Jamie has an undergraduate degree in finance and is employed full-time by a bank. she is taking courses at a local university leading to an mba degree.

a. based on the reasons for the taking courses listed below, identify for jamie whether the associated costs are "deductible" or "nondeductible".

i. it is to maintain or improve existing skills required in her present job.
ii. it is to meet the minimum educational standards for qualification in her existing job.
iii. it is to qualify her for a new trade or business.
iv. it is to meet the express requirements of her employer or the requirements imposed by law to retain her employment status.
b. complete the statement below outlining the limitations imposed on the deduction.

i. assume that jamie is a single filer with an magi of $64,000.
ii. click here to view § 222 deduction amounts.
iii. deductible for agi and deducted from agi as an itemized deduction which subject to the 2%-of-agi limitation.

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Southeastern bell stocks a certain switch connector at its central warehouse for supplying field service offices. the yearly demand for these connectors is 15,000 units. southeastern estimates its annual holding cost for this item to be $25 per unit. the cost to place and process an order from the supplier is $75. the company operates 300 days per year, and the lead time to receive an order from the supplier is 2 working days.a) find the economic order quantity.b) find the annual holding costs.c) find the annual ordering costs.d) what is the reorder point?

(05.04 mc) a 2012 report from the u.s. surgeon general stated: "another common practice is strategically locating tobacco-related marketing materials where young children will be exposed to them. tobacco industry executives acknowledge that products and advertising should be placed at eye level (pollay 2007), but in california, 48% of stores had at least one cigarette marketing item at or below 3 feet from the floor (feighery et al. 2001)." it was also noted that 25% of cigarette displays were next to candy. in addition, a national study found that about one-third of the stores had tobacco ads at low heights. after california banned counter displays, some stores place cigarettes in transparent displays so product brands could still be seen. why did some stores use transparent units to display the cigarettes? (3 points) to comply with the new rules while still encouraging cigarette purchases via visual exposure to ensure children and minors are not exposed to cigarettes and their eye-catching packaging to minimize exposure to humidity, extending the shelf life of the cigarettes' tobacco to reduce the occurrence of shoplifting, since cigarettes are high-revenue items