Tom is in the 24% tax bracket. Determine which approach to the research expenditures and the research activities credit (other than capitalization and subsequent amortization) would provide the greater tax benefit. Total tax benefit of Choice 1 - Reduce the deduction by 100% of the credit and claim the full credit: $fill in the blank 94a10b047ff9063_1 11,080 Total tax benefit of Choice 2 - Claim the full deduction, and reduce the credit by the product of 100% of the credit times 21%:

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answercold,maybe nuclear war;

riley- $3

sean- $4

jake- $8

riley has the absolute advantage.