Suppose that the U. S. government decides to charge beer producers a tax. Before the tax, 10 million cases of beer were sold every month at a price of $4 per case. After the tax, 3 million cases of beer are sold every month; consumers pay $7 per case, and producers receive $2 per case (after paying the tax). The amount of the tax on a case of beer is $ per case.

Job 456 was recently completed. the following data have been recorded on its job cost sheet: direct materials $ 2,418 direct labor-hours 74 labor-hours direct labor wage rate $ 13 per labor-hour machine-hours 137 machine-hours the corporation applies manufacturing overhead on the basis of machine-hours. the predetermined overhead rate is $14 per machine-hour. the total cost that would be recorded on the job cost sheet for job 456 would be: multiple choice $3,380 $5,298 $6,138 $2,622