Determine the amount of the standard deduction allowed for 2020 in the following independent situations. In each case, assume that the taxpayer is claimed as another person’s dependent. a. Curtis, age 18, has income as follows: $700 interest from a certificate of deposit and $12,600 from repairing cars.
b. Mattie, age 18, has income as follows: $600 cash dividends from a stock investment and $4,700 from handling a paper route.
c. Jason, age 16, has income as follows: $675 interest on a bank savings account and $800 for painting a neighbor’s fence.
d. Ayla, age 15, has income as follows: $400 cash dividends from a stock investment and $500 from grooming pets.
e. Sarah, age 67 and a widow, has income as follows: $500 from a bank savings account and $3,200 from babysitting.

As the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, you have two options for receiving the insurance proceeds. you can receive a lump sum of $200,000 today or receive payments of $1,400 a month for 20 years. if you can earn 6 percent on your money, which option should you take and why

Match the various steps in the creative process undertaken by the ad agency for developing the campaign for wpu, to the steps in young's model of the creative process. creative process in developing wpu's campaignyoung's modelafter intensive analysis of the data and several rounds of brainstorming, the agency executives decided to take a break from this project (the wpu campaign), and instead work on a different client's project before tackling the wpu project again. using a combination of animatics and storyboards, the ad agency conducted research with a representative sample of sixty target consumers to pretest the campaign theme and the creative execution. during a brainstorming session in the creative department, a copywriter's suggestion for a slogan for wpu was recognized as an excellent central idea that could drive the campaign for wpu. the account planning, account management and creative departments at the ad agency had a series of meetings and brainstorming sessions to discuss the creative brief and the results of all the primary and secondary research done with the target consumers. the account planning and the account management groups at the ad agency conducted primary research with a representative sample of the target segment and also studied secondary research data to gain insights required for the campaign development process.

John is a 45-year-old manager who enjoys playing basketball in his spare time with his teenage sons and their friends. at work he finds that he is better able to solve problems that come up because of his many years of experience, but while on the court, he finds he is not as good keeping track of the ball while worrying about the other players. john's experience is: