Paul and Maggie are married and want to file a joint return. • Maggie is a U. S. citizen and has a valid Social Security number. Paul is a resident alien and has an ITIN. They resided in the United States all year with their children. • Paul and Maggie have two children, Cheryl, age 4, and Mike, age 15. Cheryl and Mike are U. S. citizens and have valid Social Security numbers. • Paul earned $18,000 in wages. • Maggie earned $20,000 in wages. • In order to work, the Thomases paid child and dependent care expenses of $3,500 for their daughter Cheryl to attend Busy Bee Child Care. • Paul and Maggie provided all of the support for their two children. • Paul and Maggie declined to receive advance payments for the Child Tax Credit. 1. What is the maximum amount Paul and Maggie are eligible to claim for the child tax credit?

a. $3,000 b. $3,600 c. $6,000 d. $6,600

2 How much of the child care expenses can be used to claim the child and dependent care credit?

a. $3,500 b. $3,000 c. $1,500 d. $0

The monthly sales for yazici​ batteries, inc., were as​ follows: month jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sept oct nov dec sales 19 20 17 12 11 18 16 17 19 22 21 24 this exercise contains only parts b and c. ​b) the forecast for the next month​ (jan) using the naive method​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to a whole​ number). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 3-month moving average approach​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). the forecast for the next period​ (jan) using a​ 6-month weighted average with weights of 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.10​, 0.20​, 0.20​, and 0.30​, where the heaviest weights are applied to the most recent month​ = nothing sales ​(round your response to one decimal​ place). using exponential smoothing with alpha ​= 0.40 and a september forecast of 21.00​, the forecast for the next period​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). using a method of trend​ projection, the forecast for the next month​ (jan) = nothing sales ​(round your response to two decimal​ places). ​c) the method that can be used for making a forecast for the month of march is ▾ a 3-month moving average a 6-month weighted moving average exponential smoothing the naive method a trend projection .

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