You are in the 32% federal tax bracket. You are offered a taxable bond with a yield of 8.0% and a municipal (muni) bond with a yield of 5.8%. What is the breakeven federal tax rate where you are indifferent with regard to purchasing the taxable bond or the municipal bond? Should you buy the taxable bond? A) 27.50% breakeven tax bracket; No, you should buy the muni bond B) 27.50% breakeven tax bracket; Yes, you should buy the taxable bond C) 29.80% breakeven tax bracket; No, you should buy the muni bond D) 29.80% breakeven tax bracket; Yes, you should buy the taxable bond E) 37.93% breakeven tax bracket; No, you should buy the muni bond F) 37.93% breakeven tax bracket; Yes, you should buy the taxable bond G) None of the above

You are frustrated to find that the only way to contact the customer service department is to make a phone call. the number listed would result in long distance charges to your phone bill. which issue should be addressed by the company to keep its crm in line with your expectations?

If a seller prepaid the taxes of $4,400 and the closing is set for may 19, using the 12 month/30 day method what will the buyer owe the seller as prorated taxes?

Activity-based costing (abc) is not truly a cost collection mechanism as much as it is an inventory valuation method. the main purpose for implementing an activity-based cost system is to try to overcome some of the cost distortions that occur in traditional costing from product differences when there are variations in size and complexity. however, one of the disadvantages of utilizing abc is that the additional information gathering necessary to implement costing with that level of detail might be beyond the reach of some companies with resource or financial constraints. with this in mind, what kinds of industries or companies do you think would benefit most from using activity-based costing and why? in designing or modifying an accounting system to capture appropriate costs for abc, what considerations do you think would need to be made?