Tax drill - trade or business expenses indicate whether the following statements are "true" or "false" regarding the deduction criteria for § 162 and § 212.
a. the code refers to reasonableness solely with respect to interest and employee benefits.
b. to be deductible, any trade or business expense must be "ordinary and necessary." such expenses are deducted for agi.
c. an expense is ordinary if it is normal, usual, or customary in the type of business conducted by the taxpayer and is not capital in nature.
d. neither "ordinary" nor "necessary" is defined in the code or regulations.

Danny "dimes" donahue is a neighborhood's 9-year-old entrepreneur. his most recent venture is selling homemade brownies that he bakes himself. at a price of $2 each, he sells 100. at a price of $1.5 each, he sells 300. instructions: round your answer to 1 decimal place. a. what is the elasticity of demand? 3.50 â± 0.1 . b. is demand elastic or inelastic over this price range? . c. if demand had the same elasticity for a price decline from $1.5 to $1 as it does for the decline from $2 to $1.5, would cutting the price from $1.5 to $1 increase or decrease danny's total revenue? .

Over the past year, three of the star salesmen at family resorts international's corporate office have been lured away to competitors. on top of that, karina, the general manager of the sales department, has noticed that most employees come in, do their jobs, and leave. family resorts offers a good salary, benefits, and tuition reimbursement, as well as a number of development and training programs. most employees seem contented enough, but karina would like to do something to increase the level of engagement among her staff. what do you think karina should do?

Table 1. shows the expected demand for the dvd at different suggested donation levels, and they can act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. thereceipts will be used to fund gstcg supplies for their data collection and conservation work. at the end of each sea turtle nesting season, any excess funds are donated by the gstcg to a local non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility. table 1 suggested anticipated total marginal profit donation per number of dvd revenue revenue dvd request requests $19.00 0 $15.00 2 $9.50 4 $7.75 10 $3.00 15 $0.00 20 a. complete table 1 by computing the total revenue, marginal revenue, and profit columns. b. the president wants the gstcg to provide videos to generate the most possible donations (total revenue). what price, if any, is the president of the gstcg favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. c. the education outreach committee wants the gstcg to provide videos to the highest possible number of people. what price, if any, is the educational outreach committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. d. the treasurer of the gstcg wants the dvd program to be as efficient as possible so that the marginal revenue equals marginal cost. what price, if any, is the treasurer favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer. e. the fundraising committee wants the dvd program to generate as much profit in donations as possible. what price, if any, is the fundraising committee favoring and how many people will receive the dvd if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? explain your answer.