1. Determine whether each of the following characteristics relates to a merchandising or service business a. At year end, the company holds merchandise inventory that was not sold during the year b. The company's financial statements do not list cost of merchandise. c. The company's largest current asset is inventory that is listed on the company's balance sheet 2. Determine whether cach of the following companies is a merchandising or service business 1. Peters Paralegals revenue consists of mainly revenue from providing advice to clients, which is billed at an hourly rate. b. Crawford Insurance Co. provides health and home insurance for clients, which is billed at a monthly rate c. Fire Armor has a high inventory turnover for the year for its No Spark Fire Strips 3. Jeff's Bikes had sales on account of $3,900 and cash sales of $1,200. If the company's cost of the merchandise was $1,100, what is the company's gross profit? 4. A company had a gross profit of $4,500. If the cost of the merchandise was $2,150, what were the company's total sales? 5. Torti Co. had cash sales of $2,760 and sales on account of $8,200. The company's gross profit at the end of the year totaled $5,590. What was the cost of the merchandise for Torti Co.? 6. A company's manager would like to know how many of a certain product is on hand in order to fulfill a large upcoming order. If the manager can pull up a report to show the inventory on hand at any time, what kind of inventory system does the business use? 7. Before preparing the balance sheet at year-end, a company must count all inventory on hand. To find the cost of the merchandise sold, the accountants compare the inventory at the beginning of the year to the amount of inventory counted at the end of the year and purchases during the year. Does the company operate using a perpetual or periodic inventory system? 8. When making a large purchase, the seller of merchandise agrees to pay the delivery expenses. Would the transaction be considered FOB destination or FOB shipping? Who has title to the merchandise during shipping? 9. Jake's Diamonds purchases merchandise from a supplier on account. They do not discuss who will pay for shipping, but the supplier states that Jake's Diamonds will hold title during shipping. Is this a FOB destination or FOB shipping transaction? Who pays for the shipping expenses? 10. On July 3, Sally's Station sells merchandise to Bill's Buildings for $13,000 on account. The transaction is subject to a 6,5% sales tax. Prepare the journal entry to show the sale, including sales taxes. Also, prepare the journal entry to record Sally's Station's payment of sales taxes, which totaled $3,250 for the previous month on July 15