Brittany callihan sold stock (basis of $184,000) to her son, ridge, for $160,000, the fair market value. a. what are the tax consequences to brittany? b. what are the tax consequences to ridge if he later sells the stock for $190,000? for $152,000? for $174,000?

Newton industries is considering a project and has developed the following estimates: unit sales = 4,800, price per unit = $67, variable cost per unit = $42, annual fixed costs = $11,900. the depreciation is $14,700 a year and the tax rate is 34 percent. what effect would an increase of $1 in the selling price have on the operating cash flow?

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year. a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs. b. calculate the eoq. c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?

In the market for lock washers, a perfectly competitive market, the current equilibrium price is $5 per box. washer king, one of the many producers of washers, has a daily short-run total cost given by tc = 190 + 0.20q + 0.0025q2, where q measures boxes of washers. washer king's corresponding marginal cost is mc = 0.20 + 0.005q. how many boxes of washers should washer king produce per day to maximize profit?