Iris, a calendar year cash basis taxpayer, owns and operates several tv rental outlets in florida and wants to expand to other states. during 2019, she spends $14,000 to investigate tv rental stores in south carolina and $9,000 to investigate tv rental stores in georgia. she acquires the south carolina operations but not the outlets in georgia. as to these expenses, iris should: a. expense $23,000 for 2019. b. expense $9,000 for 2019 and capitalize $14,000. c. capitalize $14,000 and not deduct $9,000. d. capitalize $23,000. e. none of these choices are correct.

In the context of your career choice, your own business skills cannot influence the level of your personal financial success. a. true b. false

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Oliver's company is planning the launch of their hybrid cars. the company has included "never-before-seen" product benefits in the hybrid cars. which type of advertising should oliver's company use for the new cars?