april, may, and june. 2. determine the budgeted cost of materials purchased for april, may, and june. (round your answers to 2 decimal places.)