Last year, Aleshia identified $4,400 as a nonbusiness bad debt. In that tax year before considering the tax implications of the nonbusiness bad debt, Aleshia had $8,800 of taxable income, of which $3,080 consisted of short-term capital gains. This year, Aleshia collected $3,696 of the amount she had previously identified as a bad debt. Determine Aleshia's tax treatment of the $3,696 received in the current tax year.

Engberg company installs lawn sod in home yards. the company’s most recent monthly contribution format income statement follows: amount percent of sales sales $ 80,000 100% variable expenses 32,000 40% contribution margin 48,000 60% fixed expenses 38,000 net operating income $ 10,000 required: 1. compute the company’s degree of operating leverage. (round your answer to 1 decimal place.) 2. using the degree of operating leverage, estimate the impact on net operating income of a 5% increase in sales. (do not round intermediate calculations.) 3. construct a new contribution format income statement for the company assuming a 5% increase in sales.