Below are cash transactions for a company, which provides consulting services related to mining of precious metals.

a. Cash used for purchase of office supplies, $1,600.
b. Cash provided from consulting to customers, $42,600.
c. Cash used for purchase of mining equipment, $67,000.
d. Cash provided from long-term borrowing, $54,000.
e. Cash used for payment of employee salaries, $23,400.
f. Cash used for payment of office rent, $11,400.
g. Cash provided from sale of equipment purchased in c. above, $21,900.
h. Cash used to repay a portion of the long-term borrowing in d. above, $37,000.
i. Cash used to pay office utilities, $3,700.
j. Purchase of company vehicle, paying $9,400 cash.

Required:
Calculate cash flows from operating activities.

Answer:

                      Cash Flow Statement

         Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Cash received from customers                     $42,600

Cash payment to salaries                             -$23,400

Cash used for purchase of office supplies  -$1,600

Office rent paid                                              -$11,400

Payment for office utilities                             -$3,700

Net Cash Inflow from Operating activities  $2,500

Comparative statements of retained earnings for Renn-Dever Corporation were reported in its 2021 annual report as follows.

RENN-DEVER CORPORATIONStatements of Retained Earnings

For the Years Ended December 31 2021 2020 2019
Balance at beginning of year $6,962,452 $5,659,552 $5,824,552
Net income (loss) 3,408,700 2,300,900 (165,000 )
Deductions:
Stock dividend (34,500 shares) 241,500
Common shares retired (120,000 shares) 240,000
Common stock cash dividends 899,950 758,000 0
Balance at end of year $9,229,702 $6,962,452 $5,659,552

At December 31, 2013, common shares consisted of the following:

Common stock, 1,855,000 shares at $1 par $1,855,00
Paid-in capital—excess of par 7,420,000

Required:
Infer from the reports the events and transactions that affected Renn-Dever Corporation's retained earnings during 2014, 2015, and 2016. Prepare the journal entries that reflect those events and transactions.

Dom has $90,000 that he wishes to invest now in order to use the accumulation for purchasing a retirement annuity in five years. After consulting with his financial advisor, he has been offered four types of fixed-income investments, labeled as investments A, B, C, and D.
Investments A and B are available at the beginning of each of the next five years (call them years 1–5). Each dollar invested in A at the beginning of a year returns $1.20 (a profit of $0.20) two years later, in time for immediate reinvestment. Each dollar invested in B at the beginning of a year returns $1.36 three years later.
Investments C and D will each be available just once in the future. Each dollar invested in C at the beginning of year 2 returns $1.66 at the end of year 5. Each dollar invested in D at the beginning of year 5 returns $1.12 at the end of year 5.
Your uncle is obligated to make a balloon payment on an existing loan in the amount of $24,000 at the end of year 3. He wants to make that payment out of the investment account.
1) Devise an investment plan for your uncle that maximizes the value of the investment account at the end of five years. How much money will be available for the annuity in five years?
2) Show the network diagram corresponding to the solution in (1). That is, label each of the arcs in the solution and verify that the flows are consistent with the given information.

Daily demand for a certain product is normally distributed with a mean of 138 and a standard deviation of 13. The supplier is reliable and maintains a constant lead time of 7 days. The cost of placing an order is $17 and the cost of holding inventory is $0.40 per unit per year. There are no stock-out costs, and unfilled orders are filled as soon as the order arrives. Assume sales occur over 358 days of the year.
Your goal here is to find the order quantity and reorder point to satisfy a 73 percent probability of not stocking out during the lead time.
a. To manage inventory, the company is using
Continuous review system
Periodic review system
b. Find the order quantity. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Order quantity books
c. Find the reorder point. (Use Excel's NORMSINV() function to find the correct critical value for the given α-level. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "z" value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)
Reorder point

The following transactions relate to the General Fund of the City of Buffalo Falls for the year ended December 31, 2020:

a. Beginning balances were: Cash, $98,000; Taxes Receivable, $197,000; Accounts Payable, $56,000; and Fund Balance, $239,000.
b. The budget was passed. Estimated revenues amounted to $1,280,000 and appropriations totaled $1,276,400. All expenditures are classified as General Government.
c. Property taxes were levied in the amount of $940,000. All of the taxes are expected to be collected before February 2021.
d. Cash receipts totaled $910,000 for property taxes and $310,000 from other revenue.
e. Contracts were issued for contracted services in the amount of $104,000.
f. Contracted services were performed relating to $93,000 of the contracts with invoices amounting to $90,400.
g. Other expenditures amounted to $986,000.
h. Accounts payable were paid in the amount of $1,130,000.
i. The books were closed.

Required:
a. Prepare journal entries for the above transactions.
b. Prepare a Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance for the General Fund.
c. Prepare a Balance Sheet for the General Fund assuming there are no restricted or assigned net resources and outstanding encumbrances are committed by contractual obligation.

Harnett Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Molding and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the period to calculate predetermined overhead rates:

Molding Assembly Total
Estimated total machine-hours (MHs) 3,000 7,000 10,000
Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost $24,000 $53,200 $77,200
Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH $1.00 $2.00

During the period, the company started and completed two jobs--Job E and Job M. Data concerning those two jobs follow:

Job E Job M
Direct materials $21,600 $9,300
Direct labor cost $22,600 $9,500
Molding machine-hours 2,500 500
Assembly machine-hours 2,500 4,500

Required:
a. Assume that the company uses a plant-wide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. Calculate that overhead rate, (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
b. Assume that the company uses a plant-wide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. Calculate the amount of manufacturing overhead applied to Job E. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
c. Assume that the company uses a plant-wide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours. Calculate the total manufacturing cost assigned to Job E. (Do not round intermediate calculations.)
d. Assume that the company uses a plant-wide predetermined manufacturing overhead rate based on machine-hours and uses a markup of 20% on manufacturing cost to establish se ling prices. Calculate the selling price for Job E. (Do not round intermediate
calculations.)
e. Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. What is the departmental predetermined overhead rate in the Molding department? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
f. Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the a location base in both production departments. What is the departmental predetermined overhead rate in the Assembly department? (Round your answer to

Mountain Cycle specializes in making custom mountain bikes. The company founder, PJ Steffan, is having a hard time making the business profitable. Knowing that you have good business knowledge and solid financial sense, PJ has come to you for advice.

Project Focus PJ would like you to determine how many bikes Mountain Cycle needs to sell per year to break even (Profit =0). Solve using the followings.

Fixed cost equals $65,000
Variable cost equals $1,575
Unit Bike price equals $2,500

At year-end 2018, Marvel Company total assets were $4.5 million, and its accounts payable were $850,000. Sales, which in 2018 were $5.5 million, are expected to increase by 25% in 2019. Total assets and accounts payable are proportional to sales, and that relationship will be maintained. Marvel typically uses no current liabilities other than accounts payable. Common stock amounted to $ 2.25 million in 2018, and retained earnings were $150,000. Marvel has arranged to sell $25,000 of new common stock in 2019 to meet some of its financing needs. The remainder of its financing needs will be met by issuing new long-term debt at the end of 2019. (Because the debt is added at the end of the year, there will be no additional interest expense due to the new debt.) Its net profit margin on sales is 2.5%, and 55% of earnings will be paid out as dividends.

Required:
a. What were Marvel's total long-term debt and total liabilities in 2018?
b. How much new long-term debt financing will be needed in 2019?

The following selected transactions were completed by Capers Company during October of the current year:

Oct. 1 Purchased merchandise from Sabol Imports Co., $15,458, terms FOB destination, n/30.
3 Purchased merchandise from Saxon Co., $9,650, terms FOB shipping point, 2/10, n/eom. Prepaid freight of $200 was added to the invoice.
5 Purchased merchandise from Schnee Co., $13,550, terms FOB destination, 2/10, n/30.
6 Issued debit memo to Schnee Co. for merchandise with an invoice amount of $4,350 returned from purchase on July 5.
13 Paid Saxon Co. for invoice of July 3.
14 Paid Schnee Co. for invoice of July 5, less debit memo of July 6.
19 Purchased merchandise from Southmont Co., $27,270, terms FOB shipping point, n/eom.
19 Paid freight of $375 on July 19 purchase from Southmont Co.
20 Purchased merchandise from Stevens Co., $21,400, terms FOB destination, 1/10, n/30.
30 Paid Stevens Co. for invoice of July 20. 31 Paid Sabol Imports Co. for invoice of July 1.
31 Paid Southmont Co. for invoice of July 19.

Required:
Journalize the entries to record the transactions of Capers Company for October.

Adriana Corporation manufactures football equipment. In planning for next year, the managers want to understand the relation between activity and overhead costs. Discussions with the plant supervisor suggest that overhead seems to vary with labor-hours, machine-hours, or both. The following data were collected from last year's operations:

Month Labor-Hours Machine-Hours Overhead Costs
1 730 1,354 $ 102,748
2 710 1,401 103,792
3 690 1,514 109,835
4 735 1,449 108,346
5 775 1,589 116,252
6 745 1,574 114,581
7 740 1,393 106,947
8 730 1,316 102,010
9 705 1,450 106,479
10 800 1,548 113,012
11 680 1,290 101,925
12 705 1,610 115,205
Required:
(a)
Use the high-low method to estimate the fixed and variable portions of overhead costs based on machine-hours. (Round your variable cost answer to 2 decimal places.)

(b)
Managers expect the plant to operate at a monthly average of 1,400 machine-hours next year. What are the estimated monthly overhead costs, assuming no inflation?

Eastern Edison Company leased equipment from Hi-Tech Leasing on January 1, 2018.


Other information:

Lease term 5 years
Annual payments $79,000 on January 1 each year
Life of asset 5 years
Implicit interest rate 7%
PV, annuity due, 5 periods, 7% 4.3872
PV, ordinary annuity, 5 periods, 7% 4,1002

Hi-Tech's cost of the equipment $346,589 There is no expected residual value.

Required:
Prepare appropriate journal entries for Hi-Tech Leasing for 2018 and 2019. Assume a December 31 year-end.

Robin, who is a head of household and age 42, provides you with the following information from his financial records for 2019. Robin itemizes deductions. Regular income tax liability $142,125 PositiveAMT adjustments 30,000 AMT preferences 100,000 Taxable income 481,000 Calculate Robin's AMT for 2019. a.$12,636. b.$3,757. c.$12,032. d.$15,126.

What was the first chess champion

Prepare an adjusted trial balance. If an amount

Ledger Accounts, Adjusting Entries, Financial Statements, and Closing Entries; Optional Spreadsheet.

The unadjusted trial balance of Recessive Interiors at January 31, 2019, the end of the year, follows:


Debit Balances Credit Balances
11 Cash 13,100
13 Supplies 8,000
14 Prepaid Insurance 7,500
16 Equipment 113,000
17 Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment 12,000
18 Trucks 90,000
19 Accumulated Depreciation—Trucks 27,100
21 Accounts Payable 4,500
31 Jeanne McQuay, Capital 126,400
32 Jeanne McQuay, Drawing 3,000
41 Service Revenue 155,000
51 Wages Expense 72,000
52 Rent Expense 7,600
53 Truck Expense 5,350
59 Miscellaneous Expense 5,450
325,000 325,000


The following additional accounts from Recessive Interiors' chart of accounts should be used: Wages Payable, 22; Depreciation Expense-Equipment, 54; Supplies Expense, 55; Depreciation Expense-Trucks, 56; Insurance Expense, 57.

The data needed to determine year-end adjustments are as follows:

Supplies on hand at January 31 are $2,850.
Insurance premiums expired during the year are $3,150.
Depreciation of equipment during the year is $5,250.
Depreciation of trucks during the year is $4,000.
Wages accrued but not paid at January 31 are $900.

Required:
Journalize the adjusting entries.

Seneff Corporation uses the following activity rates from its activity-based costing system to assign overhead costs to products.

Activity Cost Pools Activity Rate
Setting up batches $38.50 per batch
Processing Customer orders $86.62 per customer order
Assembling products $7.33 per assembly hour

Data concerning the two products appear below:

Product V91 Product V21
Number of batches 83 27
Number of customer orders 74 7
Number of assembly hours 702 321

Required:
How much overhead cost was assigned to product V91 using the activity-based costing system?

Assume you work for a valuation firm, and you have been given the assignment of valuing a local law firm comprising three partners and four associates. One partner plans to retire spoon, and the partners are trying to agree on the value of a one-third interest in the firm in order to buy out the departing partner's interest. The firm's revenue per partner is two times higher than that of the average firm of a similar size, but you soon discover that 80% of firm revenue is from one client.

Required:
Please raise one question about this scenario that you would want to address.

Mark or Make is a bourbon distillery. Sales have been steady for the past three years, and operating costs have remained unchanged. On January 1, 2019, Mark or Make took advantage of a special deal to prepay its rent for three years at a substantial savings. The amount of the prepayment was $60,000. The income statement items (excluding the rent) are shown here.

2019 2020 2021
Gross profit on sales 350,000 349,000 351,000
Operating expense 210,000 210,000 210,000

Assume that the rental is deducted on the corporate tax purposes in 2019 and that there are no other temporary differences between taxable income and pretax accounting income. In addition, there are no permanent differences between taxable income and pretax accounting income. The corporate tax rate for all three years is 30%.

Required:
Construct income statements for 2019, 2020, and 2021 under the following approaches to interperiod income tax allocation:

a. No allocation
b. Comprehensive allocation
c. Do you believe that no allocation distorts Mark or Make’s net income? Explain.

Skidmore Music Company had the following transactions in March:
a. Sold instruments to customers for $16, 700, received $10, 700 in cash and the rest on account. The cost of the instruments was $7, 100.
b. Purchased $4, 900 of new instruments inventory; paid $1, 700 in cash and owed the rest on account.
c. Paid $720 in wages for the month.
d. Received $3, 100 from customers as deposits on orders of new instruments to be sold to the customers in April.
e. Received a $280 bill for March utilities that will be paid in April.
Required:
Complete the following statements:
1. Cash basis Income Statement
2. Accrual basis Income Statement

During 2020, PC Software Inc. developed a new personal computer database management software package. Total expenditures on the project were $3,000,000, of which 40% occurred after the technological feasibility of the product had been established. The product was completed and offered for sale on January 1, 2021. During 2021, revenues from sales of the product totaled $4,800,000. The package is expected to be successfully marketable for five years, and the total revenues over the life of the product are estimated to be $20,000,000.
Required
A. Prepare the journal entry to account for the development of this product in 2020.
B. Prepare the journal entry to record the amortization of capitalized computer software development costs in 2021.
C. What disclosures are required in the December 31, 2021, financial statements regarding computer software costs?
At December 31, 2021, the unamortized software intangible asset totals ______. This is equal to _____ originally capitalized less amortization in 2021 of _______. The amount charged to expense as amortization of software intangible asset in 2021 was ______. The estimated net realizable value of computer software is greater than the remaining unamortized software intangible asset.

Jim wants to start his own business and needs $10,000 for working capital. He applies for a business loan at FirstBank. The banker tells Jim that the Bank will make the loan if Jim's father will personally guarantee repayment of the loan. Jim assures the banker that his father will do this. The banker calls Jim's father to confirm that he will guarantee Jim's $10,000 loan. Jim's father says: "Sure thing, I'd do anything for that boy." The bank makes the loan to Jim. Jim's new business is not successful and Jim is unable to repay the loan. Jim has no money. Jim's father has buckets of money. The bank sues Jim's father to recover the unpaid amount of the loan plus interest plus attorneys' fees and costs of collecting the debt.
Which of the following is true?
A. Jim's father can make a strong argument that he is not liable to pay his son's debt because the Bank did not have him sign a written guaranty agreement.
B.The oral agreement to guaranty the loan is not enforceable because it is contrary to public policy.
C.Jim’s father is liable to pay his son’s debt because the Bank partially performed under the loan agreement.
D.If it can be proven in a court of law that Jim's father orally agreed to guarantee the loan, Jim's father will be held liable for the repayment of the loanbecause 'a deal is a deal'.

What cycle time (in minutes) would match capacity and demand if demand is 100 units per day, there are two 8 hour shifts with 3 worker(s) each, and each worker gets two 18 minute breaks and one 40 lunch.

Aracel Engineering completed the following transactions in the month of June.
a. Jenna Aracel, the owner, invested $175,000 cash, office equipment with a value of $5,200, and $76,000 of drafting equipment to launch the company in exchange for common stock.
b. The company purchased land worth $56,000 for an office by paying $8,000 cash and signing a long-term not payable for $48,000.
c. The company purchased a portable building with $54,000 cash and moved it onto the land acquired in b.
d. The company paid $2,600 cash for the premium on an 18-month insurance policy.
e. The company completed and delivered a set of plans for a client and collected $6,200 cash.
f. The company purchased $32,000 of additional drafting equipment by paying $11,900 cash and signing a long-term not payable for $20,100.
g. The company completed $18,000 of engineering services for a client. This amount is to be received in 30 days.
h. The company purchased $2,000 of additional office equipment on credit.
i. The company completed engineering services for $25,000 on credit.
j. The company received a bill for rent of equipment that was used on a recently completed job. The $1,409 rent cost must be paid within 30 days.
k. The company collected $7,000 cash in partial payment from the client described in transaction g.
l. The company paid $2,400 cash for wages to a drafting assistant.
m. The company paid $2,000 cash to settle the account payable created in transaction h.
n. The company paid $1,105 cash for minor maintenance of its drafting equipment.
o. The company paid $10,170 cash in dividends.
p. The company paid $2,400 cash for wages to a drafting assistant.
q. The company paid $4,000 cash for advertisements on the web during June.
1. Prepare general journal entries to record these transactions using the following titles: Cash (101); Accounts Receivable (106); Prepaid Insurance (108); Office equipment (163); Drafting Equipment (164); Building (170); Land (172); Accounts Payable (201); Notes Payable (250); Common Stock (307); Dividends (319); Engineering Fees Earned (402); Wages Expense (601); Equipment Rental Expense (602); Advertising Expense (603); and Repairs Expense (604).
Transaction General Journal Debit Credit
a.

Three explorers are getting kidnapped by an evil tribe deep in the jungle, and their life now depends on their ability to correctly answer the following challenge the evil tribe's chief has for them. The explorers are tied to three trees facing each other and are presented with the chief's 5 wives: 3 brunettes, and 2 blondes. The three explorers are now blindfolded, and the chief picks three of his five wives to stand behind the trees the explorers are tied to, one behind each tree. The remaining two wives disappear from view. Then the blindfolds come off, and each explorer is able to see the two wives that are standing behind his two colleagues, but not the one behind himself. Each explorer now has up to 10 minutes time to think, after which each has to correctly answer what hair color the wife has that is standing behind him, or lose his life. When you, as one of the three explorers, gain your sight after the blindfold comes off, you see two brunettes standing behind your two colleagues. And now your life depends on figuring out who is behind you: a blonde or a brunette?

Presented below is information for Headland Company.

1. Beginning-of-the-year Accounts Receivable balance was $21,400.
2. Net sales (all on account) for the year were $105,300. Headland does not offer cash discounts.
3. Collections on accounts receivable during the year were $81,300.

Required:
Compute Headland’s accounts receivable turnover and days to collect receivables for the year.

Two methods can be used for producing solar panels for electric power generation. Method 1 will have an initial cost of $550,000, an annual operating cost of $160,000 per year, and $125,000 salvage value after its three-year life. Method 2 will cost $830,000 with an annual operating cost of $120,000. and a $240,000 salvage value after its five-year life. The company has asked you to determine which method is better, but it Wants the analysis done over a three-year planning period. The salvage value of Method 2 will be 35% higher after three years than it is after five years. If the company's minimum attractive rate of return is 10% per year, which method should the company select?

DS Unlimited has the following transactions during August.
August 6 Purchases 52 handheld game devices on account from GameGirl, Inc.,
for $110 each, terms 2/10, n/60.
August 7 Pays $310 to Sure Shipping for freight charges associated with the
August 6 purchase.
August 10 Returns to GameGirl seven game devices that were defective.
August 14 Pays the full amount due to GameGirl.
August 23 Sells 32 game devices purchased on August 6 for $130 each to
customers on account. The total cost of the 32 game devices sold is
$3,670.00.
Required:
Record the transactions of DS Unlimited, assuming the company uses a perpetual inventory system.

The given statements pertain to aggregate supply and aggregate demand. Label each statement as being either true or false.
Statement 1: An increase in the cost of energy affects both aggregate supply and aggregate demand.
A. True
B. False
Statement 2: One of the factors that increase aggregate demand is the consumption of more imports.
A. True
B. False
Statement 3: If the value of people's stock portfolios increases or if peoples houses appreciate in value, then this very easily could lead to an increase in aggregated demand.
A. True
B. False

Every year, management and labor renegotiate a new employment contract by sending their proposals to an arbitrator, who chooses the best proposal (effectively giving one side or the other $3 million). Each side can choose to hire, or not hire, an expensive labor lawyer (at a cost of $300,000) who is effective at preparing the proposal in the best light. If neither hires a lawyer or if both hire lawyers, each side can expect to win about half the time. If only one side hires a lawyer, it can expect to win nine tenths, or 0.9, of the time. Use the given information to fit in the expected payoff, in dollars, for each cell in the matrix.
Management (M)
No Lawyer Lawyer
No Lawyer L: M: S L: S M: S
Labor (L) Lawyer L: M: S L: S M: S
The Nash equilibrium for this game is for Management to_____a lawyer, and for Labor to_____a lawyer.

Pharoah Inc. has decided to raise additional capital by issuing $173,000 facevalue of bonds with a coupon rate of 6%. In discussions with investment bankers, it was determined that to help the sale of thebonds, detachable stock warrants should be issued at the rate of one warrant for each $100 bond sold. The value of the bondswithout the warrants is considered to be $155,700, and the value of the warrants in the market is $20,760. The bonds sold in the market at issuance for $174,600.
A. What entry should be made at the time of the issuance of the bonds and warrants?
B. Prepare the entry if the warrants were non-detachable.

Darby Company, operating at full capacity, sold 500,000 units at a price of $94 per unit during the current year. Its income statement is as follows:
Sales $47,000,000
Cost of goods sold 25,000,000
Gross profit $22,000,000
Expenses:
Selling expenses $4,000,000
Administrative expenses 3,000,000
Total expenses 7,000,000
Income from operations $15,000,000
The division of costs between variable and fixed is as follows:
Variable Fixed
Cost of goods sold 70% 30%
Selling expenses 75% 25%
Administrative expenses50% 50%
Management is considering a plant expansion program for the following year that will permit an increase of $3,760,000 in yearly sales. The expansion will increase fixed costs by $1,800,000 but will not affect the relationship between sales and variable costs.
Required:
1. Determine the total variable costs and the total fixed costs for the current year.
Total variable costs $_____
Total fixed costs $_____
2. Determine (a) the unit variable cost and (b) the unit contribution margin for the current year.
Unit variable cost $_____
Unit contribution margin $_____
3. Compute the break-even sales (units) for the current year.
4. Compute the break-even sales (units) under the proposed program for the following year.
5. Determine the amount of sales (units) that would be necessary under the proposed program to realize the $15,000,000 of income from operations that were earned in the current year.
6. Determine the maximum income from operations possible with the expanded plant.
7. If the proposal is accepted and sales remain at the current level, what will the income or loss from operations be for the following year?
8. Based on the data given, would you recommend accepting the proposal?
a. In favor of the proposal because of the reduction in break-even point.
b. In favor of the proposal because of the possibility of increasing income from operations.
c. In favor of the proposal because of the increase in break-even point.
d. Reject the proposal because if future sales remain at the current level, the income from operations will increase.
e. Reject the proposal because the sales necessary to maintain the current income from operations would be below the current year sales.

Hussein got a call yesterday from First Bank, the company that issued his credit card inquiring about an $105.00 charge made in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Upon learning that Hussein was in Detroit and had not made this purchase, the bank quickly took steps to cancel the card and issue a new one. Given the circumstances that Hussein's credit card number had an illegal transaction, he may also want to:____________.
A) check his computer's firewall to make sure it's working.
B) cancel his account and eliminate credit cards from his life.
C) change his passwords and store them in a password manager.
D) diversify his spending habits by using one of several credit cards when making purchases.