Five years ago, tom loaned his son john $20,000 to start a business. a note was executed with an interest rate of 8%, which is the federal rate. the note required monthly payments of the interest with the $20,000 due at the end of ten years. john always made the interest payments until last year. during the current year, john notified his father that he was bankrupt and would not be able to repay the $20,000 or the accrued interest of $1,800. tom is an accrual basis taxpayer whose only income is salary and interest income. the proper treatment for the nonpayment of the note is: a. no deduction. b. $3,000 deduction. c. $20,000 deduction. d. $21,800 deduction. e. none of the above.

Vendors provide restaurants with what? o a. cooked items ob. raw materials oc. furniture od. menu recipes

One of your new suppliers, kim, has been hearing rumors about your firm’s lack of capability to deliver high quality products and writes an email asking you to address the claims being made. in replying to her, you want to be sure that you are very clear and leave no room for misinterpretation. which of the following aspects of effective communication should you give the most attention? (a) making sure you understand kim’s areas of expertise. (b) supporting your reply with relevant data and facts. (c) establishing your credibility as an expert. (d) paying attention to implied communications.

Afirm wants to hire a project manager (pm) at a salary of $100,000. 30% of pms have high ability, and 70% of pms have low ability. high ability pms generate $120,000 in revenue and low ability pms generate $80,000 in revenue. in addition to differences in productivity, high and low ability pms have different outside offers. if a high ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company at a salary of $80,000. if the low ability pm is not hired by the firm, she can work for another company for $70,000. high ability pms are also able to get a project management professional (pmp) certification at a cost of $1,000. low ability pms are unable to get a pmp certification (they would fail the test). the firm is not able to observe a pm’s ability, but is able to observe and verify whether or not the pm has a pmp certificate.(a) draw the extensive form of the game.expert answer