Brainard Corporation's budgeted sales for the upcoming quarter are $400,000. Its supporting budgets and schedules show a beginning finished goods inventory of $15,000, budgeted cost of goods manufactured of $185,000, and a projected ending finished goods inventory of $25,000. Its selling and administrative budget projects expenses of $148,000, its budgeted interest expense is $7,000, and its tax rate averages 40%. 1. The company's budgeted gross profit for the upcoming quarter is $ . 2. The company's budgeted income before taxes for the upcoming quarter is $ . 3. The company's budgeted income taxes for the upcoming quarter are $ . 4. The company's budgeted net income for the upcoming quarter is $ .

If you were running a company, what are at least two things you could do to improve its productivity.

Transactions on april 1 of the current year, andrea byrd established a business to manage rental property. she completed the following transactions during april: opened a business bank account with a deposit of $45,000 from personal funds. purchased office supplies on account, $2,000. received cash from fees earned for managing rental property, $8,500. paid rent on office and equipment for the month, $5,000. paid creditors on account, $1,375. billed customers for fees earned for managing rental property, $11,250. paid automobile expenses for month, $840, and miscellaneous expenses, $900. paid office salaries, $3,600. determined that the cost of supplies on hand was $550; therefore, the cost of supplies used was $1,450. withdrew cash for personal use, $2,000. required: 1. indicate the effect of each transaction and the balances after each transaction: for those boxes in which no entry is required, leave the box blank. for those boxes in which you must enter subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign. (example: -300)

In a perfectly competitive market, the long-run market supply curve tends to be horizontal or nearly so. what is another way to state this fact? (a) market supply is much more elastic in the long run than the short run. (b) in the long run, average total cost is minimized. (c) in the long run, price equals marginal cost. (d) market supply is much less elastic in the long run than the short run.