Myrtle loaned sven $150,000 for his gardening supplies company. a drought occurred during the year. because sven was unable to repay the loan, myrtle accepted the following plan to extinguish sven’s debt. sven is to pay cash of $3,000 and transfer ownership of the gardening property having a value of $80,000 and a basis of $60,000. sven must also transfer stock with a value of $30,000 and a basis of $45,000.find a relevant treasury regulation. determine how much gross income sven should report from the extinguishment of his debt.

Selected information about income statement accounts for the reed company is presented below (the company's fiscal year ends on december 31): 2018 2017sales $ 4,400,000 $ 3,500,000cost of goods sold 2,860,000 2,000,000administrative expenses 800,000 675,000selling expenses 360,000 312,000interest revenue 150,000 140,000interest expense 200,000 200,000loss on sale of assets of discontinued component 50,000 —on july 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to discontinue a division that qualifies as a component of an entity as defined by gaap. the assets of the component were sold on september 30, 2018, for $50,000 less than their book value. results of operations for the component (included in the above account balances) were as follows: 1/1/18-9/30/18 2017 sales $ 400,000 $ 500,000 cost of goods sold (290,000 ) (320,000 )administrative expenses (50,000 ) (40,000 )selling expenses (20,000 ) (30,000 )operating income before taxes $ 40,000 $ 110,000 in addition to the account balances above, several events occurred during 2018 that have not yet been reflected in the above accounts: a fire caused $50,000 in uninsured damages to the main office building. the fire was considered to be an infrequent but not unusual event.inventory that had cost $40,000 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. the inventory was sold as scrap for $5,000.income taxes have not yet been recorded.required: prepare a multiple-step income statement for the reed company for 2018, showing 2017 information in comparative format, including income taxes computed at 40% and eps disclosures assuming 300,000 shares of common stock. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)

With only a part-time job and the need for a professional wardrobe, rachel quickly maxed out her credit card the summer after graduation. with her first full-time paycheck in august, she vowed to pay $270 each month toward paying down her $8 comma 368 outstanding balance and not to use the card. the card has an annual interest rate of 18 percent. how long will it take rachel to pay for her wardrobe? should she shop for a new card? why or why not?

Which of the following is a tax incentive