For calendar year 2018, jean was a self-employed consultant with no employees. she had $80,000 of net profit from consulting and paid $7,000 in medical insurance premiums on her policy covering 2018. how much of these premiums may jean deduct as a deduction for agi? as an itemized deduction? if an amount is zero, enter "0". self-employed persons can deduct % of their medical insurance premiums as a deduction for agi in 2018. thus, jean may deduct $ as a deduction agi and she may deduct $ as an itemized deduction (subject to the agi floor).

Garrett is an executive vice president at samm hardware. he researches a proposal by a larger company, maximum hardware, to combine the two companies. by analyzing past performance, conducting focus groups, and interviewing maximum employees, garrett concludes that maximum has poor profit margins, sells shoddy merchandise, and treats customers poorly. what actions should garrett and samm hardware take? a. turn down the acquisition offer and prepare to resist a hostile takeover. b. attempt a friendly merger and use managerial hubris to improve results at maximum. c. welcome the acquisition and use knowledge transfer to impart sam hardware's management practices. d. do nothing; the two companies cannot combine without samm hardware's explicit consent.

Southeastern oklahoma state university's business program has the facilities and faculty to handle an enrollment of 2,000 new students per semester. however, in an effort to limit class sizes to a "reasonable" level (under 200 generally), southeastern's dean, holly lutze, placed a ceiling on enrollment of 1,600 new students. although there was ample demand for business courses last semester, conflicting schedules allowed only 1,440 new students to take business courses. the utilization rate for southeastern=%the efficiency rate for southeastern=%

When immigration adds to the size of the domestic labor pool, which of the following is likely to occur? a. wages decrease. b. productivity increases. c. consumption decreases. d. minimum wage increases.