Alcoser corporation's most recent balance sheet appears below: comparative balance sheet ending balance beginning balance assets: cash and cash equivalents $ 79 $ 37 accounts receivable 49 52 inventory 69 97 property, plant, and equipment 618 534 less accumulated depreciation 240 222 total assets $ 575 $ 498 liabilities and stockholders' equity: accounts payable $ 57 $ 66 accrued liabilities 33 32 income taxes payable 28 44 bonds payable 245 216 common stock 91 85 retained earnings 121 55 total liabilities and equity $ 575 $ 498 net income for the year was $85. cash dividends were $19. the company did not dispose of any property, plant, and equipment. it did not issue any bonds payable or repurchase any of its own common stock. the following questions pertain to the company's statement of cash flows. the net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the year was:

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

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Vortex company operates a retail store with two departments. information about those departments follows. department a department b sales $ 800,000 $ 450,000 cost of goods sold 497,000 291,000 direct expenses salaries 125,000 88,000 insurance 20,000 10,000 utilities 24,000 14,000 depreciation 21,000 12,000 maintenance 7,000 5,000 the company also incurred the following indirect costs. salaries $36,000 insurance 6,000 depreciation 15,000 office expenses 50,000 indirect costs are allocated as follows: salaries on the basis of sales; insurance and depreciation on the basis of square footage; and office expenses on the basis of number of employees. additional information about the departments follows. department square footage number of employees a 28,000 75 b 12,000 50 required: 1. determine the departmental contribution to overhead and the departmental net income for department a and department b.