Answer:
D) $150,000
Explanation:
Insurance proceeds that are not reinvested in replacing damaged property are taxed. Apparently Prime corporation didn't reinvest into replacing the property, so this transaction should be taxed as a property sale. Prime received $400,000 for the building with a $350,000 basis which results in a net gain = $50,000.
The other $100,000 were given as replacement income and therefore should be taxed as such.
So the total taxable amount = $50,000 + $100,000 = $150,000
Answer: increase by $80 million, and the maximum money-lending potential of the commercial banking system will increase by $400 million
Explanation:
Based on the information given in the question, the money multiplier will be calculated thus:
Money multiplier = 1/Required reserve ratio
where,
Required reserve ratio = 20%
Money Multiplier will now be:
= 1/0.20
= 5
Therefore, the maximum money-lending potential will be:
= $80 million × 5
= $400 million
Therefore, the money supply will by $80 million, and the maximum money-lending potential of the commercial banking system will increase by $400 million
Answer:
B) induces buyers to consume less, and sellers to produce less.
Explanation:
Taxes are a necessary evil since they always increase the price of the goods and services that consumers buy and decrease the amount of money that producers receive from selling their goods and services. But taxes are necessary and unavoidable.
But once a market assumes all the effects of existing taxes it reaches an equilibrium price that both consumers and producers are satisfied with. If a new tax is levied than the deadweight losses are greater since consumer surplus and producer surplus are both reduced. This will lead to a reduction in the incentive that both consumers and producers have to engage in transactions. Many times consumers will substitute heavily taxed goods for other goods since they feel they are getting more from consuming those goods (consumer surplus). The same happens to producers, many producers will change their heavily taxed goods for other goods.
If the price elasticity of demand or supply of a certain good is large (elastic demand and supply), the deadweight loss will be greater.
<span>Heavy speculation is a bad idea in any market since it has a tendency to inflate prices to unrealistic levels. That is basically what many investors prior to the Great Depression did when they thought the market would keep going higher and higher. They borrowed money, sold their houses, etc.. to buy into the stock market thanks to that kind of speculation without even considering the underlying reasons for why the market is there in the first place.</span>
