Alex, who is single, conducts an activity in 2018 that is appropriately classified as a hobby. the activity produces the following revenues and expenses: revenue $18,000 property taxes 3,000 materials and supplies 4,500 utilities 2,000 advertising 5,000 insurance 750 depreciation 4,000 without regard to this activity, alex's agi is $42,000. determine the amount of alex's taxable income assuming he has no other itemized deductions. the standard deduction for single taxpayers is $12,000.

Ben collins plans to buy a house for $166,000. if the real estate in his area is expected to increase in value by 2 percent each year, what will its approximate value be five years from now?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

When sending a claim to an insurance company for services provided by the physician, why are both icd-10 and cpt codes required to be submitted? how are these codes dependent upon each other? what would be the result of not submitting both codes on a medical claim to an insurance company?