Columbia Construction Company earned $442,000 during the year ended June 30, 2014. After paying out $225,794 in dividends, the balance went into retained earnings. If the firm's total retained earnings were $847,935 at the end of fiscal year 2014, what were the retained earnings on its balance sheet on July 1, 2013?

Paragon CompanyAlvin, the production manager of Paragon Company, wants to select the best supplier of raw materials from among several vendors. He has several choices and has done research into which company provides the best services and products. One company is known to be extremely timely, another is much lower in price but often late in deliveries, and the third is well-known to provide the highest quality products available.According to the rational choice decision-making process, the first step in solving this problem would be to___________.A. choose the best decision process.B. evaluate the decision inputs.C. research the problem.D. identify the problem or opportunity.E. let all of these steps occur simultaneously.

Precious CurlsPrecious Curls is a retail chain specializing in​ salon-quality hair-care products. During the​ year, Precious CurlsPrecious Curls had sales of $ 39 comma 388 comma 000$39,388,000. The company began the year with $ 3 comma 500 comma 000$3,500,000 of merchandise inventory and ended the year with $ 4 comma 445 comma 000$4,445,000 of inventory. During the​ year, Precious CurlsPrecious Curls purchased $ 23 comma 350 comma 000$23,350,000 of merchandise inventory. The​ company's selling,​ general, and administrative expenses totaled $ 5 comma 450 comma 000$5,450,000 for the year. Prepare Precious Curls'Precious Curls' income statement for the year.

Beginning inventory Merchandise $302,000 Finished goods $604,000 Cost of purchases 420,000 Cost of goods manufactured 760,000 Ending inventory Merchandise 202,000 Finished goods 196,000 Compute cost of goods sold for each of these two companies for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Last month Jim purchased $10,000 of U.S. Treasury bonds (their face value was $10,000). These bonds have a 30-year maturity period, and they pay 1.5%interest every threemonths (i.e., theAPRis 6%, and Jim receives a check for $150 every three months). But interest rates for similar securities have since risen to a 7% APR because of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve Board. In view of the interest-rate increase to 7%, what is the current value of Jim’s bonds?

jongeward corporation is the process of preparing its annual budget. the following beginning and ending inventory levels are planned for the year. the number of units the company would have to manufacture during the year would be

Which of the following statement is incorrect concerning standard costing​ and/or variance​ calculations? A. Price​ (rate) standards represent the expected cost per unit of input. B. Standards are used at the beginning of the period during to budget and at the end of the period to evaluate performance. C. Variances falling outside of an acceptable range of outcomes do not require investigation. D. A price​ (rate) variance calculates the difference between what a company paid and what it expected to pay for its production input. E. A favorable quantity​ (efficiency) variance indicates that a company used less input than allowed for the actual level of output.