Costello corporation reported pretax book income of $500,300. during the current year, the reserve for bad debts increased by $5,600. in addition, tax depreciation exceeded book depreciation by $40,300. finally, costello received $3,150 of tax-exempt life insurance proceeds from the death of one of its officers. costello's deferred income tax expense or benefit would be:

Ateam of engineers has decided to design a new shoe for people suffering from a painful foot condition. what should the engineers do during the planning stage of their project? a. look at the trial's results to see how the design can be improved. b. build a variety of shoe models. c. have patients wear the new shoe in an experimental trial to see if symptoms improve. d. estimate how much potential consumers would be willing to pay for this new shoe.

The direct labor budget of yuvwell corporation for the upcoming fiscal year contains the following details concerning budgeted direct labor-hours: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarterbudgeted direct labor-hours 11,200 9,800 10,100 10,900the company uses direct labor-hours as its overhead allocation base. the variable portion of its predetermined manufacturing overhead rate is $6.00 per direct labor-hour and its total fixed manufacturing overhead is $80,000 per quarter. the only noncash item included in fixed manufacturing overhead is depreciation, which is $20,000 per quarter.required: 1. prepare the company’s manufacturing overhead budget for the upcoming fiscal year.2. compute the company’s predetermined overhead rate (including both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead) for the upcoming fiscal year.

Bmw receives data transmitted by each new vehicle it sells to employees understand how customers use the products and when service may be needed. this use of technology aids in bmw's efforts to interact in an ongoing basis with its customers.