Carl is a self-employed real estate agent. For the current year, his self-employment net earnings (revenues minus expenses) are $80,000. He is also employed as an accountant with a gross salary of $70,000 for the year. Assume that the appropriate social security income ceiling for the year is $130,000 and that the self-employed FICA rates are 12.4% for social security and 2.9% for Medicare. What is Carl s self-employment tax liability for the year

Profits from using currency options and futures. on july 2, the two-month futures rate of the mexican peso contained a 2 percent discount (unannualized). there was a call option on pesos with an exercise price that was equal to the spot rate. there was also a put option on pesos with an exercise price equal to the spot rate. the premium on each of these options was 3 percent of the spot rate at that time. on september 2, the option expired. go to the oanda. com website (or any site that has foreign exchange rate quotations) and determine the direct quote of the mexican peso. you exercised the option on this date if it was feasible to do so. a. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the call option? b. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased the put option? c. what was your net profit per unit if you had purchased a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2? d. what was your net profit per unit if you sold a futures contract on july 2 that had a settlement date of september 2