Cisco Systems, a computer networking firm, has undertaken over 80 acquisitions in the last decade. It uses these acquisitions to acquire that will permit it to expand its product offerings and services through the addition of the acquired technologies.

Portia grant is an employee who is paid monthly. for the month of january of the current year, she earned a total of $8,388. the fica tax for social security is 6.2% of the first $118,500 earned each calendar year and the fica tax rate for medicare is 1.45% of all earnings. the futa tax rate of 0.6% and the suta tax rate of 5.4% are applied to the first $7,000 of an employee's pay. the amount of federal income tax withheld from her earnings was $1,391.77. what is the total amount of taxes withheld from the portia's earnings?

The gorman group is a financial planning services firm owned and operated by nicole gorman. as of october 31, 2016, the end of the fiscal year, the accountant for the gorman group prepared an end-of-period spreadsheet, part of which follows:

You are to receive five gold coins from your great uncle as an incentive to study hard. the coins were originally purchased in 1982. your great uncle will deliver the coins the week after finals (assuming your grades are "acceptable"). the amount your great uncle paid for the coins is a(n): indirect cost. overhead cost. opportunity cost. sunk cost.