Calculator In 2019 Todd purchased an annuity for $150,000. The annuity is to pay him $2,500 per month for the rest of his life. His life expectancy is 100 months. Which of the following is correct? a. For each $2,500 payment received in the first year, Todd must include $1,500 in gross income. b. If Todd collects 20 payments and then dies in 2019, Todd's estate should amend his tax returns for 2019 and 2020 and eliminate all of the reported income from the annuity for those years. c. Todd is not required to recognize any income until he has collected 60 payments (60 × $2,500 = $150,000). d. For each $2,500 payment received in the first year, Todd must include $1,000 in gross income. e. None of these choices are correct.

P8-4b dropping unfavorable division based on the following analysis of last year's operations of groves, inc., a financial vice president of the company believes that the firm's total net income could be increased by $160,000 if its design division were discontinued. (amounts are given in the thousands of dollars.) required provide answers for each of the following independent situations: a. assuming that total fixed costs and expenses would not be affected by discontinuing the design division, prepare an analysis showing why you agree or disagree with the vice president. b. assume that the discontinuance of the design division will enable the company to avoid 30% of the fixed portion of cost of services and 40% of the fixed operating expenses allocated to the design division. calculate the resulting effect on net income. c. assume that in addition to the cost avoidance in requirement (b), the capacity released by discontinuance of the design division can be used to provide 6,000 new services that would have a variable cost per service of $60 and would require additional fixed costs totaling $68,000. at what unit price must the new service be sold if groves is to increase its total net income by $180,000?