Alfalfa Company developed the following information about its inventories in applying the lower-of-cost-or-market (LCM) basis in valuing inventories:

Product Cost Market
A $110,000 $120,000
B 80,000 76,000
C 155,000 162,000
If Alfalfa applies the LCM basis, the value of the inventory reported on the balance sheet would be:

a. $341,000.

b. $345,000.

c. $358,000.

d. $362,000.

On january 15, the end of the first biweekly pay period of the year, north company’s payroll register showed that its employees earned $32,000 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees’ salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.2%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $3,000 of federal income taxes, $772 of medical insurance deductions, and $260 of union dues. no employee earned > $7,000 in this first period. prepare the journal entry to record north company’s january 15 (employee) payroll expenses and liabilities.