Some states exclude necessities, such as food and clothing, from their sales tax. other states do not. excluding food and clothing from sales tax isequitable because the poor tend to spend a such as food and clothing. portion of their income on necessities true or falseexcluding food and clothing from the sales tax is more efficient because the demand for these items is relatively inelastic. true or false

Demand increases by less than supply increases. as a result, (a) equilibrium price will decline and equilibrium quantity will rise. (b) both equilibrium price and quantity will decline. (c) both equilibrium price and quantity will rise

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.

Dozier company produced and sold 1,000 units during its first month of operations. it reported the following costs and expenses for the month: direct materials $ 69,000 direct labor $ 35,000 variable manufacturing overhead $ 15,000 fixed manufacturing overhead 28,000 total manufacturing overhead $ 43,000 variable selling expense $ 12,000 fixed selling expense 18,000 total selling expense $ 30,000 variable administrative expense $ 4,000 fixed administrative expense 25,000 total administrative expense $ 29,000 required: 1. with respect to cost classifications for preparing financial statements: a. what is the total product cost