Described below are certain transactions of Sheridan Company for 2021: 1. On May 10, the company purchased goods from Fox Company for $77,800, terms 2/10, n/30. Purchases and accounts payable are recorded at net amounts. The invoice was paid on May 18. 2. On June 1, the company purchased equipment for $84,000 from Rao Company, paying $27,600 in cash and giving a one-year, 9% note for the balance. 3. On September 30, the company discounted at 11% its $180,000, one-year zero-interest-bearing note at Virginia State Bank, receiving $162,000. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the transactions above using appropriate dates. Company uses the periodic inventory system.

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?