Factors that make it difficult for new firms to enter a market are called
a. start-up costs.
c. perfect competition.
b. barriers to entry.
d. commodities

During the first month of operations, martinson services, inc., completed the following transactions: jan 2 martinson services received $65,000 cash and issued common stock to the stockholders. 3 purchased supplies, $1,000, and equipment, $12,000, on account. 4 performed services for a customer and received cash, $5,500. 7 paid cash to acquire land, $39,000. 11 performed services for a customer and billed the customer, $4,100. martinson expects to collect within one month 16 paid for the equipment purchased january 3 on account. 17 paid for newspaper advertising, $600. 18 received partial payment from customer on account, $2,000. 22 paid the water and electricity bills, $430. 29 received $2,600 cash for servicing the heating unit of a customer. 31 paid employee salary, $2,900. 31 declared and paid dividends of $1,800. requirements 1. record each transaction in the journal. key each transaction by date. explanations are not required. 2. post the transactions to the t-accounts, using transaction dates as posting references. label the ending balance of each account bal, as shown in the chapter. 3. prepare the trial balance of martinson services, inc., at january 31 of the current year. 4. mark martinson, the manager, asks you how much in total resources the business has to work with, how much it owes, and whether january was profitable (and by how much)?

Archangel manufacturing calculated a predetermined overhead allocation rate at the beginning of the year based on a percentage of direct labor costs. the production details for the year are given below. calculate the manufacturing overhead allocation rate for the year based on the above data. (round your final answer to two decimal places.) a) 42.42% b) 257.14% c) 235.71% d) 1, 206.90% archangel production details.

When an interest-bearing note comes due and is uncollectible, the journal entry includes debitingaccounts receivable and crediting notes receivable and interest revenue.accounts receivable and crediting interest revenue.notes receivable and crediting accounts receivable and interest revenue.notes receivable and crediting accounts receivable.