OPTIONS:
A. establish a Chinese Wall between the research personnel and the sales personnel
B. register both the research personnel and the sales personnel in each State where the IA's services are offered
C. cross-train the research personnel and the sales personnel in each other's functions so that in the event of a confidentiality breach, one can take over the functions of the other
D. establish two separate IA firms registered with the State with one only having research personnel and the other only having sales personnel
Answer: A. establish a Chinese Wall between the research personnel and the sales personnel
Explanation: In a bid to maintain confidentiality and avoid leakage of vital information, there must be a barrier between the research personnels who makes findings on investment opportunities and packages for client needs and the sales personnels. This is because, research and investment informations are treated as classified and leakage could lead to bias, whereby some consumers will get the information and make moves before other consumers are informed via official release by the firm.
Answer:
a. Brad might be allowed to deduct up to $25,000
or Brad may be allowed to deduct the loss if he works more than 750 hours as a material participant in connection with the townhouse complex and more than half of personal service.
b. The reduction is equal to 50% of AGI in excess of $100,000. The deduction will be phased out completely if AGI reaches $25,000
Explanation:
Adjusted Gross Income is the final taxable income after all the allowable deductions are adjusted in the income. A tax payer can deduct up to $25,000 for the passive losses. This is standard deduction which Brad can deduct from the income.
<span>Often take a commission for their service. The commission could be a flat rate or a percentage of the check. Generally banks do not charge their customers to cash checks. A bank may charge a small fee to cash a check if the person is not their customer.</span>
Answer:
The company is NOT in anyway required to either make, offer or provide accommodations to Kim
Explanation:
Based on the information given the company is NOT in anyway required to either make, offer or provide accomodations to Kim reason been that the ADA only tend to applies to companies which has either 15 employees or employees that are higher or more than 15 employees in which the accounting firm which Kim work for did not fall under the category as well as the coverage of the act because the accounting firm is a small firm which we were told consist of 2 managing partners, 6 accountants as well as 4 secretaries making them 12 employees in total.
Therefore the company is NOT required to provide any accomodations to Kim
Answer:
Option (B) is correct.
Explanation:
Open market operations is a monetary policy instrument that is used by the Federal reserve for controlling the money supply in an economy. If there is a need to decrease the money supply in an economy then fed sells the government securities to the public and on the other hand if there is a need to increase the money supply in an economy then fed purchases the government securities from the public.
So, here the expansionary policy is to purchases the treasury bills from the public.
