Donny owns and leases a coal mine to brian. the lease agreement states that brian will pay donny $4 per ton royalty on coal mined. what is brian’s percentage depletion deduction for the current year from the information given below? 1. gross income from coal $250,000 2. income from trucking coal 20,000 3. royalty paid donny 30,000 4. taxable income on coal (excluding depletion) 40,000 5. coal depletion rate 10%

It is estimated that over 100,000 students will apply to the top 30 m. b.a. programs in the united states this year. a. using the concept of net present value and opportunity cost, when is it rational for an individual to pursue an m. b.a. degree. b. what would you expect to happen to the number of applicants if the starting salaries of managers with m. b.a. degrees remained constant but salaries of managers without such degrees decreased by 20 percent