Joel and rachel are both retired. married for 50 years, they’ve amassed an estate worth $2.4 million. the couple has no trusts or other types of tax-sheltered assets. if joel or rachel dies in 2008, how much federal estate tax would the surviving spouse have to pay, assuming that the estate is taxed at the 45 percent rate? joel and rachel are giving all of their assets to their respective spouse upon their death. ignore any tax consequences resulting from the death of the second spouse.

Minneapolis federal reserve bank economist edward prescott estimates the elasticity of the u.s. labor supply to be 3. given this elasticity, what would be the impact of funding the social security program with tax increases on the number of hours worked and on the amount of taxes collected to fund social security?

Vintage fun reproduces oldminusfashioned style roller skates and skateboards. the annual production and sales of roller skates is 950 units, while 1,750 skateboards are produced and sold. the company has traditionally used direct labor hours to allocate its overhead to products. roller skates require 2.5 direct labor hours per unit, while skateboards require 1.25 direct labor hours per unit. the total estimated overhead for the period is $114,300. the company is looking at the possibility of changing to an activityminusbased costing system for its products. if the company used an activityminusbased costing system, it would have the following three activity cost pools: the overhead cost per skateboard using the traditional costing system would be closest to: a. $9.31. b. $65.31. c. $25.05. your answer is not correct.d.

An essential element of being receptive to messages is to have an open mind true or false