Suppose that, in a competitive market without government regulations, the equilibrium price of hamburgers is $7 each.

Indicate whether each of the statements is an example of a price ceiling or a price floor and whether it is binding or nonbinding.

Statement Price Control Binding or Not

1. The government has instituted a legal minimum price of $8 each for hamburgers.

2. The government prohibits fast-food restaurants from selling hamburgers for more than $8 each.

3. Due to new regulations, fast-food restaurants that would like to pay better wages in order to hire more workers are prohibited from doing so.

James jones is the owner of a small retail business operated as a sole proprietorship. during 2017, his business recorded the following items of income and expense: revenue from inventory sales $ 147,000 cost of goods sold 33,500 business license tax 2,400 rent on retail space 42,000 supplies 15,000 wages paid to employees 22,000 payroll taxes 1,700 utilities 3,600 compute taxable income attributable to the sole proprietorship by completing schedule c to be included in james’s 2017 form 1040. compute self-employment tax payable on the earnings of james’s sole proprietorship by completing a 2017 schedule se, form 1040. assume your answers to parts a and b are the same for 2018. further assume that james's business is not a service business, and that it has $155,000 unadjusted basis in tangible depreciable property. calculate james's 2018 section 199a deduction.