Amanda has 30 years to save for her retirement. At the beginning of each year, she puts a fixed amount into her retirement account. At any point in time, all of Amanda’s retirement funds are tied up in the stock market. Historically the fund has had normally-distributed returns with a mean of 9.5% and a standard deviation of 5%. She assumes that the historical distribution will hold for the next 30 years. She wants to estimate the probability of meeting her goal of having at least $1 million for retirement. Assume that if Amanda reaches her goal before 30 years, she will stop investing and retire at that point. She wants to compare the probability for 3 different annual investment amounts: $4,000, $5,000 and $6,000.

Net income and owner's equity for four businesses four different proprietorships, jupiter, mars, saturn, and venus, show the same balance sheet data at the beginning and end of a year. these data, exclusive of the amount of owner's equity, are summarized as follows: total assets total liabilities beginning of the year $550,000 $215,000 end of the year 844,000 320,000 on the basis of the preceding data and the following additional information for the year, determine the net income (or loss) of each company for the year. (hint: first determine the amount of increase or decrease in owner's equity during the year.) jupiter: the owner had made no additional investments in the business and had made no withdrawals from the business. mars: the owner had made no additional investments in the business but had withdrawn $36,000. saturn: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 but had made no withdrawals. venus: the owner had made an additional investment of $60,000 and had withdrawn $36,000. jupiter net income $ mars net income $ saturn net income $ venus net income $

Which of the following is true concerning the 5/5 lapse rule? a) the 5/5 lapse rule deems that a taxable gift has been made where a power to withdraw in excess of $5,000 or five percent of the trust assets is lapsed by the powerholder. b) the 5/5 lapse rule only comes into play with a single beneficiary trust. c) amounts that lapse under the 5/5 lapse rule qualify for the annual exclusion. d) gifts over the 5/5 lapse rule do not have to be disclosed on a gift tax return.

Which career pathways require workers to train at special academies? a. emts and emergency dispatchers b. crossing guards and lifeguards c. police officers and firefighters d. lawyers and judges