HG, Inc., a calendar year corporation, reported the following operating income (loss) before income tax and the enacted tax rates for the last three years of operations: Income Tax rate Year 2 $100,000 40% Year 3 $(300,000) 30% Year 4 $400,000 30% There are no permanent or temporary differences between operating income (loss) for financial and income tax reporting purposes. When filing its Year 3 tax return, HG did not forgo to carryback the Year 3 loss. What amount should HG record in year 3 to account for the income tax refund receivable

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

True or false: it is generally better to concentrate your exercise time on the weekends only for maximum aerobic benefit.

Norbert and suzie are both lineworkers for a utility company who have been working together for almost two years. norbert frequently tells suzie that the job is called "lineman" and not "linewoman," and thus, it is not a woman's job. he plays practical jokes on her such as hiding some of her tools and sabotaging her truck. he asks her when she plans on getting pregnant and staying at home to take care of her children and gives her copies of " wanted" ads for secretarial and waitress jobs. such behavior has kept suzie disturbed at work. if suzie complains about norbert's conduct: