Interest versus dividend income last year, shering corporation had pretax earnings from operations of $ 496.000. in addition, it received $ 30.000 in income from interest on bonds it held in zig manufacturing and received $ 30.000 in income from dividends on its 6 % common stock holding in tank industries, inc. shering is in the 21 % tax bracket and is eligible for a 50 % dividend exclusion on its tank industries stock. a. calculate the firm's tax on its operating earnings only. b. find the tax and the after-tax amount attributable to the interest income from zig manufacturing bonds. c. find the tax and the after-tax amount attributable to the dividend income from the tank industries, inc., common stock. d. compare, contrast, and discuss the after-tax amounts resulting from the interest income and dividend income calculated in parts b. and c. e. what is the firm's total tax liability for the year?

The chromosome manufacturing company produces two products, x and y. the company president, jean mutation, is concerned about the fierce competition in the market for product x. she notes that competitors are selling x for a price well below chromosome's price of $13.50. at the same time, she notes that competitors are pricing product y almost twice as high as chromosome's price of $12.50.ms. mutation has obtained the following data for a recent time period: product x product y number of units 11,000 3,000 direct materials cost per unit $3.23 $3.09 direct labor cost per unit $2.22 $2.10 direct labor hours 10,000 3,500 machine hours 2,100 1,800 inspection hours 80 100 purchase orders 10 30ms. mutation has learned that overhead costs are assigned to products on the basis of direct labor hours. the overhead costs for this time period consisted of the following items: overhead cost item amount inspection costs $16,200 purchasing costs 8,000 machine costs 49,000 total $73,200using direct labor hours to allocate overhead costs determine the gross margin per unit for product x. choose the best answer from the list below.a. $1.93b. $3.12c. $7.38d. $2.43e. $1.73using activity-based costing for overhead allocation, determine the gross margin per unit for product y. choose best answer from list below.a. $10.07b. ($2.27)c. ($5.23)d. ($7.02)e. $7.02