Vanessa owns a houseboat on lake las vegas that she personally uses for 25 days out of the year and rents for 280 days. for tax purposes, the houseboat is classified asa) neither a residence nor rental property. because it is rented a nominal number of personal use days, both revenue and expenses (other than those otherwise allowable) are ignored. b) rental property. expenses in excess of income may be deducted although net income or loss is subject to the passive activity rules. c) property that is treated as a hobby which gives rise to from agi deductions only. d) a combination of the taxpayer's residence and rental property. the deduction for expenses is limited to the amount of income generated by the property

Cosmetic profits. sally is the executive vice president of big name cosmetics company. through important and material, nonpublic information, she learns that the company is soon going to purchase a smaller chain of stores. it is expected that stock in big name cosmetics will rise dramatically at that point. sally immediately buys a number of shares of her company's stock. she also tells her friend alice about the expected purchase of stores. alice wanted to purchase stock in the company but lacked the funds with which to do so. although she did not have the funds in bank a, alice decided to draw a check on bank a and deposit the check in bank b and then proceed to write a check on bank b to cover the purchase of the stock. she hoped that she would have sufficient funds to deposit before the check was presented for payment. of which of the following offenses, if any, is alice guilty of by buying stock?

jackie's snacks sells fudge, caramels, and popcorn. it sold 12,000 units last year. popcorn outsold fudge by a margin of 2 to 1. sales of caramels were the same as sales of popcorn. fixed costs for jackie's snacks are $14,000. additional information follows: product unit sales prices unit variable cost fudge $5.00 $4.00 caramels $8.00 $5.00 popcorn $6.00 $4.50 the breakeven sales volume in units for jackie's snacks is

Sole proprietorships produce more goods and services than does any other form of business organization.