Garces Product Wholesalers, Inc., a regular C corporation, is considering the adoption of a qualified retirement plan. The company has recently had fluctuating cash flows, and such fluctuations are expected to continue. The average age of nonowner employees at Garces Products is 24, and the average number of years of service is three, with the high being four and the low being one. Approximately 25% of the 12-person labor force turns over each year. The salaries of the two owners account for approximately two-thirds of covered compensation. Which is the most appropriate plan for Garces Product Wholesalers

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?