Jed is an electrician. jed and his wife are accrual basis taxpayers and file a joint return. jed wired a new house for alison and billed her $15,000. alison paid jed $10,000 and refused to pay the remainder of the bill, claiming the fee to be exorbitant. jed took alison to small claims court for the unpaid amount and was awarded a $2,000 judgement. jed was able to collect the judgement but not the remainder of the bill from alison. what amount of loss may jed deduct in the current year?
a. $0
b. $3,000
c. $2,000
d. $5,000
e. none of these choices are correct.

Eager, a tipped employee, reported to his employer that he had received $320 in tips during march. on the next payday, april 4, he was paid his regular salary of $250. the amount of oasdi taxes to withhold from eager’s pay is a. $19.84 b. $15.50 c. $35.34 d. $43.61 e. none of the above. 2 points

Which of the following accurately describes one way that individual goods differ from public goods? a. people can be excluded from using individual goods if they don't pay. b. all individual goods are normal goods. c. demand for individual goods is always inelastic. d. consumer rivalry results in decreasing marginal utility for individual goods.2b2t

Match the given situations to the type of risks that a business may face while taking credit.(there's not just one answer)1. beta ltd. had taken a loan from a bankfor a period of 15 years, but its salesare gradually showing a decline.2. alpha ltd. has taken a loan for increasing its production and sales,but it has not conducted any researchbefore making this decision.3. delphi ltd. has an overseas client. the economy of the client’s country is going through severe recession.4. delphi ltd. has taken a short-term loanfrom the bank, but its supply chain logistics are not in place.a. foreign exchange riskb. operational riskc. term of loan riskd. revenue projections risk