Henrietta, the owner of a very successful hotel chain in the southeast, is exploring the possibility of expanding the chain into a city in the northeast. she incurs $49,500 of expenses associated with this investigation. based on the regulatory environment for hotels in the city, she decides not to expand. during the year, she also investigates opening a restaurant that will be part of a national restaurant chain. her expenses for this are $50,000. she proceeds with opening the restaurant, and it begins operations on may 1. determine the amount that henrietta can deduct in the current year for investigating these two businesses.

Acontractor was awarded a purchase order for commercial items for $1.5 million under the authority of far subpart 13.5. the purchase order was issued in november 2010 and containedall applicable clauses that were current as of the date of the purchase order. under the purchase order, the contractor is required to comply with a small business subcontracting plan that contains all of the required elements. which of the following is true? a.the contractor must submit a standard form 294, subcontracting report for individual contracts. b.the contractor must submit an individual subcontracting report through the electronic subcontracting reporting system (esrs). c.the contractor may submit either an sf 294 or report its subcontracting through esrs. d.the contractor is not required to submit any subcontracting reports.