1. Robert, a new client of yours, is a self-employed caterer in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Robert drives his personal van when delivering catered meals to customers. You have asked him to provide the amount of business miles driven using his vehicle. You are planning on using the standard mileage method to calculate Robert’s deduction for transportation costs. Robert has responded by saying, “Well, I don’t really keep track of my miles. I guess I drove around 3,000 miles last year for the business.” Please let us know how you would respond to Robert.
2. Your supervisor has asked you to research a potential tax deduction for a client, Nancy Fradette. Nancy is a seat-filler at a number of the award shows that are filmed in the greater Los Angeles area. Although typically seat-fillers are not compensated, Nancy is so good at the job that many of the events are willing to pay for her services. As a result, her level of seat-filling activity now rises to the level of a business, not just a hobby. In 2018, Nancy is hoping to take a trip to the National Award Show Association (NASA) Annual Conference being held in Koror, Palau, a small island country in the Pacific. Although the conference is specifically focused on the presentation of award shows, a large number of the producers of these shows attend each year. Nancy wanted to attend so she could understand the challenges an award show producer faces and thus better perform her seat-filler job. The conference is held in a remote location each year as award show producers generally prefer a high level of secrecy around the inner-workings of the shows, and the scuba-diving and weather are also pretty good. The costs to attend the conference are $1,200 for conference registration, $2,300 for air travel, $2,400 for lodging. All the meals are included in the cost of the registration and are valued at $400. Please prepare a letter to Nancy that describes the issues that Nancy will face in trying to deduct the cost of this trip. Use IRS Publication 463 (available at www.irs.gov (Links to an external site.)) to assist you.

Lance H. and Wanda B. Dean are married and live at 431 Yucca Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Lance works for the convention bureau of the local Chamber of Commerce, while Wanda is employed part-time as a paralegal for a law firm.

During 2016, the Deans had the following receipts:

Wanda was previously married to John Allen. When they divorced several years ago, Wanda was awarded custody of their two children, Penny and Kyle. (Note: Wanda has never issued a Form 8332 waiver.) Under the divorce decree, John was obligated to pay alimony and child support—the alimony payments were to terminate if Wanda remarried.

In July, while going to lunch in downtown Santa Fe, Wanda was injured by a tour bus. As the driver was clearly at fault, the owner of the bus, Roadrunner Touring Company, paid her medical expenses (including a one-week stay in a hospital). To avoid a lawsuit, Roadrunner also transferred $90,000 to her in settlement of the personal injuries she sustained.

The Deans had the following expenditures for 2016:

The life insurance policy was taken out by Lance several years ago and designates Wanda as the beneficiary. As a part-time employee, Wanda is excluded from coverage under her employer's pension plan. Consequently, she provides for her own retirement with a traditional IRA obtained at a local trust company. Because the mayor is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce, Lance felt compelled to make the political contribution.

The Deans' household includes the following, for whom they provide more than half of the support:

Penny graduated from high school on May 9, 2016, and is undecided about college. During 2016, she earned $8,500 (placed in a savings account) playing a harp in the lobby of a local hotel. Wayne is Wanda's widower father who died on January 20, 2016. For the past few years, Wayne qualified as a dependent of the Deans.

Federal income tax withheld is $5,200 (Lance) and $3,100 (Wanda). The proper amount of Social Security and Medicare tax was withheld.

Required:

Determine the Federal income tax for 2016 for the Deans on a joint return by completing the appropriate forms. Use Form 1040 and Schedule A to complete this tax return. They do not want to contribute to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. All members of the family had health care coverage for all of 2016. If an overpayment results, it is to be refunded to them.

Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.

Enter all amounts as positive numbers.

If an amount box does not require an entry or the answer is zero, enter "0".

When computing the tax liability, do not round your immediate calculations. If required round your final answers to the nearest dollar.

Lance H. and Wanda B. Dean are married and live at 431 Yucca Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Lance works for the convention bureau of the local Chamber of Commerce, while Wanda is employed part-time as a paralegal for a law firm.

During 2016, the Deans had the following receipts:

Wanda was previously married to John Allen. When they divorced several years ago, Wanda was awarded custody of their two children, Penny and Kyle. (Note: Wanda has never issued a Form 8332 waiver.) Under the divorce decree, John was obligated to pay alimony and child support—the alimony payments were to terminate if Wanda remarried.

In July, while going to lunch in downtown Santa Fe, Wanda was injured by a tour bus. As the driver was clearly at fault, the owner of the bus, Roadrunner Touring Company, paid her medical expenses (including a one-week stay in a hospital). To avoid a lawsuit, Roadrunner also transferred $90,000 to her in settlement of the personal injuries she sustained.

The Deans had the following expenditures for 2016:

The life insurance policy was taken out by Lance several years ago and designates Wanda as the beneficiary. As a part-time employee, Wanda is excluded from coverage under her employer's pension plan. Consequently, she provides for her own retirement with a traditional IRA obtained at a local trust company. Because the mayor is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce, Lance felt compelled to make the political contribution.

The Deans' household includes the following, for whom they provide more than half of the support:

Penny graduated from high school on May 9, 2016, and is undecided about college. During 2016, she earned $8,500 (placed in a savings account) playing a harp in the lobby of a local hotel. Wayne is Wanda's widower father who died on January 20, 2016. For the past few years, Wayne qualified as a dependent of the Deans.

Federal income tax withheld is $5,200 (Lance) and $3,100 (Wanda). The proper amount of Social Security and Medicare tax was withheld.

how to find taxable interest? line 8a on 1040 form

I need help on this problem using the new tax forms for this current year now that they changed the forms.

thanks in advance.

Financial Reporting: Do Small Errors Need to be Reported?

Ben is a recent Santa Clara University graduate who has just started his first job in the finance department of a publicly traded Silicon Valley company. One of his main responsibilities is to create and distribute extensive Microsoft Excel reports that analyze costs and revenues for different divisions. Ben sends completed reports to his direct supervisor and the CFO. The CFO then uses the information to create the company's financial reports, in addition to the strategy and forecasting formulation.

While Ben considers himself to be detailed-oriented, the complicated nature of and the sheer volume of data sometimes overwhelm him, which is exacerbated by their strict deadlines. While Ben works hard to prepare the reports as accurately as possible, he often finds errors after he has submitted his final report. When the errors are critical, he revises the reports and resends them. However, some of the errors are minor, in Ben's estimation, and he doubts that the CFO will use or look at these figures. Ben is ambitious and wants to be promoted, but worries that if he frequently sends out revised reports he will appear unreliable and unqualified. At the same time, the potential consequences from inaccurate financial reports put the company, the CFO and CEO, and Ben himself at risk.

Think about... What actions should Ben take when he catches a mistake? Is he obligated to report every error, particularly since he works for a publicly traded company? Is there such a thing as a small error in this context?

For your post, put yourself in Ben's shoes... You have a family at home that you provide for. What would you do if you caught one of your own errors? Does the amount of the error matter? Are you willing to get fired? How important is trust? How much do you value integrity?

let’s say that on the first day of this class, Econ 10 B, 90 students try to get in, but there are only 70 seats available. Let’s say that we cannot change rooms, and we cannot wait for 20 students to drop the class. We must decide which 70 students to let in, and which 20 to reject. This can be called RESOURCE ALLOCATON. A. Please explain this problem in terms of Supply, Demand, Price and Quantity. B. Please list and discuss at least five methods of allocating this resource --- that is, five ways of deciding which 70 people to let in and which 20 people to … NOT let in. Assume that you have the time and resources necessary to check into the background of all 90 people --- units needed to transfer, GPA, past attendance records – if you desire to do so. C. Please RANK your various methods of allocating this resource from the “BEST” method to the “WORST” method, and defend your ranking system. D. As the rationing body, what are your GOALS? Among these 90 people, what TRAITS or CHARACTERISITCS do you want to reward? WHY? E. What would the “highest bidder” system (also known as the ‘free market’ system) do in this case? F. Most of us see the ‘free market’ solution as the wrong outcome in this case. Why? Why is education different from a car sold by Ford or a burger sold by McDonalds?

1. Let’s say that on the first day of this class, Econ 10 B, 90 students try to get in, but there are only 70 seats available. Let’s say that we cannot change rooms, and we cannot wait for 20 students to drop the class. We must decide which 70 students to let in, and which 20 to reject. This can be called RESOURCE ALLOCATON. A. Please explain this problem in terms of Supply, Demand, Price and Quantity.   B. Please list and discuss at least five methods of allocating this resource --- that is, five ways of deciding which 70 people to let in and which 20 people to … NOT let in.   Assume that you have the time and resources necessary to check into the background of all 90 people --- units needed to transfer, GPA, past attendance records – if you desire to do so.   C. Please RANK your various methods of allocating this resource from the “BEST” method to the “WORST” method, and defend your ranking system.   D. As the rationing body, what are your GOALS? Among these 90 people, what TRAITS or CHARACTERISITCS do you want to reward? WHY? E. What would the “highest bidder” system (also known as the ‘free market’ system) do in this case?   F. Most of us see the ‘free market’ solution as the wrong outcome in this case. Why? Why is education different from a car sold by Ford or a burger sold by McDonalds?

South Hampton University is preparing its budget for the upcoming academic year. This is a specialised private university that charges fees for all degree courses. Currently, 30 000 students are enrolled on campus. However, the university is forecasting a 5 per cent growth in student numbers in the coming year, despite an increase in fees to $3 000 per subject. The following additional information has been gathered from an examination of university records and conversations with university managers:
1. South Hampton is planning to award scholarships to 200 students, which will cover their fees.
2. The average class has 80 students, and the typical student takes 4 subjects per semester. South Hampton operates 2 semesters per year.
3. The average academic staff salary is $120 000 per annum including on-costs.
4. South Hampton’s academic staff are evaluated on the basis of teaching, research, administration and professional/community service. Each of the academic staff teaches the equivalent of three subjects during the academic year.
Required:
a. Prepare a revenue budget for the upcoming academic year.
b. Determine the number of staff needed to cover classes.
c. Assume there is a shortage of full-time academic staff. List at least five actions that South Hampton might take to accommodate the growing student numbers

A 10.0 mL solution of 0.030 M AgNO3 was titrated with 0.015 M NaBr in the cell. S.C.E. || titration solution | Ag(s) Find the cell voltage for 0.4, 10.0, 20.0, and 27.0 mL of titrant. (The Ksp of AgBr = 5.0 ✕ 10−13.) 0.4 V 10.0 V 20.0 V 27.0 V

create a code in JAVA that takes arguments to do a bfs(breadth first search) or a dfs( depth first search) using a txt file as the graph input.

I have made most of the main function as well as a nose function I just need the bfs and dfs functions to work here's what I have so far, the comments that start with TODO are the parts that I need to finish

Main.java

import java.io.*;
import java.util;
ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
//class variables
private static boolean extendedOn;
public static String [] arr;
public static List<Node> nodeList;
public static Node firstNode;
public static int vertices;
//main method
public static void main(String[]args){
//the int for the arguments
int argument = 0;
int destination;
extendedOn = false;
boolean isDfs = false;
//checks to make sure that the user specified the destination
if(args[argument].equals("-dest")){
argument++;
try { destination = Integer.parseInt(args[argument]); argument++; }catch (Exception e{
System.out.println("Wrong Argument, needs an integer");
System.exit(0); } }
else{ System.out.println("Please specify the destination using -dest");
System.exit(0); }
//if the first arg is -e if(args[argument].equals("-e")){ argument++; extendedOn = true; }
//if args is dfs if(args[argument].equals("-dfs")){ argument++; isDfs = true; }
//if the args is -bfs else if(args[argument].equals("-bfs")){ argument++; isDfs = false; }
else{
System.out.println("Requires a Search Argument"); System.exit(0); }
//the argument that gets the file
File file = new File( args[argument] ); instantiateList(file); //gets the initial time Long timeStart = System.currentTimeMillis();
//figures out whether to do dfs or bfs
if(isDfs){ DFS(firstNode); }
else{ BFS(); }
//gets the endingTime Long timeEnd = System.currentTimeMillis(); System.out.println("\nTime Taken: " + (timeEnd - timeStart)); }

//method that populates the node list with how many vertices there are
private static void instantiateNodes(){
for(int y = 1; y <= vertices; y++){
nodeList.add(new Node(y)); }
firstNode = nodeList.get(0); }
//method to instantiate the List
public static void instantiateList(File file){
vertices = 0;
//String [] arr; //= new String[0];
//reads the file
try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file))) {
//gets the vertices then creates the array which the buffered reader will put the values into
vertices = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());
arr = new String[vertices];
int counter = 0;
//puts the values in String line = null;
while ((line = br.readLine()) != null)
{ arr[counter++] = line; } }
catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
//prints out the vertices and initializes the nodeList
System.out.println("\nVertices: " + vertices);
nodeList = new ArrayList<>(); instantiateNodes();
//for loop
for(int x = 0; x < vertices; x++){
//populates a list with the vertexes
String line = arr[x];
List adjacentVertexes = new ArrayList();
//while the line is not empty put it in the list
while(!line.isEmpty())
{ String vertex;
//if there are multiple vertexes
if(line.contains(" "))
{ vertex = line.substring(0, line.indexOf(" "));
//gets the node from the node list and adds it to the Node's adjacency List adjacentVertexes.add(nodeList.get( (Integer.parseInt(vertex)) - 1 )); }
//if there is only one vertex left else{ adjacentVertexes.add(nodeList.get( (Integer.parseInt(line)) - 1 ));
line = ""; break; } //changes the line to the next vertex line = line.substring(line.indexOf(" ")+1); }
//creates the node and initializes it
Node newNode = nodeList.get( ((Node)adjacentVertexes.get(0)).getVertex() - 1 );
//removes the name of the vertex and sets it's list adjacentVertexes.remove(0); newNode.setList(adjacentVertexes);
//adds the newNode to the list of Nodes nodeList.add(newNode); } }
//TODO method for the BFS
public static void BFS(){ System.out.println("BFS:"); }
//TODO method for the DFS
public static void DFS(){ System.out.println("DFS:"); } } }

Node.java

import java.util.List;
public class Node {    
//variable for if the node has been visited before     private boolean hasBeenSearched;   
 private List<Node> adjacency;    
private int vertex;    
public int searched;    
public Node(int v){      
 vertex = v;        
hasBeenSearched = false;     }    
//gets the vertex of the node    
public int getVertex(){        
return vertex;     }    
//sets the variables for if the node has already been searched    
public void setSearch(boolean search){         hasBeenSearched = search;     }    
//gets the varaible for the search of the node     public boolean getSearch(){     
   return hasBeenSearched;     }    
//method used to set the list full of nodes    
public void setList(List<Node> nodeList){         adjacency = nodeList;     }    
//method used to get the Node from the list     public Node getNode(int index){       
  return adjacency.get(index);     }    
//method used to get the size of the adjacency list     public int getSize(){         return adjacency.size();     } }