Jonah is the accounting manager at Canadian Retailers Inc., a Canadian public company. Jonah has worked at Canadian Retailers for over 10 years. To supplement their income, Jonah started a side business preparing tax returns. Jonah's tax return business is very successful, and they now spend about 2 hours per day preparing tax returns. They often prepare these tax returns during their workday at Canadian Retailers. For the first time, Jonah hired an assistant to help with their accounting duties at Canadian Retailers. This allows Jonah to dedicate more time to their tax return business. Required: Explain the agency problem and how it applies to the above scenario

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