Hank, a calendar-year taxpayer, uses the cash method of accounting for his sole proprietorship. in late december he performed $20,000 of legal services for a client. hank typically requires his clients to pay his bills immediately upon receipt. assume his marginal tax rate is 32 percent this year and will be 37 percent next year, and that he can earn an after-tax rate of return of 12 percent on his investments. should hank send his client the bill in december or january?

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.

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Marge is told by a jeweler that a particular diamond priced at $10,000 in which she is interested cannot be obtained anywhere else for under $15,000. later that day, she finds a diamond of comparable quality priced at $8,000 at another jewelry store. the first jeweler is liable for: