The current equilibrium price and quantity in the chewing gum market are $3 and 156,000 units, respectively. The government introduces a tax of $0.75 per unit which leads to the price that buyers pay to increase to $3.25 and the price that sellers receive to fall to $2.50, while the quantity traded drops to 150,000. 1) Calculate the tax incidence on buyers and sellers. Who bears the largest burden of the tax? 2 ) What is the revenue that the government collects from the tax?

You buy fishing gear costing $525. State taxes are 3.5% and the federal excise tax on this item is 13.25%. What is the total purchase price? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) a. $543.38 b. $594.56     c. $612.94 d. $615.37

Spherical Manufacturing recently spent $15 million to purchase some equipment used in the manufacture of disk drives. This equipment has a CCA rate of 30% and Spherical's marginal corporate tax rate is 36%. a. What are the annual CCA deductions associated with this equipment for the first five years? b. What are the annual CCA tax shields for the first five years? c. What is the present value of the first five CCA tax shields if the appropriate discount rate is 12% per year? d. What is the present value of all the CCA tax shields assuming the equiment is never sold and the appropriate discount rate is 12% per year? e. How might your answer to part (d) change if Spherical anticipates that its marginal corporate tax rate will increase substantially over the next five years? a. What are the annual CCA deductions associated with this equipment for the first five years? The CCA deduction for year 1 is $ (Round to the nearest dollar.) Question Viewer

2.     The Coldmarket government is considering several excise taxes on wool. They need to generate at least $1,150 in revenue to fund the construction of the fort, but they also wish to minimize the loss of surplus to consumers and producers. They are considering the following excise tax amounts:   $1.50   $3.00   $4.50   $6.00

4) One of the managers of the business has indicated that his main objective is to cut back on his tax liability as much as possible and is of the view that the FIFO method would be best. Do you agree with him? Explain your answer clearly, with reference to the most popular methods of inventory valuation.  5) Universal Enterprise sells a product that cost $450 per unit and has a monthly demand of 5,000 units. The annual holding cost per unit is calculated as 5% of the unit purchase price. It costs the business $75 to place a single order. Currently the business places 12 orders each year. i) What is the total stock administrative cost of Universal’s current inventory policy? ii) Is this the entity’s cost minimizing solution for this product each year? Explain.

(D) One of the managers of the business has indicated that his main objective is to cut back on his taxliability as much as possible and is of the view that the FIFO method would be best. Do you agreewith him? Explain your answer clearly, with reference to the most popular methods of inventoryvaluation.  (E) Universal Enterprise sells a product that cost $450 per unit and has a monthly demand of 5,000units. The annual holding cost per unit is calculated as 5% of the unit purchase price. It costs thebusiness $75 to place a single order. Currently the business places 12 orders each year.i) What is the total stock administrative cost of Universal’s current inventory policy?ii) Is this the entity’s cost minimizing solution for this product each year? Explain.

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Spherical Manufacturing recently spent $19 million to purchase some equipment used in the manufacture of disk drives. This equipment has a CCA rate of 45% and Spherical's marginal corporate tax rate is 28%. a. What are the annual CCA deductions associated with this equipment for the first five years? b. What are the annual CCA tax shields for the first five years? c. What is the present value of the first five CCA tax shields if the appropriate discount rate is 10% per year? d. What is the present value of all the CCA tax shields assuming the equiment is never sold and the appropriate discount rate is 10% per year? e. How might your answer to part (d) change if Spherical anticipates that its marginal corporate tax rate will increase substantially over the next five years?

Suppose a certain car manufacturer's incentive program designed to reduce inventory of certain low-selling models offers a $9,000 extra dealer incentive for each of these vehicles that the dealer moved into its rental or service fleets.As the accountant for a dealership with a number of these vehicles left in stock, your manager has asked you to calculate certain invoice figures. The normal trade discount from this car manufacturer is 16%. If the average sticker price (list price) of these remaining vehicles at your dealership is $24,500, calculate the following.(a)What is the amount of the trade discount, including the incentive (in $)?$ (b)What is the trade discount rate (in percent)? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.%(c)What is the net price (invoice price) to your dealership (in $)?$ (d)If the cars were then sold from the fleets at $1,000 over "invoice" (net price), what is the total percentage savings to the consumer based on the list price? Round to the nearest tenth of a…

Spherical Manufacturing recently spent $18 million to purchase some equipment used in the manufacture of disk drives. This equipment has a CCA rate of 45% and Spherical's marginal corporate tax rate is 39%. a. What are the annual CCA deductions associated with this equipment for the first five years? b. What are the annual CCA tax shields for the first five years? c. What is the present value of the first five CCA tax shields if the appropriate discount rate is 12% per year? d. What is the present value of all the CCA tax shields assuming the equiment is never sold and the appropriate discount rate is 12% per year? e. How might your answer to part (d) change if Spherical anticipates that its marginal corporate tax rate will increase substantially over the next five years? CHOD a. What are the annual CCA deductions associated with this equipment for the first five years? The CCA deduction for year 1 is $ 4,050,000. (Round to the nearest dollar) The CCA deduction for year 2 is $. (Round…