The following expenditures relating to plant assets were made by Watkens Company during the first 2 months of 2014. a. Paid $5,000 of accrued taxes at time plant site was acquired.
b. Paid $200 insurance to cover possible accident loss on new factory machinery while the machinery was in transit.
c. Paid $850 sales taxes on new delivery truck.
d. Paid $17,500 for parking lots and driveways on new plant site.
e. Paid $250 to have company name and advertising slogan painted on new delivery truck.
f. Paid $8,000 for installation of new factory machinery.
g. Paid $900 for one-year accident insurance policy on new delivery truck.
h. Paid $75 motor vehicle license fee on the new truck.

Required:
Explain the application of the historical cost principle in determining the acquisition cost of plant assets.

James albemarle created a trust fund at the beginning of 2016. the income from this fund will go to his son edward. when edward reaches the age of 25, the principal of the fund will be conveyed to united charities of cleveland. mr. albemarle specified that 75 percent of trustee fees are to be paid from principal. terry jones, cpa, is the trustee. james albemarle transferred cash of $500,000, stocks worth $400,000, and rental property valued at $250,000 to the trustee of this fund. immediately invested cash of $360,000 in bonds issued by the u.s. government. commissions of $7,900 are paid on this transaction. incurred permanent repairs of $9,000 so that the property can be rented. payment is made immediately. received dividends of $8,000. of this amount, $3,000 had been declared prior to the creation of the trust fund. paid insurance expense of $4,000 on the rental property. received rental income of $10,000. paid $8,000 from the trust for trustee services rendered. conveyed cash of $7,000 to edward albemarle.

Robert black, regional manager for ford in texas and oklahoma, faced a dilemma. the ford f-150 pickup truck was the best-selling pickup ever, yet ford's headquarters in detroit had decided to introduce a completely redesigned f-150. how could mr. black sell both trucks at the same time? he still had "old" f-150s in stock. in his advertising, mr. black referred to the new f-150s as follows: "not a better f-150. just the only truck good enough to be the next f-150." this statement represents ford's of the new f-150.

The basic difference between macroeconomics and microeconomics is that: a. microeconomics looks at the forest (aggregate markets) while macroeconomics looks at the trees (individual markets). b. macroeconomics is concerned with groups of individuals while microeconomics is concerned with single countries. c. microeconomics is concerned with the trees (individual markets) while macroeconomics is concerned with the forest (aggregate markets). d. macroeconomics is concerned with generalization while microeconomics is concerned with specialization.