You have a goal of having $270,000 four years from today. the return on the investment is expected to be 8% and will be compounded semi-annually. the amount that needs to be invested today is closest to: (fv of $1,pv of $1, fva of $1, and pva of $1) (use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.)
a) $180,000.
b) $197,989.
c) $135,000.
d) $197,289.

On january 8, the end of the first weekly pay period of the year, regis company's payroll register showed that its employees earned $22,760 of office salaries and $70,840 of sales salaries. withholdings from the employees' salaries include fica social security taxes at the rate of 6.20%, fica medicare taxes at the rate of 1.45%, $13,260 of federal income taxes, $1,450 of medical insurance deductions, and $860 of union dues. no employee earned more than $7,000 in this first pay period. required: 1.1 calculate below the amounts for each of these four taxes of regis company. regis’s merit rating reduces its state unemployment tax rate to 3% of the first $7,000 paid to each employee. the federal unemployment tax rate is 0.60