I guess the correct option is D.
The primary purpose of patents and copyrights is to encourage the expenditure of funds on research and development to create new products.
Answer:
The correct answer is A. Brazilian tomato producers are worse off.
Explanation:
A country has a comparative advantage in producing a good and service if its opportunity cost of producing that good and service is lower than that of its trading partner. So it is better off for a country that has a lower opportunity cost in production a good or service to specialise in that good or service.
Brazil has a comparative advantage in coffee production, meaning, it is better off in specialising in the production of coffee and will be worse off if Brazil specialises in Tomato
Mexico has a comparative advantage is Tomato, meaning, she is better off in specialising in Tomato and worse off if she specialises in Coffee
Technically speaking, it won't be wrong for you to accept the gifts.
You never giving any of your employees gifts show that you gave no 'special favor' to specific employees. It's a matter of ethical belief and your personal action
But you can't control other people's ethical belief, just like you can't control other people action's
Answer:
Employers treat the taxable fringe benefits the same as cash compensation.
Explanation:
Taxable fringe benefits "are included in gross income and subject to federal withholding, social security, and Medicare taxes".
Fringe benefits are "perks and additions to normal compensation that companies give their employees, such as life insurance, tuition assistance, or employee discounts".
* The cost of the taxable fringe benefit is deductible to the employer, not the value of the benefit to the employee.
FALSE, the taxable fringe benefit is not deductible from the employer.
* Employers treat the taxable fringe benefits the same as cash compensation.
TRUE, and as we can see on the definition above the taxable fringe benefits are treated as a compensation that comapnies giv their employees.
