Stanley-Morgan Industries adopted a defined benefit pension plan on April 12, 2021. The provisions of the plan were not made retroactive to prior years. A local bank, engaged as trustee for the plan assets, expects plan assets to earn a 10% rate of return. The actual return was also 10% in 2021 and 2022\.\* A consulting firm, engaged as actuary, recommends 6% as the appropriate discount rate. The service cost is $250,000 for 2021 and $380,000 for 2022. Year-end funding is $260,000 for 2021 and $270,000 for 2022. No assumptions or estimates were revised during 2021. * We assume the estimated return was based on the actual return on similar investments at the inception of the plan and that, since the estimate didn't change, that also was the actual rate in 2022. Required: Calculate each of the following amounts as of both December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2022: (Enter your answers in thousands (i. e., 200,000 should be entered as 200).)

Which law would encourage more people to become homeowners but not encourage risky loans that could end in foreclosure? options: offering first time homebuyers tax-free accounts to save for down payments requiring all mortgages to be more affordable, interest-only loans outlawing home inspections and appraisals by mortgage companies limiting rent increases to less than 2% a year

Melissa is a very generous single woman. before this year, she had given over $11,400,000 in taxable gifts over the years and has completely exhausted her applicable credit amount. in the current year, melissa gave her daughter riley $100,000 and promptly filed her gift tax return. melissa did not make any other gifts this year. how much gift tax must riley pay the irs because of this transaction?

1. list five staple convenience goods that you or your household buys on a regular basis. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 2. list three impulse convenience goods that you or someone you know has purchased. (you do not need to use complete sentences. 2.5 points) 3. describe a shopping good that you or someone you know purchased. what kind of research did you or that person do before buying the product? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 4. choose an example of a company you could start, and decide which business structure would make the most sense for that type of company (sole proprietorship, partnership, llc, c corporation, s corporation, or nonprofit corporation). explain why this structure would be good for this type of company. give at least 3 reasons. (3-6 sentences. 6.0 points) 5. if you were starting a new business, describe at least three departments to the company that you would need right away. why are these departments so important? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points) 6. describe a product that you think has saturated its market. what makes you think it has saturated its market? (1-5 sentences. 3.0 points)