Carbon Composite Poles manufactures fishing poles that have a price of $125.00. It has costs of $90.00. A competitor is introducing a new fishing pole that will sell for $110.00. Management believes it must lower the price to $110.00 to compete in the highly cost-conscious fishing pole market. Marketing department believes that the new price will allow Carbon to maintain the current sales level of 200,000 poles per year. Required: a) What is the target cost for the new price if target operating income is 25 % of sales

Martinez company has the following two temporary differences between its income tax expense and income taxes payable. 2017 2018 2019 pretax financial income $873,000 $866,000 $947,000 (2017' 2018, 2019) excess depreciation expense on tax return (29,400 ) (39,000 ) (9,600 ) (2017' 2018, 2019) excess warranty expense in financial income 20,000 9,900 8,300 (2017' 2018, 2019) taxable income $863,600 $836,900 $945,700(2017' 2018, 2019) the income tax rate for all years is 40%. instructions: a. prepare the journal entry to record income tax expense, deferred income taxes, and income taxes payable for 2017, 2018, and 2019. b. assuming there were no temporary differences prior to 2016, indicate how deferred taxes will be reported on the 2016 balance sheet. button's warranty is for 12 months. c. prepare the income tax expense section of the income statement for 2017, beginning with the line, "pretax financial income."