Blue corporation incurred the following expenses in connection with the development of a new product: salaries $100,000 utilities 18,000 materials 25,000 advertising 5,000 market survey 3,000 depreciation on machine 9,000 blue expects to begin selling the product next year. if blue elects to amortize research and experimental expenditures over 60 months, determine the amount of the deduction for research and experimental expenditures for the current year. a.$118,000 b.$143,000 c.$160,000 d.$0 e.$152,000

Alocal barnes and noble bookstore ordered 80 marketing books but received 60 books. what percent of the order was missing?

You are working on a bid to build two city parks a year for the next three years. this project requires the purchase of $249,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the three-year project life. ignore bonus depreciation. the equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $115,000. you will also need $18.000 in net working capital for the duration of the project. the fixed costs will be $37000 a year and the variable costs will be $148,000 per park. your required rate of return is 14 percent and your tax rate is 21 percent. what is the minimal amount you should bid per park? (round your answer to the nearest $100) (a) $214,300 (b) $214,100 (c) $212,500 (d) $208,200 (e) $208,400

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to