Donald dies this year, and under his will, a trust is created in the amount of $6,902,000 with the following provisions: life estate to Cindy (Donald's wife) and remainder to their children. His will also passes land (cost basis of $273,800 and fair market value of $821,400) to the Salvation Army for the site of a new homeless housing project. a. If a QTIP election is made, how much will these transactions reduce Donald’s gross estate to arrive at the taxable estate?
b. If a QTIP election is not made, how much will these transactions reduce Donald’s gross estate to arrive at the taxable estate?

Symantec corp., located in cupertino, california, is one of the world's largest producers of security and systems management software. the company's consolidated balance sheets for the 2009 and 2008 fiscal years included the following ($ in thousands): current assets: receivables, less allowances of $21,766 in 2009 and $24,089 in 2008 $ 838,010 $ 758,700 a disclosure note accompanying the financial statements reported the following ($ in thousands): year ended 2009 2008 (in thousands) trade accounts receivable, net: receivables $ 859,776 $ 782,789 less: allowance for doubtful accounts (8,938) (8,990) less: reserve for product returns (12,828) (15,099) trade accounts receivable, net: $ 838,010 $ 758,700 assume that the company reported bad debt expense in 2009 of $2,000 and had products returned for credit totaling $3,230 (sales price). net sales for 2009 were $6,174,800 (all numbers in thousands).required: what is the amount of accounts receivable due from customers at the end of 2009 and 2008? what amount of accounts receivable did symentec write off during 2009? what is the amount of symentec’s gross sales for the 2009 fiscal year? assuming that all sales are made on a credit basis, what is the amount of cash symentec collected from customers during the 2009 fiscal year?

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