Harry Mining, a U

question 99

Multiple Choice

Harry Mining, a U.S.-based MNC has a foreign subsidiary that earns $1,050,000 before local taxes, with all the after tax funds to be available to the parent in the form of dividends. The foreign income tax rate is 30 percent, the foreign dividend withholding tax rate is 15 percent, and the firm's U.S. tax rate is 35 percent. What are the funds available to the parent MNC if foreign taxes can be applied as a credit against the MNC's U.S. tax liability?

• A) $624,750
• B) $425,250
• C) $257,250
• D) $735,000

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Definitions:

Total Inventory

The complete value of a company's raw materials, work-in-progress, and finished goods at a given time.

Perpetual Inventory System

A system for tracking inventory accounting that instantly logs each sale or acquisition of inventory through computerized point-of-sale systems and software for managing enterprise assets.

LIFO

A rephrased definition: An accounting approach to inventory and cost of goods sold valuation that assumes the most recently acquired items are the first to be sold.

Ending Inventory

The value of goods available for sale or use at the end of an accounting period.