Brittany callihan sold stock (basis of $184,000) to her son, ridge, for $160,000, the fair market value. a. what are the tax consequences to brittany? b. what are the tax consequences to ridge if he later sells the stock for $190,000? for $152,000? for $174,000? c. prepare your solution using spreadsheet software such as microsoft excel. the spreadsheet should compute the gain or loss for ridge for all scenarios. use the if function to compute the right of offset. d. write a letter to brittany in which you inform

Show the changes to the t-accounts for the federal reserve and for commercial banks when the federal reserve buys $50 million in u.s. treasury bills. if the public holds a fixed amount of currency (so that all loans create an equal amount of deposits in the banking system), the minimum reserve ratio is 10%, and banks hold no excess reserves, by how much will deposits in the commercial banks change? by how much will the money supply change? show the final changes to the t-account for commercial banks when the money supply changes by this amount.

When used-car dealers signal the quality of a used car with a warranty, a. buyers believe the signal because the cost of a false signal is high b. it is not rational to believe the signal because some used-car dealers are crooked c. the demand for lemons is eliminated d. the price of a lemon rises above the price of a good used car because warranty costs on lemons are greater than warranty costs on good used cars

Which of the following would cause a shift to the right of the supply curve for gasoline? i. a large increase in the price of public transportation. ii. a large decrease in the price of automobiles. iii. a large reduction in the costs of producing gasoline