Originally, Fred was spending half of his time producing tap shoes and the other half of his time producing ballet slippers; Ginger was dividing her time the same way. Then, Fred began spending all of his time producing the good in which he has a comparative advantage, and Ginger began spending all of her time producing the good in which she has a comparative advantage. As a result: a. total output of ballet slippers decreases by 1 and total output of tap shoes increases by 3.
b. total output of ballet slippers increases by 1 and total output of tap shoes increases by 2.
c. total output of ballet slippers increases by 2 and total output of tap shoes increases by 1.
d. total output of ballet slippers remains constant and total output of tap shoes increases by 2.

Arnold rossiter is a 40-year-old employee of the barrington company who will retire at age 60 and expects to live to age 75. the firm has promised a retirement income of $20,000 at the end of each year following retirement until death. the firm's pension fund is expected to earn 7 percent annually on its assets and the firm uses 7% to discount pension benefits. what is barrington's annual pension contribution to the nearest dollar for mr. rossiter? (assume certainty and end-of-year cash flows.)

According to the naeyc curriculum is effective when all of the following occur except

James jones is the owner of a small retail business operated as a sole proprietorship. during 2017, his business recorded the following items of income and expense: revenue from inventory sales $ 147,000 cost of goods sold 33,500 business license tax 2,400 rent on retail space 42,000 supplies 15,000 wages paid to employees 22,000 payroll taxes 1,700 utilities 3,600 compute taxable income attributable to the sole proprietorship by completing schedule c to be included in james’s 2017 form 1040. compute self-employment tax payable on the earnings of james’s sole proprietorship by completing a 2017 schedule se, form 1040. assume your answers to parts a and b are the same for 2018. further assume that james's business is not a service business, and that it has $155,000 unadjusted basis in tangible depreciable property. calculate james's 2018 section 199a deduction.