Smith, a divorced person, provided over one-half the support for his widowed mother, ruth, and his son, clay, both of whom are u. s. citizens. during this year, ruth did not live with smith. she received $9,000 in social security benefits—none of which was taxable. clay, a full-time graduate student, and his wife lived with smith. clay had no income but filed a joint return, owing an additional $500 in taxes on his wife's income. how many exemptions was smith entitled to claim on his tax return?

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.