Monica, a self-employed taxpayer, travels from her office in boston to lisbon, portugal, on business. her absence of 13 days was spent as follows: thursday depart for and arrive in lisbon friday business transacted saturday and sunday vacationing monday through friday business transacted saturday and sunday vacationing monday business transacted tuesday depart lisbon and return to office in boston
1. for tax purposes, how many days has monica spent on business?
2. what difference does it make?
3. could monica have spent more time than she did vacationing on the trip without loss of existing tax benefits? explain.

The partnership of douglas, ryan, and ellen has dissolved and is in the process of liquidation. on july 1, 2016, just before the second cash distribution, the assets and equities of the partnership along with profit and loss sharing ratios were as follows: cash $30,000receivable - net $20,000inventories $25,000equipment - net $30,000total assets $80,000liabilities $12,000douglas, capital (20%) $28,000ryan, capital (50%) $24,000ellen, capital (30%) $16,000total liab./equity $80,000assume that the available cash is distributed immediately, except for a $2,000 contingency fund that is withheld pending complete liquidation of the partnership. how much cash should be paid to each of the partners? a. $3,200 douglas, $8,000 ryan, $4,800 ellenb. $5,600 douglas, $14,000 ryan, $8,400 ellenc. $16,000 douglas, $0 ryan, $0 ellend. $8,000 douglas, $0 ryan, $8,000 ellen