Answer:
a) Is Santhosh required to increase his withholding or make estimated tax payments this year to avoid the underpayment penalty?
- No he is not required to make any payments or increase his withholdings because this year's withholdings already represent a 133% increase with respect to last year's tax liability. If the withholdings for the current are over 100% last year's tax liability, then the taxpayer doesn't need to make any further adjustments in order to avoid underpayment penalties.
b) By how much, if any, must Santhosh increase his withholding and/or estimated tax payments for the year to avoid underpayment penalties?
Answer:
The correct option is B,only if it is in writing.
Explanation:
Such promise is not enforceable since one of key elements of enforceable agreement(contract) is missing.
The missing element is that Abner is not getting anything of value in return for the promise to pay for Claudia's trumpet.
The only way to get Abner to fulfill the promise in law parlance is get the promise documented as well as signed by Abner,that can be used as an evidence against Abner in future in order to ensure the promise is fulfilled.
Answer:
$12.53
Explanation:
Data provided in the question
Par value = $1,000
Coupon rate = 2.5%
Reference CPI = 204.89
Now CPI = 205.44
By considering the above information, the correct calculation of the current interest payment is
= Par value × Current CPI ÷ Reference CPI × Coupon rate ÷ 2
= $1,000 × 205.44 ÷ 204.89 × 2.5% ÷ 2
= $12.53
We assume the interest is on semi annual payments
Answer: The fringe benefit is worth $182 more than the additional salary.
Explanation:
The Fringe benefit is valued at $3,600.
The additional salary after taxes is:
= 5,000 - (5,000 * 24%) - (5,000 * 7.65%)
= 5,000 - 1,200 - 382.5
= $3,418
The Fringe benefit is worth more than the salary by:
= 3,600 - 3,418
= $182
<em>Options are more probably for a variant of this question. </em>
