Determine the number of personal and dependency exemptions in each of the following independent situations. a. Leo and Amanda (ages 48 and 46) are husbandand wife and furnish more than 50% of the support of their twochildren, Elton (age 18) and Trista (age 24). During the year, Elton earns $4,500 providing transportation for elderly personswith disabilities, and Trista receives a $5,000 scholarship fortuition at the law school she attends.

b. Audry (age 65) is divorced and lives alone. Shemaintains a household in which her ex-husband, Clint, and hismother, Olive, live and furnishes more than 50% of their support. Olive is age 82 and blind.
c. Jacque (age 52) furnishes more than 50% of thesupport of his married daughter, Carin, and her husband, Pierce, who live with him. Both Carin and Pierce are age 18. During theyear, Pierce earned $4,000 from a part-time job. All parties livein New York ( a common law state).
d. Assume that same facts as in (c ), except that allparties live in Nevada ( a community property state).

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u. s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u. s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u. s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Which of the following best explains the purpose of a strike? a. to pressure employers to increase the minimum wage. b. to make sure that producers don't make any profit. c. to get employers to submit to collective bargaining. d. to prevent employers from taking industrial action.