The tax-minimizing strategy is to minimize taxable income where tax rates are high and to maximize taxable income where tax rates are low. Consequently, the entity should sell more in country B but set a low transfer price. This dual strategy minimizes sales and profits in country A, minimizes cost of sales in country B. and maximizes sales and profits in country B.

Carrying costs include storage costs, handling costs, insurance costs, interest on capital invested, and obsolescence. Candman Company is a wholesale distributor of candy. The company leases space in a public warehouse and is charged according to the square feet occupied. Candman has decided to employ the economic order quantity 0Q) method to determine the optimum number of cases of candy to order. The company placed 2,400 orders last year. Data for the high-activity month, the low-activity month, and the year for the purchasing and warehouse operations appear in the next column. The annual charges for the warehouse totaled US $12,750 last year. In addition, the annual insurance and property taxes on the candy stored in the warehouse amounted to US $1,500 and US $2,250, respectively.
The average monthly inventory last year was US $75,000.

There are four phases of a business cycle: trough, recovery, peak, and recession. During the recessionary phase of a business cycle, economic activities and employment levels contract and society's resources are underused_ Because of the underuse of resources, potential national income will exceed actual national income.