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ECONOMICS ANALYSIS ESSAY

ECONOMICS ANALYSIS ESSAY

For this assignment, you will write a 2–3-page paper (double-spaced, 1-inch margins) providing at least 1 example of how government has overstepped biblical principles in some form of economic policy. Be sure to adhere to the format specified in the Course Style Guidelines document.

Options include the following topics:
• A specific piece of legislation relating to business regulation or taxation.
• The “party platform” of either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party (or both).
• The role of the Federal Reserve.
• The budget process.

In discussing one of these topics, incorporate clear references from the required reading.

The required Reading & Study material for Module/Week 7 must be cited specifically, and you must include outsides sources as well. You must include at least 2 references in your essay

reading material is
ECONIMICS in ONE LESSON
Hazlitt: IV–V, XI, XIV, XVIII, XXII

ACCT 323 7980 INCOME TAX I (Spring 2017) WEEK 4 HOMEWORK

1)    In the current tax year, Gunther earned $125,000 from his job as a civil engineer.  In addition, he received $30,000 of income from Activity A, and lost $40,000, and 20,000 from Activities B and C respectively.  Activities A, B, and C are passive activities that Gunther acquired in the current year.  What amount of loss may Gunther deduct on his current year taxes with respect to each activity?  What amount of loss, if any, must be carried over to the subsequent year for each activity?
2)    During the current year, Beth and Bill, who file a joint return, incurred the following items of income and loss:

Salary    $ 130,000
Activity A (passive)    10,000
Activity B (rental real estate/nontrade or business)    (30,000)
Activity C (rental real estate/nontrade or business)    (20,000)

Beth and Bill actively participate in activities B and C, and they own 100% of each rental property.
a)    What is their AGI for the year?

b)    What is the amount of suspended losses, if any, that may be carried over with respect to each activity?
3)    In the current tax year, Neil’s personal automobile was totaled in a traffic accident. Neil had purchased the automobile two years earlier for $28,000.  The FMV of the automobile just prior to the accident was $18,000.  The automobile is now worthless.  Neil received a $14,000 insurance check in settlement of his accident claim.  Later that same year, a thief broke into Neil’s home and took several antiques purchased several years ago for $8,000. Their current FMV at the date of the theft was $12,000.  The antiques were not insured.  Neil’s AGI for the current year is $60,000.  What is the amount of Neil’s deductible casualty loss in the current year?
4)    In 2014, Sarah loans Seymour $5,000 for his use in establishing his business.  As Seymour has no other assets and needs cash to establish the business, the loan agreement provides that Seymour will repay the $5,000 debt to Sarah with interest at the prevailing rate over a five-year period.  Seymour’s business is unsuccessful, and he files for bankruptcy in 2015. By the end of 2015, it is estimated that Seymour’s creditors will receive only 20% of the amount they are owed.  In 2016, the bankruptcy proceedings are closed, and the creditors receive 10% of the

amount due on Seymour’s debt obligations.  What is Sarah’s bad debt deduction for 2015? 2016? How is Sarah’s bad debt deduction, if any, characterized?
5)    During 2016, Kiran, a single taxpayer, reported the following income and expense items relating to her interior design business:

Revenues    $52,000
Cost of Goods Sold    41,000
Advertising    3,300
Office supplies    1,700
Rent    13,800
Contract labor    28,000

Kiran also worked part-time during the year, earning $13,500. She reports a long-term capital gain of $4,200, and a short-term capital loss of $3,800.  Her itemized deductions total $5,200.
a)    What is Kiran’s taxable income or loss for the year?

b)    What is Kiran’s NOL for the year?

6)    Brandy is a self-employed consultant who solicits business from numerous clients and receives consulting fees as income. During the current year, Brandy incurred the following expenditures:

Airfare & lodging while away overnight on business    $ 4,000
Business meals while traveling at which business was discussed    1,000
Local business transportation costs for automobile, parking & tolls    2,000
Commuting expenses    1,000
Local entertainment of clients      2,000
Total    $ 10,000

a)    Which of the expenditures listed above, if any, are deductible by Brandy?

b)    Which of the above items are classified as For AGI and From AGI deductions?

c)    How would your answers to parts (a) and (b) change if Brandy were an employee rather than self-employed and none of the above expenditures were reimbursed by her employer?
7)    On February 20, 2016, Charles, who is single and age 32, establishes a traditional deductible IRA and contributes $5,500 to the account.  Charles’ AGI is $66,000 in 2015 and
$57,000 in 2016.  Charles is an active participant in his employer’s retirement plan.

a)    What amount of the contribution is deductible?  In what year is it deductible?

b)    Is the deduction For AGI or From AGI?

c)    How would your answer to part (a) change, if at all, if Charles were not an active participant in his employer’s retirement plan?
d)    How would your answer to part (a) change if Charles were married and filed a joint return with his spouse, who has no earned income, assuming their combined AGI is
$85,000?  What would be their maximum IRA contribution deduction?

8)    Joe and Jean have five grandchildren, ages 19, 16, 15, 12, and 10.  The have established Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (CESA) for each of the grandchildren and would like to contribute the maximum amount allowable to each CESA for the 2016 tax year. Joe and Jean’s AGI for 2016 is $196,000.
(a)    How much can Joe and Jean contribute to each grandchild’s CESA in 2016?

(b)    Assume that the 19-year-old granddaughter is a freshman in college and makes a withdrawal of $7,000 from her CESA during 2016.  Her college expenses for 2016 were as follows:

Tuition    $1,500
Room & board    2,500
Books & supplies    500

The extra amount withdrawn was used as a down payment on an automobile that the granddaughter purchased during the year. She needed the automobile to drive to school rather than to ride the bus.  What are the tax consequences of the $7,000 distribution to

9)    Roger is a cash basis self-employed air-conditioning repairman with current year gross business receipts of $20,000. Roger’s cash disbursements were as follows:
Air conditioning parts $ 2,500 Yellow Pages listing 2,000
Estimated federal income taxes on self-employment income 1,000 Business long-distance telephone calls 400
Charitable contributions 200

What amount should Roger report as net profit or loss on Schedule C of his 2014 Form 1040? a. $15,100
b. $14,900 c. $14,100 d. $13,900
10)    Robert Corp. granted an incentive stock option for 200 shares to Beverly, an employee, on March 14, Year 12. The option price and FMV on the date of grant was $150. Beverly exercised the option on August 2, Year 14, when the FMV was $180 per share. She sold the stock on September 20, Year 15, for $250 per share. How much gross income did Beverly recognize in Year 12?
a. $30,000

b. $150

c. $0

d. $20,000

Health Care Economics

I need a 275 word essay.

APA format

What national trends affect competition and pricing initiatives in healthcare?

 

minimum of 1 reference

Highlighted Artwork

Write a two-page in-depth commentary for one of your artistic artifacts that is most representative of your theme and, of course, include the image of that work. This work should be from the course content, not one of your modern or contemporary examples. Make sure you think about the FTC Palette, discussing form, theme, and context for your work. Please review the Writing About Art resource posted in Course Content. Submit by the end of week 6 to the proper area. Format, cite, caption, and reference in MLA style with author/date and proper in-text citations required.
Need Some Ideas?
So, you are selecting one of your works of art for stage 5 and writing a more in-depth essay. You can include the information you wrote in stage 4 about the one artwork then expand on it; possibly it can serve as an overview or introductory statement. Or, you can mix the content from 4 within the in-depth content for 5. One possible direction would be to bring in an outside and contemporary artwork that would make a great comparative study and help to progress your narrative and connections between the past and the present. Or, you could further discuss the elements and principles of art focusing on a particular element or principle. Or, possibly talk about the iconography more extensively than the short descriptions written for Stage 4.
Deliverables:
2 page commentary focused on one work of art in proper MLA format.

ISM coding

The following restrictions on the data were discussed in the initial meeting:
– Customer Height will be measured in inches
– Sport Type is either basketball, hockey, football, or soccer
– Food Type is either drink, snack, or main dish
– Restaurant Type is either concession stand or sit down restaurant
– The Departments are Ticketing, Food Service, Gift Shop, Maintenance, and Security
– Multiple food orders occurred on March 17th, 2020.
– All events and orders occurred in 2020.

Implement the database in MySQL. Specifically, write a SQL script to do the following:
a. Create the Tables. Each Table must have a Primary Key constraint, Foreign Key
constraints where applicable, and other constraints as written in the table
instance charts.

Assembly language

Given an array [3, -1, 0, 4]
1) Initialize the array.
2) Print out these elements. Do not forget commas and brackets.
3) Print these elements in ascending order.
Example output:
[3, -1, 0, 4]
or [-1, 0, 3, 4]

Groups engaging culture

Question/Prompt: For this assignment, you will choose 1 group, organization, etc. that is actively involved in engaging the culture. Possible groups include (but are not limited to):
Heritage Foundation
Patriot Academy
Leadership Institute
Liberty Counsel
Live Action
State specific organization such as the Texas Public Policy Foundation
The goal is to explain and analyze what the organization is doing to impact the culture. You can focus on the strengths and accomplishments of the group, or you could focus on its weaknesses and suggest ways the group could be more effective. Cite your information where necessary. Your answer must be at least 250 words.

Database system SQL

Project Description:
After receiving 21 different setups, the management of Oak Creek Stadium has decided on the
attached ER diagram and instance tables for the development of a database to keep track of its
operations. Your team has been contracted to implement the database in the MySQL relational
database management system (RDBMS).
The following restrictions on the data were discussed in the initial meeting:
– Customer Height will be measured in inches
– Sport Type is either basketball, hockey, football, or soccer
– Food Type is either drink, snack, or main dish
– Restaurant Type is either concession stand or sit down restaurant
– The Departments are Ticketing, Food Service, Gift Shop, Maintenance, and Security
– Multiple food orders occurred on March 17th, 2020.
– All events and orders occurred in 2020.
**NOTE: Use the standard solution at the end of this description
to complete the rest of the assignment.**

Querying in MySQL
A new management team has taken over Oak Creek Stadium due to its poor financial state.
The CEO believes that the slowing economy may have caused attendance at sporting events
to decrease. The CEO also believes that workforce reduction efforts need to be put in place
in order to improve Oak Creek Stadium’s financial standing. As a part of the reorganization
efforts, the CEO has requested that your team provide reports that will be used in the
organizational review.

Develop the following SQL queries:
a. The CEO is considering increasing ticket sales to improve the financial standing
of Oak Creek Stadium. The CEO requested a report that lists the average event
ticket price paid per customer. The list should only include the customer ID
and the average ticket price.

Select customerid,avg(ticket_price) from attendance group by customerid;

b. As a part of the workforce reduction effort, the Oak Creek Stadium CEO is
looking to layoff some employees in order to reduce overhead. Your team
received a request to provide a list of the full names of all employees, their
department, and their hire dates, listed in chronological order (by hire date).

Select concat(E_FName,concat(‘ ‘,E_LName)) as FullName, departmentId,E_HireDate from employee order by E_HireDate asc;

c. The CEO also wants a report of the total number of employees in each
department, listed in alphabetical order by department name.

d. In order to support the claim that attendance at sporting events is low, the CEO
requested a list of all sporting events in chronological order. The CEO would
like to see the sport type, home team ID, and visitor team ID in the report, as
well as the total number of customers that attended each event as “Number of
Customers in Attendance”.

e. Another approach to reducing overhead is to look at the top earners at Oak
Creek Stadium. Your team received a request to provide a list of all the
managers (displaying their full name as one field called “Manager Name”), the name of their department, and their salary (formatted as a $xx.xx). This list
should be in decreasing order based on salary.

f. The CEO wonders if there should be more holiday-themed promotions to
encourage food purchases at events. Your team received a request to provide a
list of all foods that have been ordered on March 17th, 2020, specifically the
food name, the total quantity sold, and the total sales (qty * price). The price
should be formatted as a $xx.xx.

g. The CEO is also considering offering p
romotions to encourage fans to attend
more than one sporting event. The report requested should include the customer
ID, full customer name of customers who have only attended one sporting
event. The report should also include the sport type of the event that was
attended.

h. It is discover
ed that season pass sales have also been decreasing. The CEO
wants to send a promotion to all current and past season pass holders. Your
team received a request to provide a list of the season pass holder ID, the full
name of the season pass holder, the expiration date of the season pass, and the
number of events that they have attended.

Select temp. FullName, SeasonPass. SeasonPassID, SeasonPass. ExpirationDate,temp. numberOfevents from SeasonPass inner join (Select concat(C_FName, concat(‘ ‘,C_LName)) as FullName, Customer. SeasonPass_ID ,d.number as numberOfevents from Customer inner join (Select CustomerID,count(EventID) as number from Attendance group by CustomerID) as d on d. CustomerID= Customer. CustomerID) as temp on temp. SeasonPass_ID= SeasonPass. SeasonPassID;

i. The CEO wants to thank all of the teams that have played at the stadium by
sending a letter to their coaches. The report requested should include all the
details of the teams that have played at the stadium.

Select distinct Team. TeamID, Team_Name,Coach_FName,Coach_LName ,City, State from Team inner join Event on Event. HomeTeamID = Team. TeamID UNION Select distinct Team. TeamID, Team_Name,Coach_FName,Coach_LName ,City, State from Team inner join Event on Event. VisitorTeamID = Team. TeamID;

j. In order to boost employee morale during the workforce reduction, the CEO
wants to give an award to the top employees who had the highest food sales in
2020. The report requested should list the employee ID, the employee’s full
name, and their grand total of food item sales (qty * price). List the employees
from the greatest sales to the least. Exclude total sales that are less than $200.
Select temp. EmployeeID,temp. totalsales,CONCAT(E_FName,CONCAT(‘ ‘,E_LName)) as FullName from (Select (FoodOrders.Quantity * Food.Food_Price) as totalsales,EmployeeID from FoodOrders inner join Food on FoodOrders. FoodItemID = Food. FoodItemID group by EmployeeID) as temp inner join Employee on Employee.EmployeeID = temp. EmployeeID and temp.totalsales > 200;

5. Views in MySQL (15 points)
To protect the data in the database, your team should develop a View and write the SQL
script for it. This view is specifically for employees so that they can see their employment
data. Include their employee ID, their full name, the date and time of the task they
completed, and the task name.

Moral Criticisms of the Market

Question/Prompt: This assignment requires you to read “Moral Criticisms of the Market” by Ken S. Ewert https://fee.org/articles/moral-criticisms-of-the-market/ .Note that in his article, Ewert is defending the free market from “Christian Socialists.” He states their position and then gives a rebuttal. Do you agree with the critique of the market in Ewert’s article? Why or why not? Read carefully and offer cogent reasons. Your answer must be at least 250 words.
Consider the context of the article; the Berlin Wall fell months after the article was published. The USSR followed shortly thereafter.

International Organizations Making a Difference

Question/Prompt: In this module/week’s Reading & Study materials, you were educated on many facets of international engagement. The assignment this module/week is to research an international group, NGO, or other similarly situated group and explain how this group is helping to engage an international audience. If this is an area of interest or passion for you that must also be noted. Your answer must be at least 250 words.

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