On december 27, 2019, roberta purchased four tickets to a charity ball sponsored by the city of san diego for the benefit of underprivileged children. each ticket cost $200 and had a fair market value of $35. on the same day as the purchase, roberta gave the tickets to the minister of her church for personal use by his family. at the time of the gift of the tickets, roberta pledged $4,000 to the building fund of her church. the pledge was satisfied by a check dated december 31, 2019, but not mailed until january 3, 2020.

if an amount is zero, enter "0".

a. presuming roberta is a cash basis and calendar year taxpayer, she can deduct $ for the tickets and
$ for the pledge as a charitable contribution for 2019.

b. would the amount of the deduction be any different if roberta were an accrual basis taxpayer?
if roberta is an accrual basis and calendar year taxpayer, she can deduct $ for the tickets and $ for the pledge as a charitable contribution for 2019.

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Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate. a. after a long search, jon finds a job. b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed. c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires. d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom. e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working. f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job. g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement. h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.

At december 31, 2016, pina corporation had the following stock outstanding. 10% cumulative preferred stock, $100 par, 107,810 shares $10,781,000 common stock, $5 par, 4,026,000 shares 20,130,000 during 2017, pina did not issue any additional common stock. the following also occurred during 2017. income from continuing operations before taxes $21,950,000 discontinued operations (loss before taxes) $3,505,000 preferred dividends declared $1,078,100 common dividends declared $2,300,000 effective tax rate 35 % compute earnings per share data as it should appear in the 2017 income statement of pina corporation