Suppose there is a bill to increase the tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack coupled with an income tax cut of $500. suppose a person smokes an average of 500 packs of cigarettes per year—and would thus face a tax increase of about $500 per year from the cigarette tax at the person’s current level of consumption. the income tax measure would increase the person’s after-tax income by $500. would the combined measures be likely to have any effect on the person’s consumption of cigarettes? why or why not?

Salvador county issued $25 million of 5% demand bonds for construction of a county maintenance building. the county has no take-out agreement related to the bonds. it estimates that 20% of the bonds would be demanded (called) by the buyers if interest rates increased at least 1%. at year-end rates on comparable debt were 7%. how should these demand bonds be reported in the government-wide financial statements at year-end? a) $25 million in the long-term liability section of the governmental activities column. b) $5 million in the current liability section of the governmental activities column and $20 million in the long-term liabilities section of the governmental activities column. c) $5 million in the governmental activities column and $20 million would be reported in the schedule of changes in long-term debt obligations. d) $25 million in the current liability section of the governmental activities column

How is the division of labor accomplished?

Alocation analysis has been narrowed down to two locations, akron and boston. the main factors in the decision will be the supply of raw materials, which has a weight of .50, transportation cost, which has a weight of .40, and labor cost, which has a weight of .10. the scores for raw materials, transportation, and labor are for akron 60, 80, and 70, respectively; for boston 70, 50, and 90, respectively. given this information and a minimum acceptable composite score of 75, we can say that the manager should: