Helen, a single taxpayer, has modified adjusted gross income (before passive losses) of $126,000. during the tax year, helen’s rental house generated a loss of $15,000. assuming helen is actively involved in the management of the property, what is the amount of helen’s passive loss deduction from the rental house?

Caleb construction (cc) incurs supervisor salaries expense in the construction of homes. if cc manufactures 100 homes in a year, fixed supervisor salaries will be $400,000. with the current construction supervisors, cc's productive capacity is 150 homes in a year. however, if cc is contracts to build more than 150 homes per year, it will need to hire additional supervisors, which are hired as full-time rather than temporary employees. cc's productive capacity would then become 200 homes per year, and salaries expense would increase to $470,000. how would cc’s salaries expense be properly classified? fixed variable mixed stepped curvilinear