Rhonda, who is married filing a joint return, is employed as a full-time high school teacher. The school district where she works recently instituted a policy requiring all of its teachers to start working on a master's degree. Pursuant to this new rule, Rhonda spent most of the summer of 2019 taking graduate courses at a local university. Her MAGI is $125,000 and her expenses are as follows:

Tuition $4800
Books 850
Course materials 250
Campus parking 300

a. How much, if any, of these expenses might qualify as deductions for AGI?
b. How much of these expenses might qualify as deductions from AGI?

Suppose you win a small lottery and have the choice of two ways to be paid: you can accept the money in a lump sum or in a series of payments over time. if you pick the lump sum, you get $2,950 today. if you pick payments over time, you get three payments: $1,000 today, $1,000 1 year from today, and $1,000 2 years from today. 1) at an interest rate of 6% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 2) at an interest rate of 9% per year, the winner would be better off accepting the (lump sum / payments over time), since it has the greater present value. 3) years after you win the lottery, a friend in another country calls to ask your advice. by wild coincidence, she has just won another lottery with the same payout schemes. she must make a quick decision about whether to collect her money under the lump sum or the payments over time. what is the best advice to give your friend? a) the lump sum is always better. b) the payments over time are always better. c) it will depend on the interest rate; advise her to get a calculator. d) none of these answers is good advice.