Kyle, a single taxpayer, worked as a freelance software engineer for the first three months of 2020. During that time, he earned $54,000 of self-employment income. On April 1, 2020, Kyle took a job as a full-time software engineer with one of his former clients, Hoogle Inc. From April through the end of the year, Kyle earned $200,000 in salary.

What amount of FICA taxes (self-employment and employment related) does Kyle owe for the year? (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Kerri is single and claims two exemptions. Last year she earned $48,800 in wages. Additional tax information for the year is as follows: interest earned: $229; capital gains from sale of stock: $2,650; penalty on early withdrawal of savings: $400; contributions to Keough retirement fund: $1,500; real estate taxes paid: $4,500; mortgage interest paid: $4,200. Find the taxable income for the year.

(ps . Standard Deduction in 2018 for MFJ or QW with dependent is $24,000; for S or MFS is $12,000; for HoH  is $18,000)

On a recent analytics survey, the scores were normally distributed, with a mean of 76 and a standard deviation of 10. Letter grades for the survey were based on a classic scale, with 90-100 = A; 80-89 = B; 70-79 = C; 60-69 = D; below 69 = F. What percentage of the class would you expect to have earned an A?(a)

What percentage of the class would you expect to have earned a B?(b)

If you formed a sample from the four people on the front row, what is the probability that the mean of their scores was greater than 80?(c)

Kyle, a single taxpayer, worked as a free-lance software engineer for the first three months of 2018. During that time, he earned $60,000 of self-employment income. On April 1, 2018, Kyle took a job as a full-time software engineer with one of his former clients, Hoogle Inc. From April through the end of the year, Kyle earned $202,000 in salary. What amount of FICA taxes (self-employment and employment related) does Kyle owe for the year? (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Kyle, a single taxpayer, worked as a free-lance software engineer for the first three months of 2018. During that time, he earned $60,000 of self-employment income. On April 1, 2018, Kyle took a job as a full-time software engineer with one of his former clients, Hoogle Inc. From April through the end of the year, Kyle earned $202,000 in salary.

What amount of FICA taxes (self-employment and employment related) does Kyle owe for the year? (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Kyle, a single taxpayer, worked as a free-lance software engineer for the first three months of 2017. During that time, he earned $74,000 of self-employment income. On April 1, 2017, Kyle took a job as a full-time software engineer with one of his former clients, Hoogle Inc. From April through the end of the year, Kyle earned $168,000 in salary.

What amount of FICA taxes (self-employment and employment related) does Kyle owe for the year? (Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar amount.)

Although people’s acceptance of homosexuality and homosexuals has improved, prejudice and stigma remain, and attitudes towards homosexuals are frequently negative (Avery et al., 2007; Ben-Ari, 2001; Petersen & Hyde, 2010). Prejudice and stigma against the (LGBT) community have also been reported by several studies in Turkey, the findings of which were consistent with those of other international studies (Çırakoğlu, 2006; Gelbal & Duyan, 2006). Some of these negative attitudes and oppositions arise from misconceptions and stereotypes about homosexuals. homosxual men were generally described as people who act different … wearing feminine clothes, talking feminine, being similar to females, etc.’ (Sakallı, 2002, p. 116). Since masculine traits are overvalued and feminine traits are undervalued, homosexuals in Turkey have been rejected by a heterosexist society, and homosexuality is regarded as intolerable and dishonourable to manhood (Akpınar, 2003). Prejudice and negative attitudes towards homosexuality in Turkey have also been profoundly affected by another factor: the Islamic religion. Turkey is a secular country which has a 99% Muslim majority (Bereket & Adam, 2008). Although there are many controversies about Islam’s view of homosexuality and homosexuals (Siraj, 2006), referring to the hadiths (an interpretation of the Islamic Holy Book Qur’an) on the destruction of sexual deviants, homosexuality is explicitly condemned, absolutely forbidden and punishable by death, and many Islamic scholars regard homosexuality as a major sin and a crime (Siraj, 2009). Accepting homosexuality as legal, homosexuals and homosexual acts are neither appreciated nor tolerated; homosexuality is regarded as a violation of human nature in Turkish society (Tapınç, 1992). In addition to identifying the hostility within the sociocultural structures and religion towards homosexuality, the social context in the field of physical education (PE) and sports is not a welcoming environment for LGBT individuals either. Davison and Frank (2006) defined masculinity as ‘not-feminine’ and as having ideal physical and athletic qualities including strength, power, speed and endurance. In addition, masculine men were expected to be heterosexual; lesbian women and men were considered to be deviant, and not suited for sports (Elling & Janssens, 2009). Several studies have shown negative attitudes and behaviours towards lesbians and homosexual men in PE and sports settings (Roper & Halloran, 2007; Southall, Nagel, Anderson, Polite, & Southall, 2009). The Turkish PE and sports literature is bereft of studies investigating the existence of homophobic attitudes. One of the most well-known arguments related to sports homophobia in Turkey started with a statement made by a famous Turkish ballet dancer. He stated that ‘there are more homosexual football players than homosexual ballet dancers. I know homosexual football players’. Many people from the Turkish soccer world protested against his statements for bringing soccer players under suspicion (Akbaş, 2004). Following these attacks, the ballet dancer made a statement that his friends who are homosexual soccer players played in another country. He stressed that he had not intended to cast aspersions on soccer players. After his statements the Turkish soccer world returned to a ‘normal’ heterosexual life. Given the marginalization of homosexuality in Turkish society and, perhaps even more so in the Turkish sporting world, the topic is predictably an understudied and seemingly taboo subject for investigation. As a sport psychology consultant in training working at a public university, your client today is Reza, a 20 year old student-athlete from Turkey studying in the US who is disclosing his preference for men in relationships to you and sharing his country's atittude and belief about homosexual men in sport as cited above.

1. Analyse a homosexual university student’s experiences of homophobia in Turkish society 2. Discuss if the fact that he is a major in Health and Fitness Management can help with his motivation to play, the stress to deal with the situation he returns to every summer on holidays. 3. What kind of feedback could you give him to help him? 4. Could imagery be useful when dealing with adversity? if so, how. 5. How would you introduce self confidence and well-being concepts to him to help him process what is going on in his country and in the sport in this country?

CASE STUDY

Christopher aged 12 (White UK), Amy aged 8 (dual heritage Caribbean/White UK) and Kerry aged 3(dual heritage Caribbean/White UK) have been removed from their mother (White UK) who is an alcoholic and who attacked Christopher in a drunken rage after Amy disclosed sexual interference by him.

The children do not have the same father and Kerry’s father, Andy (UK born Caribbean) recently left the family home after social services discovered he has sexual offences against children. (This was brought to light when Andy’s other child Mary aged 14 went to social services and informed them about her father and abuse in the family. This is the basis of the previous task above). Their maternal grandfather (White UK), is also a sex offender and it is suspected that he has had unsupervised contact with the children. The maternal grandmother (White Irish), suffered from psychotic illness throughout her life and is currently in hospital.

Amy and Kerry are also displaying sexualised behaviour and Christopher is vey aggressive. He has bitten the foster carer and has been excluded from school for hitting other children and sexual interference with another child.

Amy and Christopher are not doing well in school in any event. They are not learning and are shunned by the other children. The foster care finds faeces about the house and suspects it is Christopher, who has also been discovered hording food in his bedroom.

Kerry is showing signs of developmental delay. She does not give eye contact, she head bangs and does not like to be touched. She was extremely distraught to be removed from her mother and absolutely will not accept comfort from the foster carer, but occasionally will do so from Christopher and Amy.

USING THE SYSTEMIC THEORY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW

1. An exploration of the risk factors in the case scenario with reference to the appropriate literature on risk, safeguarding and assessment.​

2, A consideration of the legal and ethical issues that arise from this case

3. A critical exploration of one method of intervention that might be appropriate to use with this family and a consideration of its relative strengths and limitations​

4, A critical exploration of one theory or perspective that might help social workers understand individual family members or the family as a whole, and their particular circumstances​

5. A critical exploration of the family’s cultural background and the impact of any structural oppression and discrimination​

6. A consideration of any value issues this case raises for you

From January 2015, Coffees R Us Pty Ltd (“CRU”), a small café, has rented space from Strip Shop Retailers Pty Ltd (“SSR”) at a strip of shops on Smith St. A clause in the lease agreement between CRU and SSR limits SSR from leasing any of the other shopfronts in Smith St to a direct competitor of CRU.

As at September 2017, CRU had accumulated debt of $6000 to SSR in late rental fees. CRU argued that it had suffered loss of trade as a result of SSR’s decision to rent space to another café, Organic Coffee Culture Pty Ltd (“OCC”), two doors down from CRU in April 2017, and that it was justified in not paying rent because it had lost more than $6000 in trade due to this alleged breach of the lease agreement.

In October 2017, SSR served a statutory demand upon the registered office of CRU under section 459E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The registered office was the office of CRU’s solicitors, however the company’s regular solicitor was on leave and did not bring the demand to the attention of CRU until 30 days had passed from the date of service. The solicitor advised CRU that it was too late to bring an application to set aside the statutory demand but that, if SSR applied to wind up CRU, CRU could then oppose the application. CRU told its solicitor that it is not in a position to pay the $6000 claimed by SSR, but that it is able to meet all other debts as they fall due.

On the 15^th of November 2017, SSR filed an application to wind up CRU under section 459P of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) relying on the presumption of insolvency arising under the statutory demand procedure.

A.    Advise Coffees R us Pty Ltd whether they can oppose SSR’s application to wind up the company and on what basis. [12 marks]