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Excess inventory, a massive problem for many businesses, has several causes, some of which are unavoidable. Overstocks may accum
Excess inventory, a massive problem for many businesses, has several causes, some of which are unavoidable. Overstocks may accum
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2014-09-18
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Excess inventory, a massive problem for many businesses, has several causes, some of which are unavoidable. Overstocks may accumulate through production overruns or errors. Certain styles and colors prove unpopular. With some products—computers and software, toys, and books—last year s models are difficult to move even at huge discounts. Occasionally the competition introduces a better product. But in many cases the public’s buying tastes simply change, leaving a manufacturer or distributor with thousands(or mil- lions)of items that the fickle public no longer wants.
One common way to dispose of this merchandise is to sell it to a liquidator, who buys as cheaply as possible and then resells the merchandise through catalogs, discount stores, and other outlets. However, liquidators may pay less for the merchandise than it cost to make it. Another way to dispose of excess in- ventory is to dump it. The corporation takes a straight cost write-off on its taxes and hauls the merchandise to a landfill. Although it is hard to believe, there is a sort of convoluted logic to this ap- proach. It is perfectly legal, requires little time or preparation on the company’s part, and solves the problem quickly. The drawback is the remote possibility of getting caught by the news media. Dumping perfectly useful products can turn into a public relations nightmare. Children living in poverty are freezing and XYZ Company has just sent 500 new snowsuits to the local dump. Parents of young children are barely getting by and QPS Company dumps 1,000 cases of disposable diapers because they have slight imperfections. The managers of these companies are not deliberately wasteful; they are simply unaware of all their alternatives. In 1976 the Internal Revenue Service provided a tangible incentive for businesses to contribute their products to charity. The new tax law allowed corporations to deduct the cost of the product donated plus half the difference between cost and fair market selling price, with the proviso that deductions cannot exceed twice cost. Thus, the federal government sanctions—indeed, encourages;—an above-cost federal tax deduction for companies that donate inventory to charity.
The author cites the examples in lines 37 — 43 most probably in order to illustrate
选项
A、the fiscal irresponsibility of dumping as a policy for dealing with excess inventory.
B、the waste-management problems that dumping new products creates.
C、the advantages to the manufacturer of dumping as a policy.
D、alternatives to dumping explored by different companies.
E、how the news media could portray dumping to the detriment of the manufacturer’s reputation.
答案
E
解析
作者举L37—43的例子是为了:A.fiscal irresponsibility,从这两个例子看不出。B.“waste—management problems”,无。C.倾倒的好处。这两个例子显然是说倾倒的负面影响。D.“alternatives to dumping”,此处还未出现。E.媒体会怎样把倾倒当作是对生产者名誉的损害。正确。实际上,这两个例子之前的一句话L35—37已给出了总结。
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