Put Simply, Transfer Pricing Is a Management Tool for Assigning

question 123

Multiple Choice

Put simply, transfer pricing is a management tool for assigning a "price" to internally transferred goods (or services) in order to simulate the marketplace, thus encouraging managers to make decisions that are in the best interest of the:

• A) Operating managers.
• B) Producing (i.e., selling) unit within the firm.
• C) Firm as a whole.
• D) Manager of the buying (i.e., purchasing) unit.
• E) Operating units in the short run, and the firm in the long-run.

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