On January 1, 2018, Newlin Co. has the following balances: Projected benefit obligation Fair value of plan assets The settlement rate is 10%. Other data related to the pension plan for 2018 are: Service cost $3,500,000 3,000,000 Amortization of prior service costs due to increase in benefits Contributions Benefits paid Actual return on plan assets Amortization of net gain $300,000 100,000 500,000 225,000 395,000 30,000 8. The fair value of plan assets at December 31,2018 is

A) $3,440,000.
B) $3,670,000.
C) $3,895,000.
D) $3,500,000

The relationship requirement for qualifying relative requires the potential qualifying relative to have a family relationship with the taxpayer. t or fwhich of the following is not a from agi deduction? a.standard deductionb.itemized deductionc.personal exemptiond.none of these. all of these are from agi deductions

15. chef a insists that roux is the traditional thickener for bisque. chef b insists that it's rice. which chef is correct? a. neither chef is correct. b. both chefs are correct. c. chef b is correct. d. chef a is correct.

Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1