Justine Industries is calculating its Cost of Goods Manufactured at year-end. The company’s accounting records show the following: The Raw Materials Inventory account had a beginning balance of $17,000 and an ending balance of $12,000. During the year, the company purchased $55,000 of direct materials. Direct labor for the year totaled $121,000, while manufacturing overhead amounted to $151,000. The Work Process Inventory account had a beginning balance of $22,000 and an ending balance of $21,000. Assume that Raw Materials Inventory contains only direct materials. Compute the Cost of Goods Manufactured for the year. (Hint: The first step is to calculate the direct materials used during the year.)

Jordan, inc. sells fireworks. the company’s marketing director developed the following cost of goods sold budget for april, may, june, and july. april may june july budgeted cost of goods sold $62,000 $72,000 $82,000 $88,000 jordan had a beginning inventory balance of $3,000 on april 1 and a beginning balance in accounts payable of $14,600. the company desires to maintain an ending inventory balance equal to 15 percent of the next period’s cost of goods sold. jordan makes all purchases on account. the company pays 65 percent of accounts payable in the month of purchase and the remaining 35 percent in the month following purchase. required prepare an inventory purchases budget for april, may, and june. determine the amount of ending inventory jordan will report on the end-of-quarter pro forma balance sheet. prepare a schedule of cash payments for inventory for april, may, and june. determine the balance in accounts payable jordan will report on the end-of-quarter pro forma balance sheet.

Which of the following is an example of a production quota? a. the government sets an upper limit on the quantity that each dairy farmer can produce. b. the government sets a price floor in the market for dairy products. c. the government sets a lower limit on the quantity that each dairy farmer can produce. d. the government guarantees to buy a specified quantity of dairy products from farmers.

Atrough in the business cycle occurs when