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While James Craig and his former classmate Paul Dolittle both studied accounting at school, they ended up pursuing careers in professional cake decorating. Their company, Good to Eat (GTE), specializes in custom-sculpted cakes for weddings, birthdays, and other celebrations. James and Paul formed the business at the beginning of 2023, and each contributed 270,000 in exchange for a 50 percent ownership interest. GTE also borrowed 1,080,000 from a local bank. Both James and Paul had to personally guarantee the loan. Both owners provide significant services for the business. The following information pertains to GTE's 2023 activities: - GTE uses the cash method of accounting (for both book and tax purposes) and reports income on a calendaryear basis. - GTE received 1,550,000 of sales revenue and reported 720,000 of cost of goods sold (it did not have any ending inventory). - GTE paid 140,000 compensation to James, 140,000 compensation to Paul, and 150,000 of compensation to other employees (assume these amounts include applicable payroll taxes, if any). - GTE paid 37,000 of rent for a building and equipment, 42,000 for advertising, 75,600 in interest expense, 6,200 for utilities, and 4,200 for supplies. - GTE contributed 16,000 to charity. - GTE received a 5,400 qualified dividend from a great stock investment (it owned 2 percent of the corporation distributing the dividend), and it recognized 3,700 in short-term capital gain when it sold some of the stock. - On December 1, 2023, GTE distributed 42,000 to James and 42,000 to Paul. - GTE has qualified property of 322,000 (unadjusted basis). Assume James and Paul formed GTE as an S corporation. 1. Compute the tax basis of Paul's stock in GTE at the end of 2023. 2. What amount of Paul's income from GTE is subject to FICA or self-employment taxes?
The assets (in billions of dollars) for a financial firm can be approximated by the function A(x)=330 e^.056 x, where x=7 corresponds to the year 2007. Find the assets in each of the following years. (a) 2011 (b) 2014 (c) 2017 (a) Which of the following describes how to find the assets in 2011 using the given information? Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer box to complete your choice. (Type an integer or a decimal.) A. To find the assets in 2011, substitute for x and evaluate to find A(x). B. To find the assets in 2011, find the intersection point of the graphs y=330 e^.056 x and y=. The assets in 2011 are represented by the y-coordinate. In 2011 the assets are about billion. (Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest tenth as needed.) (b) Which of the following describes how to find the assets in 2014 using the given information? Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer box to complete your choice. (Type an integer or a decimal.) A. To find the assets in 2014, find the intersection point of the graphs y=330 e^.056 x and y=. The assets in 2014 are represented by the y-coordinate. B. To find the assets in 2014, substitute for x and evaluate to find A(x). In 2014 the assets are about billion. (Type an integer or decimal rounded to the nearest tenth as needed.) (c) Which of the following describes how to find the assets in 2017 using the given information? Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer box to complete your choice. (Type an integer or a decimal.) A. To find the assets in 2017, substitute for x and evaluate to find A(x). B. To find the assets in 2017, find the intersection point of the graphs y=330 e^.056 x and y=. The assets in 2017 are represented by the y-coordinate.