Realizing that providing for a comfortable retirement is up to them, jim and julie commit to making regular contributions to their iras, beginning this year. consequently, each makes a $2,000 contribution to his or her traditional ira. if their agi is $35,000 on their joint return, what is the amount of their "saver's credit" for certain retirement plan contributions?
a.$2,000
b.$200
c.$400
d.$1,000

Technology corp. is considering a $238,160 investment in a new marketing campaign that it anticipates will provide annual cash flows of $52,000 for the next five years. the firm has a 6% cost of capital. what should the analysis indicate to the firm's managers?

(30 total points) suppose a firm’s production function is given by q = l1/2*k1/2. the marginal product of labor and the marginal product of capital are given by: mpl = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2l k , and mpk = 1/ 2 1/ 2 2k l . a) (12 points) if the price of labor is w = 48, and the price of capital is r = 12, how much labor and capital should the firm hire in order to minimize the cost of production if the firm wants to produce output q = 18?

True or false payroll withholding includes income tax, social security tax, medicare tax as well as money you deduct for your retirement fund.