Donald is a 21-year-old full-time college student. During 2016, he earned $2,500 from a part-time job and $1,150 in interest income. If Donald is a dependent of his parents, what is his standard deduction amount? If Donald supports himself and is not a dependent of someone else, what is his standard deduction amount? Dependant = 4000 (i got this wrong)

Not a Dependant = 6300 (right)

Married taxpayers, who file a joint return, have taxable income of $21,103.

Single taxpayer, has taxable income of $88,978.

a. tax liability =2241 Marginal tax rate = 15% Average tax rate = ???

b. tax liability =18015 Marginal tax rate = 25% Average tax rate = ???

You own a nonunion company with 93 nonexempt employees. all of these employ- ees pack books into boxes for shipment to customers throughout the united states. because of wide differences in performance, you have decided to try performance appraisal, something never done before. until now, you have given every worker the same size increase. now you want to measure performance and reward the best performers with bigger increases. without any further information, which of the five types of appraisal formats do you think would be most appropriate? justify your answer. do you anticipate any complaints, or other comments, from employees after you implement your new system?