Which of the following arguments can be used to correctly defend the WTO’s position on retaliatory tariffs? Check all that apply. A countervailing duty protects import-competing producers. Convincing the government to impose antidumping duties is less costly than facing fair competition. Accusing foreign firms of dumping is less costly than producing goods competitively.

Answer:

The arguments that can be used to correctly defend the WTO's position on retaliatory tariffs are:

Convincing the government to impose antidumping duties is less costly than facing fair competition.

Accusing foreign firms of dumping is less costly than producing goods competitively.

Explanation:

A government can impose anti-dumping duties on certain imports when it believes that the prices of the imports are below their fair market values.  Truly, some exports have been found to export goods at prices significantly below their domestic market prices.  Dumping shows that the export prices may even be below their production costs.

A customer’s specification for weight of an antiseptic cream sold in plastic tubes is 4.00 ounces ± 0.02 ounces. The target process capability ratio is 1.00. At Brooklyn Pharmaceuticals, the current distribution of the filling process is centered on 4.005 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.004 ounces. Compute Cp and Cpk and report whether the filling process is capable of delivering to customer specifications?

Customer Specification 3.98
Process Average 4.005
Process Standard Deviation 0.004

What is the amount of interest deduction allowed for the current year, assuming Marge Meyer incurred the following (assume no net investment income):Interest on loan used to purchase land for investment $18,000Interest on loan used to purchase personal residence $6,000Interest on loan used to purchase boat $500Interest on loan to purchase 100 shares of General Auto $3,000

• The Vice President of Customer Service has expressed concern over a project in which you are involved. His specific concern is with the staff you have identified to work on a project to migrate the corporate website from the data center to the cloud. The project sponsor insists that you need to cut down on your project staff. You are the project manager. What resources do you think are really necessary for this project? How would you respond to the project sponsor to defend your staffing plan? ​

5 years ago, Barton Industries issued 25-year noncallable, semiannual bonds with a $1,000 face value and a 9% coupon, semiannual payment ($45 payment every 6 months). The bonds currently sell for $896.87. If the firm's marginal tax rate is 25%, what is the firm's after-tax cost of debt? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Carlos transfers property with a tax basis of $750 and a fair market value of $1,200 to a corporation in exchange for stock with a fair market value of $975 and $75 cash in a transaction that qualifies for deferral under section 351. The corporation assumed a liability of $150 on the property transferred. What is the corporation's tax basis in the property received in the exchange

Journalizing Payroll Transactions On December 31, the payroll register of Hamstreet Associates indicated the following information: Wages and Salaries Expense $9,500.00 Employee Federal Income Tax Payable 960.00 United Way Contributions Payable 150.00 Earnings subject to Social Security tax 8,800.00 Use Social Security 6.2% and Medicare 1.45% as specified in the text. 1. Determine the amount of Social Security and Medicare taxes to be withheld. If required, round your answers to the nearest cent.

Unimart Precision Manufacturing

Beginning inventory
Merchandise $275,000
Finished goods $450,000
Cost of purchases 500,000
Cost of goods manufactured 900,000
Ending inventory
Merchandise 115,000
Finished goods 375,000

Required:
Compute cost of goods sold for each of these two companies for the year.

Thermopolis, Inc. reported retained earnings of $490,953 on December 31, 2017. During the year, Thermopolis recorded net income of $135,075 and paid dividends of $57,762. The company had no other transactions that affected retained earnings. What must retained earnings have been on December 31, 2016

On January 1, 2021, the Brunswick Hat Company adopted the dollar-value LIFO retail method. The following data are available for 2021: Cost Retail Beginning inventory $ 81,000 $ 150,000 Net purchases 121,500 278,000 Net markups 8,000 Net markdowns 16,000 Net sales 228,000 Retail price index, 12/31/2021 1.20 Required: Calculate the estimated ending inventory and cost of goods sold for 2021 using the information provided.

Following a systematic plan for the preparation of an e-mail, memo, letter, or oral presentation will make the composition process easier and will help you create more effective business messages. The writing process for business messages includes prewriting, drafting, and revising. Which of the following are steps involved in the prewriting phase of the writing process? Check all that apply. Analyzing Drafting Anticipating Researching Adapting Editing

Use T-accounts to record the transactions below, which occur on March 12, 2020, close the T-accounts, and construct a balance sheet to answer the question. 1. Purchase equipment for $50,000 in cash 2. Borrow $67,000 from a bank 3. Issue $80,000 in stock 4. Buy $16,000 worth of manufacturing supplies on credit 5. Pay $7,000 owed to a supplier What is the final amount in Total Equity?

It costs Bonita Industries $12 of variable and $5 of fixed costs to produce one bathroom scale which normally sells for $35. A foreign wholesaler offers to purchase 3100 scales at $15 each. Garner would incur special shipping costs of $1 per scale if the order were accepted. Bonita has sufficient unused capacity to produce the 3100 scales. If the special order is accepted, what will be the effect on net income?
a. $46500 increase.
b. $6200 increase.
c. $6200 decrease.
d. $9300 decrease.

Rankine Company estimates its bad debts expense by aging its accounts receivable and applying percentages to various age groups of the accounts. Rankine calculated a total of $9,600 in possible credit losses as of December 31. Accounts Receivable has a balance of $307,200, and the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts has a credit balance of $1,200 before adjustment at December 31

Required:
What is the net amount of accounts receivable that should be included in current assets?

The following information is given from The Gathering Sound, Inc. for the month of August, 2020: Beginning raw materials inventory $21,600 Ending raw materials inventory $18,600 Beginning work in process inventory $35,000 Ending work in process inventory $37,450 Beginning finished goods inventory $29,340 Ending finished goods inventory $28,995 Raw material purchases $88,210 Direct materials used $89,300 Direct labor used $51,730 Total factory overhead applied $62,076 Calculate the Cost of Goods Sold. a. $203,106 b. $203,656 c. $201,001 d. $200,311 e. $200,656

Explain how art sellers use the 4 P's of marketing to promote expensive art to the desired patrons. Then, consider: Do you think it makes sense to view art as a product and promote it using the marketing mix? How is it similar to other products? On the other hand, what makes art different or "special" in comparison to the products we usually buy in a store?

Treasury Stock Coastal Corporation issued 25,000 shares of $9 par value common stock at $21 per share and 6,000 shares of $54 par value, eight percent preferred stock at $82 per share. Later, the company purchased 3,000 shares of its own common stock at $24 per share. a. Prepare the journal entries to record the share issuances and the purchase of the common shares. b. Assume that Coastal sold 2,000 shares of the treasury stock at $30 per share. Prepare the general journal entry to record the sale of this treasury stock. c. Assume that Coastal sold the remaining 1,000 shares of treasury stock at $19 per share. Prepare the journal entry to record the sale of this treasury stock.

The Phillips curve was first suggested as a description of the relationship between inflation and unemployment in the late 1950s, and data through the 1960s were consistent with its predictions. What happened in the 1970s?

What is an example of an asset class?

A.
dividends

B.
inflation

C.
common stocks

D.
compounding interest

The following information is available for Conger Company for the month of January: expected cash receipts $59,000; expected cash disbursements $67,000; and cash balance on January 1, $12,000. Management wishes to maintain a minimum cash balance of $9,000.
Prepare a basic cash budget for the month of January.

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UPS, a delivery services company, has a beta of 1.4, and Wal-Mart has a beta of 0.8. The risk-free rate of interest is 4% and the market risk premium (rM-rRF) is 6%. What is the expected return on a portfolio with 40% of its money in UPS and the balance in Wal-Mart?

what is an example of a one-to-many relationship

Limited partnership is best suited to rising large amount of capital.
True or false?

Ann Jones uses a dry-cleaning machine in her business, and it was partially destroyed by firE. At the time of the fire, the adjusted basis was $20,000 and its fair market value was $18,000. The adjusted basis after the fire is $10,000 and the fair market value after the casualty is $10,000. How much is the casualty loss

Activity-Based Product Costing
Sweet Sugar Company manufactures three products (white sugar, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) in a continuous production process. Senior management has asked the controller to conduct an activity-based costing study. The controller identified the amount of factory overhead required by the critical activities of the organization as follows:
Activity Budgeted Activity Cost
Production $471,200
Setup 310,800
Inspection 81,000
Shipping 156,000
Customer service 65,500
Total $1,084,500
The activity bases identified for each activity are as follows:
Activity Activity Base
Production Machine hours
Setup Number of setups
Inspection Number of inspections
Shipping Number of customer orders
Customer service Number of customer service requests
The activity-base usage quantities and units produced for the three products were determined from corporate records and are as follows:
Machine Hours Number of
Setups Number of
Inspections Number of
Customer Orders Customer
Service
Requests Units
White sugar 3,340 180 200 780 50 8,350
Brown sugar 2,130 270 300 2,150 320 5,325
Powdered sugar 2,130 250 500 970 130 5,325
Total 7,600 700 1,000 3,900 500 19,000
Each product requires 0.9 machine hour per unit.
Required:
If required, round all per unit amounts to the nearest cent.
1. Determine the activity rate for each activity.
Production $ per machine hour
Setup $ per setup
Inspection $ per move
Shipping $ per cust. ord.
Customer service $ per customer service request
2. Determine the total and per-unit activity cost for all three products.
Total Activity Cost Activity Cost Per Unit
White sugar $ $
Brown sugar
Powdered sugar
3. Why aren’t the activity unit costs equal across all three products since they require the same machine time per unit?
The unit costs are different because the products consume many activities in ratios different from the .

Dog Bone Bakery, which bakes dog treats, makes a special biscuit for dogs. Each biscuit uses 0.75 cup of pure semolina flour. They buy 4,000 cups of flour at $0.55 per cup. They use 3,588 cups of flour to make 4,800 biscuits. The standard cost per cup of flour is $0.54. A. What are the direct materials price variance, the direct materials quantity variances, and the total direct materials cost variance

Oakwood Financial Inc. was organized on February 28. Projected selling and administrative expenses for each of the first three months of operations are as follows:
March $132,700
April 124,700
May 113,500
Depreciation, insurance, and property taxes represent $28,000 of the estimated monthly expenses. The annual insurance premium was paid on February 28, and property taxes for the year will be paid in June. 73% of the remainder of the expenses are expected to be paid in the month in which they are incurred, with the balance to be paid in the following month.
Prepare a schedule indicating cash payments for selling and administrative expenses for March, April, and May.

Abeis typically scheduled to operate 3machines at his workstation for 10 hours per day, 4 days per week. During every 10 hours of scheduled work, Abetakes 75minutesof break.Hemust perform 30minutes of maintenance on each machine (separately) during every 10 hours of scheduled work. Abeis unableprocess work while heis performing maintenance.1.What is theworkstation utilization

Indicate whether each of the following costs of an airplane manufacturer would be classified as direct materials cost, direct labor cost, or factory overhead cost: Cost Classification a. Aircraft engines b. Controls for flight deck c. Depreciation of welding equipment d. Landing gear e. Machine lubricants f. Salary of plant superintendent g. Tires h. Wages of assembly line worker

Preston Corp. is estimating its WACC. Its target capital structure is 20 percent debt, 20 percent preferred stock, and 60 percent common equity. Its bonds have a 12 percent coupon, paid semiannually, a current maturity of 20 years, and sells for $1,100. The firm could sell, at par, $100 preferred stock which pays a 6.07 percent annual dividend, but flotation costs of 5 percent would be incurred. Preston's beta is 1.2, the risk-free rate is 3 percent, and the market risk premium is 5 percent. The firm's marginal tax rate is 40 percent. What is Preston's WACC