Abby, a single taxpayer, purchased 10,000 shares of § 1244 stock several years ago at a cost of $20 per share. in november of the current year, abby received an offer to sell the stock for $12 per share. she has the option of either selling all of the stock now or selling half of the stock now and half of the stock in january of next year. abby will receive a salary of $80,000 for the current year and $90,000 next year. abby will have long-term capital gains of $8,000 for the current year and $10,000 next year. if abby's goal is to minimize her agi for the two years, determine whether she should sell all of her stock this year or half of her stock this year and half next year. a. the loss on the sale of abby's § 1244 stock is treated as an ordinary loss. this treatment for taxpayers filing as single is limited to $ per year. b. determine abby's total agi under both options for the current year and next year. if an amount is zero, enter "0".

In order to be thoughtful about the implementation of security policies and controls, leaders must balance the need to with the impact to the business operations. doing so could mean phasing security controls in over time or be as simple as aligning security implementation with the business’s training events.

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.

Which represents a surplus in the market? a market price equals equilibrium price. b quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded. c market price is less than equilibrium price. d quantity supplied equals quantity demanded.