Lucas Industries uses departmental overhead rates to allocate its manufacturing overhead to jobs. The company has two departments: Assembly and Sanding. The Assembly Department uses a departmental overhead rate of $ 35 per machine hour, while the Sanding Department uses a departmental overhead rate of $ 20 per direct labor hour. Job 542 used the following direct labor hours and machine hours in the two departments: Actual results Assembly Department Sanding Department Direct labor hours used 7 5 Machine hours used 12 6 The cost for direct labor is $ 30 per direct labor hour and the cost of the direct materials used by Job 542 is $ 1 comma 600. What was the total cost of Job 542 if Lucas Industries used the departmental overhead rates to allocate manufacturing overhead?

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic. hughes sought a position as a sales director for st. jude. st. jude told hughes that his contract with medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. hughes accepted. medtronic filed a suit, alleging wrongful interference. which type of interference was most likely the basis for this suit? did it occur here? medtronic, inc., is a medical technology company that competes for customers with st. jude medical s.c., inc. james hughes worked for medtronic as a sales manager. his contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving medtronic