1. Trey has two dependents, his two daughters, ages 14 and 17, at year-end. Trey files a joint return with his wife. What amount of child credit will Trey be able to claim for his daughters if his AGI is $422,000.

1. Trey has two dependents, his two daughters, ages 10 and 12, at year-end. Trey files a joint return with his wife. What amount of child credit will Trey be able to claim for his daughters if his AGI is $423,000.

1. Julie paid a day care center to watch her two-year old son this year while she worked as a computer programmer for a local start-up company. Julie paid $2,300 to the day care center and her AGI is $50,000 (all salary). What amount of child and dependent care credit can Julie claim?

1. Julie paid a day care center to watch her two-year old son this year while she worked as a computer programmer for a local start-up company. Julie paid $3,600 to the day care center and her AGI is $25,000 (all salary). What amount of child and dependent care credit can Julie claim?

THIS IS ALL THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO DETERMINE THE SOLUTIONS:

The following are two years of income statements and balance sheets for the Munich Exports Corporation.

NEED THE SOULTIONS FOR:

a. Calculate the cash build, cash burn, and net cash burn or build for Munich Exports in 2010

b. Assume that 2011 will be a repeat of 2010. If your answer in Part A resulted in a net cash burn position, calculate the net cash burn monthly rate and indicate the number of months remaining “until out of cash.” If you answer in Part A resulted in a net cash build position, calculate the net cash build monthly rate and indicate the expected cash balance at the end of 2011.

4. (a) Describe and explain “Tragedy of the Commons”. What implications does it have on the pollution problems in terms of whom to be assigned the responsibility of “fixing” it? (b) Apply “tragedy of the commons” to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Explain why it happened (to the extent that it did) and what could have been done (prior to the incident) that could have reduced the probability of it happening. (c) After the incident, Obama vowed to fix this. He ordered a moratorium (temporary suspension of ALL oil rigs in the Gulf). Who does this moratorium benefit?

QUESTION 20

1. Carrie, after selling all of her shares of DD Company, decided to transact in a mutual fund in January 1, 2010. She listed the fund’s returns over a three-year period as shown below:

2. Based on these data, the money-weighted return for the investor is closest to:

Five people who were convicted of speeding were ordered by the court to attend a workshop. A special device placed in their cars kept a record of their speeds for 2 weeks before and after the workshop. The maximum speeds for each person during the 2 weeks before and the 2 weeks after the workshop follow:

Using the .05 significance level, should we conclude that people are likely to drive more slowly after this workshop? Use hypothesis testing.

Anthony, one of your cousins, is operating a very successful luxury nail salon called An-Toe-Nail. Other than that, Anthony is also work part-time as a freelancer graphic designer.
In 2020, Anthony have the income from his designing job of $100k and the revenue from the An-Toe-Nail salon is $800k. During 2020, below are items that Anthony spend money on:

• Anthony purchased a new car in Jan 2020 which cost $60k. The car is his main vehicle for the year which he will use to drive to and from work.
• Employee salary: $300k in total, paying for 6 nail technicians, each $50k/year.
• Utilities cost: $10k
• Supplies (nail polishes, glitter, chemical, etc.): $10k
• Nail salon equipment: $50k. Anthony told you that these equipment need to be purchased new every year for some reason. Since the nail salon is a luxury one, he spent twice the money to buy this luxury equipment (the similar but lower quality equipment only cost $25k).

Anthony asks for your help in figuring out his taxable income for 2020 before the standard deduction. As a tax expert, you understand that what he means was to help him calculate his AGI.

1. What is Anthony Gross income in 2020? (Show calculation and explanation if needed)
2. What is Anthony Deduction for AGI in 2020? Show calculation and explanation. Answer without explanation will result in no credit
3. Provided that AGI = Total Gross income – Total Deduction for AGI. What is Anthony AGI for 2020?

Show comparative net income for 2019 and 2020. Income before depreciation expense was $310,000 in 2020, and was $340,000 in 2019. (Ignore taxes.)

After reading the case that is below, How can a foreign company entering China ensure that it tackles the most important “little” things that end up being huge barriers to success as we approach the year 2020 when China is expected to have significantly increased purchasing power among its middle class?​ Write your opinion, as a manager, on how to face cultural issues like those described in the case, when entering foreign markets.

The People's Republic of China opened up to foreign investments in the late 1970s. Since that time, numerous companies have tried to establish operations and sell their products to customers in China. Many more companies will try in the years to come—China is expected to have some 190 million people in the middle- and upper-income categories by 2020. This is an increase from only about 17 million people in these income brackets as recently as in 2010. China's purchasing power for virtually all products and services has strong potential, and foreign companies will seek these market opportunities. What have we learned culturally that can help Western-based companies in China's marketplace?

Some background on China can serve as a starting point for better understanding the culture in China and what some well-known companies such as Best Buy and eBay have done to target the Chinese marketplace. The motivation for many foreign companies to enter China—beyond those that have been there for a few decades for reasons of low-cost production—was the triple growth of the Chinese economy that was seen from 2000 to 2010. China overtook Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world behind only the United States, and its large population makes for an enormous target market. Investment from foreign companies was the largest driver of China's growth in the decade from 2000 to 2010. However, many companies also increased their exports to China. The United States, for example, saw its companies increase exports to China by 542 percent from 2000 to 2011 (from about $16.2 billion to $103.9 billion), while total exports to the rest of the world increased by only 80 percent in the same time period.

Interestingly, while foreign investments grew, domestic consumption as a share of the Chinese economy declined from 46 percent in 2000 to 33 percent in 2010. This consumption decline—coupled with slower growth globally and, ultimately, the worldwide economic downturn that started in 2008—raised questions about China's momentum. Right now, around 85 percent of mainstream Chinese consumers are living in the top 100 wealthiest cities. By the year 2020, these advanced and developing cities will have relatively few customers who are lower than the middle- and upper-income brackets by Chinese standards. The expectation is that these consumers will be able to afford a range of products and services, such as flat-screen televisions and overseas travel, making the Chinese customer much more of a target for a wide variety of consumption. This begs the question, can the unprecedented Chinese growth really continue, and would it come from increased consumption?

The resounding answer is yes according to research conducted by McKinsey & Company. McKinsey found that barring another major economic shock similar to what we saw in 2008, China's gross domestic product (GDP) will continue to grow, albeit not at the historic levels seen between 2000 and 2010 when it grew about 10.4 percent annually. The growth from 2010 to 2020 is expected to be about 7.9 percent per year, which is still far above the expected growth for the United States (2.8 percent annually), Japan (1.2 percent annually), and Germany (1.7 percent annually)—the three countries among the top four worldwide economies along with China. And, the key is that consumption will now be the driving force behind the growth instead of foreign investment. The consumption forecast opens up opportunities for foreign companies to engage with Chinese consumers who are expected to have more purchasing power and discretionary spending.But culturally translating market success from one country or even a large number of countries to the Chinese marketplace is not necessarily as straightforward as it may seem. Often, a combination of naiveté, arrogance, and cultural misunderstanding have led many well-known companies to fail in China. Lack of an understanding of issues such as local demands, buying habits, consumption values, and Chinese customers' personal beliefs led to struggles for companies that had been very successful elsewhere in the world. Let's take a brief look at Best Buy and eBay as two examples.

Best Buy, the mega-store mainly focused on consumer electronics, was founded in 1966 as an audio specialty store. Best Buy entered China in 2006 by acquiring a majority interest in China's fourth-largest appliance retailer, Jiangsu Five Star Appliance, for $180 million. But culture shock hit Best Buy, best described by Shaun Rein, the founder of China Market Research Group. He pointed to a few reasons for this culture shock and lack of success. First, the Chinese will not pay for Best Buy's overly expensive products unless they are a brand like Apple. Second, there is too much piracy in the Chinese market, and this reduces demand for electronics products at competitive market prices. Third, like many Europeans, the Chinese do not want to shop at huge mega-stores. So, these three seemingly easy-to-understand cultural issues created difficulties for Best Buy. Solving these issues, Best Buy believed that it would have to develop and implement a different business model for the Chinese market than it has used, for example, in the United States. Now, how far should a company go outside its normal business model to adhere to cultural values and beliefs of a new market? Strategically moving forward, Best Buy opted to close all of its Best Buy–branded stores in China and focus on its wholly owned local Jiangsu Five Star chain of stores. But will this new strategic business model be successful with the new makeup of customers in China expected by 2020?

eBay, the popular e-business site focused on consumer-to-consumer purchases, was founded in 1995. The company was one of the true success stories that lived through the dot-com bubble in the 1990s. It is now a multi-billion-dollar business with operations in more than 30 countries. But China's unique culture created problems for eBay in that market. Contrary to the widespread cultural issues that faced Best Buy, one company in particular (TaoBao) and one feature more specifically (built-in instant messaging) shaped a lot of the problems that eBay ran into in China. Some 200 million shoppers are using TaoBao to buy products, and the company accounts for almost 80 percent of online transaction value in China. Uniquely, TaoBao's built-in instant messaging system has been cited as a main reason for its edge over eBay in China. Basically, customers wanted to be able to identify a seller's online status and communicate with them directly and easily—a function not seamlessly incorporated into eBay's China system. Clearly, built-in instant text messaging is a solvable obstacle in doing business in China. It sounds easy now when we know about it, but may not always be the case when we take into account all the little things that are important in a market.

3) give three characteristics of closed or private communicators at their "best" and three characteristics of closed or private communicators at their "worst".

1. In 2010, the economy of the Utopia exported goods worth $232 billion and services worth another $87 billion. It imported goods worth $225 billion and services worth $56 billion. Receipts of income from abroad were $110 billion while income payments going abroad were $91 billion. Government transfers from the Utopia to the rest of the world were $23 billion, while various Utopia government agencies received payments of $16 billion from the rest of the world.

1. Calculate Utopia’s merchandise trade balance for 2010.
2. Calculate the current account balance for 2010.
3. Explain how you decided whether payments on foreign investment and government transfers counted on the positive or the negative side of the current account balance for Utopia in 2010.