Paul’s will creates a General Power of Appointment Trust (GPOA) that distributes income to his wife annually for life and gives his wife a general power of appointment over the assets in the trust. Which of the following statements is true regarding a GPOA Trust? A. The GPOA Trust only qualifies for the unlimited marital deduction if the trustee agrees to make distributions of principal to Paul’s trust. B. The unlimited marital deduction cannot be elected over the property transferred to the trust because Paul’s wife cannot appoint assets to herself, her creditors, or to anyone on her behalf. C. The unlimited marital deduction is not available because Paul’s wife does not have the current right to the assets in the trust. D. The GPOA Trust automatically qualifies for the unlimited marital deduction because Paul’s wife has a general power of appointment over the trust’s assets.

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.