Margo has $2,200 withheld from her wages for state income taxes during 2018. In March of 2018, she paid $400 in additional taxes for her 2017 state tax return. Her state income tax liability for 2018 is $2,700 and she pays the additional $500 when she files her 2018 state tax return in April of 2019. What amount should Margo deduct as an itemized deduction for state income taxes on her 2018 federal income tax return, assuming she deducts state and local income taxes?

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)