E-Z-Rest Motel is a motel with 216 rooms located in the center of a large city in Mississippi. It is readily accessible from two interstate highways and three major State highways. The motel solicits patronage from outside Mississippi through various national advertising media, including magazines of national circulation. It accepts convention trade from outside Mississippi. and approximately 75 percent of its registered guests are from out of State Y. An action under the Federal Civil Rights Act and the Commerce Clause has been brought against E-Z-Rest Motel alleging that the motel discriminates on the basis of race and color. The motel contends that the federal law cannot be applied to it because it is not engaged in interstate commerce. Can the Federal government regulate this activity under the Interstate Commerce Clause? Why?

What is the most important type of decision that the financial manager makes?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u.s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u.s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

What is the state tax rate for a resident of arizona whose annual taxable income is $18,000?