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mr. and mrs. khan paid interest on their mortgage this year. they also had deductible home-related expenses. the interest and expenses total an amount greater than the standard deduction. which action can they take to reduce their income tax liability?

a.
they can use the interest expense as a credit to reduce the tax they owe.
b.
they can itemize deductions and deduct the interest expense.
c.
they can request a reimbursement of the interest expense from the irs.
d.
they can add the interest expense to their taxable income.
e.
they can reduce their mortgage payment next year by the amount of interest they paid.

Laval produces lamps and home lighting fixtures. its most popular product is a brushed aluminum desk lamp. this lamp is made from components shaped in the fabricating department and assembled in the assembly department. information related to the 22,000 desk lamps produced annually follows.direct materials $280,000direct labor fabricating department (8,000 dlh × $24 per dlh) $192,000assembly department (16,600 dlh × $26 per dlh) $431,600machine hours fabricating department $15,200mhassembly department $20,850mhexpected overhead cost and related data for the two production departments follow.fabricating assemblydirect labor hours 150,000dlh 295,000dlhmachine hours 161,000mh 128,000mhoverhead cost $400,000 430,000required1. determine the plantwide overhead rate for laval using direct labor hours as a base.2. determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamp using the plantwide overhead rate.3. compute departmental overhead rates based on machine hours in the fabricating department and direct labor hours in the assembly department.4. use departmental overhead rates from requirement 3 to determine the total manufacturing cost per unit for the aluminum desk lamps.

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