Youngston Company (a Massachusetts employer) wants to give a holiday bonus check of $750 to each employee. Since it wants the check amount to be $750, it will need to gross-up the amount of the bonus. Calculate the withholding taxes and the gross amount of the bonus to be made to Genna Fredrich if her earnings for the year are $55,920. Besides being subject to social security taxes and federal income tax (supplemental rate), a 5.05% Massachusetts income tax must be withheld on supplemental payments.

Salvador county issued $25 million of 5% demand bonds for construction of a county maintenance building. the county has no take-out agreement related to the bonds. it estimates that 20% of the bonds would be demanded (called) by the buyers if interest rates increased at least 1%. at year-end rates on comparable debt were 7%. how should these demand bonds be reported in the government-wide financial statements at year-end? a) $25 million in the long-term liability section of the governmental activities column. b) $5 million in the current liability section of the governmental activities column and $20 million in the long-term liabilities section of the governmental activities column. c) $5 million in the governmental activities column and $20 million would be reported in the schedule of changes in long-term debt obligations. d) $25 million in the current liability section of the governmental activities column

Which of the following actions is most likely to result in a decrease in the money supply? a. the required reserve ratio for banks is decreased. b. the discount rate on overnight loans is lowered. c. the federal reserve bank buys treasury bonds. d. the government sells a new batch of treasury bonds. 2b2t

Suppose that hubert, an economist from an am talk radio program, and kate, an economist from a nonprofit organization on the west coast, are arguing over government bailouts. the following dialogue shows an excerpt from their debate: kate: to recent financial crises, the concept of bailouts is a hot topic for debate among everyone these days. hubert: indeed, it’s gotten crazy! a government bailout of severely distressed financial firms is unnecessary because free markets will properly price assets. kate: i don’t know about that. without a bailout of severely distressed financial firms, the economy will experience a deep recession. the disagreement between these economists is most likely due todifferences in scientific judgments . despite their differences, with which proposition are two economists chosen at random most likely to agree? business managers can raise profit more easily by reducing costs than by raising revenue. central banks should focus more on maintaining low unemployment than on maintaining low inflation. employers should not be restricted from outsourcing work to foreign nations