Birch corp., a calendar-year corporation, was formed three years ago by its sole shareholder, james, who has operated it as an s corporation since its inception. last year, james made a direct loan to birch corp. in the amount of $6,600. birch corp. has paid the interest on the loan but has not yet paid any principal. (assume the loan qualifies as debt for tax purposes.) for the year, birch experienced a $34,700 business loss. what amount of the loss clears the tax-basis limitation, and what is james’s basis in his birch corp. stock and birch corp. debt in each of the following alternative scenarios? (leave no answer blank. enter zero if applicable.) b. at the beginning of the year, james's basis in his birch corp. stock was $10,300 and his basis in his birch corp. debt was $6,600.

Alandlord rented an art studio to an artist. under the terms of the signed, written, two-year lease, the artist agreed to pay the landlord $1,000 per month and to assume responsibility for all necessary repairs. after the first year of the lease, the artist assigned the balance of his lease to a sculptor. the landlord approved the sculptor as a tenant and accepted two rent payments from her, and then the landlord sold the building to an investor. the sculptor had made two payments to the investor when an electrical fire broke out in the studio, injuring the sculptor. the fire was caused by faulty wiring. the landlord was aware that there was a dangerous wiring problem when he leased the property to the artist. but when the landlord discovered how costly repairs would be, he decided it would be more profitable to sell the property than to repair it. the problem was not easily discoverable by anyone other than an expert electrician, and the landlord did not tell the artist, the sculptor, or the investor about the problem. the sculptor sues to recover damages for her injuries. from whom can the sculptor recover?

The uptowner just paid an annual dividend of $4.12. the company has a policy of increasing the dividend by 2.5 percent annually. you would like to purchase shares of stock in this firm but realize that you will not have the funds to do so for another four years. if you require a rate of return of 16.7 percent, how much will you be willing to pay per share when you can afford to make this investment?

Acoase solution to a problem of externality ensures that a socially efficient outcome is to