1. What are some strategies that you can use to prepare to file taxes each year? What would be the benefits of these strategies?
2. What are the benefits of taxes for societies and individuals?
3. How do taxes influence responsible financial planning? Discuss some examples of how
taxes may influence a financial plan.
4. What are four types of taxes that you pay (or are likely to pay in the future)? Describe
these types of taxes.
5. Find a tax return form and practice filling it out, using either your own information or that
of a hypothetical person. What are some of the challenges in filling out a tax return? You
can find some forms online here.

On july 9, mifflin company receives a $7,400, 90-day, 6% note from customer payton summers as payment on account. compute the amount due at maturity for the note. (use 360 days a year.)

The sticky-price theory asserts that the output prices of some goods and services adjust slowly to changes in the price level. suppose firms announce the prices for their products in advance, based on an expected price level of 100 for the coming year. many of the firms sell their goods through catalogs and face high costs of reprinting if they change prices. the actual price level turns out to be 110. faced with high menu costs, the firms that rely on catalog sales choose not to adjust their prices. sales from catalogs will

1. the political environment in india has proven to be critical to company performance for both pepsico and coca-cola india. what specific aspects of the political environment have played key roles? could these effects have been anticipated prior to market entry? if not, could developments in the political arena have been handled better by each company? 2. timing of entry into the indian market brought different results for pepsico and coca-cola india. what benefits or disadvantages accrued as a result of earlier or later market entry? 3. the indian market is enormous in terms of population and geography. how have the two companies responded to the sheer scale of operations in india in terms of product policies, promotional activities, pricing policies, and distribution arrangements? 4. “global localization” (glocalization) is a policy that both companies have implemented successfully. give examples for each company from the case.