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Ice cream and pie if these are goods that you like, but if you eat too much of either, you get sick of them. If you are sick of a good, eating more of it lowers you utility.
In the final round of a TV game show, contestants have a chance to increase their current winnings of 1 million dollars to 10 million dollars. If they are wrong, their prize is decreased to $100,000.
A copy company wants to expand production. It currently has 20 workers who share eight copiers. Two months ago, the firm added two copiers, and output increased by 100,000 pages
A question facing many U.S. states is whether to allow casino gambling. States with casino gambling have seen a substantial increase in tax revenue flowing to state government. This revenue can be
Explain how each of the following variables will be affected by proposed steps that you have identified in the first part of the discussion: money supply, interest rates, inflation rate, aggregate dem
Suppose a consumer's income is used on two goods, X and Y. The consumer's income is $200 and the prices of X AND y are $10 and $5 respectively.
If Kevin agrees to an $18,500 alimony payment, what is the after-tax cash flow for Kevin and Elizabeth? By how much does their cash flow improve over the proposed $15,000 payment?
Palace Company (an accrual-basis taxpayer) is writing the lease agreements for its new apartment complex, Palace Apartments, which will rent for a minimum of $2,000 per month
Sandra, a single taxpayer in the 35 percent marginal tax bracket, has $60,000 she can invest in either corporate bonds with a stated interest rate of 9 percent or general revenue bonds issued by her m
Robert plans to start a new business that he expects will experience steady growth in profits for the next 15 years. He needs to select a method of accounting to use: cash or accrual.
Compute Pierre Lappin’s adjusted gross income by entering the following information on Form 1040: $50,000 salary, $5,000 qualified dividend income, $3,000 interest income from corporate bonds
Determine how much of the Social Security benefits must be include in income for a single individual who had $20,000 in dividend income and $5,000 in interest from tax-exempt bonds in addition to rece
In December, year 1 Sid's Body Shop (an accrual-basis taxpayer) did repair work on Lisa's car and was to be paid $2,000 by her insurance company.
A landlord requires tenants to pay at the beginning of their lease an amount equal to 3 months of rent. He informs the tenants that this is for the first month's rent, the last month's rent, and a ref
Jason owns a computer repair shop. Jason needs some repair work done on his company car, so he agrees to repair the computer at Bob's Auto Repairs in exchange for fixing the car.
Walter used the cash method to account for income from his cattle ranch. During an audit in year 3, the IRS auditor discovered a document from a customer indicating that Walter sold 115 head of cattle
Joe owes Willy $5,000 from an old gambling debt. Joe knows that there is no way he can repay the debt in the near future. He asks Joe if he will take a $25,000 life insurance policy that has a cash su
John and Mary are divorcing. John is demanding that Mary pay him $75,000 of alimony in the first year after the divorce, $50,000 in the second year, and $25,000 in the third and all subsequent years u
Some politicians have proposed changing the way social security benefits are taxed. One proposal would increase the amount of Social Security benefits included in gross income to 100 percent
Your friend tells you that she read an article about something called “janitor's insurance.” The article said that companies took out life insurance policies on some, if not all, of their
Mango Corporation has before-tax income of $450,000 and is subject to a state income tax of 5 percent in addition to the federal income tax. What is Mango’s after-tax cash flow?
Mac gives his daughter, Alana, 600 shares of Highgrowth stock. Mac purchased the stock 10 months ago at $20 per share. On the gift date, the stock is worth $35 per share
Myra receives a $20,000 gift from her cousin and inherits $80,000 in corporate bonds from her Aunt. Myra receives $7,000 in interest income from the bonds. How much does Myra include in gross income?
The insurance company informs her that she has two options: (1) she can receive the entire $500,000 in one lump-sum payment or (2) she can receive annual installments of $58,000 for ten years.
Mark's employer pays for 55 percent of the premiums for a disability insurance policy and Mark pays for the other 45 percent. The policy pays Mark 65 percent of his normal salary