Assume the U.S. corporate income tax rate is 40 percentand the Mexican corporate income tax rate is 30 percent.Jacques International Apparel Company has subsidiaries inboth the U.S. and Mexico. Jacques is trying to decide whattransfer price to use for its famous French frock, whichis being transferred from the U.S. subsidiary to theMexican subsidiary. It could ship the frock at the marketprice of $75 or at cost plus 20 percent. The cost of the frockis $40. Which transfer price would minimize Jacques’s taxburden?a. $75.b. $48.c. $90.d. $75 $40 $35.

Assume the U.S. corporate income tax rate is 40 percentand the Mexican corporate income tax rate is 30 percent.Jacques International Apparel Company has subsidiaries inboth the U.S. and Mexico. Jacques is trying to decide whattransfer price to use for its famous French frock, whichis being transferred from the U.S. subsidiary to theMexican subsidiary. It could ship the frock at the marketprice of $75 or at cost plus 20 percent. The cost of the frockis $40. Which transfer price would minimize Jacques’s taxburden?a. $75.b. $48.c. $90.d. $75 $40 $35.

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Chapter10: Decentralization: Responsibility Accounting, Performance Evaluation, And Transfer Pricing

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