As the accounting consultant for Wood Company, a merchandising company, you have been asked to assist management in determining the proper accounting for items related to merchandise inventory.
Required:

For each of the following four items, determine whether or not each would be included in the cost of ending merchandise inventory.

Included or not incuded?

1. Sales commissions

2. Cost of taking physical inventory

3. Cost of goods in transit, purchased, terms: FOB Shipping Point

4. Sales Discounts

Amachine purchased three years ago for $720,000 has a current book value using straight-line depreciation of $400,000: its operating expenses are $60,000 per year. a replacement machine would cost $480,000, have a useful life of nine years, and would require $26,000 per year in operating expenses. it has an expected salvage value of $130,000 after nine years. the current disposal value of the old machine is $170,000: if it is kept 9 more years, its residual value would be $20,000. calculate the total costs in keeping the old machine and purchase a new machine. should the old machine be replaced?

In order to gauge public opinion about how to handle iran's growing nuclear program, a research group surveyed 1010 americans by telephone and asked them to rate the threat iran's nuclear program poses to the world on a scale of 1 to 10. describe the population, sample, population parameters, and sample statistics. identify the population in the given problem. choose the correct answer below.

M. cotteleer electronics supplies microcomputer circuitry to a company that incorporates microprocessors into refrigerators and other home appliances. one of the components has an annual demand of 235 units, and this is constant throughout the year. carrying cost is estimated to be $1.25 per unit per year, and the ordering (setup) cost is $21 per order. a) to minimize cost, how many units should be ordered each time an order is placed? b) how many orders per year are needed with the optimal policy? c) what is the average inventory if costs are minimized? d) suppose that the ordering cost is not $21, and cotteleer has been ordering 125 units each time an order is placed. for this order policy (of q = 125) to be optimal, determine what the ordering cost would have to be.