1. Determine whether each statement is true or false. If the statement is false, make the necessary change(s) to produce a true statement A. You spent 1% of your $50,000-per-year salary on gifts, so you spent $5000 on gifts for the year. B. Federal income tax is a percentage of your gross income. C. Collision coverage pays for damage to another car if you cause an accident. D. Over the life of an installment loan, the interest portion increases and the portion applied to pay off the principal decreases with each successive payment. E. After depositing $1500 in an account at a rate of 4%, my balance at the end of the first year was $(1500)(0.04).

Elizabeth makes the following interest-free loans during the year. Assume that tax avoidance is not a principal purpose of any of the loans. The relevant Federal rate is 5% and that the loans were outstanding for the last six months of the year. Borrower's Net Borrower Amount Investment Income Purpose of Loan Richard $5,000 $800 Gift Woody $8,000 $600 Stock purchase Irene $105,000 $0 Purchase principal residence By how much do each of these loans increase Elizabeth's gross income? If an amount is zero, enter "0". a. Richard is not subject to the imputed interest rules because the $10,000 gift loan exception does apply. Elizabeth's gross income from the loan is $ 0 b. The $10,000 exception does not income producing apply to the loan to Woody because the proceeds were used to purchase assets. Although the $100,000 exception applies to this loan, the amount of imputed interest is 1,000 X.Incorrect is $ 0 ✓. c. None of the exceptions apply gross income from the loan is $ to the loan to…

Joy had a tax refund of 733.43 due. She was able to get her tax refund immediately by paying a finance charge of 43.08 What simple interest rate is Joy paying for this loan assuming the following are true? Assume 360 days in a year. a) The tax refund check would be available in 5 days. b) The tax refund check would be available in 10 days. c) The tax refund check would be available in 20 days.

Russell bought a new hot tub today from Situation Hot Tubs. What is the present value of the cash flows associated with this transaction if the discount rate is 5.70 percent, he will receive a rebate of $527.00 from Situation Hot Tubs in 1 year, and he will pay $3,973.00 to Situation Hot Tubs in 4 years? Note: the correct answer is less than zero. $-2684.29(plus or minus 10$) $-3681.45(plus or minus 10$) $-2760.68(plus or minus 10$) $-2655.87(plus or minus 10$) None of the above has plus or minus $10 to correct answer

A financial engineer designs a new financial instrument that she calls the SafetyNet. This instrument gives the holder access to the following cashflows: • For the first 4 years, the holder receives $95 per year starting one year from today (a total of 4 payments). • The holder does not receive any cashflows for year 5. • Starting at the end of year 6, the holder receives $60 growing at a rate of 4% per year forever. • The holder has to pay a “service fee” of $7 every year starting at the end of year 2; this goes on forever. The prevailing discount rate throughout is 6%. The financial engineer would like to determine a fair market price for this financial instrument. What do you suggest this price to be? Please show your work.

Stefanie takes out a five year car loan and agrees to pay $500 every month. This scenario shows how money functions as a OA. store of value. B. standard of deferred payment. O c. unit of accounting. D. medium of exchange. A

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