E-gadgets is a chain of electronics stores that specializes in devices and gadgets incorporating cutting-edge technologies. the company has more than 170 stores located in large cities throughout the southeast and midwest. e-gadgets has chosen the locations of its stores so that most customers living in upper middle class and wealthy neighborhoods can get to an e-gadgets store in less than 15 minutes. e-gadgets is providing its customers
a)scrambled merchandising. b)allocative utility. c)place utility. d)saturation marketing.

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.