It costs Lil Beasty Company $17 of variable costs and $3 of fixed costs to produce its product. The company currently has unused capacity. The product sells for $25. Loner Industries offers to purchase 5,000 units at $19 each. In the deal, Lil Beasty will incur special shipping costs of $1.50 per unit. If the special offer is accepted and produced with unused capacity, net income will:

The stock of grommet corporation, a u.s. company, is publicly traded, with no single shareholder owning more than 5 percent of its outstanding stock. grommet owns 95 percent of the outstanding stock of staple inc., also a u.s. company. staple owns 100 percent of the outstanding stock of clip corporation, a canadian company. grommet and clip each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of fastener inc., a u.s. company. grommet and staple each own 50 percent of the outstanding stock of binder corporation, a u.s. company. which of these corporations form an affiliated group eligible to file a consolidated tax return?