SONAD COMPANY Income Statement For Year Ended December 31 Sales $ 1,554,000 Cost of goods sold 761,460 Gross profit 792,540 Operating expenses Salaries expense $ 212,898 Depreciation expense 37,296 Rent expense 41,958 Amortization expenses—Patents 4,662 Utilities expense 17,094 313,908 478,632 Gain on sale of equipment 6,216 Net income $ 484,848 Accounts receivable $ 36,750 increase Accounts payable $ 13,850 decrease Inventory 24,550 increase Salaries payable 2,900 decrease Prepare the operating activities section of the statement of cash flows using the indirect method. (Amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign.)

After the 2008 recession, the amount of reserves in the us banking system increased. because of federal reserve actions, required reserves increased from $44 billion to $60 billion. however, banks started holding more reserves than required. by january 2009, banks were holding $900 billion in excess reserves. the federal reserve started paying interest on the excess reserves that the banks held. what possible impact will these unused reserves have on the economy?

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

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