Sutton Company Sells Plasma-Screen Televisions on an Installment Basis and Appropriately

question 119

Multiple Choice

Sutton Company sells plasma-screen televisions on an installment basis and appropriately uses the installment-sales method of accounting. A customer with an account balance of $2,400 refuses to make any more payments and the merchandise is repossessed. The gross profit rate on the original sale is 40%. Sutton estimates that the television can be sold as is for $750, or for $900 if $60 is spent to refurbish it. The loss on repossession is

• A) $1,650.
• B) $960.
• C) $ 690.
• D) $ 600.

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Definitions:

Activity Cost Pools

Groupings of individual costs, typically by department or activity, used in activity-based costing to allocate costs to products or services.

Time-Driven

A method or approach that relies on time as the main factor to drive processes, activities, or costing.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities they require, aiming to provide more accurate cost information.

Unused Capacity

Refers to the part of a company's production capability that is not currently being used for production. It indicates resources that are currently idle and not generating revenue.