Sales ($ million) Convertible SUV Sedan Mini Truck Marginal Total Allison 45 28 19 36 128 B & B Motors 65 22 15 9 111 Pluto Cars 18 25 27 10 80 Panther Motors 40 26 34 12 112 Marginal Total 168 101 95 67 431 The table shows the annual sales revenue for different types of vehicles from four automobile manufacturers. The difference of the relative frequency of revenue earned by B & B Motors from sales of convertibles compared with the total revenue of all four companies and the relative frequency of revenue earned by B & B Motors from sales of mini trucks compared with the total revenue of all four companies is . Write your answer rounded to two decimal places.

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

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9. tax types: taxes are classified based on whether they are applied directly to income, called direct taxes, or to some other measurable performance characteristic of the firm, called indirect taxes. identify each of the following as a “direct tax,” an “indirect tax,” or something else: a. corporate income tax paid by a japanese subsidiary on its operating income b. royalties paid to saudi arabia for oil extracted and shipped to world markets c. interest received by a u.s. parent on bank deposits held in london d. interest received by a u.s. parent on a loan to a subsidiary in mexico e. principal repayment received by u.s. parent from belgium on a loan to a wholly owned subsidiary in belgium f. excise tax paid on cigarettes manufactured and sold within the united states g. property taxes paid on the corporate headquarters building in seattle h. a direct contribution to the international committee of the red cross for refugee relief i. deferred income tax, shown as a deduction on the u.s. parent’s consolidated income tax j. withholding taxes withheld by germany on dividends paid to a united kingdom parent corporation