Alice, Betty and Carol are equal owners of ABC, Inc. They believe that ABC is worth about $3,000,000 today. They think that the value of ABC will increase by about 5% to 10% per year. Each of them has a basis in their stock of $500,000. ABC is very profitable. Each of them draw an annual salary of $250,000. They agree that if any one of them dies, they do not want anyone else to be the owner of the decedent’s stock. Explain which method you recommend they use and why. ( a stock redemption buy-sell agreement or a cross-purchase buy-sell agreement )

The expenses associated with sending two children through college prevented Victor and Maria Hernandez from adding substantially to their investment program. Now that their younger son, Joseph, has completed school and is working full time. They would like to build up their investments quickly. Victor is 47 years old and wants to retire early, perhaps by age 60. In addition to the retirement program at his place of employment, Victor believes that their investment portfolio, currently valued at $115,000, will need to triple to $345,000 by his planned retirement time, in 13 years. He and Maria realize that they will have to sacrifice a lot of current spending to save and invest for retirement. What rate of return is needed on the $115,000 portfolio to reach their goal of $345,000 (assuming no additional contributions)? Use Appendix A-1 or visit the Garman/Forgue companion website. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Round ‘Future Value of a Single Amount’ in intermediate…

Velma and Keota (V&K) is a partnership that owns a small company. It is considering two alternative investment opportunities. The first investment opportunity will have a five-year useful life, will cost $15,169.64, and will generate expected cash inflows of $3,900 per year. The second investment is expected to have a useful life of four years, will cost $10,073.45, and will generate expected cash inflows of $3,600 per year. Assume that V&K has the funds available to accept only one of the opportunities. (PV of $1 and PVA of $1) (Use appropriate factor(s) from the tables provided.) Required a. Calculate the internal rate of return of each investment opportunity. (Do not round intermediate calculations.) b. Based on the internal rates of return, which opportunity should V&K select? Internal Rate of Return % a. First investment % Second investment b. V&K should select the second investment

Charles and Martha (both age 30), cach saved $15,000 (pre tax) at the end of every year over their working lives. Both worked till age 65 years. Charles saved his money in a qualified pension plan while Martha saved in her personal account after paying taxes. Martha turned over her portfolio every year and the combination of ordinary income on dividends and interest and capital gains on sale of stock came to a 20% tax rate on investment retums. If both generated a pretax retum of 6% per year and were in 25% marginal tax bracket throughout their lives, compute the difference in their net accumulated savings at retirement $167,137 O $278,654 $222,849 O $696.535

At her death, Chow owned 55% of the stock in Finch Corporation, with the balance held by family members. In the past five years, Finch has earned average net profits of $1,740,000, and on the date of Chow's death, the book value of its stock is $4,350,000. An appropriate rate of return for Finch’s business is in is 5.9%. What value would the IRS argue that the stock Chow owned should be included in her estate?

Mrs. Franklin, who is in the 37 percent tax bracket, owns a residential apartment building that generates $110,000 annual taxable income. She plans to create a family partnership by giving each of her two children a 20 percent equity interest in the building. (She will retain a 60 percent interest.) Mrs. Franklin will manage the building, and value of her services is $30,000 per year. If Mrs. Franklin's children are in the 12 percent tax bracket, compute the tax savings from this income-shifting arrangement. (Ignore any payroll tax consequences.) Tax savings from this income-shifting arrangement

Two people save money in a tax-deferred Individual Retirement Account that earns 8% annually. Person A invests $ 3,000 a year from age 20 to 29, but then never saves another penny. Person B starts investing $ 3,000 a year at age 30 and saves that same amount annually for the rest of his life. Who has more money in the account at age 65?     a. Person A   b. Person B   c. They both have the same amount of money.

Phillip and Case are in the process of forming a partnership to import Belgian chocolates, to which Phillip will contribute one-third time and Case full time. They have discussed the following alternative plans for sharing profit and losses. a. In the ratio of their initial investments, which they have agreed will be $129,000 for Phillip and $301,000 for Case. b. In proportion to the time devoted to the business. c. A salary allowance of $6,000 per month to Case and the balance in accordance with their initial investment ratio. d. A $6,000 per month salary allowance to Case, 10% Interest on their initial investments, and the balance equally. The partners expect the business to generate profit as follows: Year 1, $103,000 loss; Year 2, $153,000 profit; and Year 3, $253,000 profit Required: Complete a schedule for each of the four plans being considered by showing how the partnership profit or loss for each year would be allocated to the partners. (Enter all amounts as positive value.…