Answer:
PEZ Candy Inc.
1. PEZ Candy Inc. would be more likely to use process costing for the manufacture of its PEZ candies.
The reason is that the manufacturing of candies involves continuous processing of materials that results into candies. The processes are not customizable for separate orders.
2. PEZ Candy Inc. would incur these types of costs in the manufacture of its PEZ candies:
a. Direct material = sugar
b. Direct labor = wages of factory workers
c. Manufacturing overhead = utilities expenses
i. indirect materials = cleaning supplies
ii. indirect labor = factory supervisor's salary
iii. other manufacturing overhead = depreciation expense of factory equipment
3. PEZ Candy Inc. would be more likely to use job costing to calculate the cost of one particular birthday party hosted at the PEZ Visitor Center. The reason is that it is a specific event. It does not involve a continuous process.
Explanation:
a) Data and Calculations:
Materials for PEZ candy include:
Direct materials:
Sugar (95%)
Fruit flavoring
Coloring
Corn syrup
Product = PEZ candies
Services: customized birthday parties
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Answer:
Sell interest-earning assets in order to obtain non-interest-bearing money
Explanation:
The liquidity preference theory states that investors prefer cash or highly liquid assets to long term assets that carry high risk.
When investors obtain long term assets the charge higher interest rates or premium in order to mitigate associated risk.
In this scenario when the supply of money is higher than demand, there is abundance of non interest bearing money that is highly liquid.
According to the liquidity preference theory investors will sell their interest bearing assets and go for assets with high liquidity (non Interest bearing money)
Answer:
$404,000
Explanation:
Overheads includes all indirect cost incurred to product the units to be sold. Indirect costs are those costs which are not directly traceable / attributable to the product. These cost are variable and fixed.
Time for each unit = 30 minutes = 0.5 hours
Budgeted production in November = Closing Inventory + Sales in November - Opening Inventory.
Budgeted production in November = (180,000 x 10% ) + 135,000 - 14,000 = 139,000
Budgeted production overhead Included all the variable and fixed overheads incurred to produce the budgeted production.
Variable overhead = 139,000 x 5 X 0.5 = $347,500
Total budgeted Overhead = $347,500 + $56,500 = $404,000
