Record the entries for the following transactions for Shoppers Inc. Shoppers uses a perpetual inventory system and records sales taxes payable at the point of sale. a. On January 1, 2020, Shoppers Inc. purchased merchandise for resale for $31,500 on credit terms 1/15, n/30. Shoppers Inc. incurred a shipping charge of $162 on the purchase, which was immediately paid. Shoppers Inc. uses the gross method to record purchases. b. Shoppers Inc. sells $12,600 of inventory during the first week of January 2020, to customers for $22,500, with a sales tax rate of 5%. Of the total sales for the week, 30% are cash sales, and 70% are credit sales (n/30). c. On January 14, 2020, Shoppers Inc. pays the balance for purchases on account. d. Assume instead that Shoppers Inc. sells $13,500 of inventory during the first week of January 2020 to customers for $25,200, which includes a 5% sales tax. Of the total sales for the week, 30% are cash sales, and 70% are credit sales. Record the sales entry.

Specialization—the division of labor—enhances productivity and efficiency by a) allowing workers to take advantage of existing differences in their abilities and skills. b) avoiding the time loss involved in shifting from one production task to another. c) allowing workers to develop skills by working on one, or a limited number, of tasks. d)all of the means identified in the other answers.

Why is efficiency an important economic goal?

crow design, inc. is a web site design and consulting firm. the firm uses a job order costing system in which each client is a different job. crow design assigns direct labor, licensing costs, and travel costs directly to each job. it allocates indirect costs to jobs based on a predetermined overhead allocation rate, computed as a percentage of direct labor costs. direct labor hours (professional) 6,250 hours direct labor costs ($1,800,000 support staff salaries ,000 computer ,000 office ,000 office ,000 in november 2012, crow design served several clients. records for two clients appear here: delicious treats mesilla chocolates direct labor 700 hours 100 hours software licensing $ 4,000 $400 travel costs 8,000 1. compute crow design’s direct labor rate and its predetermined indirect cost allocation rate for 2012. 2. compute the total cost of each job. 3. if simone wants to earn profits equal to 50% of service revenue, how much (what fee) should she charge each of these two clients? 4. why does crow design assign costs to jobs?