Richard's father, joseph leder, died in 2014 and was insured by a $1,000,000 policy purchased in 2011 (within three years of his death). richard's mother was the applicant-owner and beneficiary. joseph leder signed as the insured. monthly premium payments ($3,900) were paid by a corporation wholly owned by joseph. was the life insurance included in the estate of joseph? i. yes, it was included because the corporation paid the premium. ii. yes, it was included because joseph died within three years of the policy issue. iii. no, the policy was excluded from joseph's estate. iv. no, the corporations can pay premiums for their key employees, and the policies will always be excluded from their estates. a. ib. i, iic. iiid. iii, ive. iv

Assume the government imposes a $2.25 tax on suppliers, which results in a shift of the supply curve from s1 to s2. the price the seller receives for the product after paying the tax is

Captain john's yachts, inc., located in fort lauderdale, florida, rents three types of ocean-going boats: sailboats, cabin cruisers, and captain john's favorite, the luxury yachts. captain john advertises his boats with his famous "you rent"we pilot" slogan, which means that the company supplies the captain and crew for each rented boat. each rented boat has one captain, of course, but the crew sizes (deck hands, galley hands, etc.) differ. the crew requirements, in addition to a captain, are one for sailboats, two for cabin cruisers, and three for yachts. ten employees are captains, and an additional 18 employees fill the various crew positions. currently, captain john has rental requests for all his boats: four sailboats, eight cabin cruisers, and three luxury yachts. if captain john's daily profit contribution is $50 for sailboats, $70 for cruisers, and $100 for luxury yachts, how many boats of each type should he rent?

The 39 percent and 38 percent tax rates both represent what is called a tax "bubble." suppose the government wanted to lower the upper threshold of the 39 percent marginal tax bracket from $335,000 to $208,000. what would the new 39 percent bubble rate have to be? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places,e.g., 32.16.)