Many employers now require applicants to sign an extensive non-compete agreement such that you cannot work for a rival, or perceived rival, for a period of time following your departure from the company. Is this fair? California has as a matter of public policy banned all non-competes for individual contributors as it bans their free association of their skill set with whomever they wish to work for, in effect constraining their free choice of employment. All other states have/allow various forms of non-competes. Note that this does not apply to business owners just the employees of the business entity. Compare various aspects of non-compete agreements and the ethics behind the policies. Are they fair to the employee? Why would a company care about this at the individual employee level? What would you require if it were your business (which it may be some day).

Acompany determined that the budgeted cost of producing a product is $30 per unit. on june 1, there were 80,000 units on hand, the sales department budgeted sales of 300,000 units in june, and the company desires to have 120,000 units on hand on june 30. the budgeted cost of goods sold for june would be

Asmartphone manufacturing company uses social media to achieve different business objectives. match each social media activity of the company to the objective it the company achieve.

Martinez company has the following two temporary differences between its income tax expense and income taxes payable. 2017 2018 2019 pretax financial income $873,000 $866,000 $947,000 (2017' 2018, 2019) excess depreciation expense on tax return (29,400 ) (39,000 ) (9,600 ) (2017' 2018, 2019) excess warranty expense in financial income 20,000 9,900 8,300 (2017' 2018, 2019) taxable income $863,600 $836,900 $945,700(2017' 2018, 2019) the income tax rate for all years is 40%. instructions: a. prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2017, 2018, and 2019. b. assuming there were no temporary differences prior to 2016, indicate how deferred taxes will be reported on the 2016 balance sheet. button's warranty is for 12 months. c. prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2017, beginning with the line, "pretax financial income."