Exercise 16-09 a-c (Video) Crane Company has gathered the following information. Units in beginning work in process 0 Units started into production 37,300 Units in ending work in process 8,200 Percent complete in ending work in process: Conversion costs 40 % Materials 100 % Costs incurred: Direct materials $78,330 Direct labor $66,500 Overhead $105,114 Compute equivalent units of production for materials and for conversion costs. Materials Conversion Costs The equivalent units of production Determine the unit costs of production. (Round unit costs to 2 decimal places, e. g. 2.25.) Materials Conversion Costs Unit costs $ $ Show the assignment of costs to units transferred out and in process. Units transferred out $ Units in ending work in process $

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?