Provo, Inc. has an estimated annual tax rate of 35% in the first quarter of 2021. Pretax income for the first quarter was $300,000. At the end of the second quarter of 2021, Provo expects the annual tax rate to be 32% because of anticipated tax credits. Pretax income for the second quarter was $350,000. Assume no items in either quarter requiring the net-of-tax presentation. Required:
How much income tax expense is recognized in the secound quarter of 2021?

Suppose that a paving company produces paved parking spaces (q) using a fixed quantity of land (t) and variable quantities of cement (c) and labor (l). the firm is currently paving 1,000 parking spaces. the firm's cost of cement is $3 comma 600.003,600.00 per acre covered (c) and its cost of labor is $35.0035.00/hour (w). for the quantities of c and l that the firm has chosen, mp subscript upper c baseline equals 60mpc=60 and mp subscript upper l baseline equals 7mpl=7. is this firm minimizing its cost of producing parking spaces?