Ginny is an accountant by trade, she paid $1,000 each year to join as CPA
member. She also has a knack for programming; hence she also joins the
Computer Associates membership for $500 per year as she planned to find a new
career as a programmer. Discuss her eligibility whether she can deduct both
membership fees from her assessable income!

Book: Taxation law

Use-Case Discussion

1) In what situations would the additional effort to develop use-case definitions be superior to only having functional requirements? How would the programmer/analyst benefit from the use-case approach over just having functional requirements only? How would the project manager potentially benefit?

2) Should use-case be used in all projects? Discuss why or why not?

Nissan Oman is announced Ramadan offer to its customers for a limited period of time. The offer is available only for citizens and residents with stable monthly income. The offer is part of the company’s sale promotion campaign in the Holy month. The following were offered to you;

Quation:-

i) Nissan Altima 2020, cash price OMR 10,000, down payment OMR 600 and the balance will be paid with 36 equal monthly payments of OMR 275. If you are interested to buy the car, how much you have to spend for this car?   

ii) Nissan Altima 2020, cash price OMR 10,000, down payment OMR 1.200 and the balance will be paid with 36 equal monthly payments of OMR 140. If you are interested to buy the car, how much you have to spend for this car?
iii) Compare the finance charges of the above two options and suggest the best one for the car buyers.

iv) Mr. Salim is a business man decided to buy the same car with ready cash, since his income was not regular. So he borrowed money from a moneylender at the simple interest rate of 4% for three years.

v) Recommend the suitable method of financing to Mr.Salim? Explain.   

Several issues have arisen on the Recreation and Wellness Intranet Project. The person from the HR department who was supporting the project left the company, and now the team needs more support from that group. A member of the user group that supports the project is extremely vocal and hard to work with, and other users can hardly get a word in at meetings. You are getting weekly status reports from all of the team members, but many of them do not address obvious challenges that people are facing. The team is having difficulty deciding how to communicate various project reports and documents and where to store all of the information being generated. Recall that the team members include you, a programmer/analyst and aspiring project manager; Patrick, a network specialist; Nancy, a business analyst; and Bonnie, another programmer/analyst.

Tasks

1. Summarize three different communications media that could be used for getting more support from the HR department and which you think would be most effective.
2. Prepare a sample of a good weekly progress report that could be used for this project. Include a list of tips to help team members provide information on these reports.

In 2007 before the financial crisis, the currency to deposit ratio 1.2, required reserve ratio plus excess reserve ratio is 0.05. the total money supply measured by M1 in 2007 was 1.4 trillion dollar.

(1) Calculate the value of the money multiplier and the value of the money base?

(2) During the financial crisis, the U.S. central bank purchase a large amount of assets, including long term government bonds and mortgate based securities, to provide liquidity to the market and rebuild the market confidence. The money base increases to 2 trillion dollar in January, 2010. If the money multiplier does not change from 2007 to 2010, what is the money 1 supply measured by M1 in January, 2010?

(3) The actual official reported M1 in January 2010 was $1.7 trillion dollar. Given this number, what is the money multiplier in January, 2010? Explain why there is such a significant difference between the official reported M1 and the M1 you calculated in question (2)?

Multiple Regression Analysis

The company has been able to determine that its sales in dollars depend on advertising and

of the number of sellers and for this reason, it uses the data from previous years to

be able to forecast possible sales for the year 2020.

Y           X1 ($ 000)   X2 ($ 000)

Year          Sales    Advertising   Salesman

2013        $ 10          $ 1                       1

2014       $ 15            $ 2                     1

2015       $ 25            $ 3                      2

2016      $ 40            $ 5 3

2017      $ 70             $6                       3

2018      $ 110         $ 8                        4

2019      $ 150          $ 9                        6

INSTRUCTIONS:

a) Calculate the values ​​of the letters a, b1, b2. (excel)

b) Write down the problem Regression equation

c) Calculate sales by 2020 if the advertising were $ 14,000 and the number of sellers out of 10.

You are serving on a jury. A plaintiff is suing the city for injuries sustained after falling down an uncovered manhole. In the trial, doctors testified that it will be 5 years before the plaintiff is able to return to
work. The jury has already decided in favor of the plaintiff. You are the foreman of the jury and propose that the jury gives the plaintiff an award to cover the following items:

(1) The present value of two years back pays ($34,000 in 2018, $36,000 in 2019). Assume that it is January 1, 2020, and that all salary is received at year-end.
(2) The present value of 5 years of future salary (2020-2024). Assume that the plaintiff’s salary would increase at a rate of 3% a year.
(3) $100,000 for pain and suffering
(4) $20,000 for court costs

Assume an interest rate of 7%. What should be the size of the settlement?

Explain how disruptive innovation affects sustainability in the context of a selected industry. Support your answer with relevant examples.