-You Are in the Business of Producing and Selling Hamburgers

question 306

Multiple Choice

-You are in the business of producing and selling hamburgers, french fries, pizza, and ice cream. The mayor plans to impose a tax on one of these products. Based on the elasticities in the above table, as a profit-minded business person who seeks to avoid taxes whenever possible, which good would you most prefer to have taxed?

• A) hamburgers
• B) pizza
• C) French fries
• D) ice cream

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Definitions:

Activity-based Costing

A method of allocating overhead and indirect costs to products or services based on the activities that generate those costs.

Overhead Costs

General business expenses that are not directly attributable to a specific product or service but are necessary for the business to operate.

Direct Labor-hours

The total hours worked by employees directly involved in the manufacturing process, used in assigning costs to products.

Activity-based Costing

A costing method that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, providing more accurate product costing.