ashton lives in a suburb of the city. it seems new businesses are opening up every month in the downtown area—most are quaint eateries that sell everything from sandwiches to small plates to desserts. ashton has just graduated culinary school and plans to open an eatery downtown as well, given the eatery’s growing popularity there. however, ashton’s marketing consultant advises against this idea because of the downtown area’s:

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Bernard made a gift of $500,000 to his brother in 2014. due to bernard’s prior taxable gifts he paid $200,000 of gift tax. when bernard died in 2019, the applicable gift tax credit had increased. at bernard’s death, what amount related to the $500,000 gift to his brother is included in his gross estate?

Brody corp. uses a process costing system in which direct materials are added at the beginning of the process and conversion costs are incurred uniformly throughout the process. beginning inventory for january consisted of 1,050 units that were 65% completed. 10,900 units were started into the process during january. on january 31, the inventory consisted of 500 units that were 50% completed. what would be the equivalent units for direct materials cost using the weighted average method?