Geraldine Wolfe is a supervisor at Fantastigifts. She has an annual salary of $45,000, paid biweekly, and a garnishment for consumer credit of $375. Assuming that her disposable income is 80 percent of her gross pay per period, does the garnishment follow the CCPA? If not, what is the maximum garnishment allowed for Geraldine’s consumer credit garnishment? (Round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Explanation:

The consumer credit protection act was inacted to protect employee from discharge by the employer in case there wage has been garnished in any one debt. However the provision has provided for some limit till which the garnishment can be done. The provision applies to all who receive earning for their personal services. The provision says the credit would be lesser of 25% of disposable income or by the amount which is greater than 30 times of minimum hourly wages (i.e $7.25).

Here in this case Geraldine Wolfe was paid biweekly and 80% was his disposable income. So the calculation would be as follow with 52 weeks in a year.

Disposable income = ($45000/52)*2*80%=$1385 (round off to nearest dollar)

25% of disposable income= $346.25 ($1385*25%)

With minimum wage of $7.25= $7.25*60 (biweekly)=$435

so the amount which is greater than the minimum hourly wage is =$1385-$435=$950

Conclusion:- So the maximum wage garnishment can be lesser of $ 346.25 or $950. Hence it will be $346.25 which is the maximum garnishment allowed for Geraldine's consumer credit garnishment.

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know