Abbott company uses the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts. abbott estimates that 1% of credit sales will be uncollectible. on january 1, the allowance for doubtful accounts had a credit balance of $3,600. during the year, abbott wrote off accounts receivable totaling $2,300 and made credit sales of $102,000. after the adjusting entry, the december 31 balance in bad debt expense will be:
a. $1,200
b. $3,000
c. $3,600
d. $7,200

The following cost data pertain to the operations of montgomery department stores, inc., for the month of july. corporate legal office salaries $ 75,300apparel department cost of sales"evendale store $ 97,200corporate headquarters building lease $ 50,300store manager's salary"evendale store $ 12,900apparel department sales commission"evendale store $ 11,550store utilities"evendale store $ 12,800apparel department manager's salary"evendale store $ 10,450central warehouse lease cost $ 18,600janitorial costs"evendale store $ 11,800 the evendale store is just one of many stores owned and operated by the company. the apparel department is one of many departments at the evendale store. the central warehouse serves all of the company's stores. required: 1. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the apparel department? 2. what is the total amount of the costs listed above that are direct costs of the evendale store? 3. what is the total amount of the apparel department's direct costs that are also variable costs with respect to total departmental sales?

Suppose a holiday inn hotel has annual fixed costs applicable to its rooms of $1.2 million for its 300-room hotel, average daily room rents of $50, and average variable costs of $10 for each room rented. it operates 365 days per year. the amount of operating income on rooms, assuming an occupancy* rate of 80% for the year, that will be generated for the entire year is *occupancy = % of rooms rented

Although most economic contractions or recessions last sixteen months, the most recent recessionary period referred to as the great recession lasted