In 1949, Sycamore, Illinois built a hospital for about $500,000. In 1987, the county restored the courthouse for about $1.7 million. A price index for nonresidential construction was 24 in 1949, 108 in 1987, and 126.5 in 2000. According to these numbers, the hospital cost about

a. $2.1 million in 2000 dollars, which is less than the cost of the courthouse restoration in 2000 dollars.
b. $2.1 million in 2000 dollars, which is more than the cost of the courthouse restoration in 2000 dollars.
c. $2.6 million in 2000 dollars, which is less than the cost of the courthouse restoration in 2000 dollars.
d. $2.6 million in 2000 dollars, which is more than the cost of the courthouse restoration in 2000 dollars.

At the end of the current year, $59,500 of fees have been earned but have not been billed to clients. required: a. journalize the adjusting entry to record the accrued fees on december 31. refer to the chart of accounts for exact wording of account titles. b. if the cash basis rather than the accrual basis had been used, would an adjusting entry have been necessary?

If a firm plans to issue new stock, flotation costs (investment bankers' fees) should not be ignored. there are two approaches to use to account for flotation costs. the first approach is to add the sum of flotation costs for the debt, preferred, and common stock and add them to the initial investment cost. because the investment cost is increased, the project's expected return is reduced so it may not meet the firm's hurdle rate for acceptance of the project. the second approach involves adjusting the cost of common equity as follows: . the difference between the flotation-adjusted cost of equity and the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment represents the flotation cost adjustment. quantitative problem: barton industries expects next year's annual dividend, d1, to be $1.90 and it expects dividends to grow at a constant rate g = 4.3%. the firm's current common stock price, p0, is $22.00. if it needs to issue new common stock, the firm will encounter a 6% flotation cost, f. assume that the cost of equity calculated without the flotation adjustment is 12% and the cost of old common equity is 11.5%. what is the flotation cost adjustment that must be added to its cost of retaine

Dozier company produced and sold 1,000 units during its first month of operations. it reported the following costs and expenses for the month: direct materials $ 69,000 direct labor $ 35,000 variable manufacturing overhead $ 15,000 fixed manufacturing overhead 28,000 total manufacturing overhead $ 43,000 variable selling expense $ 12,000 fixed selling expense 18,000 total selling expense $ 30,000 variable administrative expense $ 4,000 fixed administrative expense 25,000 total administrative expense $ 29,000 required: 1. with respect to cost classifications for preparing financial statements: a. what is the total product cost