c) How would your answer to part (a) change, if at all, if Charles were not an active participant in his employer’s retirement plan? d) How would your answer to part (a) change if Charles were married and filed a joint return with his spouse, who has no earned income, assuming their combined AGI is $85,000? What would be their maximum IRA contribution deduction? 8) Joe and Jean have five grandchildren, ages 19, 16, 15, 12, and 10. The have established Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (CESA) for each of the grandchildren and would like
| Math 103 Final Project – Parts 1, 2, and 3 | | | Math 103 Instructor: Toni Robertson December 11, 2010 Math 103 Instructor: Toni Robertson December 11, 2010 Part 1: 1a. What is the shortest loan (36 months, 48 months, 60 months or 72 months) that has a monthly payment within your $500 budget that will allow you to buy the $15,000 car? Answer: Through Bank of America, I found a rate of 2.99% for the 36, 48 and 60 month loans. We are able to put down 20% and will need to finance $12,000. The shortest loan period for the $15,000 car that would be under our $500 limit is the 36 month loan at a rate of $348.93 per month.
Given the riskiness of the investment opportunity, your cost of capital is 20%. What does the IRR rule say about whether you should invest? 19. You are a real estate agent thinking of placing a sign advertising your services at a local bus stop. The sign will cost $5,000 and will be posted for one year.
Question 5. (TCOs 3, 4, 5, & 7) During the past two years, through extensive advertising and improved customer relations, Beech Corporation estimated that it had developed customer goodwill worth $100,000. For the current year, determine the amount of goodwill Beech Corporation may amortize. Question 6. (TCOs 3, 4, 5, & 7) Damien, not a dealer in real estate, sold real estate with a basis of $250,000 for $500,000 cash, a note for $250,000, and the buyer assumed Damien’s mortgage on the property of $125,000.
ACCT 323 Week 4 Homework Solutions https://hwguiders.com/downloads/acct-323-week-4-homework-solutions/ ACCT 323 Week 4 Homework Solutions 1) In the current tax year, Gunther earned $125,000 from his job as a civil engineer. In addition, he received $30,000 of income from Activity A, and lost $40,000, and 20,000 from Activities B and C respectively. Activities A, B, and C are passive activities that Gunther acquired in the current year. What amount of loss may Gunther deduct on his current year taxes with respect to each activity? What amount of loss, if any, must be carried over to the subsequent year for each activity?
In 2013 the couple sold their house for $500,000 and bought a new house for $700,000 in cash. When they sold their house they paid 6% to the real estate agent which in total was $30,000 in fees. They file jointly and had joint ownership of the sold property. Research Issue Is the sale of the home in 2013 made by Mr. Junkiewicz and his wife a taxable transaction? Law and Analysis The taxpayer relief act of 1997 exempted from taxation the profits on the sale of a personal residence of up to $500,000 for married couples filing jointly and $250,000 for singles.
A positive side to these transfer taxes is that “it takes lifetime transfers into account to determine the tax on assets transferred at death” (Spilker, Ayers, Robinson, Outslay & Worsham, 2013, pg. 25-3) Gift taxes are in a sense a prepayment of the estate tax. Despite the disagreements about the estate and gift taxes, the government does provide certain ways around these taxes. Most taxpayers will not actually have to pay an estate tax
* $18 M purchase price * $1.8 M selling price * Investment in PPE (2007) was $16 M * Investment in PPE (2008) was $2 M * $4 M in Sales (2008) * $10 M in Sales (2009-2013) * COGS: 75% of Sales * SG&A: 5% of Sales * $2 M Operating Savings (2008) * $3.5 M Operating Savings (2009-2013) * Depreciation was on a straight-line basis for 6 years beginning in 2008 * $18 M / 6 years = $3 M * 40% tax rate * NWC: 10% of Sales * Salvage value was zero * The FCF per year was determined using the following: * Net Income + Depreciation Expense - ∆ Net Working Capital + Investment in PPE After generating the FCF for each year, I had to solve for NPV and IRR to value the investment. I calculated 2 NPVs—one using Excel’s NPV equation and the other by discounting each year’s FCF using the WACC I calculated earlier. Both methods gave me negative NPVs. * Excel NPV: ($489,344.33) * Discounted FCF NPV: ($538,153.89) Lastly, I used Excel to
No, you would not have a deduction for your taxes. In fact if the amount you gave your brother was over $13,000 you would have to pay a gift tax. 2. Which of the following items would be excluded from income? (a) $100 bill found under the sugar caddy at the restaurant (b) Inheritance of a car from your grandmother valued at $5,000.
2. Which of the following items would be excluded from income? (a) $100 bill found under the sugar caddy at the restaurant (b) Inheritance of a car from your grandmother valued at $5,000. (c) Loan from your father-in-law to start your business, (d) Child Support received totaling $16,500. (4 pts) Answer The inheritance of a car from your grandmother valued at $5,000 would be excluded from income as long as the $5,000 was under the caps.