On April 2, Granger Sales decides to establish a $360 petty cash fund to relieve the burden on Accounting. Required: (a) Journalize the establishment of the fund\.\* (b) On April 10, the petty cash fund has receipts for mail and postage of $34, contributions and donations of $19, meals and entertainment of $112, and $191 in the ending cash balance. Journalize the replenishment of the fund\.\* (c) On April 11, Granger Sales decides to increase petty cash to $470. Journalize this event\.\* *Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

Sonic corp. manufactures ski and snowboarding equipment. it has estimated that this year there will be substantial growth in its sales during the winter months. it approaches the bank for credit. what is the purpose of such credit known as? a. expansion b. inventory building c. debt management d. emergency maintenance

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?

For 2016, gourmet kitchen products reported $22 million of sales and $19 million of operating costs (including depreciation). the company has $15 million of total invested capital. its after-tax cost of capital is 10%, and its federal-plus-state income tax rate was 36%. what was the firm’s economic value added (eva), that is, how much value did management add to stockholders’ wealth during 2016?