Alt Partnership, a cash-basis, calendar-year entity, began business on October 1, 2019. Alt incurred and paid the following in 2019: Legal fees to prepare the partnership agreement $12,000 Accounting fees to prepare the representations in offering materials 15,000 Alt elected to amortize costs. What was the maximum amount (ignoring any immediate expensing allowed) that Alt may deduct on the 2019 partnership return?

According to ceo heidi ganahl, camp bow wow requires a strong and consistent corporate culture to keep all local franchise owners "on the same page" and to follow a common template for the business and brand. this culture could become detrimental over time because: (a) strong consistent cultures are inflexible and incapable of adapting to environmental change (b) strong consistent cultures are too flexible and capable of adapting to environmental change (c) strong consistent cultures don’t perform well in any environment (d) the passing of time provides stability and predictability for businesses