General Corporation Is Taxable in a Number of States

question 59

Multiple Choice

General Corporation is taxable in a number of states. This year, General made a $100,000 sale from its A headquarters to a customer in B. This activity is not sufficient for General to create nexus with B. State B applies a throwback rule, but State A does not. In which state(s) will the sale be included in the sales factor numerator?

• A) $0 in A and $0 in B.
• B) $100,000 in A.
• C) $100,000 in B.
• D) In both A and B, according to the apportionment formulas of each.

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Definitions:

Fixed Manufacturing Overhead Standards

Pre-determined benchmarks for the fixed costs involved in the production process, not varying with the level of output.

Budgeted Fixed Manufacturing Overhead

The estimated fixed costs involved in manufacturing that do not change with the level of production or sales volume.

Standard Cost System

A cost accounting system that assigns fixed costs to products based on predefined standards, facilitating budgeting and variance analysis.

Net Operating Income

The profit a business makes after deducting operating costs, but before removing interest and tax expenses.