Assume that interest rates of most industrialized countries are similar to the U. S. interest rate. In the last few months, the currencies of all industrialized countries weakened substantially against the U. S. dollar. If non-U. S. firms based in these foreign countries financed with U. S. dollars during this period (even when they had no receivables in dollars), their effective financing rate would have been:

The dollar value generated over decades of customer loyalty to your company is known as brand equity. viability. sustainability. luck.

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Alinguist had a gross income of 53,350 last year. if 17.9% of his income got witheld for federal income tax, how much of the linguist's pay got witheld for federal income tax last year?