Protective tariffs might reduce both the imports and the exports of the nation that levies tariffs because other countries may follow with their own export tariffs. protective tariffs can be designed to either reduce imports or exports. other countries may follow with their own import tariffs. a. exports and imports must be equal. b. when foreign firms "dump" their products onto the u. s. market, they give their product away and bankrupt american firms. buy up all of that particular product and lower the price. buy up all of that particular product and raise the price. sell their product below cost and provide bargains to american consumers. c. import competition can lead to job gains worldwide. job losses worldwide. quality improvements and cost reductions by american firms. fewer high-quality products.

Brandt enterprises is considering a new project that has a cost of $1,000,000, and the cfo set up the following simple decision tree to show its three most likely scenarios. the firm could arrange with its work force and suppliers to cease operations at the end of year 1 should it choose to do so, but to obtain this abandonment option, it would have to make a payment to those parties. how much is the option to abandon worth to the firm?

Alamar petroleum company offers its employees the option of contributing retirement funds up to 5% of their wages or salaries, with the contribution being matched by alamar. the company also pays 80% of medical and life insurance premiums. deductions relating to these plans and other payroll information for the first biweekly payroll period of february are listed as follows: wages and salaries $ 2,800,000 employee contribution to voluntary retirement plan 92,000 medical insurance premiums 50,000 life insurance premiums 9,800 federal income taxes to be withheld 480,000 local income taxes to be withheld 61,000 payroll taxes: federal unemployment tax rate 0.60 % state unemployment tax rate (after futa deduction) 5.40 % social security tax rate 6.20 % medicare tax rate 1.45 % required: prepare the appropriate journal entries to record salaries and wages expense and payroll tax expense for the biweekly pay period. assume that no employee's cumulative wages exceed the relevant wage bases for social security, and that all employees' cumulative wages do exceed the relevant unemployment wage bases.

Breanna completed the lease term on her car and decided to turn the car in instead of purchasing it. upon inspection the dealership noted that the windshield was cracked. what kind of fee will breanna be required to pay as a result?